Among the 52 provinces and cities slated for merger, there are 18 in the North, 15 in the Central region, and 19 in the South, with differences in natural area, population size, and cultural history.

Meanwhile, China — a vast country with a population of 1.4 billion — has only 34 provincial-level administrative units. This ...

Vietnam’s constitutional reform process must adopt a broader, long-term vision, particularly as the country moves towards merging provinces and eliminating district-level administration, according to ...

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

Zbigniew Klimont, who leads the Pollution Management Research Group in the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, was invited to share the ...

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 ...