A sweeping proposal would merge dozens of provinces, focusing on economic synergy and development space, particularly in ...

HANOI: Vietnam is planning to reduce the number of provinces by half and slash commune-level authorities by up to 70 per cent, further expanding a streamlining drive that aims to cut billions of ...

With 63 provincial administrations, critics argue that Vietnam’s bureaucratic system is overly complex and wasteful. The call for merging provinces to optimize resources and accelerate economic growth ...

Officials in Vietnam are investigating the Chinese milk tea brand Chagee, which is set to open its first store in the country, for using images of the so-called “nine-dash line” map on its ...

Vietnam is preparing to reduce its number of administrative units from 63 cities and provinces to 34 as part of a government reform aimed at streamlining its apparatus, Communist Party General ...