Vietnam’s bold move to merge 63 centrally governed provinces and cities into 34 units and adopt a two-tier local government system will bring about medium-term benefits, according to Associate Professor Li Junkai from the Institute for Global South Studies under Tianjin University.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico, led by Ambassador Nguyen Van Hai, paid a working visit to the city of Taxco de Alarcón in Guerrero state from July 4 - 6, aiming to promote locality-to-locality cooperation across various sectors, particularly trade, culture, and tourism.

Vietnam’s shift to a two-tier local administration model marked a historic institutional reform, underscoring the country’s determination to streamline its state apparatus, making it more efficient, effective, and closer to the people. The change has drawn great attention from Indonesian scholars and the Vietnamese community living and working in the country.

The Hanoi People’s Council has passed 11 key resolutions to ensure the effective operation of the two-tier local government model, which officially took effect from July 1, 2025.

Party General Secretary To Lam has directed provincial-level Party Committees to strengthen leadership so that all operations of both provincial and commune-level administrations run smoothly and efficiently, with the overarching goal of better serving people and enterprises.

VOV.VN - As Vietnam accelerates efforts to streamline its political system through historic Constitutional amendments and administrative reforms, hostile forces have intensified their use of online platforms to spread distorted narratives, incite public doubt, and undermine national unity.

Vietnam’s sweeping administrative reform, which came into effect on July 1 with the merger of its 63 provinces and centrally-run cities into 34 units and the official transition to a two-tier local government model comprising provincial and communal levels, has drawn widespread attention in Chinese public and academic circles.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked ministries, sectors, and localities to intensify all efforts toward the goal of achieving a GDP growth rate of at least 8% in 2025, a challenging goal amid continued global and domestic economic uncertainties.

Vietnam’s socio-economic situation has shown steady improvement in the first half of 2025, with performance in most sectors in the following month better than the previous month and the next quarter better than the previous quarter, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 3.

VOV.VN - The new two-tier local government system functioned smoothly and without interruption on its first operational day July 1, ensuring effective public service delivery for both citizens and businesses.