The People's Committee of Hai Phong City in northern Vietnam announced plans to reorganize public service units under its jurisdiction on November 3, aiming to transfer regional project management boards to local wards and communes, and establish new boards in areas that meet the necessary conditions to avoid overlap and inefficiency.
Following the merger, Hai Phong will have three city-level project management boards and 13 regional boards in the eastern part of the city, all under the city's administration.
To address the issue of overlapping functions and lack of a unified management structure, Hai Phong plans to limit the number of city-level project management boards to a maximum of three. Regional boards will be transferred to the jurisdiction of local wards and communes. However, the Western Hai Phong Project Management Board (formerly part of Hai Duong province, which have merged with Hai Phong since July 1, 2025) includes 12 regional boards from the former districts of Hai Duong. This results in a total of three city-level and 25 regional project management boards in Hai Phong.
The three city-level public investment project management boards will be reorganized based on specialized fields: transportation infrastructure, civil and industrial construction, and agriculture and rural development.
The 13 regional project management boards under the city's administration and the 12 boards from the Western Hai Phong Project Management Board will be transferred to local wards and communes to manage public investment projects in their respective areas.
In wards and communes with significant development potential, ongoing public investment projects, and large-scale land clearance activities, Hai Phong will continue to establish project management boards if conditions permit.
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