After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City can have a maximum of 8 vice chairmen of the People's Committee.

(Dan Tri) - For the city formed after the merger of 3 provincial-level administrative units, the Government stipulates that there will be no more than 7 vice chairmen of the People's Committee. Ho Chi Minh City alone can have no more than 8 vice chairmen of the People's Committee.

This regulation is contained in Decree No. 300 issued by the Government , on the framework of the number of vice chairmen of the People's Committee, the number and structure of People's Committee members.

After the province-city merger process in 2025, the Government's Decree clearly states that Ho Chi Minh City will have no more than 8 vice chairmen of the People's Committee.

A city formed by the reorganization of 3 provincial-level administrative units shall have no more than 7 vice chairmen of the People's Committee; a city formed by the reorganization of 2 provincial-level administrative units shall have no more than 6 vice chairmen.

Headquarters of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee (Photo: Hai Long).

For provinces: A province formed by the arrangement of two provinces, of which at least one province has been classified as a type I province, or a province formed by the merger of three provinces, will have no more than six vice chairmen of the People's Committee.

A province formed by the merger of two provinces, both of which have been classified as type II or type III provinces, will have no more than five vice chairmen of the People's Committee.

For provincial-level administrative units that do not implement the 2025 arrangement, the Government also clearly stipulates the number of vice chairmen of the People's Committee.

Of which, Hanoi city has no more than 5 vice chairmen of the People's Committee; Hue city has no more than 4 vice chairmen.

For provinces, the Government stipulates that a type I province has no more than 4 vice chairmen of the People's Committee; a type II and type III province has no more than 3 vice chairmen. After November 17, if a type II and type III province is classified as a type I province, it will have no more than 4 vice chairmen of the People's Committee.

In case the Politburo and the Secretariat implement the policy of mobilizing and rotating cadres to hold the position of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee due to mobilization and rotation shall be outside the number prescribed above.

Decree 300 also stipulates the procedures for requesting approval of the results of the People's Council's election, dismissal, and removal of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the People's Committee; the procedures for transferring and removing the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the People's Committee and delegating the authority of the Chairman of the People's Committee.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister has the authority to approve the results of the election, dismissal, and removal of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; decide to transfer and remove the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and delegate the authority of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee approves the results of the election, dismissal, and removal of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee; decides to transfer and remove the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee and assigns the authority of the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee.

The Decree stipulates that if the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the People's Committee are transferred by the Prime Minister or the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to take on other duties or are dismissed by the Prime Minister or the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, they do not have to go through the procedures for dismissal or removal. The Standing Committee of the People's Council shall report to the People's Council of the same level at the nearest session in these cases.

Members of the People's Committee who are decided by competent authorities to retire, cease holding office, resign or pass away do not have to carry out dismissal procedures. The Standing Committee of the People's Council shall report to the People's Council of the same level at the nearest session in these cases.

A member of the People's Committee elected by the People's Council to hold a new position but still a member of the People's Committee of that administrative unit does not have to go through the dismissal procedure. When elected to a new position, he/she will naturally cease to perform the duties of the old position, according to Government regulations.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/thoi-su/sau-sap-nhap-tphcm-duoc-co-toi-da-8-pho-chu-tich-ubnd-20251120182517064.htm