Under Resolution No. 106/2025/UBTVQH15, a city formed through the merger of three provincial-level administrative units will have no more than four vice chairpersons of the People’s Council. If formed from two units, the number is no more than three, while a newly formed province also has up to three vice chairpersons.

A province that is not reorganised will have no more than two vice chairpersons of the People’s Council.

Regarding the number of deputy heads of a provincial-level People’s Council’s boards for legal affairs, economic – budgetary affairs, and cultural – social affairs in reorganised provinces or cities, the resolution sets a maximum of four deputy heads in the localities formed from three provincial-level units, and three deputy heads for those formed from two.

For the ethnic affairs board of the provincial-level People’s Council in a reorganised locality, if the board is established basing on the merger of three similar boards of three former provincial-level administrative units, it may have up to four deputy heads. If it is formed through the merger of two similar boards of two former provincial-level administrative units, the number is no more than three; and if established basing on the board of a pre-merger provincial-leval administrative unit, no more than two.

The board for urban affairs of a newly formed city may have no more than two deputy heads.

In provinces or cities that have not undergone restructuring, each board of their provincial-level People’s Councils has no more than two deputy heads.
At the commune level, each People’s Council has one vice chairperson, according to the resolution.

Meanwhile, Resolution No. 108/2025/UBTVQH15, also signed by Chairman Man, defines the criteria for establishing an ethnic affairs board of a provincial-level People’s Council.

The board may be formed if that province or city meets at least two of the following three conditions: having over 20,000 ethnic minority residents living in concentrated communities such as villages or hamlets; having over 5,000 ethnic minority people in need of state assistance and development support; and having ethnic minority populations residing in strategic or sensitive areas in terms of national defence and security, or border areas with frequent cross-border interaction among ethnic communities.

These new regulations are part of efforts to improve the organisation and efficiency of People’s Councils at all levels following recent administrative reforms in Vietnam./.VNA