The National Assembly voted to pass the Law on Organization of Local Government (amended)
The Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) demonstrates innovative thinking aimed at modern local governance, creating development, removing "bottlenecks", and unlocking resources to meet 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 construction of this Law also has great historical significance, creating a solid legal foundation for the organization and operation of local governments according to the two-level local government model, which was organized for the first time in our country.
Previously, presenting a report on the reception, revision and completion of the draft revised Law on Organization of Local Government, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the draft Law establishes a unified 2-level local government organization model (provincial and communal levels) nationwide, clearly defining the tasks, authority and organizational structure of each level of government; establishing a complete legal basis for the local government model in the special economic zone.
At the same time, absorbing the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the Government has revised and supplemented regulations on administrative units (ADUs), 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 acts, locality is responsible" , promoting the proactiveness, creativity, autonomy and self-responsibility of local governments.
Strong reform steps, promoting the responsibility of leaders
Regarding the division of authority, decentralization, delegation, and authorization, to institutionalize the viewpoints and directions of the Central Government, the Politburo , and the Secretariat, the draft Law has perfected the principles of division of 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 the 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 the heads of state administrative agencies at the local level.
At the same time, absorbing the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the Government has revised and supplemented the regulations on the division of authority, decentralization, delegation and authorization, specifically: Adding the subjects of decentralization to be the People's Council and the Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level; adding the mechanism for monitoring, evaluating and supervising to promptly adjust the contents of decentralization and delegation; empowering the Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level to directly direct and manage the settlement of issues within the tasks and powers of specialized agencies, other administrative organizations under his/her level and of the People's Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level, not allowing the settlement of work and administrative procedures for people and businesses to be delayed, congested and ineffective.
Regarding the tasks and powers of local governments, based on the principles of delimitation of authority, the draft Law has comprehensively redesigned the tasks and powers of local governments at two levels (provincial and communal levels), ensuring clear delineation, 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.
In response to the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the Government has reviewed and revised the regulations on local government at provincial and communal levels as follows: Adjusting a number of tasks and powers of the People's Committee for the Chairman of the People's Committee (the Provincial People's Committee has 12 groups of tasks and powers; the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has 23 groups of tasks and powers; the Commune People's Committee has 10 groups of tasks and powers; the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee has 17 groups of tasks and powers); Supplementing the regulation that the Chairman of the People's Committee is allowed to decide on the tasks and powers of the People's Committee (except for contents that require collective discussion of the People's Committee) and report to the People's Committee at the nearest People's Committee meeting.
"This is a strong reform step to promote the responsibility of leaders, creating motivation for innovation in local governance. Accordingly, these provisions of the Law will ensure the promotion of initiative, creativity, flexibility, and enhance the responsibility of the Chairman of the People's Committee, the effectiveness and efficiency of state administrative management and administration at the local level in accordance with practical requirements," Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra emphasized.
Regarding the organization and operation of local governments, the draft Law combines selective inheritance and innovation to perfect the regulations on the organization and operation of two-level local governments.
At the same time, absorbing the opinions of the National Assembly deputies, the Government continued to revise and perfect these contents in the draft Law, specifically: Stipulating that the People's Council at the commune level has 02 Committees, the Economic - Budget Committee and the Cultural - Social Committee; maintaining the number of People's Council deputies at the provincial and commune levels within the minimum and maximum framework (In particular, the number of People's Council deputies of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi City has 125 deputies); stipulating in principle in the draft Law "The Chairman, Vice Chairman, Head, Deputy Head of the People's Council at the provincial and commune levels, members of the Committees of the People's Council at the provincial level can be full-time People's Council deputies" and assigning " the National Assembly Standing Committee to specify the number of Vice Chairmen, Deputy Heads of the People's Councils at the provincial and commune levels, the arrangement of full-time People's Council deputies at the provincial and commune levels " to Ensuring flexibility and suitability to the country's and local realities at each stage of the country's development or when there are new policies and directions from competent authorities, it is not necessary to amend or supplement these provisions of the Law.
The Minister of Home Affairs presented a report on receiving, revising and completing the draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended).
Ensuring that two-level local government operates smoothly and effectively from July 1, 2025
Regarding the resolution of issues related to the conversion of the local government model from 3 levels to 2 levels, the Minister of Home Affairs emphasized that the conversion from 3 levels to 2 levels is an important and historic reform step. To ensure continuity, smoothness and stability in this conversion process, the draft Law has fully and comprehensively regulated and taken into account issues that may arise in practice, from the organization of the apparatus, personnel to administrative procedures and operating mechanisms.
At the same time, absorbing the opinions of National Assembly deputies and based on Conclusion No. 167-KL/TW dated June 13, 2025 of the Politburo and Secretariat, the draft Law has revised and supplemented the following provisions: Transitional provisions 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 organization model (with full People's Council and People's Committee) to operate smoothly and effectively from July 1, 2025;
Transitional regulations on handover of work, settlement of records and administrative procedures from district-level local authorities after completion of operations ensure no interruption of work and no impact on normal operations of society, people and businesses.
In particular, to promptly handle arising and unexpected situations that are not yet covered by legal regulations, the draft Law has established a flexible and proactive mechanism in the direction of allowing 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 according to the provisions of this Law (this content is stipulated in the draft Law on the basis of inheriting the provisions of Resolution No. 190/2025/QH15).
Thu Giang
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