Changing the name of villages and residential groups with duplicate names must be approved by over 50% of voters
The Ministry of Home Affairs has specific instructions for renaming villages and residential groups due to name overlaps.
Information about the conversion of villages and residential groups and renaming of villages and residential groups due to name duplication at newly formed commune-level administrative units (UAs) after arrangement continues to receive much attention from readers.
According to Official Dispatch No. 4168 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, regarding the conversion of villages and residential groups and renaming villages and residential groups due to name duplication at newly formed commune-level administrative units after arrangement, the Ministry of Home Affairs clearly stated: In the immediate future, maintain villages and residential groups at commune-level administrative units (new) until new regulations are issued by the Government.
The determination of the type of community organization at commune-level administrative units (new) is implemented according to the provisions of the Law on Implementation of Democracy at the Grassroots level No. 10/2022/QH15.
Accordingly, the organization of villages and residential groups is implemented as follows:
Villages are organized in communes, special zones (under communes, special zones are villages); Residential groups are organized in wards (under wards are residential groups). In case the special zone is recognized as urban type according to the provisions of law (Phu Quoc special zone), then below the special zone is the residential group.
In case of merging or adjusting communes and towns with wards to establish wards (new): Organize the unification of residential groups in wards (new);
In case of merging or adjusting towns with communes to establish communes (new): Organize the unification of villages in communes (new).
The Law on Organization of Local Government No. 72/2025/QH15 stipulates that the People's Council of commune level has the authority to establish, reorganize, dissolve, name, and change the name of villages and residential groups (point d, clause 2, Article 21).
On that basis, the Ministry of Home Affairs guides the conversion of villages and residential groups and renaming villages and residential groups due to name duplication at newly formed commune-level administrative units after arrangement.
Regarding the conversion of villages into residential groups or residential groups into villages: The commune-level People's Committee (new) shall compile a list of villages that need to be converted into residential groups or a list of residential groups that need to be converted into villages and submit it to the People's Council of the same level for consideration and decision.
Regarding renaming villages and residential groups due to name duplication: The commune-level People's Committee (new) develops a plan, takes opinions from voters who are representatives of households in villages and residential groups, if more than 50% of voters representing households agree, the commune-level People's Committee completes the plan and submits it to the commune-level People's Council for consideration and decision.
In case provinces and cities have implemented the conversion of villages, residential groups or renamed villages, residential groups due to name duplication at commune-level administrative units (new) formed after the arrangement in 2025 before the Law on Organization of Local Government No. 72/2025/QH15 takes effect, the above contents shall not be implemented again.
Currently, the Ministry of Home Affairs is studying and developing a draft Decree on the organization and operation of villages and residential groups and a number of regimes and policies for non-specialized workers to submit to the Government for consideration and decision.
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