Kien Giang passes Resolution to merge Kien Giang and An Giang provinces
Agreeing on the policy of merging An Giang and Kien Giang provinces to name An Giang province, the political and administrative center is located in Rach Gia city of Kien Giang province.
On April 28, the People's Council of Kien Giang province held its 33rd session (special session) to review, agree and approve important resolutions.
In particular, unifying the policy of consolidation of An Giang and Kien Giang province, named An Giang province, the political - administrative center is located in Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province today. After the consolidation, An Giang province (new) had 9,888.91 km² (reached 197.78% of the standard), the population size of 4,952,238 people (reaching 353.73% of the standard) and 102 administrative units (DVHC) at the grassroots level (including 85 communes, 14 wards and 3 special zones). An Giang province borders the provinces of Ca Mau, Dong Thap, Can Tho City and the Kingdom of Cambodia.
The consolidation of An Giang and Kien Giang province is to implement the guidelines of the Party and the State and the province; is really necessary, ensuring consistent with the criteria of standards, history, tradition, culture, ethnicity, geography, geopolitical and defense and security; Ensuring compliance with the Constitution, guidelines and orientations of the Politburo, the Secretariat and the competence, order and procedures in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Organization of Local Government, Resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Government's Plan.
The merger of An Giang and Kien Giang provinces is associated with innovation, streamlining the organization of the political system, operating effectively and efficiently; promoting the potential, advantages, and expanding the development space of administrative units to improve the efficiency of socio-economic investment, ensuring harmonious and sustainable development in the new period.
Promote decentralization, decentralization, strengthening autonomy and self -responsibility of local governments; restructure and improve the quality of cadres, civil servants, officials and employees; ensure the grassroots government close to the people, close to the people and serve the people the best; create legal basis for the construction and development planning of the whole region, closely associated with ensuring sovereignty, defense, security and social order and safety in the Mekong Delta in general and the southwest border area of the country in particular.
Through review, consideration, and coordination with An Giang province to carefully study the arrangement plan and organize to collect voters' opinions according to regulations in the two provinces, Kien Giang province and An Giang province to propose the name of the provincial-level administrative units after the merger as "An Giang province". The naming of provincial-level administrative units after the merger as "An Giang province" is in line with historical factors, this is also a place that has existed for a long time, easy to read, easy to remember and easy to identify.
In addition, the existence of An Giang province has a larger population scale, and used one of the existing names of the units before arranging to name the DVHC formed after the arrangement to limit the disturbance and reduce the workload to carry out the procedures for the conversion of seals and papers for organizations and individuals in the UPS to be affected by the impact and avoid waste. The naming of DVHC is supported by many voters in the area.
After reviewing and carefully studying the plan, the People's Committee of Kien Giang province and the People's Committee of An Giang province agreed to propose placing the headquarters of the new An Giang Province's Political - Administrative Center in Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province.
The reason for the headquarters is located in the center of the nation's marine economic center; is the gateway, transport unit, trade and international exchange important in the southwest region of the country; There is a synchronous and modern transportation system including airports, roads, ports, ... to ensure the conditions of infrastructure for the provincial government to organize operation. At the same time, the area is expected to have a very high urbanization rate, crowded population, creating favorable conditions for people in daily life, production, study, administrative transactions and management of local authorities after arranging.
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