The whole country is expected to have about 3,300 commune-level administrative units.

According to initial statistics compiled by the Ministry of Home Affairs, after the merger, the country will reduce from 10,035 commune-level administrative units to about 3,300 units.

According to initial statistics compiled by the Ministry of Home Affairs , after the merger, the country will reduce from 10,035 commune-level administrative units to about 3,300 units.

According to initial estimates by the Ministry of Home Affairs, after the rearrangement of commune-level administrative units, the whole country is expected to reduce by about 67%, to about 3,300 communes, wards, and special zones...

Currently, the project to rearrange commune-level administrative units of localities has been basically completed. After the merger, public administrative centers will be established at the commune level to receive and handle administrative procedures for people and businesses.

The whole country is expected to reduce by about 67%, to about 3,300 communes, wards, special zones... (Illustration photo)

Procedures previously at the district level will be transferred directly to the commune level. The administrative procedure settlement process will be streamlined, cutting out intermediate steps, promoting connectivity and digitalization to ensure no interruptions, and promptly meeting people's needs.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Tu Thanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Local Government, Ministry of Home Affairs, the team of commune-level civil servants will have to shoulder many new tasks, with an increasingly large workload and increasingly high professional requirements.

This poses an urgent need to improve the capacity, qualifications and quality of the team of communal-level cadres and civil servants to meet the expectations of a modern administration that is close to the people and serves the people better.

"The commune level is small in scale, now it is being rearranged but it must have a scale that is just enough to perform new functions and tasks. It is possible to transfer the current functions and tasks of the district level to the commune level and perform the current tasks of the commune level. It is possible to implement more decentralization and delegation of authority from the higher level, but it is not too large, not too large like the district level but the scale is just enough to be close to the people, to serve the people", Ms. Thanh said.

Source: https://baohungyen.vn/ca-nuoc-du-kien-con-khoang-3-300-don-vi-hanh-chinh-cap-xa-3180944.html