Recently, information has appeared on some social media platforms claiming that Lao Cai province will continue to merge communes and wards, reducing the number of administrative units from the current 34 to 34. This content was quickly shared, causing confusion and many questions among the people.
The Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee stated that this information has been determined not to be a policy of the competent authorities and shows signs of being fabricated using AI technology to attract attention and cause information disruption. The police force has now launched an investigation to identify the person who disseminated the false information.
The Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee requests that cadres, Party members, and the people raise their vigilance and refrain from sharing, commenting on, or disseminating unverified content on the internet.
According to the 2025 plan for rearranging commune-level administrative units, the new province of Lao Cai was formed on the basis of rearranging the administrative boundaries between Lao Cai province and Yen Bai province. After the rearrangement, the entire province has 99 commune-level administrative units, including 89 communes and 10 wards.
The reorganization of administrative units is carried out to streamline the apparatus, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management, and at the same time create favorable conditions for socio -economic development, ensure national defense and security, and better serve the people and businesses.
