Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: The more difficult it is, the more determined and hard-working we must be. If we don't do it, we will never achieve our goals.

On the afternoon of July 5, in the 14th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Council delegates in the constituencies of Nam Dan, Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, and Quynh Luu conducted group discussions. Delegate Ha Xuan Quang - Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Dien Chau district chaired the discussion of Group 2.

Participating in the group discussion were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Duc Cuong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Ho Le Ngoc - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, branches, sectors and localities.

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Provincial People's Council delegates at Group 2 unanimously assessed that, despite many difficulties, with the drastic direction and management of authorities at all levels, the socio-economic situation of Nghe An province in the first 6 months of 2023 achieved many positive results; social security life was given attention, security and national defense continued to be maintained.

However, the economic growth rate is still slow; the state budget revenue is still low, many investment projects are ineffective, slow to implement, causing waste of resources and resources of the province. The administrative reform and competitiveness indexes have increased but have not met the satisfaction of the people and businesses. Some areas still have cumbersome procedures, it is necessary to pay attention to public ethics and integrity of the supporting apparatus.

Emphasizing that Nghi Loc is a key industrial area of ​​the province, delegate Nguyen Cong Van (Nghi Loc unit) requested the Provincial People's Committee and the Management Board of the Southeast Economic Zone to soon deploy the drainage canal project in the WHA Industrial Park and the drainage ditch project on N5 road, because just one rainy day can cause 1/3 of Nghi Loc district to be submerged in water.

On the other hand, the Provincial People's Committee needs to have effective immediate and long-term solutions to solve the existing problems at the Nghi Yen Solid Waste Treatment Complex, because the garbage is currently overloaded, causing environmental death for Nha Le Canal. Besides, Tien Dong hamlet, Nghi Xuan commune currently has no road across the 72m road connecting Vinh - Cua Lo, forcing people to go around, even one-way, which is very likely to cause accidents.

Discussing in the group, delegate Ho Sy Nguyet (Quynh Luu unit) requested the Provincial People's Committee to consider allocating funding support for infrastructure construction to develop craft villages according to Resolution No. 06/2019 of the Provincial People's Council. Quynh Luu district has 9 craft villages that have completed their profiles but have not received support so far.

Delegate Nguyet also suggested that the province should have a document guiding the unified and synchronous merger of administrative units that do not meet the criteria of area and population. Many communes in the merger are wondering whether the construction of office buildings can be carried out in the current period. On the other hand, the province needs to have a policy to attract incentives to invite investment in waste treatment projects and clean water plants.

Delegate Nguyen Hong Son (Nam Dan district) said that the site clearance work for projects is facing difficulties, the reason is determining the land price at the departure and destination. Provincial departments and branches are interested in working with central ministries and branches to resolve the problems at the Nam Dan Plaza project; supplement funding for installing railings at the Nam Dan 2 culvert project.

THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS, THE MORE DETERMINED WE HAVE TO TRY

Speaking at the group discussion session, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized and clarified the difficulties in the first 6 months of 2023, leading to a decrease in many production sectors, especially exports, affecting the overall growth of the province.

"In the first quarter, the province achieved a growth rate of 7.6%, but in the second quarter, it only achieved a growth rate of 4.31%, leading to a growth rate of only 5.79% in the first 6 months. In the last 3 years, the first 6 months of this year had the lowest growth rate, lower than the set scenario of 8.4 - 9.4%," the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized.

However, the province's economic picture has many bright spots such as agricultural production maintaining good growth, the spring crop has a good harvest in terms of productivity, output and value. Investment attraction has achieved positive results, in which FDI attraction in 6 months reached more than 725.4 million USD, ranking 8th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide, this is a resource for the province's long-term development. In particular, the province has mobilized more than 600 billion VND, planning to build and repair about 12,000 houses, up to this point, over 3,000 houses have been completed for poor and disadvantaged households.

To achieve the goals of 2023 and the entire term, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that there needs to be stronger solutions, higher determination, and greater efforts. Recently, the Politburo unanimously issued a new Resolution on the construction and development of Nghe An province until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

"This is an extremely important Resolution, creating motivation and resources for the province's long-term development, and one of the important factors is that the province will have additional specific mechanisms and policies to achieve the goals." The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke and said that the first task is for the province to focus on thoroughly grasping and effectively implementing the new Resolution of the Politburo.

In addition, the province will develop an implementation plan and organize the announcement and implementation of the Provincial Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, immediately after it is approved by the Prime Minister.

The province will focus on a number of key and key tasks, such as: Implementing the project to expand the administrative boundaries and urban space of Vinh city, because this is one of the two driving forces of the province's development. Concentrating resources, resolving procedures to soon implement two strategic infrastructure projects: Cua Lo deep-water seaport; upgrading and expanding Vinh International Airport.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also said that, in the immediate future, it is necessary to focus on effectively implementing and disbursing public investment capital. In addition, site clearance work in many localities still has many problems, including objective and subjective causes, so it needs to be focused on more drastically.

Discussing and clarifying the recommendations of the delegates, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung agreed with the assessment that administrative reform has changed, the index has increased but has not met the requirements, has not met the expectations of the people and businesses, somewhere there is still a situation of shirking responsibility, violating public ethics, violating the law. In the near future, these issues will be clarified and the heads of sectors and localities must take primary responsibility for this work.

Regarding the opinion of the delegates that some targets according to the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress are difficult to achieve, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized that the more difficult it is, the more determined we must be, the more we must try, if we do not do it, we will never achieve the target. The Provincial People's Committee will direct the sectors and localities to reach consensus and determination to complete the set targets and objectives at the highest level.

For projects that are behind schedule and slow to be implemented, the Provincial People's Committee regularly inspects and reviews them to handle them step by step. For 14 "shelved" water plant projects, the province will soon use part of the budget to support the projects to continue to be implemented and put into use, promoting their effectiveness. In addition, the project to build drainage ditches has been implemented and will soon solve the flooding problem at the expanded WHA Industrial Park.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also discussed issues of concern to delegates related to the Nghi Yen Solid Waste Treatment Complex (Nghi Loc); the cross-road crossing the 72m road in Nghi Xuan commune; arranging counterpart funds for the Nam Dan 2 culvert project and the Nam Dan Plaza project.

At the discussion session, leaders of the Department of Home Affairs, Department of Finance, Department of Natural Resources and Environment continued to discuss and clarify the recommendations of the delegates on the issue of financial support for building infrastructure for craft villages; reforming administrative procedures, resolving existing problems at the Nghi Yen Solid Waste Treatment Complex (Nghi Loc)...

Concluding the group discussion session, delegate Ha Xuan Quang - Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Dien Chau district said that he will summarize the opinions of the delegates to report to the Provincial People's Council in the discussion session in the hall tomorrow morning (July 6).