Which agency is responsible for determining administrative boundaries according to the 2024 Land Law?

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- Administrative boundariesis the boundary dividing administrative units marked by boundary markers. This is the legal basis for defining the scope of responsibility of the State administrative apparatus at all levels in managing population, land, economy, politics, culture, and society at the local level.

- Which agency is responsible for determining administrative boundaries according to the 2024 Land Law?

Pursuant to Article 49 of the 2024 Land Law, the determination of administrative boundaries is stipulated as follows:

Administrative boundaries

... 2. The Ministry of Home Affairs guides the relevant provincial People's Committees to determine the boundaries of provincial-level administrative units; the superior People's Committees directly direct and guide the relevant lower-level People's Committees to determine the boundaries of administrative units in the field and establish records of administrative unit boundaries within the locality.

... 6. The Government is responsible for guiding the settlement of cases of disagreement on administrative unit boundaries; organizing the settlement of cases of disagreement on administrative unit boundaries as prescribed in Clauses 4 and 5 of this Article.

7. The Ministry of Home Affairs regulates the establishment and management of administrative unit boundary records.

Thus, the Ministry of Home Affairs is the unit that guides the relevant provincial People's Committees to determine provincial administrative boundaries. Then, the provincial People's Committees will directly direct and guide the relevant district People's Committees to determine administrative boundaries in the field and establish records of administrative boundaries within the district.

Regarding the determination of administrative boundaries in the commune, the People's Committee at the district level will directly direct and guide the relevant lower-level People's Committees to determine.

In case of disagreement on administrative boundaries, the Government is responsible for guiding and organizing the resolution of disagreement on administrative boundaries.