The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee adopted resolutions on the establishment of a town and a township, during its 14th session in Hanoi on August 11.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue presided over a meeting on July 29 to discuss the amendment of two resolutions on the classification of cities and administrative units.
The Ministry of Home Affairs reduced the number of civil servants nationwide by 10.1 percent in 2021, for the first time exceeding the Politburo’s target.
Ho Chi Minh City's authorities provided 668 online public administrative services at levels 3 and 4 in various fields in the first quarter of the year, and more than 80 percent of local residents and organisations said they were satisfied with the services.
As many as six administrative units at the district level and 546 units at the communal level have been streamlined under a plan of rearrangement of administrative units for the 2019-2021 period, according to Vu Dang Minh, chief of Office of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).
The National Assembly Standing Committee approved the rearrangement of communal- and district-level administrative units for the 2019 – 2021 period and the establishment of several urban administrative units for 18 cities and provinces, during its 41st meeting in Hanoi on January 10.
As many as 20 districts and 539 administrative units at communal and ward levels will be streamlined under a plan of rearrangement of administrative units, said Phan Van Hung, head of Local Administration under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, people’s committees at all levels and other relevant agencies to review their land use starting on August 1, 2019.
Merging administrative units must be conducted in line with streamlining apparatus, personnel and improving the quality of state officials, according to Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Tran Anh Tuan.
Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan has pointed out problems in the status of district- and commune-level administrative units, noting that over 80 percent of these units do not meet criteria in terms of area and population.
More than half of the total 11,162 communes nationwide (6,191 communes or 55.46 percent) do not meet even 50 percent of the criteria on natural area and population as set by Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13.
Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan suggested the Prime Minister assign administrative units to reduce personnel by 2 percent per year during a teleconference between the Government and localities on July 2.
People across 17 provinces, 39 cities and 115 districts in Indonesia on June 27 went to the polls to elect heads and deputy heads of the administrative units.
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