Attending the Announcement Ceremony at the provincial bridge were comrades: Dao Hong Lan, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Health; Tran Thi Hien, Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Committee; Nguyen Quang Duc, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission; Y Thong, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions; leaders of the Departments of the Central Organization Commission, the Central Inspection Commission, and the Central Party Office.

On the Son La side, the Announcement Ceremony attended by comrades: Hoang Quoc Khanh, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Lo Minh Hung, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Dinh Viet, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; former leaders of the Central Government and Son La Province in different periods; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, members of the Provincial Party Inspection Committee; Party Secretaries of newly established communes and wards.

Attending the announcement ceremony at 75 communes and wards were members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, members of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee, leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors; Deputy Secretaries of the Party Committee, members of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee, members of the Party Committee Executive Committee of newly established communes and wards; former Standing Committee members, members of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, Town Party Committee, City Party Committee; Vice Chairmen of the People's Council, Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee of districts, towns, cities, communes, wards and towns (old); cadres, civil servants, public employees and party members, people of villages, sub-areas, residential groups and people in newly established communes and wards.

 At the ceremony, Resolution No. 1681/NQ-UBTVQH15 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units belonging to the province by 2025.

Accordingly, after the arrangement, Son La province will reduce from 200 communes, wards, and towns to 75 commune-level administrative units, including 67 communes and 08 wards, of which 60 communes and 08 wards formed after the arrangement and 07 communes did not carry out the arrangement; at the same time, the decisions of the Provincial Party Executive Committee on ending the activities of district-level Party Committees; Decision on establishing Party Committees of communes and wards; Decision on appointing personnel of the Executive Committee, Standing Committee, Secretary, Deputy Secretary; Decision on appointing the Party Committee Inspection Committee, Chairman, Vice Chairman of the Party Committee Inspection Committee of communes and wards announced.

Also at the Ceremony, announcing the Resolutions appointing leaders of People's Councils and People's Committees of communes and wards for the 2021-2026 term; Decision No. 1450-QD/TU on the establishment of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and the Decisions on the establishment of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees of communes and wards.

Speaking at the announcement ceremony to congratulate Son La province, Ms. Dao Hong Lan, member of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Health, acknowledged and commended the achievements that the Party Committee, government, and people of all ethnic groups in Son La province have achieved in the past time. She emphasized that the transition to a two-level local government model is a strategic step in reforming the State apparatus, aiming to streamline the organization, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management, in line with the development requirements in the new period, towards a more professional, effective and efficient administration in the next period. Ms. Dao Hong Lan requested that the Party Committees, governments and the entire political system of Son La continue to closely follow the leadership and direction of the Central Government on organizing activities and operating the two-level local government model; make efforts to overcome difficulties, especially in terms of facilities, immediately start performing tasks, ensure synchronous, unified and effective operation of units since July 1, 2025, etc.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Hoang Quoc Khanh, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, emphasized: the transition to a 2-level local government model (province and commune) instead of a 3-level model (province - district - commune) is a strategic step in reforming the state apparatus, aiming to streamline the organization, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management and meet the development requirements in the new period, is a crucial opportunity to innovate, arrange and make better the quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees, towards a more professional, effective and efficient administration in the new period. On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, he warmly congratulated the newly established communes and wards; congratulated the Party organizations, government, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province and the communes and wards that have officially come into operation; congratulated the cadres who have been trusted and assigned new tasks.

In the coming time, the workload is enormous; to carry out the new tasks well, he requested that Party committees, authorities and the entire political system continue to closely follow the leadership and direction of the Central Government and the province on organizing activities and operating the two-level administrative apparatus; strive to overcome difficulties, especially in terms of facilities, immediately start performing tasks, ensure synchronous, unified and effective operation of Party and State agencies and organizations in the political system from July 1, 2025; proactively coordinate with provincial departments, branches, and sectors to review and adjust development space planning such as integrating and implementing land use planning, rural construction planning associated with commune and ward planning, provincial planning; identify development drivers, etc; urgently prepare and organize proficiently the Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term, the election of National Assembly deputies and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term to ensure progress as required. The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province urgently deploys tasks according to the new organizational model, identifies and assigns specific tasks that need to accomplish immediately; develops working regulations, arranges, consolidates, and assigns the staff and civil servants in a streamlined and specialized manner in each field, ensuring that the apparatus operates effectively and efficiently.

Le Hong

Translated by Tuan Minh Dang