Operating a two-tier local government apparatus to create a new long-term and sustainable development space model. Photo: NDO
The country has 34 provinces and cities and 3,321 commune-level administrative units.
According to Resolution No. 202/2025 of the National Assembly on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units in 2025, from today (July 1), 34 provincial-level administrative units (28 provinces and 6 cities) officially come into operation.
The Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) stipulates that from July 1, a two-level local government model (provincial and communal levels) will be implemented; communal-level administrative units include communes, wards, and special zones directly under the provincial level.
Administrative procedures are resolved quickly for people. Photo: VTC News
Statistics from the Ministry of Home Affairs show that as of July 1, the country had 3,321 commune-level administrative units, including 2,621 communes, 687 wards and 13 special zones. The organizational structure of the People's Council at the commune level includes the Standing Committee of the People's Council, the People's Council Committees, the People's Council Delegation Group and the People's Council delegates at the commune level. The People's Council at the commune level has the Economic - Budget Committee and the Cultural - Social Committee.
The People's Committee at the commune level organizes 3 specialized agencies, including: Office of the People's Council and People's Committee; Economic Department (for communes and special zones) or Economic, Infrastructure and Urban Department (for wards and special zones in Phu Quoc); Department of Culture - Society.
The People's Committee at the commune level is officially authorized to issue red books to people.
Decree No. 151/2025 of the Government stipulating the division of authority of local governments at two levels, decentralization and delegation in the field of land clearly states that the authority of the District People's Committee according to the Land Law is transferred to the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, including: Issuing Certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land (red books) as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1, Article 136 and Point d, Clause 2, Article 142 of the Land Law; re-determining residential land area and issuing Certificates of land use rights and ownership of assets attached to land as prescribed in Clause 6, Article 141 of the Land Law.
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Recording land prices in decisions on land allocation, land lease, permission to change land use purposes, land use extension, adjustment of land use duration, and change of land use form is under the authority of the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level in cases where land prices in the land price list are applied to calculate land use fees and land rent; issuing land price decisions is under the authority of the Chairman of the commune level in cases where specific land prices are determined as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 155 of the Land Law.
Eliminate "administrative boundaries" in medical examination and treatment under health insurance
The Law on Health Insurance (HI) 2024, effective from July 1, stipulates the level of health insurance benefits when implementing universal health insurance examination and treatment in the direction of not distinguishing administrative boundaries by province, maintaining the rate of health insurance benefits according to the provisions of current law and expanding to some cases.
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Accordingly, health insurance participants are entitled to 100% of the benefits when examining and treating at primary health insurance medical examination and treatment facilities nationwide; 100% of the benefits when going for inpatient examination and treatment at basic health insurance medical examination and treatment facilities nationwide; 100% of the benefits when examining and treating at any basic or specialized health insurance medical examination and treatment facility that before January 1, 2025 has been determined by a competent authority to be at the district level.
In some cases of rare diseases, serious illnesses... patients are taken directly to a medical facility for specialized examination and treatment.
Officially paying social insurance for 15 years with pension, people from 75 years old have subsidy
The Social Insurance Law 2024, effective from July 1, has changed the regulations on pension eligibility compared to the Social Insurance Law 2014. Accordingly, employees who reach retirement age and have paid social insurance for 15 years or more will receive a monthly pension and be given a free health insurance card for health care throughout the pension period.
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This regulation applies to those who have participated in social insurance before the Social Insurance Law 2024 takes effect.
The new law adds a chapter on social pension benefits. This chapter stipulates the subjects and conditions for receiving social pension benefits: Vietnamese citizens aged 75 and over who do not receive pensions or social insurance benefits; Vietnamese citizens aged 70 to under 75 who are from poor or near-poor households who do not receive monthly pensions or social insurance benefits.
People can register their vehicles at all commune-level police stations in the province or city.
The Traffic Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) said that the Ministry of Public Security has issued Circular 51 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 79 on granting and revoking vehicle registration certificates and license plates of motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes. This Circular takes effect from July 1.
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Circular 51 has many new regulations such as individuals and organizations can register vehicles at vehicle registration points of the Traffic Police Department and all commune-level police in the province or city. Accordingly, from July 1, people or organizations that need to register cars or motorbikes can choose to register their vehicles at the Traffic Police Department or any commune-level police in the province or city where they reside.
Previously, the Traffic Police Department said that the license plate symbols of the merged localities include the license plate symbols of the merged localities. In addition, the license plate symbols of the localities that retain their original names after the merger will be issued first. After all these license plate symbols are issued, the authorities will issue the remaining symbols from low to high.
Personal identification number instead of tax code
From July 1, 2025, the personal identification number will officially replace the tax code for individuals, households and business households. This is a major administrative reform in the tax sector, contributing to simplifying procedures, facilitating lookups and reducing compliance costs.
Taxpayers can use personal identification numbers instead of tax codes (Photo: Einvoice)
In which, the tax code for households, business households and individuals is the tax code issued by the tax authority for the cases specified in points a, d, e, h, Clause 4 of this Article; is the personal identification number issued by the Ministry of Public Security according to the provisions of the law on identification for cases of using personal identification numbers instead of tax codes as prescribed in Clause 5 of this Article.
The personal identification number of a Vietnamese citizen issued by the Ministry of Public Security in accordance with the law on identification is a 12-digit natural number sequence used instead of the tax code of an individual taxpayer or dependent as prescribed in Points k, l, n, Clause 2, Article 4 of this Circular; at the same time, the personal identification number of the representative of a household, representative of a business household, or business individual is also used instead of the tax code of that household, business household, or business individual.
NDS (General)
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/nhung-thay-doi-noi-bat-dang-chu-y-tu-ngay-hom-nay-1-7-253714.htm
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