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Vietnam Lawmakers Approve Merging Provinces, Slashing Nearly 80,000 Jobs
- On June 12, 2025, Vietnam’s National Assembly in Hanoi passed a resolution to consolidate its provincial-level administrative units, decreasing the total number from 63 to 34.
- This reform, driven by the extensive governance changes initiated by Vietnam's top leader To Lam, seeks to reduce bureaucratic complexity to promote faster, more stable, and sustainable development.
- The merger forms 28 provinces and 6 centrally governed cities by combining smaller units, affecting over 447,000 civil servants and reorganizing leadership by June 30.
- Officials pledged job cuts of nearly 80,000 positions, with 79,339 officials to retire or quit, and reductions in ministries from 30 to 22, causing 23,000 job losses.
- Implementation begins July 1, expecting improved governance and resource management, while local governments must update boundaries and resolve discrepancies publicly.
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Vietnam passes resolution to merge provincial administrative organizations, reducing from 63 provinces to only 34, reducing civil servants by 250,000, hoping to save more than 230 billion baht in 5 years, with the new system to start on July 1st.
Radio France Internationale
laboussoleinfos.comIn Vietnam, the state imposes an unprecedented austerity cure on its administration, which is reminiscent of the vast offensive launched in the United States by President Donald Trump. It is a major turning point in this country led since the late 1970s by the Communist Party, because, until now, being a civil servant meant getting a job for life. But economic growth is now threatened by the Washington customs offensive, and the leaders are prep…
Channel News Asia
Vietnam lawmakers approve merging provinces, slashing nearly 80,000 jobs
HANOI: Vietnam's National Assembly on Thursday (Jun 12) approved plans to merge provinces and cities, slashing nearly 80,000 state jobs, as part of major reforms to the communist country's administrative structure. Lawmakers voted to reduce the country's 63 provincial and city administrations to just 34, a
Vietnam's National Assembly approves provincial merger resolution
Vietnam's National Assembly on Thursday officially passed a resolution on merging provincial-level administrative units, reducing the number of provinces and cities from 63 to 34, Vietnam News Agency reported.
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