Hanoi seeks to improve use of public assets after two-tier administrative restructuring

6:54 PM, Wed March 11, 2026

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Vu Dai Thang has signed Plan No. 94/KH-UBND dated March 11, 2026, aimed at improving the arrangement, management, and use of office buildings and public assets following the restructuring of two-tier administrative units under the city's management.

The plan aims to unlock resources from public buildings and land to support the city's investment and development needs. It also seeks to accelerate the review, decision-making, and handling of offices and public assets that are unused, used inefficiently, or used for improper purposes, in line with regulations.

At the same time, the plan focuses on strengthening accountability in managing and using public offices and assets. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and units in managing, using, and exploiting the city's housing and land resources will be clearly defined.

A key target is to complete a comprehensive inventory of 100% of offices and public assets at agencies, organizations, and units under the city's management, especially those affected by the restructuring of the two-tier administrative system.

All offices and public land and housing facilities in the city will be fully tracked and standardized in the Hanoi Public Asset Database.

To achieve these goals, the city requires agencies and units to continue fully implementing directives, targets, and solutions related to managing and using public assets and infrastructure resources, practicing thrift, and preventing waste, corruption, and misconduct. 

These measures are based on directives and regulations issued by the Party Congress, the Politburo, the Party Central Committee, and the Central Inspection Commission, including documents of the 14th National Party Congress, Politburo resolutions on improving the efficiency of managing and utilizing economic resources, regulations of the Party Central Committee (13th tenure) on prohibited acts for Party members, and guidance from the Hanoi Party Committee, the People's Council, and the People's Committee.

The city will also review and strengthen decentralization and delegation in the management, use, and exploitation of public assets. The goal is to enhance initiative and responsibility across different levels of government, ensuring that tasks are assigned to the level best positioned to manage them effectively and respond promptly to practical needs.

Hanoi will complete a centralized public asset management database that is synchronized and interconnected with the national public asset database. A digital mapping system will also be developed, linking spatial data and publicly disclosing the status of use and exploitation of all offices and housing and land facilities under the city's management.

Inspection, examination, and supervision of the management and use of public assets will be strengthened, particularly regarding the arrangement, handling, and reallocation of offices and housing and land facilities that are unused or used inefficiently.

The city will also enhance legal education, communication, training, and guidance to improve the capacity of officials, civil servants, and public employees in managing and using public assets, with particular attention to those at the commune level.

City departments, agencies, and affiliated units, along with chairpersons of ward and commune People's Committees, are required to promptly issue standards and norms for the use of specialized space and operational facilities, particularly in the health and education sectors.

These standards are set under the decentralization framework defined in Decision No. 62/2025/QD-UBND issued by the city government, serving as the basis for evaluating compliance when arranging and handling offices and housing and land facilities after the two-tier local government restructuring.

Specialized departments, including the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Training, and the Department of Culture and Sports, will proactively guide agencies, organizations, and units under the city's management on criteria, conditions, standards, and norms in accordance with sector-specific regulations to support the arrangement and handling of housing and land facilities.

The city will continue reviewing public assets to enable chairpersons of ward and commune People's Committees to issue decisions assigning offices and public assets, including surplus assets that require further handling, to agencies, organizations, and units following the administrative restructuring. For housing and land facilities, the city encourages assigning management to a single lead agency or organization while allowing other agencies and units to use the facilities.

All offices and public assets under the city's management will be updated and standardized in the Hanoi Public Asset Database to support management, operations, reporting, inspection, and supervision.

Based on proposals from departments, agencies, units, and ward and commune People's Committees, and in accordance with assigned functions and responsibilities, the Department of Planning and Architecture, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, and the Department of Construction will advise the city government on updating and adjusting city-level planning, land-use planning, urban and rural planning, and other relevant plans after transferring or converting the functions of housing and land facilities used as offices, public service facilities, healthcare centers, educational institutions, cultural and sports facilities, and other public, defense, or security purposes.

For offices and housing and land facilities subject to recovery under land regulations, the Department of Agriculture and Environment will take the lead in advising the city government on recovery decisions and the handling of land and attached assets in accordance with land laws. In such cases, the procedures for rearranging and handling assets under the law on public asset management will not apply.

With offices and housing and land facilities that already have handling decisions issued by competent authorities under public asset regulations, relevant agencies must implement the decisions or receive the assets to prepare, approve, and implement handling plans in accordance with the required timeline and procedures.

As for facilities that have not yet received handling decisions from competent authorities, city departments, agencies, affiliated units, and ward and commune People's Committees must continue reviewing and regularly updating lists of facilities that are unused or used inefficiently. Particular attention should be paid to facilities already included in handling plans approved under Document No. 5661/UBND-KT dated October 20, 2025, issued by the Hanoi People's Committee and any subsequent adjustments.

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