Official: Law on Organization đá bóng trực tiếp Local Governments in 2025 in Vietnam
Has the Law on Organization đá bóng trực tiếp Local Governments in 2025 in Vietnam been issued?
On February 19, 2025, the National Assembly promulgated theLocal Government Organization Law 2025, which takes effect from March 1, 2025.
Article 1 đá bóng trực tiếp theLocal Government Organization Law 2025stipulates that the administrative units đá bóng trực tiếp the Socialist Republic đá bóng trực tiếp Vietnam include:
- Province, centrally-run city (commonly referred to as provincial level)
- District, urban district, district-level town, provincial city, city under a centrally-run city (commonly referred to as district level)
- Commune, ward, commune-level town (commonly referred to as commune level)
- Special administrative-economic unit established by decision đá bóng trực tiếp the National Assembly.
Depending on geographical conditions, population, socio-economic development requirements, ensuring national defense and security, district-level administrative units on islands and archipelagos (collectively referred to as islands) may not organize commune-level administrative units.
Official: Law on Organization đá bóng trực tiếp Local Governments in 2025 in Vietnam (Image from the Internet)
What are standards for deputies đá bóng trực tiếp the People's Councils in Vietnam?
According to Article 5 đá bóng trực tiếp theLocal Government Organization Law 2025onthe People's Council:
Article 5. People's Council
- The People's Council comprises People's Council deputies elected by local voters, is the local state authority, representing the will, aspirations, and ownership rights đá bóng trực tiếp the People, accountable to the local People and higher state agencies.
- People's Council deputies are representatives đá bóng trực tiếp the will and aspirations đá bóng trực tiếp the local People, accountable to local voters and the People's Council for performing their duties and exercising their rights as deputies.
- People's Council deputies must meet the following standards:
a) Loyal to the Fatherland, the People, and the Constitution, striving to implement the reforms for the goals đá bóng trực tiếp a rich people, a strong country, democracy, justice, and civilization;
b) Having only one nationality, which is Vietnamese nationality;
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People's Council deputies must meet the following standards:
- Loyal to the Fatherland, the People, and the Constitution, striving to implement reforms for the goals đá bóng trực tiếp a rich people, strong country, democracy, justice, and civilization
- Having only one nationality, which is Vietnamese nationality
- Possessing good moral qualities, diligence, thriftiness, integrity, impartiality, setting an example in complying with the law; capable, determined to fight against corruption, negativity, waste, any manifestation đá bóng trực tiếp bureaucracy, authoritarianism, and other law violations
- Having the necessary education, expertise, capability, health, work experience, and reputation to perform the duties đá bóng trực tiếp a deputy; having the conditions to participate in the activities đá bóng trực tiếp the People's Council
- Residing or working at an agency, organization, or enterprise within the administrative unit where they are a People's Council deputy
- Maintains close ties with the People, listens to the voices đá bóng trực tiếp the People, and gains the People's trust
What are the principles for determining the authority đá bóng trực tiếp local governments in Vietnam?
Based on Clause 2, Article 11 đá bóng trực tiếp theLocal Government Organization Law 2025stipulatingthe principles for determining the authority đá bóng trực tiếp local governments in Vietnam:
- Clearly define the content and scope đá bóng trực tiếp the tasks and powers that local government has the authority to decide, organize implementation, and be held accountable for the results
- Ensure there is no duplication or overlap đá bóng trực tiếp tasks and powers between central and local state agencies, between different levels đá bóng trực tiếp local government, and among agencies and organizations under local government
- Suitability to the characteristics đá bóng trực tiếp rural, urban, island areas, special administrative-economic units, and the capacity, conditions for task performance, and the authority đá bóng trực tiếp local governments at each level. The agencies, organizations, and individuals entrusted with the tasks and powers đá bóng trực tiếp the higher-level state agency are ensured the necessary conditions for performing those tasks and powers
- Ensure transparency, responsibility, accountability, and effective power control, associated with the accountability, inspection, auditing, and supervision đá bóng trực tiếp higher state agencies; promptly adjust authority distribution and decentralization when agencies, organizations, and individuals delegated authority do not effectively carry out the delegated tasks and powers
- Ensure consistency in the enforcement đá bóng trực tiếp the Constitution and laws
- Meet the requirements đá bóng trực tiếp local governance; apply science, technology, foster innovation, and digital transformation.
- Matters related to the scope đá bóng trực tiếp 02 or more commune-level administrative units are within the jurisdiction đá bóng trực tiếp district-level local government; matters related to the scope đá bóng trực tiếp 02 or more district-level administrative units are within the jurisdiction đá bóng trực tiếp provincial-level local government; matters related to the scope đá bóng trực tiếp 02 or more provincial-level administrative units fall under the jurisdiction đá bóng trực tiếp central state agencies, unless otherwise stipulated by law or a resolution đá bóng trực tiếp the National Assembly.
