Bac Giang: People agree with the policy of administrative unit arrangement

Methodical, responsible

According to Resolution No. 60 dated April 12, 2025, the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee, Bac Giang province will merge with Bac Ninh province into a provincial-level administrative unit, named Bac Ninh province; the political-administrative center is located in Bac Giang province today. For the commune level, Bac Giang province has drafted a project to rearrange from 192 units to 58 units (including 13 wards and 45 communes).

Voters of Ca Dinh residential group, Phon Xuong town (Yen The) cast their votes.

Following the direction of the Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee has established a Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels in Bac Giang province, headed by the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. At the same time, it issued a detailed plan and directed departments, branches and localities to participate in a systematic and scientific manner. With a sense of responsibility, seriousness and compliance with regulations, the province has directed and organized the full and timely implementation of extensive propaganda and solicited public opinions on draft projects for the arrangement of administrative units at the commune and provincial levels to ensure progress.

On this occasion, Bac Giang city organized to collect opinions from more than 89,400 voters representing households residing in the city and Que Nham commune (Tan Yen) on the plan to arrange administrative units at all levels. Accordingly, Bac Giang city will arrange 31 wards and communes of the current city and Que Nham commune (Tan Yen) to establish 8 new administrative units (including 7 wards and 1 commune). Recorded at the cultural house of Phu My 1 residential group, Dinh Ke ward (Bac Giang city) from early morning on April 20, delegates and people were present at the voting area.

At exactly 7 o'clock, the opening ceremony began. Here, voters listened to the representative of the Opinion Collection Team disseminate the purpose and significance of the arrangement of administrative units at the commune and provincial levels; the regulations of the polling station; and the voting procedures. The Opinion Collection Team of the residential group assigned members to welcome and guide voters to the table to check, compare the list, and vote. The voting took place solemnly, openly, and transparently.

In Bo Lo village, Nghia Hung commune (Lang Giang), 100 voters representing households participated in giving their opinions on this occasion. Mr. Le Van Khoa, Party cell secretary, deputy head of the village's opinion-taking team, said: "For the convenience of the people, the village divided into 4 groups to go directly to households to collect opinions and placed a ballot box at the village's cultural house. By about 8:00 a.m., the opinion-taking was 100% completed. In general, the people highly agreed and approved the arrangement of administrative units."

The process of collecting voters' opinions took place enthusiastically in all communes, wards and towns in the province. Voters enthusiastically participated in giving their opinions through two main forms: voting directly at the polling stations (cultural houses of villages and residential groups) and receiving ballots directly at their households. In the centers of communes, wards and towns, flags, banners, streamers and slogans were brightly displayed to promote this important event. Leaders of districts, towns and cities directly went to the grassroots to inspect and direct the work of collecting voters' opinions.

High consensus

According to a quick report from the Department of Home Affairs, by 11:30 a.m. on April 20, 100% of communes, wards and towns in the province had completed collecting opinions from voters representing households on the draft Project on the arrangement of administrative units at the commune and provincial levels. Regarding the policy of merging Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces, the percentage of voters agreeing was 98.53% of the total number of households in the province; there were 136 commune-level administrative units with 99% or more voters agreeing, of which 6 communes had 100% of voters agreeing. Regarding the draft project on the arrangement of administrative units at the commune level, there were 103 commune-level administrative units with 99% or more voters agreeing to merge communes, of which 4 commune-level administrative units had 100%.

Members of the Voter Opinion Gathering Team of Phu My 1 Residential Group, Dinh Ke Ward (Bac Giang City) conduct vote counting.

In Son Dong district, although it is a mountainous, remote area with many obstacles and a large concentration of ethnic minorities, thanks to good propaganda and implementation, by 9:00 a.m. on April 20, 100% of voters in the district had participated in voting. As a result, more than 99% of voters agreed with the policy of arranging and merging administrative boundaries of Bac Ninh province with Bac Giang province; arranging commune-level administrative units in the 2025-2030 period of Bac Giang province. Along with Son Dong district, Viet Yen town is one of the localities that completed the vote counting work in the area the earliest.

Regarding the policy of merging Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces, the percentage of voters agreeing is 98.53% of the total number of households in the province. Regarding the draft project on arranging commune-level administrative units, there are 103 commune-level administrative units with a rate of 99% or more of voters agreeing to merge communes, of which 4 commune-level administrative units have a rate of 100%.

According to comrade Do Thi Huong, Head of the Town's Internal Affairs Department, previously, the Town Party Committee and People's Committee of Viet Yen Town had directed and coordinated with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and socio-political organizations of the town to strengthen the work of grasping public opinion; proactively disseminate, coordinate, and orient to create the highest consensus among cadres, members, and union members when participating in collecting opinions. The result of the percentage of voters agreeing to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units reached 98.5%; for the arrangement of commune-level administrative units reached 98.36%.

Reorganizing administrative units at provincial and communal levels is a major policy of the Party and State to concentrate resources, streamline the apparatus, save budget, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government operations at all levels.

Comrade Nguyen Van Phuong, Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs, member of the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels of Bac Giang province, said: “The collection of public opinions is carried out in accordance with the provisions of law, ensuring democracy and transparency. This is an important step in the process of implementing the resolutions of the Central and the province on the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units to streamline the apparatus, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management and meet the aspirations of the people. The results show that the rate of people agreeing with the arrangement plan in many localities is high, clearly reflecting the high trust and consensus of the people in the major policies of the Party and the State. After completing the collection of voters' opinions, the People's Committees at the commune and district levels held meetings to pass resolutions approving the policy of arranging administrative units at the commune and provincial levels. The Department of Home Affairs continues to closely coordinate with departments, branches and localities to complete the project dossier and submit it to competent authorities in accordance with regulations and progress. plan".

Article and photos: Reporter Group

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