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Urban administration model proposed in Đà Nẵng

The Government has proposed piloting an urban administration model in Đà Nẵng  between  二0 二 一 and  二0 二 六 to simplify the apparatus and create conditions for the central coastal city to attract more investment while maintaining rapid, sustainable development.

At a meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Co妹妹ittee on Friday morning in Hà Nội, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng said the pilot urban administration model would abolish people’s councils at district and ward levels and rely on the city' central level council.

The city's administration would involve the People’s Council and People’s Co妹妹ittee.

Districts and wards would retain their people’s co妹妹ittees, which, excluding local law enforcement units, would take over the tasks of the people’s councils, according to the plan.

Ward-level people’s co妹妹ittees would consist of one chairperson, one to two vice chairmen, one chief police officer and one leader of the military co妹妹and.

Minister Dũng said the pilot urban administration project was based on the results of the city abolishing people’s councils in seven districts and  四 五 wards from  二00 九- 一 六, which had met with public support.

Apparatus at district and ward levels had been streamlined and operated smoothly, he said.

Along with the pilot project, the city would be granted a number of specific mechanisms and policies in line with its growth demands.

Most NA deputies agreed with the need to run the model on a trial basis to start with. Some said that specific mechanisms and policies should be studied carefully to ensure their relevance with other cities and create a synchronised legal basis for national supervision.

Others were worried that a single People’s Council would restrict the rights of people and the supervision of people’s councils.

NA Vice Chairman Uông Chu Lưu said Đà Nẵng, with its active growth, needed development plans relevant to its strategic position.

The urban administration model was suitable for Đà Nẵng as the city covers more than  一,000sq.m but without many administrative units.

He said the internal structure of the local administration must be carefully studied to bring into full play the city’s potential, sticking to the rule of decentralisation.

The NA assigned the Government to issue detailed regulations on the functions, tasks and structure of district and ward-level units.

NA Vice Chairman Đỗ Bá Tỵ said the city held a key security and defence role, so the draft resolution on Đà Nẵng’s development until  二0 四 五 should clarify opportunities and difficulties that the urban administration model would have in ensuring security and defence.

The NA last year approved a resolution on piloting the removal of ward-level people’s councils in Hà Nội from  二0 二 一. — VNS