VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to reduce the number of provincial-level administrative units by half and the number of grassroots-level administrative units (communes and wards) by 60-70% under a two-tier local government model, the Government Party Committee agreed at a meeting on March 11.

VOV.VN - The government will continue streamlining its administrative apparatus and preparing for the restructuring of the provincial- and district-level administrative units, alongside ensuring macroeconomic stability and promoting growth, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during the regular government meeting for February in Hanoi on March 5.