Implementing the project to merge administrative units of Dak Lak and Phu Yen provinces

On the afternoon of April 18, at the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee headquarters, the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and the Phu Yen Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee held a conference to implement the Central Government's policy on rearranging provincial-level administrative units.

Dak Lak Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dinh Trung speaks at the conference

At the conference, delegates heard a report on the results of coordination between the two localities in establishing an inter-provincial coordination team and developing a project to rearrange provincial administrative units; and agreed on a roadmap for implementing the project.

The inter-provincial coordination team presented 7 important groups of contents to seek opinions from the leaders of the two provinces, including: draft Project on rearranging provincial administrative units; principles and orientations for rearranging organizational apparatus and personnel work; plan to review traffic infrastructure and arrange working means; regimes and policies to support cadres, civil servants and public employees of Phu Yen province after the merger; housing plan for cadres, civil servants and public employees of Phu Yen; plan to handle headquarters and public assets after the rearrangement; investment plan, upgrading National Highway 29 connecting Dak Lak with Phu Yen and orientation for building documents for the Provincial Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term.

Conference scene

According to the draft project, after the merger, Dak Lak province will have a natural area of ​​1,809.640 km², a population of more than 3.3 million people, with 101 administrative units at district and commune levels. The administrative and political center of the province is located in Buon Ma Thuot city.

Regarding the Party organization, the structure of the Executive Committee, the Standing Committee and key personnel of the merged provincial Party Committee will be decided by the Central Committee. The advisory and support agencies of the Phu Yen Provincial Party Committee will be merged into the system of corresponding agencies of the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee. The headquarters of the new agencies will be located in Buon Ma Thuot City.

For public service units, Dak Lak Political School and Phu Yen Political School will merge into Dak Lak Political School, with headquarters in Tan Hoa Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City and facility 2 in Phu Dong Ward (Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen). The post-merger staff consists of 85 people receiving salaries from the budget.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the People's Council of Phu Yen province Cao Thi Hoa An spoke at the conference.

The press, radio and television agencies of the two provinces will merge into Dak Lak Newspaper, headquartered at 23 Le Duan, Tu An Ward, with three other supporting facilities in Buon Ma Thuot City and Buon Ho Town.

For the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, after the merger, a common agency will be established, keeping the total number of People's Council delegates of the two provinces unchanged before the merger (120 delegates).

Regarding the Provincial People's Committee, the number of Vice Chairmen of the two provinces will remain the same. Specialized agencies and public service units will be reorganized and merged in the same direction. After the reorganization, the Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee is expected to have 13 specialized agencies, 2 agencies equivalent to departments and 8 affiliated public service units.

Young Nie

Source: https://daibieunhandan.vn/trien-khai-de-an-sap-nhap-don-vi-hanh-chinh-tinh-dak-lak-va-phu-yen-post410727.html