The directive emphasizes the urgent and vital nature of these tasks. Ministers, heads of government agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are required to closely monitor and direct efforts to implement these resolutions in a unified, consistent, and timely manner, ensuring the smooth operation of the new administrative structure without legal vacuums while promptly responding to citizens' and businesses’ needs.

Uninterrupted handling of land-related procedures

For administrative procedures related to land, the Prime Minister urged strict adherence to specific provisions of National Assembly Resolution No. 190, Directive No. 90, and Decree No. 118 to maintain and enhance public satisfaction with government services.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, along with the Ministry of Justice, is tasked with deploying officials to localities to monitor developments, address procedural difficulties, and resolve land-related matters such as cadastral records, site clearance, land title certification, and red book issuance. These issues must be resolved by August 1.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment must also standardize land-related procedures by July 20, ensuring their implementation does not depend on administrative boundaries at the provincial level. It must also finalize the national land database and ensure seamless integration with the tax system, population and business databases, the National Public Service Portal, and provincial administrative systems.

Provincial and municipal People’s Committees must ensure adequate personnel, facilities, and equipment - particularly at commune-level service centers - across key service areas such as civil registration, land, business licensing, and construction. These efforts should eliminate delays and ensure consistent service delivery by July 20.

Closing digital and infrastructure gaps

The Prime Minister also ordered ministries to regularly inspect and guide the organizational functions of local administrative units, including newly decentralized responsibilities. Weekly reports must be submitted every Thursday.

To expand digital access, the Ministry of Finance is coordinating with EVN and relevant ministries to swiftly supply electricity to remote villages. The Ministry of Science and Technology will oversee efforts to eliminate “dead zones” in mobile and internet coverage by October 1, enabling all communities to engage in digital transformation.

On digital skills, ministries and local governments are required to continue training officials in administrative and technological management, especially in areas like taxation, land, justice, healthcare, and education. These capacity-building programs must prioritize remote, island, and underserved communities and be completed by August 1.

Boosting public outreach and investor confidence

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, and other media agencies are to continue enhancing public communication efforts - ensuring transparency, shaping public opinion, and fostering unity. These campaigns should also promote the two-tier local government model and improve Vietnam’s institutional and business environment image to boost investor confidence.

Ministries and local authorities must establish two-way information coordination mechanisms, ensure strict oversight, and promote citizen participation in monitoring. They are to focus resources on legal reform, promptly issue regulations guiding new laws passed at the 9th National Assembly session, and revise outdated regulations to match the newly restructured governance model.

Administrative reform must go hand-in-hand with fiscal reform and modern local governance, empowering local governments to independently handle administrative procedures, budgets, organizational structures, and human resources.

Prioritizing education and healthcare

The Ministry of Education and Training is tasked with submitting investment proposals for boarding schools in border communes and a national program to modernize and improve education for the 2026-2030 period. These programs will focus on upgrading school infrastructure and expanding capacity.

The ministry is also drafting a proposal to build boarding and semi-boarding schools for students in remote, border, and island areas. Legal frameworks must be reviewed to ensure equal access for both Kinh and ethnic minority students.

The Ministry of Finance will allocate central budget funds and mobilize other legitimate resources to support these programs.

Local governments must prioritize budget allocations, land, and infrastructure for education and healthcare post-restructuring. Investment should focus on schools in disadvantaged areas, ethnic boarding schools, and facilities that lack minimum infrastructure standards, to improve care for preschoolers, boarding students, and those in mountainous and ethnic regions.

Educational facilities must meet safety and space standards. Meanwhile, localities must ensure adequate healthcare centers, with timely and effective services for all citizens.

Commune-level authorities must guarantee sufficient schools and healthcare centers appropriate for each locality's needs in the new administrative arrangement.

Ngan Anh