VOV.VN - Delegates at the 18th Congress of the Hanoi Party Committee have emphasized that science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, and the two-tier local government model are two breakthrough pillars boosting the capital’s rapid, sustainable, and modern development in the 2025-2030 period.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Ministry of Home Affairs, and provincial-level authorities to urgently resolve outstanding obstacles in the implementation of the two-tier local government model.

Although the new two-tier local government model has run stably since its launch on July 1, there is much to do to ensure its smooth, synchronous and effective operations, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed.

VOV.VN - After one month of implementing the two-tier local government model, many localities across Vietnam have swiftly restructured their administrative systems, stabilised operations, and improved public services, showing early effectiveness and gaining public support despite some remaining challenges.

VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong on July 29 attended a special session of the Party cell of Quang Chinh 6 village in Quang ha commune, Quang Ninh province, to review the implementation of the newly established two-tier local government model following recent administrative mergers.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged immediate institutional and digital infrastructure reforms to ensure seamless two-tier local governance, while chairing a July 28 conference in Hanoi reviewing the internal restructuring of ministries and sectors and assessing the first month of operations under the new model.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 13 chaired a conference to review the implementation of the two-tier local government model in Can Tho city and other localities in the Mekong Delta region.

VOV.VN - The National Election Council held its first meeting in Hanoi on July 9 to discuss preparations for the election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term, slated for March 15, 2026.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi aims to achieve a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate of 8% or higher this year, while effectively operating its two-tier government model, said the municipal People’s Committee.

Vietnam’s bold move to merge 63 centrally governed provinces and cities into 34 units and adopt a two-tier local government system will bring about medium-term benefits, according to Associate Professor Li Junkai from the Institute for Global South Studies under Tianjin University.