The Government agreed to submit a Resolution regulating the number of Vice Chairmen of People's Councils and Deputy Heads of People's Councils at provincial and communal levels.

(Chinhphu.vn) - The Government issued Resolution No. 323/NQ-CP on the draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee stipulating the number of Vice Chairmen of People's Councils, Vice Heads of People's Councils at provincial and communal levels and the arrangement of full-time delegates of People's Councils at provincial and communal levels.

Specifically, the Government unanimously approved the draft Government Submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee on the promulgation of the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee regulating the number of Vice Chairmen of the People's Council, Vice Heads of the People's Councils at the provincial and communal levels and the arrangement of full-time delegates of the People's Councils at the provincial and communal levels, submitted by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Submission No. 8911/TTr-BNV dated October 3, 2025.

The Government assigned the Minister of Home Affairs to be responsible for receiving comments from Government members; authorized by the Prime Minister, to sign on behalf of the Government the Government's Submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee; closely coordinate, proactively report and explain during the process of examining and receiving comments from National Assembly agencies on the draft Resolution in accordance with the provisions of law and be responsible for the content of the report.

* According to the draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the People's Council at the commune level has 01 Vice Chairman of the People's Council.

Each Committee of the People's Council at the commune level is calculated to have an average of 02 Vice Heads of the Committee. Based on the scale of natural area, population, classification of administrative units, classification of urban areas, economic scale, practical situation of the locality and orientation of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the People's Council at the provincial level decides specifically the number of Vice Heads of the People's Council in each administrative unit at the commune level, ensuring that the total number of Vice Heads of the People's Council at the commune level of the province or city does not exceed the total number calculated according to the average framework prescribed above.

Regarding the number of Vice Chairmen of Provincial People's Councils, the draft stipulates as follows:

1. In provinces and cities implementing mergers and acquisitions, the number of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council is stipulated as follows:

a) A city that merges or consolidates 03 provincial-level administrative units shall have no more than 04 Vice Chairmen of the People's Council. A city that merges or consolidates 02 provincial-level administrative units shall have no more than 03 Vice Chairmen of the People's Council;

b) The province implementing the merger or consolidation shall have no more than 03 Vice Chairmen of the People's Council.

2. In provinces and cities that do not carry out mergers or consolidations, there shall be no more than 02 Vice Chairmen of the People's Council.

3. In case the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council is arranged to be a full-time People's Council delegate, the number of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council specified in Clauses 1 and 2 shall be reduced by 01 person.

4. The number of Vice Chairmen of the Hanoi People's Council shall comply with the provisions of the Law on the Capital.

Regarding the number of Deputy Heads of the Provincial People's Council, the draft stipulates as follows:

1. In provinces and cities implementing mergers and acquisitions, the number of Deputy Heads of each Committee of the Provincial People's Council is stipulated as follows:

a) Provinces and cities that merge and consolidate 03 provincial-level administrative units must have no more than 04 Deputy Heads of Departments;

b) Provinces and cities that merge or consolidate two provincial-level administrative units shall have no more than three Deputy Heads of Departments;

c) In case the Ethnic Committee is established on the basis of the existing Ethnic Committees of 03 provinces and cities before the merger, there will be no more than 04 Deputy Heads of the Committee.

In case the Ethnic Committee is established on the basis of the existing Ethnic Committees of 02 provinces or cities before the merger, there will be no more than 03 Deputy Heads of the Committee.

In case the Ethnic Committee is established on the basis of the existing Ethnic Committee of a province or city before the merger or consolidation, there will be no more than 2 Deputy Heads of the Committee.

2. Provinces and cities that do not merge or consolidate shall have no more than 02 Deputy Heads of the Board.

3. In case the Head of the Provincial People's Council is a full-time People's Council delegate, the number of Deputy Heads of the Committee specified in Clauses 1 and 2 shall be reduced by 01 person.

4. The number of Deputy Heads of the Hanoi City People's Council shall comply with the provisions of the Law on the Capital.

Also according to the draft Resolution, each Committee of the Provincial People's Council has no more than 01 member who is a full-time People's Council delegate.

The number of members of the Committee of the Hanoi People's Council who are full-time People's Council delegates is implemented according to the provisions of the Law on the Capital.

Phuong Nhi

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