Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.

Leaders of Yen Hoa ward in Ha Noi inspect the IT system on the first day of piloting the two-tier local administration model.

Guidance on administrative procedures

Ministries and localities must monitor the rollout of decentralisation policies under Official Dispatch 87/CD-TTg and promptly resolve issues to maintain smooth operations.

They are also required to update and publish administrative procedures on the national database, as outlined in Official Dispatch 90/CD-TTg, with clear guidance for citizens, organisations and businesses.

Localities must closely oversee the formation of specialised provincial agencies, ensuring they align with central guidelines and meet all required criteria.

Redundancy-related entitlements payment no later than June 30

The PM also urges a thorough review and streamlining of procedures to ensure prompt payment of entitlements for public employees and civil servants made redundant due to the restructuring. Those who have already received redundancy decisions must be paid no later than June 30, 2025.

Ministries and sectors must maintain active task forces and hotlines to receive and handle queries and recommendations from local authorities and agencies. Exemplary units and individuals will be commended, while underperformers will face criticism or disciplinary action.

Instruction manual for commune-level People's Committees

Ministries must urgently issue circulars on decentralisation by June 25, 2025 and update or repeal outdated regulations to align with the new legal framework.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is tasked with advising on the approval of leaders in 23 new provinces and centrally-run cities and completing a handbook for commune-level People’s Committees by June 30.

Pilot operations of two-tier administration model

The Ministry of Justice, the Government Inspectorate, and local authorities must complete the reorganisation of inspection and civil judgment enforcement agencies, as directed by the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.

Localities will begin piloting the two-tier local administration model by convening official meetings, operating management systems, and launching public service centres to handle administrative procedures and inter-agency coordination.

Vietnam’s digital map updates 34 provincial-level administrative units

An 1:1,000,000-scale administrative map of Vietnam online and in digital *.pdf format will be released once the National Assembly’s Resolution on the reorganisation of provincial-level administrative units in 2025 takes effect in oder to promptly support the Prime Minister’s direction and administration, support state management by ministries, sectors, and localities; and meet requirements of organisations and individuals.

 

Key milestones in administrative and organisational restructuring

On May 25, 2025, the Politburo issued Conclusion No. 157-KL/TW on implementing Party resolutions regarding the restructuring of the organisational apparatus and administrative units. New commune-level units are to come into operation from 1 July, with completion targeted by July 15; provincial-level restructuring is to be finalised by August 15.

 

PM urges simplification of administrative procedures

Key targets for 2025 include a minimum 30% reduction in administrative processing time, compliance costs, and business conditions.

 

Assignment of settlement authority of district-level administrative procedures must be completed before June 10

They are asked to issue legal documents within their jurisdiction to implement cuts and reassign the authority of settlement at the district level. For procedures requiring government decrees, ministries must submit them to the Ministry of Justice for review by May 10, and to the Government for approval by May 30. Progress on the work must be reported to the PM by May 10.

 

Politburo, Secretariat review apparatus restructuring, administrative reorganisation progress

Members of the Politburo and Secretariat reviewed the restructuring of the political system’s organisational apparatus and reorganisation of administrative units at all levels during a meeting on May 3.