Delegates of Nghe An Provincial People's Council proposed to speed up disbursement of capital for national target programs.

On the morning of December 5, the 25th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, term 2021-2026, held discussions in Groups. Participating in the discussion in Group 4 were elected Provincial People's Council delegates from the following units: Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Anh Son, Quy Chau, Quy Hop, and Que Phong.

Attending the discussion session at Group 4 were comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Van Thong - former Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. Comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Le Hong Vinh - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Pham Trong Hoang - Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee and Member of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council. Also attending were leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities. Delegate Le Van Luong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee, Secretary of Tuong Duong District Party Committee chaired the discussion session.

Delegate Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council (delegate from Quy Hop) expressed his opinion: Acacia trees should not be considered as trees that cover bare hills and prevent soil erosion because in the past 5-6 years, people have exploited and "scraped" them, leading to bare land and bare hills. He suggested that the Department of Agriculture should re-study the structure of crop varieties in a "long-term" direction, ensuring both raw material areas, forest cover and improving land use efficiency.

Delegate Nguyen Nhu Khoi expressed his joy at the number of communes and districts recognized as meeting new rural standards, and many products recognized as OCOP products. However, the agricultural sector needs to assess the quality of these products as well as the economic contribution of OCOP products, and at the same time have solutions for marketing and promoting the economic value of OCOP products.

Regarding the issue of socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, delegate Nguyen Hong Son expressed his concern that the lives of ethnic minorities are still difficult, the rate of poor and near-poor households is still high, the cause also comes from the situation of early marriage, incestuous marriage, and drug abuse. He requested the Provincial People's Committee to have specific solutions, a plan to direct and implement resolutely.

Delegate Nguyen Hong Son reflected that many projects under the national target program have large capital allocations for mountainous areas. However, this area has complex terrain and difficult transportation, so the source of materials is scarce and the price is high, affecting the progress of the program implementation. He requested the province to direct solutions to overcome this difficulty.

Regarding the implementation of the national target program, delegate Vuong Quang Minh - Principal of the Provincial Political School (Quy Chau unit) proposed that in the socio-economic development solution, the national target program for socio-economic development of mountainous ethnic minority areas should emphasize: Disbursement of public investment capital for 3 national target programs.

Delegate Lu Van May - Standing Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Tuong Duong district said that in recent times, all levels and sectors have had many policies and programs to support socio-economic development in mountainous areas and ethnic minorities. However, there are still many households with the mentality of waiting and relying.

"Therefore, to overcome the mentality of waiting and relying on the State, all levels and sectors need to study the forms of support: Reducing direct support, post-investment support, loans with preferential interest rates, etc. At the same time, the implementation of the annual social security regime is not equal to overcome the mentality of waiting and relying on the State's support among the people" - said delegate Lu Van May.

Clarifying the opinions of delegates concerned about the progress of disbursement of national target programs in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to comrade Le Hong Vinh - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, he emphasized: The most difficult thing is that there is no target for disbursement of career capital.

Based on the analysis of the causes, the Provincial People's Committee proposed the following solutions: Focus on urging investors to speed up the removal of difficulties, construction and disbursement according to plan.

Regarding the disbursement of career resources: The People's Committees of Que Phong and Ky Son districts (units selected as pilot units according to Resolution 111 on a number of specific mechanisms and policies to implement national target programs), based on Resolution 111 of the National Assembly, Resolution 16 of the Provincial People's Council, readjust capital sources, determine the list and content to implement in 2025. For the remaining districts, proactively follow the relevant sectors to advise the Provincial People's Committee to adjust capital sources, based on the district's capital sources.

In addition, the opinions of the delegates discussed related to the final settlement of the remaining issues of hydropower projects in the area; the settlement of encroachment and encroachment in localities; the difficulties of enterprises in the province; compensation and site clearance for the project to renovate and upgrade National Highway 7; the opinions of the delegates concerned about violations of traffic safety and order, the situation of overloaded and oversized vehicles, etc.

The opinions of the delegates were answered and clarified by representatives of leaders of departments, branches and comrade Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.