Prime Minister: The arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels must be methodical, scientific and effective.

On the morning of July 31, the Government held a national conference to deploy the implementation of the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels in the 2023-2030 period. Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister chaired the conference.

At Nghe An province, comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee co-chaired.

Attending the conference were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department; Pham Trong Hoang - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Thi Kim Chi - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Provincial Agencies, along with leaders of departments, branches, and 21 districts, cities, and towns.

COMPLETE STAFF ARRANGEMENT IN 2024

At the conference, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra thoroughly grasped the content of Conclusion No. 48-KL/TW of the Politburo on continuing to reorganize district and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2030 period; presented the content of the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on reorganizing district and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2030 period.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Duy Thang presented the Government's Resolution promulgating the Plan to implement the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units for the period 2023 - 2025; the Ministry of Home Affairs' guidance on implementing the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units under the Ministry's authority.

According to the roadmap for implementing the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2025 period in the Government's Resolution, in 2023, legal regulations related to the arrangement of administrative units will be reviewed, revised, supplemented, and promulgated to meet practical requirements and overcome shortcomings, limitations, and difficulties of the 2019-2021 period.

Localities shall develop a master plan and project to arrange district and commune-level administrative units whose area and population size are below 70% of the prescribed standards; district-level administrative units whose natural area is below 20% and population size is below 200% of the prescribed standards; commune-level administrative units whose natural area is below 20% and population size is below 300% of the prescribed standards.

In 2024, complete the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units and develop a master plan and project in 2023. In addition, focus on resolving redundant regimes and policies at district and commune-level agencies, organizations and administrative units that have been reorganized in the 2019-2021 period; resolve redundant regimes and policies at district and commune-level agencies, organizations and administrative units that have been reorganized in the 2023-2025 period.

In 2025, successfully organize party congresses at all levels for the 2025-2030 term; continue to resolve redundant regimes and policies at agencies, organizations, units and redundant people after the district and commune party congresses for the 2025-2030 term; continue to rearrange and handle headquarters and public assets in districts and communes that carry out the rearrangement; complete the conversion of related documents...

At the conference, the ministries and branches: Agriculture and Rural Development; Construction; Finance; Planning and Investment; Public Security; Natural Resources and Environment; Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs; Ethnic Committee and Ministry of National Defense presented documents guiding the steps to arrange administrative units at district and commune levels; reviewing, implementing adjustments and supplements to planning; adjusting administrative boundaries; financial management, payroll, etc.

Localities also presented experiences in arranging commune-level administrative units in the 2019-2021 period and presented overall plans and projects for arranging district and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2025 period.

Speaking at the conference, Comrade Nguyen Khac Dinh - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly assessed that the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels in the 2023-2025 period was implemented more urgently, faster, and more thoroughly. However, the number of administrative units in this period is greater than the previous period; there must be a separate project for urban arrangement; in accordance with provincial planning, urban planning, rural planning, etc.

The arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels is not the sole responsibility of state agencies but the responsibility of the entire system of Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front, unions and central agencies located in the area. Therefore, the arrangement must be under the comprehensive and synchronous leadership of the Party committees.

Drawing on experience from the previous period, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly requested that localities must implement synchronously, the province that does it first should submit it first, and organize it systematically, scientifically, urgently and effectively. The arrangement requires close coordination between relevant agencies; local Party committees and People's Councils must hold extraordinary meetings to resolve issues when the People's Committee submits them to keep up with progress.

ARRANGE TO CREATE NEW DEVELOPMENT SPACE, NEW THINKING

Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that, in response to the country's development requirements, the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels is a necessary requirement to streamline the administrative apparatus, enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of state management, and create favorable conditions for people and businesses.

Besides, the arrangement to innovate and organize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently is a major policy of the Party; Improving the spiritual and material life of the people.

Building on the results and lessons learned from the previous period, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the requirements for the next period are very high, with a lot of work, little time, and limited resources. Therefore, it is necessary to have a decisive, active, focused, and effective participation; sectors and localities should come up with appropriate solutions to overcome difficulties in the implementation process.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the arrangement of administrative units is a difficult, sensitive, and complicated task, involving many people and many sectors; affecting people, businesses, and other entities. Therefore, the mindset must be clear, the determination must be high, the efforts must be great, the actions must be drastic, focused, and key, ensuring compliance with regulations, implementation must not be scattered, but must be concentrated; ensuring the stability of the political system and people's lives.

During the implementation process, it is necessary to focus on propaganda, mobilization, and consensus building within the political system and among the people; it must be carried out methodically and scientifically, without haste, without perfectionism but without impatience, ensuring compliance with regulations, ensuring the legitimate rights and interests of relevant entities; The settlement of policies for the redundant team must be timely and in accordance with regulations; it is necessary to take into account specific factors in order to combine favorable factors to promote development.

In addition, promoting the role and responsibility of the heads of local Party committees and authorities in leadership, direction and administration; close coordination between ministries, branches, localities, the Fatherland Front and mass organizations, considering this a key political task in the coming time. The arrangement of administrative units must be carefully and synchronously prepared, with adequate resources, and with a suitable and effective roadmap.

The arrangement must ensure compliance with planning and meet the requirements of sustainable development. The arrangement must be associated with innovation, streamlining the political system's organizational structure, operating effectively and efficiently, digital transformation, creating new development space, new thinking, new vision; focusing on carefully considering specific factors in a harmonious and reasonable manner; thoroughly resolving existing problems and limitations in the previous period.