Building a new An Giang province with “one vision, one belief, one action”

On the morning of June 30, at the Cultural and Artistic Center of Kien Giang province, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Kien Giang and An Giang provinces solemnly held a ceremony to announce the resolutions and decisions of the Central Committee on merging provincial and communal administrative units. Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh delivered a speech, expressing his hope for a bright future for the new An Giang province. An Giang E-newspaper would like to introduce the full text of Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh's speech at the ceremony.

Dear Comrade Nguyen Tan Dung , former Politburo member, former Prime Minister;

Dear General Le Hong Anh , former member of the Politburo , former Standing member of the Central Party Secretariat;

Dear leaders and former leaders of An Giang and Kien Giang provinces.

Dear delegates, comrades and compatriots,

In the spirit of the whole country organizing the ceremony to announce the resolutions and decisions of the Central and local governments on merging provincial and commune-level administrative units, ending the operation of district-level administrative units, establishing party organizations, appointing Party committees, People's Councils, People's Committees, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees of provinces, communes, wards, and special zones, today, I am very pleased to join the comrades in the Central delegation to attend this solemn announcement ceremony in the new An Giang province on the basis of merging the two provinces of Kien Giang and An Giang. This event marks a strategic step forward in the roadmap to optimize the state apparatus, creating a solid foundation for the remarkable development of the new An Giang province.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I respectfully send to the former Party and State leaders, former leaders of the two provinces through the periods, distinguished delegates, comrades and compatriots my respectful greetings, warm regards and best wishes.

Dear delegates and comrades!

In order to meet the practical requirements and the aspirations of the people, towards the era of national prosperity and development, the Central Committee has issued many historic resolutions and decisions, typically: Resolution 60-NQ/TW, dated July 12, 2025, Resolution 202/2025/QH15, dated June 12, 2025 of the National Assembly on provincial mergers, along with many other important conclusions. These are not just simple administrative documents but strategic decisions, aiming to create a more effective and dynamic governance model. The arrangement, streamlining of the apparatus and the merger of administrative units are an objective necessity, with profound political, organizational and practical significance, contributing to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire political system and State management.

With a natural area of ​​9,888.91 ^km2 , a population of 4,952,238 people, 102 commune-level administrative units, including 85 communes, 14 wards and 3 special zones, An Giang has a large development space. What is special is that An Giang now converges all the diverse geographical factors, from sea, islands, mountains and forests to fertile plains, with an increasingly synchronous investment in infrastructure systems of transportation, irrigation, electricity and water, along with abundant local labor resources. The above factors bring the province distinct potential, outstanding opportunities and outstanding competitive advantages in developing marine economy, eco-tourism, high-tech agriculture and processing industry.

The arrangement, streamlining of the organizational apparatus, and merging of administrative units not only change the administrative boundaries but more importantly, create new conditions, motivations and mechanisms for the province to develop faster, more sustainably, and most importantly, serve the people better and better. This is the foundation for An Giang to maximize its resources, effectively exploit its potential and strengths, and rise to become an important growth pole in the region and the whole country.

With the active preparation and high determination of the entire political system, the implementation of Resolution 202/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly and Resolution 1654/NQ-UBTVQH15 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units in An Giang province is ready. In order for the new An Giang provincial Party Committees, authorities and mass organizations to operate smoothly, effectively, efficiently and promptly, better meeting the requirements of the people and businesses, I request that the Party Committees, authorities, Vietnam Fatherland Front and mass organizations of An Giang province seriously grasp and implement well the following key tasks:

First, ensure smooth operations immediately. From tomorrow, July 1, 2025, all work under the authority of both the provincial and communal levels must be carried out smoothly, without delay or omission. The core spirit is to better serve the people and businesses, while maintaining the image and style of officials "from serving the administration to serving the people". For places where the communal level still lacks specialized staff, the provincial level needs to proactively arrange and strengthen them in a timely and sufficient manner to support and ensure that work is not interrupted.

Second, proactively develop a specific action plan. In the coming time, the workload will be very large. We request that comrades closely follow the Central Committee's directive documents (Directive 45-CT/TW, Resolution 57-NQ/TW, Resolution 66-NQ/TW, Resolution 68-NQ/TW, Conclusion 123-KL/TW...) and the local situation to proactively coordinate to develop timely and specific action programs and plans. In particular, it is necessary to clearly define tasks, solutions, roadmaps and implementation progress to achieve the highest results, effectively putting the Central Committee's major and new strategic policies and orientations into practice. In the immediate future, we will focus on preparing documents for the An Giang Provincial Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term, building a new An Giang province with "one vision, one belief, one action".

Third, promote the spirit of exemplary conduct for the common good. The policy of restructuring the apparatus and merging administrative units is a necessary and correct action, with a long-term strategic nature. We understand that this process can have a certain impact on the thoughts, aspirations and working positions of a number of cadres, civil servants and public employees. Change is not easy, but at this time, the spirit of exemplary conduct and sacrifice for the collective and common interests of comrades is more clearly demonstrated than ever.

I believe that with a high sense of responsibility, the leadership of An Giang province will quickly get up to speed with the work, join hands and unite to excellently complete the assigned tasks. This will contribute to the successful implementation of development goals in the new period, together with the whole country entering an era of prosperity and sustainable development of the Vietnamese people.

Once again, I would like to wish former leaders of the Party and State, distinguished delegates, comrades and compatriots good health, happiness and success.

Thank you very much !

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