This is a key requirement set out in Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP of the Government, issued following the March 2025 regular meeting and the online conference between the Government and local authorities.
In Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP, the Government requests the prompt finalization of the two-tier local government model, along with accelerated efforts to streamline the administrative apparatus in association with institutional improvement, and enhancement of the effectiveness and efficiency of state governance.
Specifically, ministries, agencies, and localities are tasked with the following:
(1) Review and amend relevant legal provisions
Ministries, agencies, and localities are to focus on reviewing and proposing amendments and supplements to regulations related to organizational structures in the legal normative documents system, ensuring the continuous, smooth, and effective operation of the state apparatus after the reorganization.
In particular, attention must be paid to clearly delineating authority between different levels of local government when transitioning to a two-tier structure, and this process must go hand in hand with the promotion of decentralization from the central government to local authorities.
(2) Prepare submissions and reports for central-level consideration
Relevant ministries and agencies are to thoroughly prepare proposals and reports for submission to the 11th Plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly, ensuring both quality and timely completion.
Drafting bodies of laws and resolutions shall coordinate closely with National Assembly agencies to build consensus during the explanation, feedback, and finalization processes of such documents.
(3) Review and propose legislative programs
Continue reviewing and proposing draft laws, ordinances, and resolutions for inclusion in the 2025 legislative program, and for preparation for the 2026 legislative program.
Relevant reports must be submitted to the Ministry of Justice before June 1, 2025, for consolidation and submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision.
(4) Develop transitional guidance documents
Ministries and ministerial-level agencies are required to urgently develop and issue guidance documents on transitional tasks in localities during April 2025, ensuring that management in each sector is not disrupted during and after the merger of provincial-level administrative units, abolition of district-level units, and the continued consolidation of commune-level administrative units.
Promoting the application of article number codes and barcodes in production and business activities, Decree 37/2026/ND-CP is expected to strengthen quality management and ensure transparent traceability of products and goods throughout the supply chain.
Under Prime Minister Decision 208/QD-TTg, a set of indicators and statistical methods for measuring biotechnology’s contributions to national socio-economic development will be formally issued in 2028.
The 2025 Law Amending the Law on Treaties, No. 137/2025/QH15, will take effect on January 01, 2026. This Law focuses on reforming processes for the conclusion, accession to, and implementation of international commitments to enhance international integration efficiency and ensure the consistency of the legal system in the new context.
In an effort to ensure the prompt, consistent and effective implementation of the 2025 Law on High Technology (the Law), Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung on February 3 signed Decision 225/QD-TTg, promulgating the Plan for the implementation of the Law.
The National Assembly passed the Law on Investment No. 143/2025/QH15 to create an open investment environment, attract large-scale and high-tech projects, and promote decentralization and delegation of power in the State management of investment.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has announced 39 newly-promulgated administrative procedures and 51 annulled ones in the field of radiation and nuclear safety.
The target is set out in the Government’s strategy to promote Vietnam’s global image for the 2026–2030 period, with a vision to 2045, approved by the Prime Minister on January 27. The strategy underlines that promoting Vietnam's image abroad is not merely information activities, but a strategic "soft" tool serving the country's development.
The import tariff-rate quotas for salt and birds’ eggs in 2026 are prescribed in Circular No. 03/2026/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, issued on January 26, 2026, and taking effect on March 15, 2026.
The Minister of Agriculture and Environment has promulgated Circular No. 101/2025/TT-BNNMT on providing guidance on other special-purpose machinery serving agricultural production not yet specified in Clause 6, Article 19 of the Government’s Decree No. 181/2025/ND-CP dated July 01, 2025, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Value-Added Tax.
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