(AG Provincial E-Portal) - On the morning of June 30, at the Cultural and Artistic Center of Kien Giang province, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Kien Giang and An Giang provinces solemnly held a ceremony to announce the Central Government's resolutions and decisions on merging provincial and commune-level administrative units.
Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh; former member of the Politburo, former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, former Secretary of Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee; General Le Hong Anh, former member of the Politburo, former Standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat, former Secretary of Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee; Member of the Party Central Committee, member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Petition and Supervision Committee Duong Thanh Binh; leaders of ministries, central agencies, An Giang and Kien Giang provinces,... also attended the ceremony.At the commune, ward bridge points and newly established zone, representatives of provincial-level departments, branches, sectors and organizations; Party Executive Committee members, cadres and party members of communes, wards and special zone; representatives of the people, businesses, students, etc. also attended.
The ceremony on announcing the Resolutions of the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, decisions of the Politburo, the Central Party Secretariat, and the Standing Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front regarding the new An Giang province.
Specifically, the National Assembly issued Resolution 202/2025/QH15, dated June 12, 2025, to arrange the entire natural area and population of Kien Giang and An Giang provinces into a new province called An Giang province. After the arrangement, An Giang province has a natural area of more than 9,888 km2, with a population of nearly 5 million people. An Giang province borders Ca Mau province, Dong Thap province, Can Tho city, the Kingdom of Cambodia and the East Sea.
The Politburo decided to establish An Giang Provincial Party Committee under the Party Central Committee, on the basis of merging Party Committees of An Giang and Kien Giang provinces. Appointed the An Giang Provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term, consisting of 67 comrades (12 comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee). Appointed comrade Nguyen Tien Hai, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee to hold the position of Secretary of An Giang Provincial Party Committee (new).
Appointed 4 comrades to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of An Giang Provincial Party Committee (new), including: Comrade Nguyen Thanh Nhan (Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee, now holding the position of Standing Deputy Secretary of An Giang Provincial Party Committee); Comrade Ho Van Mung (Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee); Comrade Lam Minh Thanh (Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Council); Comrade Tran Thi Thanh Huong (Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission of An Giang Provincial Party Committee).
The Secretariat appointed the Inspection Commission of An Giang Provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term after the merger, consisting of 13 comrades. Comrade Vo Minh Hoang (Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Inspection Commission of the old An Giang Provincial Party Committee) holds the position of Chairman of the Inspection Commission of An Giang Provincial Party Committee (new). The Deputy Chairmen include: Comrade Nguyen Viet Thang (Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Organization Commission of Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee), Nguyen Tan Rang (Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Deputy Chairman of the Inspection Commission of An Giang Provincial Party Committee), Nguyen Viet Binh (Deputy Chairman of the Inspection Commission of An Giang Provincial Party Committee), Pham Hoang Tuoi (Secretary of Vinh Thuan District Party Committee, Kien Giang Province).
The National Assembly Standing Committee appointed comrade Tran Thi Thanh Huong to continue holding the position of Head of the National Assembly Delegation of the 15th term of An Giang province; comrade Ly Anh Thu (Provincial Party Committee member, National Assembly delegate) to hold the position of Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation, working full-time.
At the same time, comrade Nguyen Thanh Nhan was appointed to hold the position of Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Council for the 2021-2026 term; comrade Le Hong Tham (Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee); comrade Dinh Thi Viet Huynh (Member of the Provincial Party Committee); comrade Giang Van Phuc (Member of the Provincial Party Committee) to hold the position of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council. Comrade Pham Van Mau held the position of Head of the Legal Affairs Commission; comrade Ngo Hen held the position of Head of the Economic - Budget Commission; comrade Tong Van Kiem held the position of Head of the Cultural - Social Commission; comrade Le Thanh Dung held the position of Head of the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Provincial People's Council.
The Prime Minister appointed comrade Ho Van Mung to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of An Giang province (new) for the 2021-2026 term. The Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee of An Giang province (new) for the 2021-2026 term include: Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phong (Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Kien Giang province), Comrade Le Van Phuoc (Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of An Giang province); 2 comrades Le Trung Ho and Giang Thanh Khoa (Provincial Party Committee members, Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee of Kien Giang province); 2 comrades Ngo Cong Thuc and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy (Provincial Party Committee members, Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee of An Giang province).
The Central Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front decided to establish the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of An Giang province; recognized the Vietnam Fatherland Front Standing Committee of An Giang province for the 2024-2029 term, consisting of 9 comrades. Specifically: Comrade Tran Thi Thanh Huong holds the position of Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province; Comrade Le Thanh Viet holds the position of Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province; Comrade Do Van Thinh holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province and is also the Chairman of the Provincial Labor Federation; Comrade Nguyen Van Cop holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province and is also the Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association; Comrade Truong Thanh Thuy holds the position of Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province and is also the Chairwoman of the Provincial Women's Union; Comrade Phan Duy Bang holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province and is also the Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union; Comrade Bui Vu Tan holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province and is also the Chairman of the Provincial Veterans' Association; Comrades: Ngo Phuong Vu, Bui Van Tang, Ha Minh Trang hold the position of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.
The ceremony also announced and handed over Resolution 1654/NQ-UBTVQH15, dated June 16, 2025 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the establishment of 102 communes, wards, and special zone in An Giang province; the decision of the Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee and the An Giang Provincial Party Committee on ending the activities of the district-level Party Committee (old); the decision of An Giang Provincial Party Committee (new) on the establishment of the Party Committee of communes, wards, and special zones.
News by Gia Khanh - Trung Hieu
Translation by Thi Huynh
