A proposal to merge provinces and cities and eliminate the district level will be submitted to the Party Central Committee in April this year

On February 28, 2025, the Party Central Committee issued Conclusion 127-KL/TW on conducting research and developing proposals for further restructuring the organizational apparatus of the political system.

A notable provision of Conclusion 127-KL/TW of 2025 is that the Politburo and the Secretariat assigned the Government Party Committee to take the lead, in coordination with the Central Organization Commission, the National Assembly Party Committee, the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and central-level mass organizations, and relevant agencies, in the following tasks:

– Direct research and the preparation of a proposal and submission document on merging certain provincial-level administrative units;

– Eliminate the district level;

– Continue merging commune-level administrative units.

For provincial-level mergers, the Party Central Committee requires that, in addition to population size and land area, the national master plan, regional and local plans, socioeconomic development strategies, and other relevant factors be carefully studied to provide a scientific basis for the restructuring.

Also under Conclusion 127-KL/TW of 2025, the Party Central Committee requires the Government Party Committee to proceed urgently and meet the following specific deadlines:

– Report to the Politburo for approval in principle before seeking opinions from Party committees and organizations, no later than March 9, 2025.

– Incorporate feedback from the Politburo and the Secretariat, finalize the proposal, and circulate it for comments to provincial and municipal Party committees, Party committees directly under the Party Central Committee, and central-level agencies, organizations, and Party commissions no later than March 12, 2025.

– Incorporate feedback from the agencies, finalize the proposal, and report to the Politburo and the Secretariat before March 27, 2025.

– Incorporate feedback from the Politburo, the Secretariat, and the agencies, finalize the proposal and submission document, and submit them to the Party Central Committee before April 7, 2025.

See Conclusion 127-KL/TW, issued on February 28, 2025, for details.

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