The National Assembly considers allowing 6 provinces and cities to continue applying special mechanisms after the merger.

This content was just submitted by the Government to the National Assembly in the working session on the morning of May 19.

The Government said that, up to now, there are 10 localities nationwide (including the provinces and cities: Hanoi , Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Hue, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Buon Ma Thuot in Dak Lak province, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho) that are applying specific mechanisms and policies according to separate Laws and Resolutions of the National Assembly.

Implementing Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW, 6/10 of the above localities will be directly affected by the organization of 2-level local government, including the provinces and cities: Hai Phong, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Dak Lak (related to Buon Ma Thuot city), Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho city.

Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang presents the Government's Report to the National Assembly

The merger of provincial-level administrative units and the termination of district-level administrative units lead to changes in geographical boundaries, scope of management, legal status, population size, socio-economic development situation, etc. of localities.

This raises an urgent need for transitional regulations on the continued application of specific mechanisms and policies currently being implemented in localities subject to rearrangement to ensure continuity and stability of legal regulations in management, operation and socio-economic development in these localities.

The above issue has also been approved by the competent authority in principle and requested to be institutionalized in an appropriate form at the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Based on the above, the Government proposes that the National Assembly consider including these contents in the Joint Resolution of the 9th Session, 15th National Assembly.

Specifically, allowing localities after merging provincial-level administrative units (including the provinces and cities of Hai Phong, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho) to continue implementing specific mechanisms and policies that the National Assembly had allowed to be implemented in the localities before merging provincial-level administrative units.

Along with that, the new communes and wards in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province, after implementing the arrangement of commune-level administrative units, are allowed to apply the specific mechanisms and policies that the National Assembly has allowed to implement.

The National Assembly assigned the Government to direct relevant agencies to summarize and evaluate specific mechanisms and policies for localities (after completing the arrangement of 2-level administrative units) to adjust and supplement them to suit the new situation or to legalize clear issues that have been tested in practice for nationwide application.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee Phan Van Mai presented the audit report.

Agreeing with the above policy, the National Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee, however, said that allowing continued application is not simply expanding the scope of application of specific mechanisms and policies in some localities, but will involve many aspects of economics and budget (resources for implementation, State budget revenue and expenditure policies).

Therefore, this agency recommends that the Government focus on assessing the impact, ensuring the principle of balancing revenue and expenditure according to the law is maintained. There are opinions suggesting that the Government needs to evaluate and summarize to legalize and apply to all localities.

According to VOV

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