The Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) establishes: From July 1, 2025, the district level will officially cease its operations; the whole country will unify the local government organization model consisting of 2 levels: provincial level and communal level. The transition from a 3-level to a 2-level local government model is an important and historic reform step.
The Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) has institutionalized the viewpoints and directions of the Central Government, the Politburo , and the Secretariat, perfecting the principles on organization and operation of local governments to ensure streamlining, efficiency, effectiveness, efficiency, closeness to the people, and better serving the people; clearly defining and decentralizing the authority between the Central Government and local governments, between provincial-level local governments and commune-level local governments in a scientific, synchronous, and unified manner; promoting the principle of "local decision, local action, local responsibility", promoting the proactiveness, creativity, autonomy, and self-responsibility of local governments.
In addition, the Law also adds the subjects of decentralization to the People's Council and the Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level; adds a monitoring, evaluation and supervision mechanism to promptly adjust the contents of decentralization and delegation; empowers the Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level to directly direct and manage the settlement of issues within the tasks and powers of specialized agencies, other administrative organizations under his/her level and of the People's Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level, to prevent the settlement of work and administrative procedures for people and businesses from being delayed, congested or ineffective.
Regarding the tasks and powers of local authorities, the Law regulates a number of tasks and powers of the People's Committee for the Chairman of the People's Committee (the Provincial People's Committee has 12 groups of tasks and powers; the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has 23 groups of tasks and powers; the Commune People's Committee has 10 groups of tasks and powers; the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee has 17 groups of tasks and powers). It is supplemented with a provision that the Chairman of the People's Committee is authorized to decide on the tasks and powers of the People's Committee (except for those contents that require collective discussion by the People's Committee) and report to the People's Committee at the nearest People's Committee meeting.
Regarding the organization and operation of local governments, the Law stipulates that the People's Council at the commune level has two Committees: the Economic -Budget Committee and the Cultural-Social Committee; the number of People's Council delegates at the provincial and communal levels remains the same within the minimum and maximum framework. At the same time, it stipulates that the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Head, Deputy Head of the Committee of the People's Council at the provincial and communal levels, and members of the Committees of the People's Council at the provincial level can be full-time People's Council delegates.
Regarding transitional provisions, the Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) stipulates that from the effective date of this Law, the number of Vice Chairmen of the People's Council, Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee, and deputy heads of agencies and units under the People's Council and People's Committee in provincial-level administrative units formed after the reorganization may be greater than the prescribed number. No later than 5 years from the effective date of the Law, the number and arrangement of leaders and managers in administrative units after the reorganization shall be implemented according to regulations./.
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