On June 12, 2025, during its 9th session, the 15th National Assembly passed a resolution on the restructuring of Vietnam’s provincial-level administrative units. Under this new structure, Vietnam now has 34 provincial-level units—28 provinces and 6 centrally governed cities.
The merger of Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, and Ninh Binh aims to shape a modern, vibrant development space with Ninh Binh at its heart, transforming the region into a hub of smart and green industry and services by 2030, while preserving its unique identity as a national heritage centre.
The apparatus reorganisation must assure smooth operation of organisations and agencies and avoid disruptions to the activities of the Party, administrations, citizens, and businesses, President Luong Cuong told officials of the two provinces.
In an interview granted to VietnamPlus, Dr. Nguyen Van Dang, a public governance and policy researcher from the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics said the policy of merging some provincial-level administrative units, eliminating district-level units, and continuing to merge commune-level units presents an opportunity to define a new mission for the commune-level political system, moving toward modern local governance.
Nine ministries and agencies under the Government will be consolidated under a resolution on streamlining and optimising the political system, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra told the Vietnam News Agency.
Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia announced a merger of their businesses on May 17, creating a technology powerhouse called GoTo Group in the country's largest-ever deal, according to Reuters.
The Indonesian government has put together a plan to merge nine state-run companies, including flag air carrier Garuda Indonesia, low-cost airline Citilink and companies that run major tourism sites.
PetroVietnam is laying out plans to divest capital from the two biggest Vietnamese fertiliser companies – PetroVietnam Fertiliser & Chemicals Corp (DPM) and PetroVietnam Ca Mau Fertiliser Joint Stock Company (DCM) – to submit to authorities for consideration.
The southern province of Tay Ninh is asking for relevant authority’s approval to merge Chang Riec cultural-historic forest with Lo Go-Xa Mat national park.
More than 1,200 health care managers will need new jobs when centres for preventive health, HIV/AIDS, malaria and others are merged into one Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in each province in 2021.
Thanh Thanh Cong Tay Ninh Joint Stock Company (TTCS) will fully acquire Bien Hoa Sugar Joint Stock Company (JSC), becoming the biggest sugar producer in Vietnam.
Vietnam Investment Securities Company (IVS) will merge with Japan Securities Incorporated (JSI) to boost the number of customers, financial capability and expand the operation to Japan.
Alternaty, a leading real estate consulting firm in Indochina, merged into Savills Vietnam, the largest property company in Vietnam, under a deal inked in Ho Chi Minh City on March 28.
New developments have brought opportunities for Merger and Acquisition deals made between foreign investors and Vietnamese firms, according to speakers at the M&A Forum Vietnam 2016 held on August 18.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a decision to approve the merger of Song Da Finance Company (SDFC) and Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MBBank).
The State Bank of Vietnam has recently approved in principle a merger between the Song Da Finance Company (SDFC) and the Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MBBank).
The removal of weak banks through mergers and acquisitions, one of drastic measures taken by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), has somewhat improved the health of the banking system and won trust from
