An Giang: Plan to handle 476 surplus real estate facilities after the merger
An Giang - After the merger and arrangement of public assets including houses and land that are not in need of use, the whole province has 476 surplus houses and land.
On December 30, the People's Council of An Giang province continued the second working day of the 7th session (regular session at the end of 2025). At the session, the delegates of the People's Council raised questions on many issues.
Delegate Doan Ngoc Anh raised the issue: Implementing the policy of reorganizing the apparatus according to the model of local government at 2 levels, reorganizing administrative units at the provincial and commune levels towards expansion is a correct policy, initially achieving very positive results. However, after arranging public assets including houses and surplus land, there is not much need to use them (there are 476 surplus houses and land). Currently, the management of these public assets is inadequate, leading to great degradation and the possibility of theft and waste of public assets.
Responding to the delegate's questioning, Mr. Pham Minh Tam - Director of the An Giang Department of Finance - said: After reorganizing the apparatus according to the 2-level local government model, the Central Government, the Ministry of Finance, the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee pay special attention to directing the work of arranging and arranging the use of public assets to bring efficiency, avoiding loss and waste. The Department of Finance has advised the Provincial People's Committee to decide to allocate public assets to agencies, units and communes, wards and special zones for effective management and use of public assets, ensuring sufficient facilities to operate the apparatus. For surplus real estate facilities after being reorganized, the rest will be assigned to the Provincial Land Fund Development Center for management and exploitation according to the provisions of law.
At the same time, organize 3 training sessions, equip knowledge and skills on public asset management for civil servants and public employees performing the task of managing public assets of provincial departments, branches, People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones to grasp new regulations, organize the management and use of public assets in accordance with current regulations and conduct a general inventory of public assets at 0:00 on January 1, 2026 in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister.
Regarding solutions for managing and using assets to bring efficiency and increase resources for the development of the province in the coming time, Mr. Tam said that for real estate facilities assigned to agencies and units, it is necessary to develop effective management and use plans to avoid loss and waste.
For surplus real estate facilities, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Finance to coordinate with the Department of Construction, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Provincial Land Fund Development Center and agencies and localities with assets to discuss and find solutions for effective exploitation and use, and report to the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee for comments.
In which, reviewing the needs of agencies and units, prioritizing the conversion of functions to serve as medical and educational facilities, and using them for other public purposes of the locality. Small and small houses and land (such as schools, hamlet headquarters...) are assigned to the People's Committees at the commune level for management, to allocate land to households without land to build gratitude houses, solidarity houses, and land policies for ethnic minorities.
For vacant land plots or assets with expired assets in accordance with the proposed residential land planning, it is recommended to build resettlement areas to serve the site clearance of public investment projects in communes, wards and special zones. If suitable for socio-economic development conditions, land use planning and urban and rural planning, investors are invited to auction land use rights according to regulations.
The Provincial Land Fund Development Center coordinates with agencies and localities with assets to review and plan specific roadmaps for each land plot, adjust functions, adjust planning to suit the development conditions of the locality and the province; at the same time, call for investment promotion to bring efficiency, avoid loss and waste and increase resources for the development of the province.
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