HANOI — Vietnam plans to merge provinces and eliminate district-level authorities, the government said on Thursday, as a streamlining drive aiming to slash billions of dollars from state budgets ...

Nguyen Duy Minh, 39, a civil engineer, commented that there are too many cities/provinces in Vietnam, compared with big countries such as Russia, the US and China. He believes that it would be better ...

This restructuring aligns with directives from the Politburo’s Conclusions No. 126 and No. 127 issued in February 2025. Currently, Vietnam has 63 provinces and cities, 696 district-level ...