Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh: No interruption in state management and public services when switching to two-level local government

On the morning of May 7, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee held its regular meeting for April 2025. Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired and directed the meeting.

Co-chairs were comrades: Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Phu Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Attending the meeting were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and leaders of departments, branches and sectors.

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Amidst the context of many objective difficulties affecting and implementing many key tasks, especially building a two-level local government (province and grassroots), Nghe An still recorded a series of positive indicators.

The industrial development index in April increased by 19.6%, bringing the cumulative increase in the first 4 months of the year to 12.31%. Total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue increased by 27.97% in the month and 21.32% in the 4 months, an increase considered high compared to the national average.

Exports continued to be a bright spot, with an estimated turnover of 1.14 billion USD in the first four months of the year, up 28.4% over the same period. In addition, state budget revenue in the area reached 8,980 billion VND, equal to 50.7% of the annual estimate and up 5.6% over last year. Domestic revenue alone reached 8,389 billion VND, showing that the real economy is operating stably.

In the first four months of the year, in the investment sector, Nghe An attracted an additional VND7,455.5 billion in newly granted and adjusted capital; of which, foreign direct investment (FDI) reached USD122.4 million.

During the 5-day April 30 - May 1 holiday, the whole province welcomed and served about 1.18 million visitors, an increase of 23% over the same period. The opening ceremony of Cua Lo Tourism 2025 along with a series of cultural, sports and tourism events took place enthusiastically, bringing in large revenues for food, accommodation and commercial services.

The education sector has also entered the final stage, actively reviewing and preparing for important exams. Propaganda activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification have been widely organized, contributing to educating the people about traditions and creating an exciting atmosphere.

One of the key tasks of the province in April is to complete the Project on reorganizing commune-level administrative units. Under the strong direction of the Steering Committees at all levels, the entire project development process was fully implemented, methodically and in accordance with regulations.

The province has completed sending the Project to the Ministry of Home Affairs before May 1, 2025, and is implementing the process of adjusting the names of new administrative units after the arrangement.

Although it is a complicated task, related to people's psychology and interests, with an open, transparent and open approach, the project initially received high consensus from the grassroots.

The national defense and security situation continues to be maintained. During the April 30 – May 1 holiday, the whole province recorded a decrease in traffic accidents in both the number of cases and deaths, with no increase in the number of injuries.

Foreign affairs have been effectively implemented, demonstrated through many outstanding activities: provincial leaders visited and celebrated the traditional Bunpymay New Year in Lao provinces; organized a working delegation to China; welcomed the Communist Party of Cuba, SK Group (Korea) and the German Ambassador to Vietnam... These activities not only expanded international relations but also created a foundation to attract investment, cultural and educational exchanges in the future.

Despite many bright spots, the province’s economy still faces many difficulties. In the first four months of the year, the number of dissolved enterprises increased by 39.5%, the number of temporarily suspended enterprises increased by nearly 6%, while the number of enterprises returning to operation decreased by more than 12%. Although the number of newly established enterprises increased by nearly 10%, the total registered capital was only 26.5% compared to the same period last year.

The disbursement progress of public investment capital reached 22.56%, higher than the national average but still lower than the same period in 2024. Some capital sources such as long-term capital, capital for national target programs in ethnic minority areas and sustainable poverty reduction have quite low disbursement rates...

At the meeting, leaders of departments and branches discussed and raised recommendations and proposals to implement State management work, especially in the context that in less than 2 months, activities will be organized according to the two-level local government model.

Exploiting the potential to achieve growth targets

Concluding the meeting, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh acknowledged the efforts of all levels and sectors in implementing socio-economic development tasks in the first 4 months of the year.

However, facing the great challenges, he requested localities, departments and sectors to focus highly on growth targets, prepare to operate a two-level government model and remove difficulties for businesses and people.

Emphasizing the key task of economic development, the head of the provincial People's Committee requested to closely follow the adjusted growth scenario, flexibly taking advantage of the remaining space in agriculture, processing industry, and services to make up for the shortage in the first quarter.

Departments, branches and localities are required to urgently remove arising obstacles, take advantage of opportunities, overcome difficulties, and strive to achieve and exceed the growth target of 10.5% in 2025.

To create more momentum, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed the drastic implementation of solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital, ODA capital and national target programs. The Provincial People's Committee will organize a conference to guide the handover and reception of investment capital in the process of restructuring the two-level local government apparatus.

At the same time, specific targets for budget collection were also assigned. The finance, tax and treasury sectors were required to promptly guide units in handling issues arising during the transition to the government model.

One of the major focuses of 2025 is to reorganize the apparatus and operate the two-level local government model. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested to focus on implementing tasks to prepare for the end of district-level activities and the implementation of commune-level activities from July 1, 2025; ensuring that all state management tasks in the area are still carried out continuously and effectively, without interrupting the provision of administrative services and public services to people, organizations and businesses.

Departments, branches and localities must carefully review the necessary conditions, especially the arrangement of the apparatus, the arrangement of cadres, civil servants and public employees. At the same time, it is necessary to proactively advise on adjusting legal documents on apparatus organization, budget, planning, public investment, land... to suit the model without district level. To ensure smooth operation, even on the day off after July 1, the province will immediately organize training for the new team of commune-level cadres.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also assigned units to focus on accelerating the progress of major works and projects, especially those that have been concluded by the Provincial Party Standing Committee in Notice No. 1789-TB/TU. These include projects such as coastal roads, upgrading National Highway 7 from Khe Thoi to Nam Can, handling landslides caused by storms and floods, the Ban Mong reservoir project, and upgrading National Highway 46 from Vinh to Nam Dan.

In the field of culture and society, comrade Le Hong Vinh assigned the education sector to complete the school year program, seriously organize exams, especially the 10th grade entrance exam and the 2025 high school graduation exam; at the same time, prepare well the contents to advise on the roadmap for implementing the policy of primary and secondary schools organizing 2 sessions/day depending on the conditions of each locality in terms of facilities, finance and teachers; the State supports lunch for primary and secondary school students in border communes, with priority given to mountainous border communes (including ethnic minority students and Kinh students living in border communes); complete the construction of boarding and semi-boarding schools for border communes, creating favorable conditions for students' study and life according to the announcement of the Central Party Office.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism was assigned to solemnly organize the National Lotus Village Festival and inaugurate the “Uncle Ho Visits His Hometown” Monument on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday. The health sector continues to strengthen disease prevention and control during the transitional season, focusing on communication work and drowning prevention for children during the summer.

One of the consistent requirements is to improve the investment and business environment. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized the need to continue to cut and simplify administrative procedures according to the direction of the Prime Minister. At the same time, urgently deploy the action plan to implement Resolution 57-NQ/TW on innovation of urban government organization.

Regarding security and order, the Provincial People's Committee requested the Police at all levels to closely monitor the situation at the grassroots level, promptly handle arising issues, and prevent hot spots from occurring. Comrade Le Hong Vinh also informed that the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee will issue a document directing Party committees and authorities at all levels to enhance management responsibilities in the area, especially at the district level during the transition period; at the same time, he requested the Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee to arrange work with enterprises, especially in the field of import and export, to remove difficulties and obstacles; requested that sectors and localities pay attention to providing and answering information to the press.