A meeting was held in Hanoi on April 25th to discuss a plan to reduce the number of wards and townships by 400. The plan will reorganize the city’s administrative divisions at the local level.
The meeting, chaired by Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Trần Sỹ Thanh, reviewed the proposal for restructuring and reorganizing the city’s administrative units at the ward and township levels.
Previously, the Hanoi Department of Internal Affairs submitted a report on the reorganization plan to the Standing Committee of the Hanoi People’s Committee and the People’s Committee of Hanoi.
Chairman Trần Sỹ Thanh chairs the meeting. (Photo: Mai Hữu).
Hanoi covers an area of approximately 3,360 square kilometers and has 30 administrative units at the district level (12 districts, 1 municipality, and 17 districts), 526 administrative units at the ward/township level (160 wards, 21 towns, and 345 townships). The city has a resident and temporary population of over 8.5 million people.
The plan aims to consolidate these units into 126 new wards and townships, a reduction of approximately 400 wards and townships, or more than 76% of the current units, according to the central government’s directives and the city’s specific needs.
Among the new administrative units, the Hồng Hà Ward is projected to be the largest by population, with approximately 126,000 residents. Covering more than 16 square kilometers, it stretches from Nhật Tân Bridge to Vĩnh Tuy Bridge.
Cửa Nam Ward has the smallest area, at 1.65 square kilometers. Ba Vì Township has the largest area at 81.29 square kilometers.
A view of Hanoi from above. (Photo: Staff Reporter).
Hanoi plans to solicit public feedback, followed by district-level and ward/township-level People’s Councils’ approval of the restructuring plan before April 26th.
Based on public and council feedback, the city’s Standing Committee of the Party Central Committee and the Hanoi Party Committee will approve the plan by April 28th.
Finally, the Hanoi People’s Committee will complete the proposal and submit it to the city’s People’s Council for approval by April 29th, and then submit a report to the government by May 1st.
