Government guides naming after merger and selecting administrative centers of provinces

Ba Ria - Vung Tau will be merged with Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: DONG HA

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has just signed Decision No. 759 approving the Project on rearranging and reorganizing administrative units at all levels and building a two-level local government organization model.

Prioritize some names before merging

The project clearly states that the arrangement of administrative units at all levels, in addition to the criteria on natural area and population size as prescribed by law, must carefully consider the criteria on history, tradition, culture, ethnicity; location, geographical conditions; scale, level of socio -economic development; transport infrastructure, information technology; requirements to ensure national defense, security and international integration.

The highest goal is to develop the country, expand development space, promote the leading role of dynamic regions, economic corridors, and growth poles; prioritize the arrangement of mountainous and delta provinces with coastal provinces; harmoniously and reasonably combine adjacent provinces with development orientation requirements to support each other and promote economic development.

Regarding the name, the project clearly states that the new administrative unit after the arrangement must be carefully and thoroughly researched, carefully considering traditional, historical and cultural factors. Prioritizing some names before the merger to name the new unit, minimizing the impact on people and businesses due to the conversion of documents and geographical indications.

The name should be easily recognizable, short, easy to read, easy to remember, ensure systematicity, scientificity and promote the comparative advantages of the locality, in line with the integration trend. Research on naming communes and wards in order or by district name, before arranging with order numbers to facilitate digitization and updating of information data.

The name of the new commune or ward after the arrangement must not be the same as the name of the existing administrative unit of the same level within the province or centrally-run city or within the province or city planned to be established according to the arrangement orientation of provincial-level administrative units approved by competent authorities.

How to choose an administrative center?

In selecting an administrative-political center , it is necessary to ensure that the local government quickly comes into stable operation. The new center must have a favorable geographical location, synchronous economic-social infrastructure, especially a developed transportation system (airport, road, port, ...), easy to connect;

The new center is a space for future development; consistent with the socio-economic development orientation of the new administrative unit, ensuring harmony and rationality, avoiding imbalance between localities when merging and maintaining national defense and security. It is possible to study the planning and construction of new administrative-political centers that are reasonable and consistent with the general development trend.

Based on the arrangement criteria, the project clearly states that there are a total of 52 provincial-level administrative units to be arranged, including: 4 cities: Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Can Tho and 48 provinces: Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, Ninh Thuan, Quang Tri, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Ngai, Khanh Hoa, Dak Nong, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Binh Thuan, Binh Phuoc, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Bac Lieu, Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh, Tien Giang, Soc Trang, Dong Thap, An Giang, Long An, Ca Mau, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lam Dong and Kien Giang.

Why not merge Cao Bang?

The Government also stated the reason for not merging with Cao Bang province - a province whose natural area does not meet the regulations (6,700.4 ^km2 only meets 83.8% of the standard).

The reason is that the province has a very long national border with China, complex and rugged mountainous terrain, nearly 95% of the population is ethnic minorities; the neighboring provinces are not suitable for arrangement and merger.

For example, the West borders Ha Giang province, which is expected to merge with Tuyen Quang province to form a new province with a large natural area. The South borders Bac Kan province, but is expected to merge with Thai Nguyen province.

The East borders Lang Son province, which has a large area and has met 100% of both area and population standards. If Cao Bang and Lang Son provinces are merged, they will form a new province with a large border length, making it difficult to ensure national defense and security.

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