Urgently issue documents guiding decentralization, delegation of power, and determination of authority when operating two-level local government.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the implementation of the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a two-level local government organization model, has just sent a document to Ministers and Heads of ministerial-level agencies on focusing on removing obstacles and difficulties in operating two-level local governments.

An Xuyen Ward Public Administration Service Center, Ca Mau Province. Photo: Kim Ha/VNA

For 355 tasks requiring the issuance of documents to guide the implementation of decentralization, delegation of authority, and division of authority when operating two-level local governments, the Steering Committee requests ministries and ministerial-level agencies to urgently issue legal documents according to their competence or submit to competent authorities to issue legal documents, ensuring consistency between regulations in the legal system, unifying the understanding and application of the law, ensuring that the tasks of decentralization and delegation of authority are carried out smoothly, effectively, and feasibly. The deadline for completion is December 25, 2025 at the latest.

For 10 tasks requiring adjustment of authority between the central and local levels or between levels of local government, the Steering Committee requests the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, Construction, Science and Technology to develop a plan to propose adjustment of authority, orientation of amendments and supplements to current laws, decrees and legal documents, and report to the Government Steering Committee before December 15, 2025 to agree on the implementation plan.

On the basis of the Government's Decrees on decentralization and delegation of powers, ministries and ministerial-level agencies shall review and plan to propose amendments and supplements to legal provisions in specialized laws, ensuring compliance with the principles of decentralization, delegation of powers, and division of authority in the Law on Organization of the Government 2025, the Law on Organization of Local Government 2025 and the requirements in Resolution No. 190/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly regulating the handling of a number of issues related to the arrangement of the state apparatus.

Regarding the removal of difficulties and obstacles arising in the operation of the two-level local government, the Deputy Head of the Steering Committee requested ministries and ministerial-level agencies to continue to coordinate with the Ministry of Justice and relevant agencies to urgently review the entire system of legal documents according to the sectors and fields in charge to promptly issue new ones, amend and supplement them, ensuring to thoroughly overcome the situation of overlap, contradictions, and inconsistencies with the two-level local government model. In particular, priority is given to the following areas: finance - budget; land and planning; administrative reform and digital transformation; science and technology development; organization of apparatus, staff, policies and regimes; education and training.

At the same time, urgently study, resolve, and handle specific recommendations from agencies, units, and localities according to Report No. 565-BC/BTCTW of the Central Organizing Committee, to be completed before December 15, 2025. For issues that cannot be resolved immediately, there must be a plan for assignment, a specific time schedule, and full information to agencies, units, and localities.

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