THE GOVERNMENT
 
No. 37/2014/ND-CP
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
Hanoi, May 5, 2014
 DECREE
Providing the organization of
specialized agencies under People’s Committees of districts,
towns or provincial cities [1]
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Law on Organization of People’s Councils and People’s Committees;
At the proposal of the Minister of Home Affairs,
The Government promulgates the Decree providing the organization of specialized agencies under People’s Committees of districts, towns or provincial cities.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application
1. This Decree provides the organization of specialized agencies under People’s Committees of districts, towns or provincial cities (below collectively referred to as district-level People’s Committees).
2. This Decree applies to specialized agencies under district-level People’s Committees, including divisions and divisional-level bodies (below collectively referred to as divisions).
3. This Decree does not apply to non-business organizations under district-level People’s Committees, subordinate central agencies, and agencies of departments and departmental-level agencies under provincial-level People’s Committees (below collectively referred to as departments) based in districts.
Article 2. Organization principles
1. Ensuring the full performance of state management functions and tasks of district-level People’s Committees and the uniformity and continuity in the management of sectors or working fields from central to grassroots level.
2. Organizing multi-sectoral and multi-field management divisions; ensuring streamlining, rationality and efficiency; it is not necessary to organize at the district level all organizations corresponding to the provincial level.
3. Ensuring suitability with each type of district-level administrative units and with natural conditions, population size and socio-economic conditions of each locality and satisfaction of state administrative reform requirements.
4. Ensuring no overlapping functions, tasks and powers with ministries’ or departments’ organizations based in districts. 
Article 3. Position and functions

1. Specialized agencies under district-level People’s Committees shall perform the functions of advising and assisting district-level People’s Committees in the state management of sectors and fields in localities and a number of tasks and powers as authorized by district-level People’s Committees and as prescribed by law, ensuring uniform management of sectors or working fields in localities.