The press conference was chaired by Party Central Committee members: Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Law and Justice Hoang Thanh Tung, Vice President - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thi Thu Ha; Deputy Head of the Office of the President Pham Thanh Ha; Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Truong Hai Long; Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong; Deputy Head of the Office of the National Assembly Nguyen Van Hien.
Creating the foundation to build a strong and prosperous Vietnam
The Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam consists of 2 Articles. Of which, Article 1 amends and supplements 5 articles and clauses of the current Constitution (including Article 9, Article 10, Clause 1 of Article 84, Article 110 and Article 111); Article 2 stipulates the effective date of the Resolution, the termination of the operation of district-level administrative units and transitional provisions. This Resolution takes effect from the date of its approval (June 16, 2025).
The Resolution clearly states: The Vietnam Fatherland Front is a political alliance, a voluntary union of political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations and typical individuals in social classes, strata, ethnic groups, religions, and Vietnamese people residing abroad.
Vietnam Trade Union, Vietnam Farmers' Association, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union , Vietnam Women's Union, Vietnam Veterans' Association are socio-political organizations under the Vietnam Fatherland Front, established on a voluntary basis, representing and protecting the legal and legitimate rights and interests of their members; organized and operating uniformly within the Vietnam Fatherland Front; together with other member organizations of the Democratic Consultative Front, coordinating and unifying actions chaired by the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
According to the Resolution, administrative units of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are organized into two levels, including provinces and centrally run cities and administrative units below provinces and centrally run cities as prescribed by law. Special administrative-economic units are established by the National Assembly.
The establishment, dissolution, merger, division, and adjustment of administrative boundaries must consult local people and follow the order and procedures prescribed by the National Assembly.
Local government is organized in administrative units of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Local government levels include People's Councils and People's Committees organized in administrative units suitable to the characteristics of rural, urban and island areas as prescribed by the National Assembly.
Local authorities in special administrative-economic units are prescribed by the National Assembly when establishing such special administrative-economic units.
The Resolution clearly states: End the operation of district-level administrative units nationwide from July 1, 2025.
The Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, passed by the National Assembly, marked the beginning of a profound institutional reform, demonstrating revolutionary innovation in the organization of the political system and national governance, and is the constitutional basis for the successful implementation of the Party and State's policy on streamlining the apparatus of the political system, creating the foundation for building a strong, prosperous Vietnam with happy and peaceful people.
Deputy Head of the Office of the President Pham Thanh Ha speaks. Photo: VPCTN
Create a solid legal foundation for the organization and operation of local governments.
The Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) consists of 7 chapters and 54 articles; effective from the date of approval (June 16, 2025).
The Law has demonstrated innovative thinking towards modern local governance, creating development, removing bottlenecks, unlocking resources, meeting the goal of rapid and sustainable growth of localities in particular and the whole country in general in the new era of the country. The National Assembly's approval of this Law also has historical significance, creating a solid legal foundation for the organization and operation of local governments according to the 2-level local government model, which was organized for the first time in our country.
Regarding the demarcation of administrative units and organization of local governments in administrative units, the Law establishes a unified 2-level local government organization model (provincial and communal levels) nationwide; at the same time, establishes a complete legal basis for the local government model in special zones; perfects regulations on principles of organization and operation of local governments to ensure streamlining, efficiency, effectiveness, efficiency, closeness to the people, better serving the people, thoroughly implementing the principle of "locality decides, locality does, locality is responsible", promoting the proactiveness, creativity, autonomy, and self-responsibility of local governments; ensures the promotion of information technology application and digital transformation in the organization and operation of local governments.
To institutionalize the viewpoints and directions of the Central Government, the Politburo, and the Secretariat, the Law has perfected the principles of delimiting authority, decentralization, and delegation between the Central Government and local governments, between provincial-level local governments and commune-level local governments in a scientific, synchronous, and unified manner; clearly defining authority between the People's Committee collective and the individual Chairman of the People's Committee, creating conditions for implementing a flexible and effective management mechanism, encouraging the initiative and creativity of heads of state administrative agencies at the local level.
