Bắc giang
Administrative unit arrangement opens up more space for development
BAC GIANG- On the final days of 2024, Bac Giang province had an honour to welcome Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man attending the conference to announce the NA Standing Committee's resolution on the province’s arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels for the 2023-2025 period. The new administrative units have officially come into operation since January 1, 2025.
Unified determination and action
According to the general plan, Bac Giang province re-organised 4 district-level administrative units.
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NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man gave the resolution of the NA Standing Committee on administrative arrangement for the representative of the municipal party committee of Bac Giang city. |
Particularly, the administrative boundaries of Yen Dung district were merged into Bac Giang city, the administrative boundaries of Luc Ngan and Son Dong districts were adjusted to establish Chu township, Luc Ngan and Son Dong districts.
34 commune level administrative units were re-arranged to form 17 new communal administrative units, 13 wards belonging to Bac Giang city, 5 wards of Chu township and 2 towns of Luc Ngan district. After the arrangement, the province has 10 district-level and 192 commune-level administrative units.
In implementation of the administrative unit arrangement, the provincial Party Committee noted it a big policy of the Party for proper organisation of all-level administrative units, which is consistent to the practical conditions and development trends aiming for a streamlined, efficient and effective political system.
As it is defined a difficult, sensitive and complicated task, the all-level party committee in the province have called for engagement of the entire political system with the highest determination.
Hiep Hoa district has nearly 50 percent of the communes subjected to re-arrangement (11 out of total 25 communes) to establish 5 new communes.
According to Chairman of the district people’s committee Hoang Cong Bo, the Standing Board of the district Party Committee timely directed the district people’s committee, grassroots-level party committee, agencies and units to well implement communication and disseminate the policy to officials and party members.
All members of the district steering committee and task forces attended the day to get voters’ opinions. As a result, all of the 11 communes gained high consensus with an average percentage of 97.3 percent.
According to Nguyen Van Phuong, Vice Director of the Department of Home Affairs, in 2021-2022 period the Department proposed the administrative unit arrangement plan to the provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee to submit for approval of the central Government.
During the scheme development process, the Department requested related agencies to take into account the population, land area, socio-economic, historical, traditional and cultural characteristics as a foundation for specific plans.
Ready for “breakthroughs”
Looking back the efforts of Bac Giang from a poor province, it has been ceaselessly strengthening its position and resources for socio-economic development.
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Voters in Luc Ngan district vote for the scheme on arrangement of administrative units. |
Particularly, the indicators of GRDP growth rate (reaching 13.85 percent in 2024, ranking 1st nationwide and doubling the national average), FDI attraction, import and export, provincial competitiveness index (PCI), provincial governance and public administration performance index (PAPI) and Par index are in top provinces and cities in Vietnam.
Thus, it is essential to expand development space of each locality and the whole province to create regional linkage for mutual development.
The merging of Yen Dung district into Bac Giang city will solve the problems about the space for trade, service, non-agricultural production and business, urban residential land, expansion of green area, recreation facilities, eco-tourism and traffic meeting the requirements for green and modern urban development.
The establishment of Chu township will facilitate development of fruit processing and handicraft industries and eco-tourism while forming a driving urban area in the northeast of the province.
The resolution of the provincial Party Committee’s Executive Committee on the tasks for 2025 set out 5 main groups of tasks and solutions.
Accordingly, the provincial Party Committee ordered to improve performance of all-level government, highly concentrate on arrangement of the public organizational apparatus ensuring a streamlined, powerful, efficient and effective political system.
With the accumulated position and power, open-minded spirit and tradition of solidarity, the all-level party committee, government and people of Bac Giang province enter 2025 with feasible targets and determination to gain achievements towards the all-level party congress and they are ready to “fly” in the new era of nation’s rise.
BAC GIANG – As the entire Party, military, and people are celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival, I am delighted to attend the conference announcing the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee regarding the arrangement of administrative units at the district and commune levels in Bac Giang province for the 2023-2025 period.
BAC GIANG - According to the Bac Giang Provincial Public Administration Service Center, more than 127,700 people were interested in and interacted with the Bac Giang Public Administration Portal on Zalo in 11 months of 2024, including nearly 50,000 views of the posted articles.
BAC GIANG- Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee of Bac Giang province Nguyen Van Gau on November 6 had a meeting with the Standing Board of the Party Committee of Yen Dung district regarding implementation of its political tasks in 2024, results of administrative unit arrangement and preparation for the all-level party congress for the 2025-2030 tenure.
BAC GIANG - Implementing Resolution 1191/NQ-UBTVQH15 dated September 28, 2024 by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee regarding the reorganization of district- and commune-level administrative units in Bac Giang province for the 2023-2025 period, authorities at all levels and sectors in the province are taking the required steps to ensure these units operate effectively after the reorganization.
BAC GIANG - The Bac Giang City Party Committee on October 21 held a conference to disseminate and deploy the plan of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and the City People's Committee on the implementation of National Assembly Standing Committee’s Resolution No. 1191/NQ-UBTVQH15 dated September 28, 2024 about the arrangement of administrative units at the district and commune levels of Bac Giang province during 2023 – 2025 period (Resolution No. 1191).
Vietnamese Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra and French Minister for Public Servants, Simplification and Transformation of Public Action Guillaume Kasbarian discussed cooperation programmes and signed bilateral cooperation documents at their meeting on October 4.
BAC GIANG - On September 30, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA) coordinated with the Provincial Federation of Labor and the Provincial Industrial Park Management Board to organize a conference to answer difficulties and problems for enterprises in implementing labor laws in Bac Giang City.
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