The resolution was approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee at its meeting on February 11.

After re-organisation, Thai Bình province will have its communes trimmed by 26 units while Lao Cai province and Hanoi will decrease by 10 and five, respectively. Can Tho city and Khanh Hoa province will reduce by two and one communes respectively.

At a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Tra Linh, Trung Khanh, Phuc Hoa and Quang Uyen districts in Cao Bang province will be merged into two.

Addressing the meeting, Secretary of Cao Bang province’s Party Committee Lai Xuan Mon said the rearrangement was welcomed by constituents (over 90 percent), adding that the province had dispatched delegations to visit Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An to gain more experience about the places.

Many people might raise concern over the merging of administrative units because some will get higher position while others lose their jobs, he said.

However, the provincial Party Committee has introduced measures to handle all possible problems, Mon added.

According to the official, the merging will help boost the province’s economic development and improve its defence capacity and political security.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan emphasised the need to ensure all residents would be on board with the plans.

“In addition to natural areas, it was necessary to consider defence and security factors as well as cultural traditions before merging administrative units with a view to boost living standards and the region’s economy,” she said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) plans to merge 631 communal administrative units and 16 district-level units by 2021 in accordance with a resolution issued by the Politburo in 2018 to streamline the apparatus of local authorities and ensure the resources for socio-economic development are used effectively.

The units to be merged are the ones that do not meet criteria in terms of natural area and population for their current classification.

To date 44 out of 45 provinces and cities (excluding Ho Chi Minh City) have submitted their re-organisation plans to the MoHA.

78 percent of enterprises satisfied with tax administrative reform

About 78 percent of surveyed enterprises showed their satisfaction with tax administrative reforms in 2019, up 3 percent compared to 2016.

Bac Giang surveys satisfaction of organization and citizen on handling administrative procedures

(BGO) – The Department of Home Affairs  and Post Office in Bac Giang province have recently coordinated to deliver the survey sheets about the organizations and citizen’s satisfaction Index of Public Administrative Services (SIPAS). 

Bac Giang operates support division to handle administrative procedure

(BGO) – The Public Administrative Center (PAC) in the northern province of Bac Giang has put the support division to handle the administrative procedure on operation at the lobby on the first floor at the provincial inter-office building.

Bac Giang applies Zalo in administrative reform

(BGO)-A signing ceremony of cooperation agreement between the provincial Department of Information and Communication and VNG Joint Stock Company on using Zalo application in administrative reform of Bac Giang province was held on 25 July  at the Center for Administrative Services of Bac Giang province. This event was attended by Lai Thanh Son, Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.

Bac Giang city launches telephone exchange to support administrative procedures

(BGO) – The telephone exchange 02043.823.932 has been recently put in operation by the Bac Giang municipal One-Stop Shop Division (Bac Giang province) to support the residents about the administrative procedures in order to improve the quality of administrative reform.    

Source: VNA