In particular, the Law has empowered the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, when necessary, to directly direct and manage the settlement of issues within the duties and powers of specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under his/her level and of the People's Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level, so as not to let the settlement of work and administrative procedures for people and businesses be delayed, congested, or ineffective.
On the basis of the principles of delimitation of authority, the tasks and powers of local governments at two levels (provincial and communal levels) have been comprehensively redesigned, ensuring clear delimitation, without duplication or overlap in the tasks and powers of each level of government, in accordance with the modern local governance model; at the same time, creating a legal basis for specialized laws to base on the provisions of this Law to specifically stipulate the tasks and powers of local governments at provincial and communal levels in specialized fields...
The transition from a three-tier to a two-tier local government model is an important and historic reform step. To ensure continuity, smoothness and stability during this transition, the Law has provided comprehensive and comprehensive provisions taking into account issues that may arise in practice, from the organization of the apparatus, personnel to administrative procedures and operating mechanisms.
Accordingly, the Law on Transitional Regulations for wards in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang City implementing the urban government model (currently only organizing the People's Committee, not organizing the People's Council) to the local government model (with full People's Council and People's Committee) will be operated smoothly and effectively from July 1, 2025. The 10 transitional provisions aim to ensure the continuous and normal operation of new agencies, organizations and units when converting the 3-level local government model into 2-level and promoting decentralization and delegation according to the provisions of this Law, ensuring no interruption of work, no impact on the normal operations of society, people and businesses.
In particular, in order to promptly implement the organization of local governments at the provincial and communal levels according to the new model, the Government is assigned to issue legal documents under its authority to redefine the tasks and powers of local governments and adjust other regulations related to the implementation of tasks and powers of local governments for unified application during the period of not amending and supplementing laws, resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances, resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee and periodically report to the National Assembly Standing Committee; in cases related to laws and resolutions of the National Assembly, report to the National Assembly at the nearest session.
In particular, to promptly handle arising and unexpected situations that are not yet covered by legal regulations, the Law has established a flexible and proactive mechanism that allows the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government, the Prime Minister, Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, People's Councils and People's Committees at the provincial level to be responsible for reviewing and issuing documents or authorizing the issuance of documents to resolve issues arising when organizing local governments at the provincial and communal levels as prescribed in this Law.
Overcoming the significant fertility gap
The development of the Ordinance amending and supplementing Article 10 of the Ordinance on Population creates a legal basis for institutionalizing the Party's guidelines, policies and guidelines on population work, focusing on the birth rate; regulating the rights and obligations of each couple and individual in having children, ensuring human rights, basic rights of citizens, gender equality in population work, contributing to maintaining a stable replacement birth rate nationwide, overcoming the significant difference in birth rates between regions and subjects.
The viewpoint of developing the Ordinance is to ensure consistency between the Party's regulations and the State's laws, contributing to the institutionalization of the Party's policies and guidelines on population work in the new situation. Ensuring consistency in the current system of policies and laws; ensuring the implementation of human rights and basic rights of citizens; protecting the legitimate rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals in the field of population and development. At the same time, it is consistent with international commitments in dealing with population issues, especially the birth rate, in line with the trend of the times; ensuring feasibility, in line with the cultural values of the nation and the Vietnamese people.
Accordingly, the Ordinance amends and supplements Article 10 of the Population Ordinance on the rights and obligations of each couple and individual in implementing family planning and reproductive health care: Decide on the time of childbirth, number of children and the interval between births in accordance with the age, health status, conditions of study, labor, work, income and child-rearing of the couple and individual on the basis of equality. Protect health, implement measures to prevent reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and implement other measures related to reproductive health care.
This Decree takes effect from June 3, 2025.
Source: https://vpctn.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/chinh-tri/vp.html
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