How will the administrative codes of 34 provinces and cities change after the merger?

The Ministry of Finance is seeking comments on the draft Decision of the Prime Minister promulgating the List and codes of administrative units in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Finance said that the List and codes of Vietnamese administrative units were issued by the Prime Minister in 2004 under Decision No. 124/2004/QD-TTg dated July 8, 2004.

This List is managed and updated by the Ministry of Finance (General Statistics Office) based on Resolutions on administrative unit changes of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

"Since its issuance, the List and codes of Vietnamese administrative units have played a good role in management, planning and statistics," said the Ministry of Finance.

However, in the context of implementing the plan to rearrange administrative units at all levels, reducing from 63 provinces to 34 provinces; eliminating district and commune levels after rearrangement, reducing from 10,035 commune-level administrative units (7,694 communes, 1,724 wards, 617 towns) to 3,321 commune-level administrative units (2,636 communes, 672 wards and 13 special zones), the List and codes of administrative units in Vietnam need to be revised to suit the actual situation.

According to the draft, the catalog and codes of provincial-level administrative units (specified in Appendix I) include 34 provincial-level administrative units coded with two digits. Specifically as follows:

Province/city name	Administrative unit code	Province/city name	Administrative unit code
Hanoi City	01	Ha Tinh	42
Cao Bang	04	Quang Tri	44
Tuyen Quang	08	Hue City	46
Dien Bien	11	Da Nang City	48
Lai Chau	12	Quang Ngai	51
Son La	14	Gia Lai	52
Lao Cai	15	Khanh Hoa	56
Thai Nguyen	19	Dak Lak	66
Lang Son	20	Lam Dong	68
Quang Ninh	22	Dong Nai	75
Bac Ninh	24	Ho Chi Minh City	79
Phu Tho	25	Tay Ninh	80
Hai Phong City	31	Dong Thap	82
Hung Yen	33	Vinh Long	86
Ninh Binh	37	An Giang	91
Thanh Hoa	38	Can Tho City	92
Nghe An	40	Ca Mau	96

According to the draft, the principle of arranging administrative units when coding is that administrative units are arranged in order of North - South, West - East, taking the boundary line at the starting point and combining it with the geographical area of each level as the basis for determination.

Nationwide, Hanoi city is ranked first, the remaining provinces and cities are ranked according to the above principle. At the provincial level, the administrative unit with the People's Committee headquarters is ranked first, the remaining administrative units are ranked in the order of urban first, rural later, from North to South, from West to East.

Principles of encoding and arranging administrative units

For provincial level

In case of province separation: The province with the People's Committee headquarters located at the old location will have its administrative unit codes at the provincial, district and commune levels unchanged. The province with the People's Committee headquarters located at the new location will be placed in the appropriate location and assigned a new code. The administrative unit codes at the district and commune levels of that province will remain unchanged.

In case of province merger: The merged province with the People's Committee headquarters located in which province will have the code of that province, the code of the remaining province will be closed and will not be reissued to other administrative units. The district and commune level codes of the merged province will not change.

For commune level

In case of commune separation: Communes with People's Committee headquarters located at the old location will have the old code. Communes with People's Committee headquarters located at the new location will be placed in the appropriate location and given a new code.

In case of merging communes: The merged commune with the People's Committee headquarters located in which commune will have the code of that commune, the code of the remaining commune will be closed and will not be reissued to other administrative units.

In case a commune-level administrative unit changes districts, the code of that commune-level administrative unit remains unchanged.

In case administrative units at all levels change their names, move from rural to urban areas or vice versa, the code will not change.

Thanh Lam

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