Vietnam denies rumor of further mergers reducing number of provinces from 34 to 16
Vietnam News 09:12 18/11/2025The Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs has rejected circulating claims that the country will continue merging administrative units and reduce the current 34 provinces and cities to just 16, insisting no such policy exists.
Vietnam's 2-tiered local administration model gains praise from diplomatic corps
Vietnam News 16:08 01/08/2025Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with foreign diplomats in Hanoi on Thursday to present the country's recent shift to a two-tiered local government model, earning praise from ambassadors and international organizations for its forward-looking approach.
Ho Chi Minh City plans to reduce communes, wards to 102 units
Ho Chi Minh City 13:42 16/04/2025Ho Chi Minh City has announced a comprehensive plan to streamline its commune-level administrative units, reducing the number of wards and communes to just 102 from 273, as part of its efforts in a major restructuring drive.
Vietnam to have 34 provincial-level units after merger: Party General Secretary To Lam
Vietnam News 20:05 13/04/2025The 11th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee, chaired by Party General Secretary To Lam, wrapped up on Saturday, with its members agreeing that the number of provincial-level administrative units after the ongoing merger will be 34, including 28 provinces and six centrally-governed cities.
Vietravel quashes rumor regarding sale of Vietravel Airlines over loss
Economy 17:56 12/05/2021Vietravel is only planning to restructure and separate Vietravel Airlines from the company
Vietnam’s public security ministry scraps 6 general departments in major restructuring
Vietnam News 10:12 08/08/2018Sixty departments and nearly 300 lower-level divisions were also removed
Newly-founded debt firm sheds hope but for how long?
Economy 17:00 02/08/2013The mountain of bad debt choking the national banking system may not simply vanish just by a swing of a magic wand, i.e the recent creation of state-run Vietnam Asset Management Co
Banking restructuring earns initial results: Govn’t
Economy 16:30 21/05/2013The restructuring of nine ailing local commercial banks is well on track, said a newly released report of the Government
