Under the reform, 11 cities and provinces – Hanoi, Hue, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Cao Bang – will remain unchanged, while all others will be the product of mergers. The provincial mergers are part of a radical slimming of the administrative apparatus that was approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in April. The changes will also see the elimination of the entire district level of administration, and the reorganization of administrative units at the commune level.
fredag 13. juni 2025
Vietnam Approves Radical Consolidation of Provinces and Major Cities
Vietnam’s National Assembly yesterday approved an ambitious administrative reform plan that will nearly halve the number of provinces and cities and slash nearly 80,000 government jobs. The rubber-stamp legislature voted overwhelmingly to reduce the country’s 63 provincial and city administrations to just 34, including 28 provinces and six centrally-run cities.
Under the reform, 11 cities and provinces – Hanoi, Hue, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Cao Bang – will remain unchanged, while all others will be the product of mergers. The provincial mergers are part of a radical slimming of the administrative apparatus that was approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in April. The changes will also see the elimination of the entire district level of administration, and the reorganization of administrative units at the commune level.
Under the reform, 11 cities and provinces – Hanoi, Hue, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Cao Bang – will remain unchanged, while all others will be the product of mergers. The provincial mergers are part of a radical slimming of the administrative apparatus that was approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in April. The changes will also see the elimination of the entire district level of administration, and the reorganization of administrative units at the commune level.
