The Executive Committee of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee discusses the plan to reorganize communes and wards
Soc Trang - The number of commune-level administrative units in Soc Trang province will be reduced from 108 to 43.
On the afternoon of April 14, the 14th Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025, held the 38th Conference, focusing on discussing the plan to reorganize grassroots administrative units in the province.
At the conference, leaders of the Department of Home Affairs presented a plan to reorganize grassroots administrative units in Soc Trang province. Accordingly, the number of commune-level administrative units will be reduced from 108 to 43 (equivalent to 60.19%).
Soc Trang City will have 3 new wards formed on the basis of merging existing wards: Phu Loi ward (merging wards 1, 2, 3, 4); Soc Trang ward (merging wards 5, 6, 7, 8) and My Xuyen ward (merging ward 10 into My Xuyen town and Dai Tam commune).
After the arrangement, Vinh Chau town is expected to have 3 wards and 2 communes; Nga Nam town has 2 wards and 1 commune. Ke Sach district still has 6 communes, Tran De district has 5 communes, Chau Thanh, My Tu, My Xuyen, Long Phu districts have 4 communes each, Thanh Tri district has 3 communes and Cu Lao Dung district has 2 communes.
Speaking at the conference, Mr. Lam Van Man - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee - requested relevant units to absorb and complete the opinions of the delegates. Localities need to organize a serious, public, transparent and legal process to collect public opinions on the plan to reorganize grassroots administrative units in the province as well as the plan to merge Soc Trang province with Hau Giang province and Can Tho city.
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