The iconic Landmark 81 building in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District. — VNS Photo Nguyễn Diệp

HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee has announced a plan to rearrange administrative units at the district and commune levels in the 2023-25 period.

Accordingly, in 2023, the city is going to build a comprehensive roadmap for rearranging any administrative units at the district and commune levels with a population and surface area 70 per cent lower than regulation, or any district-level units with a surface area and population lower than 20 per cent and 200 per cent of regulation, respectively, or any commune-level units with a surface area and population lower than 20 per cent and 300 per cent of regulation, respectively.

The municipal People’s Committee encourages all localities to actively propose their own rearrangement plans suitable to their specific features, including those administrative units already meeting standards, in order to address any unreasonable issues regarding identifying the border between administrative units and streamlining the current staff.

Next year, the city will finish this rearrangement at both district and commune levels, along with the proper designation of civil servants and public employees at each new administrative unit. It will also adopt suitable policies for redundant staff at units subject to this restructuring.

In 2025, party congress at all levels for the 2025-30 tenure will be held, including those newly formed after the 2023-25 rearrangement.

The adoption of suitable policies for redundant staff will continue, along with the handling of public assets in the administrative units at district and commune levels affected by this rearrangement.

Any related paperwork for this transformation, including changing information regarding personal data of individuals and organizations due to this new arrangement, must be completed this year. — VNS