The Ministry of Home Affairs is the standing agency of the Steering Committee to implement the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units at all levels and build a model of organizing two-level local government.

On March 12, 2025, the Prime Minister signed and issued Decision No. 571/QD-TTg establishing the Steering Committee for the implementation of the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a 2-level local government organization model (Steering Committee).

According to Decision No. 571/QD-TTg, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh is the Head of the Steering Committee.

Deputy Heads of the Steering Committee include: Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra (Permanent Deputy Head); Minister, Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son.

The Steering Committee members include the Ministers of: Justice; Finance; Construction; Agriculture and Environment; Culture, Sports and Tourism; Science and Technology; Education and Training; Health; Ethnicity and Religion.

In addition, the Steering Committee members also include representatives of the leadership of the Ministry of National Defense; Ministry of Public Security; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Supreme People's Court; Supreme People's Procuracy; Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Committee on Law and Justice of the National Assembly and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Truong Hai Long.

The Steering Committee is an inter-sectoral coordination organization whose function is to assist the Prime Minister in researching, directing, and coordinating the resolution of important inter-sectoral issues in the implementation of the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a two-level local government organization model.

The Steering Committee assigns the Minister of Home Affairs to advise and submit to the Government for submission to the National Assembly for promulgation of the Law amending and supplementing the Law on Organization of Local Government in 2025; the Law amending and supplementing the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants; advise and submit to the Government for submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee for promulgation of a Resolution on the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units at all levels; guide the preparation of dossiers requesting recognition of Safe Zones, Safe Zone Communes, and Island Communes; review and recognize as poor and particularly disadvantaged administrative units in coastal, beach and island areas; review and adjust policies in the field of labor - social affairs and policies for meritorious people in administrative units implementing the arrangement; perform the tasks of the Standing Office of the Steering Committee according to the provisions of the Steering Committee's Operating Regulations; advise on the organization of meetings and other activities of the Steering Committee and the Head of the Steering Committee; Preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and central agencies in urging the development of projects of localities; organize interdisciplinary appraisal; submit to the Government for submission to the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee the project dossier on the arrangement of administrative units at all levels of localities, ensuring progress and quality according to regulations; guide the management of document and archive work when arranging and merging provincial-level administrative units and reorganizing commune-level administrative units.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is the standing agency.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is the standing body of the Steering Committee, assisting the Head of the Committee in developing the Steering Committee's work plan and program; developing the Steering Committee's operating regulations and submitting them to the Head of the Committee for signature and promulgation.

The Ministry of Home Affairs uses its apparatus to perform the task of assisting the Steering Committee, operating on a part-time basis, ensuring the operating conditions of the Steering Committee; synthesizing and reporting on the general activities of the Steering Committee and performing a number of other tasks assigned by the Head of the Committee.

Please see the full text of Decision No. 571/QD-TTg in the attached FILE:

Source: https://moha.gov.vn/tintuc/Pages/danh-sach-tin-noi-bat.aspx?ItemID=56969