On the morning of June 30, Hanoi organized a ceremony to announce the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Resolution and the city’s decisions on the deployment of administrative units at the communal level. The ceremony was broadcast live at the city’s main venue at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace and held online at 126 communal-level venues.
The headquarters of Nam Tu Liem District has been renamed Tu Liem Ward and is ready to operate from July 1st.
The event was expected to be attended by National Assembly Chairman Luong Cuong and Hanoi’s leaders, including the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, members of the Municipal Party Committee, and heads of the Party Committee’s departments.
At the ceremony, Hanoi announced the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Resolution on the rearrangement of the city’s communal-level administrative units in 2025 and the Municipal Party Committee’s decision on the establishment of communal-level Party committees. The city also presented decisions to the newly appointed secretaries, chairpersons of the People’s Committees, and chairpersons of the Fatherland Front Committees of the communal-level units.
After implementing the “Project on rearranging administrative units at all levels and the model of local government with two administrative levels” in the area, Hanoi reduced the number of communes and wards from 526 to 126, including 51 wards and 75 communes. Along with other localities nationwide, Hanoi’s communal-level units officially adopted the two-level local government model from July 1st. After a trial period, the preparation for the official operation of Hanoi’s 126 new communal-level units has been substantially completed.
According to Mr. Nguyen Hong Nhat, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Party Committee’s Organization Committee, within a week, from June 20 to 26, the 126 new communal-level units, along with the entire political system, conducted a large-scale trial operation with a comprehensive range of scenarios never tested before. The implementation was carried out with urgency, seriousness, and responsibility, ensuring the continuity and smoothness of the new administrative units’ operations, leaving no power vacuum. Preparation, including human resources, infrastructure, and scenario planning, was prioritized and substantially met the requirements for handling ten groups of situations. The coordination mechanism between levels has proven effective, enabling the timely handling of incidents and challenges during the trial period. The leadership and staff of the new communal-level units demonstrated a strong sense of responsibility and quickly adapted to their new roles.
Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, Permanent Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, acknowledged the great efforts and high sense of responsibility of the city’s communal-level units in conducting the trial operation of the two-level local government model, resulting in positive outcomes and valuable lessons for the official launch on July 1st.
Mr. Nguyen Van Phong emphasized that despite thorough preparations, it is impossible to anticipate all scenarios in practice. Therefore, the Party committees, authorities, and especially the leaders of the communal-level units must rely on the actual situation to resolve issues, regardless of whether there are existing regulations or assigned responsibilities.
“The core spirit is to prioritize serving the people and businesses as the most important goal,” Mr. Nguyen Van Phong stressed. “We must not allow a situation where people or businesses come to us for help but are left unresolved, passed around in circles, or unanswered.”
