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 ...

Vietnam plans to merge 52 provinces while keeping 11 provinces and centrally governed cities unchanged, according to a draft resolution released by the Ministry of Justice. The resolution outlines ...

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

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 ...

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 ...