Provincial Party Secretary: Building a team of Vinh City officials with sufficient capacity to carry out their duties

On the morning of December 26, at the regular December meeting, the Provincial Party Standing Committee listened to and commented on the results of implementing the conclusions of the Provincial Party Standing Committee at the working session with the Vinh City Party Standing Committee on December 19, 2019.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired the meeting.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of a number of departments, branches and comrades of the Standing Committee of the Vinh City Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

Consider priority mechanisms specific to Vinh city

After the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Notice No. 1517-TB/TU dated February 14, 2019, Vinh City developed an implementation plan with specific solutions; implemented seriously and effectively.

In 2019, Vinh city's economy continued to grow well, estimated at 9.15%. The economic structure shifted in the right direction: The proportion of agriculture decreased to 1.2% in 2019; industry - construction increased from 32.08% to 32.5%; services reached 66.3%. Budget revenue is estimated at more than 2,376 billion VND. The average added value per capita reached 92.9 million VND/person. The poverty rate is at 0.26%.

In particular, Vinh City has successfully coordinated to organize the Conference to implement Notice No. 55-TB/TW dated April 20, 2019 of the Politburo on the development of Vinh City to study and deploy solutions to mobilize resources to develop Vinh City into the center of the North Central region;...

At the meeting, comrades Phan Duc Dong - Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee and Tran Ngoc Tu - Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee reported and clarified related issues, in which Vinh City has learned from experience, organized many delegations to Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang, Buon Ma Thuot, thereby drawing conclusions on many issues in economic development, administrative reform, WB capital management...

Comrade Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Recommendations and proposals of Vinh City

Propose that the Provincial People's Committee propose to the Provincial People's Council to consider and approve priority and specific mechanisms to increase resources for the city; propose to the Ministry of Planning and Investment to prioritize the allocation of public investment plans to build the eastern belt roads of the city, the extended Tran Hung Dao Street, Nguyen Viet Xuan Street, the Vinh Temple of Literature restoration project, etc.

Propose that the Department of Finance propose to the Ministry of Finance to supplement the annual capital allocation norm for the city with 200 billion VND and coordinate with the City People's Committee in proposing the Provincial People's Committee to report to the Provincial People's Council, the Ministry of Finance, and the Vietnam Development Bank to create conditions for the city to borrow preferential credit sources and advance treasury funds to invest in the construction of a number of important projects.

Vinh City also proposed that the province direct the withdrawal of investment projects that are behind schedule and not implemented in the area;Pay attention to directing relevant departments and branches to speed up the approval of zoning plans for wards and communes.

Panorama of Vinh City, Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy emphasized the spirit that both the province and the city must aim for the development of the province's leading locality.

However, despite the resolutions and directives, the decentralization mechanism for the city is unclear, leading to limited dynamism in this locality. The reason, according to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, comes from both sides: departments, branches and the city.

Therefore, comrade Thai Thanh Quy suggested that, in the spirit of Vinh city's development, departments and branches need to follow the principles, the content that can be decentralized according to the provisions of law should be decentralized; issues that are not yet included in the provisions of law should be piloted. On the other hand, Vinh city also needs to be proactive in preparing human resources for decentralization to be implemented well.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, the head of the provincial government also shared the feeling that the coordination and connection between the city and departments and branches are not smooth and flexible, and there are even issues that have not been met, especially in planning and architecture management, especially urban areas, so it is necessary to overcome them to build a developed city.

On the other hand, regarding land management of projects, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also affirmed that the Provincial People's Committee is very decisive in recovering slow-progressing projects, and at the same time requested the Department of Planning and Investment to apply information technology to project management to have truly transparent management.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also shared the concerns of Vinh city leaders about investment resources, especially urban infrastructure investment resources and the recovery of slow-progressing projects. Thereby, it is necessary to have solutions to remove difficulties, especially for some BT projects that the city proposed to switch to public investment. According to comrade Nguyen Xuan Son, in the condition of limited resources, it will be difficult, so it is necessary to consider the legal basis to implement according to the public-private partnership model.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Concluding this content, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh assessed that Vinh city has had many new models and methods in recent times. However, to meet development requirements, the city needs to pay attention to a number of issues.

First of all, Vinh city must build a development strategy for Vinh city after 2020 in conjunction with the Party Congress according to the 5-year term of the congress, 10 years for the socio-economic development cycle and a 25-year vision according to the Central Government's policy until 2045 - the 100th anniversary of the country's founding.

In addition, the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized that Vinh city needs to build a good team of cadres with enough capacity to carry out the dreams, ambitions and tasks set out. To do so, the city needs to review the current status of the cadre team, pay close attention to the structure of 3 age groups, especially the young age group to first prepare cadres for the city but the long-term vision is to have mature cadres for the province.

Emphasizing that the most difficult point of Vinh city at present is resources, we welcome the city's consultation and new perspectives to diversify resource mobilization, with initial directions and specific lists.

Therefore, Vinh city needs to actively coordinate and work with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to advise the Government on arrangements; in addition, when projects and works are included in the resolution, there must be a specific implementation program for the projects.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee concluded the working session. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, to exploit and promote land resources, the Provincial Party Secretary suggested reviewing the land fund to have a specific strategy. In particular, in the first quarter of 2020, it is necessary to review the land fund in the city and report to the Provincial Party Standing Committee.

In addition, the city must do a good job of managing and implementing planning, especially paying attention to ensuring park and green space; continue to invest in infrastructure construction, especially paying attention to digital infrastructure.

The trend of decentralization should and needs to be implemented with the viewpoint that the contents of the law allow decentralization and if decentralized, the city needs to implement well. For internal laws that do not allow decentralization, the city and departments and branches should coordinate to implement; for the contents of the law that are not yet permitted, pilot research should be conducted on a small scale...

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh