In the document signed by Mr. Truong Hai Long, it is stated that recently, on social networking sites, there has been false and inaccurate information about the continued implementation of the arrangement of administrative units at all levels. There is information spreading that the whole country will merge from 34 provinces and cities down to 16 provinces and cities, causing confusion among many people, officials and civil servants.
In response to the information spread, the Ministry of Home Affairs affirmed that in recent times, our country has carried out a revolution in the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units at all levels. This major policy has been thoroughly studied and discussed by the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, and the Government in many aspects and reached a high consensus before implementation. The arrangement of administrative units in 2025 not only arranges the organization, apparatus, and staff but also decentralizes authority, rearranges administrative units, allocates resources, and creates space for development.
The goal is to build a government that is close to the people, serves the people better; at the same time, opens up a new situation in national development with a long-term vision, at least for the next 100 years.
With the drastic participation of the entire political system, from July 1, 2025, our country has 34 provinces and cities, 3,321 communes, wards, special zones and the 2-level local government model (including provincial and communal levels) has officially operated in all localities. Currently, the Central Party, the National Assembly and the Government have no policy to continue to reorganize and merge administrative units but require the entire political system to continue to care for and create a 2-level local government model that operates effectively and efficiently, serving the people better.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, on June 16, 2025, the National Assembly passed the Law on Organization of Local Government, with new regulations on the organization of two-level local government. To implement this law, the Ministry of Home Affairs is assigned to develop and submit to competent authorities for promulgation of documents guiding the Law, including the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on standards of administrative units (replacing Resolution No. 1211/2016/UBTVQH13 dated May 25, 2016), the Government's Decree on classification of administrative units and the Decree guiding the collection of public opinions on the establishment, dissolution, merger, division, adjustment of boundaries and renaming of administrative units (replacing Decree No. 54/2018/ND-CP dated April 16, 2018).
“The drafting of the above documents to implement the new provisions of the Law when organizing the 2-level local government model, promptly replaces the provisions in current legal documents on standards and criteria for classifying administrative units that are no longer suitable to the current situation of administrative units at all levels, after the 2025 arrangement and the requirements of national development, improving the effectiveness of modern government administration, serving the people; not for the purpose of continuing to arrange and merge administrative units at all levels as false information spread on social networks in recent times,” the document signed by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Truong Hai Long stated.
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