Nghe An Provincial People's Council approved the amendment of the names of 82 communes and wards according to place names with traditional, cultural and historical elements.
With this adjustment, all 130 new communes and wards in Nghe An after the administrative unit arrangement will have names based on places with traditional, cultural and historical elements.
On the afternoon of May 8, the People's Council of Nghe An province, term XVIII, 2021-2026, held the 29th Session - Special Session to review, discuss and approve the Resolution amending and supplementing a number of contents in Resolution No. 09 dated April 28, 2025, giving opinions on the policy of rearranging commune-level administrative units in Nghe An province in 2025.
Attending the meeting were comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Party Executive Committee...
Comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting.
On April 28, 2025, the Provincial People's Council issued Resolution No. 09 providing opinions on the policy of arranging commune-level administrative units in Nghe An province in 2025, ensuring the order and procedures according to the provisions of law and the direction and guidance of the Central Government.
Accordingly, the People's Council of Nghe An province resolved to approve the policy of rearranging commune-level administrative units in Nghe An province. Specifically, rearranging and merging 404 communes, wards and towns in the province to establish 122 new communes and wards.
Of these, 82 units in 14 districts, cities and towns have names using district-level names with serial numbers. Vinh city alone has 1 unit named after the place name Cua Lo and Nam Dan district has 1 unit named after the place name Kim Lien commune.
In addition, there are 38 newly established communes in 6 localities: Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Thanh Chuong, Quy Chau, Quy Hop, Que Phong named after traditional, cultural and historical places.
After the rearrangement, Nghe An province has 130 commune-level administrative units (122 new communes and wards and 8 remaining communes including: My Ly commune, Bac Ly commune, Keng Du commune, Huoi Tu commune, Muong Long commune in Ky Son district; Chau Binh commune in Quy Chau district; Huu Khuong commune and Luong Minh commune in Tuong Duong district), of which there are 119 communes and 11 wards; a decrease of 282 commune-level administrative units compared to before the rearrangement.
However, through understanding the general situation of localities across the country, there has been a change in naming new commune-level administrative units after the arrangement in the direction of not using district-level names with serial numbers but using names that are easy to read, easy to remember, using names of places with traditional, cultural and historical elements; following the wishes of voters and people; implementing the Conclusion Notices of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, the Steering Committee for the arrangement of commune-level administrative units and local authorities at 2 levels, the People's Committees at the district and commune levels have carried out the procedures, organized to collect opinions from people and voters and submitted to the People's Councils at the same level for approval according to regulations on amending names of commune-level administrative units, achieving high unity and consensus among voters and people.
According to the Department of Home Affairs, 96.92% of voters in Nghe An agreed to change the name in the direction of not using district-level names with serial numbers, but using place names with traditional, cultural and historical elements.
To complete the project dossier, report to the Government to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and resolution on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units in Nghe An province in 2025, the Provincial People's Committee submitted to the 29th Session of the Provincial People's Council for consideration and approval of the Resolution amending and supplementing a number of contents of Resolution No. 09 dated April 28, 2025 of the Provincial People's Council, accordingly, amending the names of 82 communes and wards from the naming method using district-level names with serial numbers to using names of places with traditional, cultural and historical elements.
At the meeting, with high consensus, the delegates of the Provincial People's Council voted to pass the Resolution, accordingly, the resolution on the new naming scheme of 82 commune-level units in the whole province in 11 districts: Anh Son, Con Cuong, Dien Chau, Do Luong, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan, Nghia Dan, Nghi Loc, Quynh Luu, Tan Ky, Yen Thanh; 2 towns: Hoang Mai, Thai Hoa and Vinh city from using district-level names with serial numbers to names in the direction of easy to read, easy to remember, using names of places with traditional, cultural and historical elements.
Thus, with this adjustment, 130 new communes and wards in Nghe An after the arrangement and merger of commune-level administrative units will have names that are easy to read and remember, using names of places with traditional, cultural and historical elements.
In his closing speech, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested that immediately after the session, the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council revise and submit the Resolution to the session chairman for signing and certification.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee to urgently complete the dossier of the Project on rearranging administrative units of Nghe An province in 2025 to submit to the Ministry of Home Affairs for appraisal, report to the Government to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and resolution to ensure the urgent progress set by the Central Government; at the same time, be ready and proactively prepare conditions for the transition to a 2-level local government model.
Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu also requested the Provincial People's Committee to focus on implementing the Plan of the Drafting Committee to amend and supplement a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution on organizing the collection of opinions from the People, sectors and levels on the draft Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution to ensure democracy, science, publicity, transparency, substance, ensuring progress and quality; directing careful preparation for the regular mid-year session of the Provincial People's Council in 2025.
At the same time, the Delegation Groups and Provincial People's Council delegates seriously carry out their responsibility to meet with voters before the regular mid-year session in 2025 according to the issued Plan.