Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu: Do not interrupt work, do not leave areas, fields, and tasks vacant after merging departments and branches.

On the morning of February 25, in Vinh City, with a spirit of serious work, democracy, and high responsibility, the 27th Session (special session) of the 18th Nghe An Provincial People's Council completed all the contents and programs set out and was a great success.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - former Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, delegate of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; comrades members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Party Executive Committee...

Comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council co-chaired and directed the meeting.

Complete streamlining of the organization of the professional agencies of the Provincial People's Committee

The meeting carried out personnel work within its authority, electing two additional Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, including comrades Hoang Phu Hien and Phung Thanh Vinh.

The Provincial People's Council has passed a Resolution to dismiss the duties of Provincial People's Council delegate for comrade Nguyen Manh Cuong - Director of the Department of Tourism, delegate of the Provincial People's Council Delegation in Anh Son district according to his personal wishes.

The meeting considered and approved a resolution on establishing a specialized agency of the Provincial People's Committee on the basis of merging and rearranging 13 departments and branches to establish 7 new departments (reducing 6 departments and branches), including:

Establishment of Nghe An Provincial Department of Home Affairs on the basis of merging Nghe An Provincial Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and Nghe An Provincial Department of Home Affairs.

Establishment of Nghe An Provincial Department of Finance on the basis of merging Nghe An Provincial Department of Planning and Investment and Nghe An Provincial Department of Finance.

Establish the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Nghe An province on the basis of merging the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Nghe An province and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An province.

Establishment of Nghe An Provincial Department of Construction on the basis of merging Nghe An Provincial Department of Construction and Nghe An Provincial Department of Transport.

Establishment of the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An province on the basis of merging the Department of Information and Communications of Nghe An province and the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An province.

Establishment of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Nghe An province on the basis of merging the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Nghe An province and the Department of Tourism of Nghe An province.

Establishment of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Nghe An province.

After the reorganization, the Provincial People's Committee has 14 specialized agencies, in line with the policy of streamlining the organizational apparatus, consistent with the organization of specialized agencies of the Government.

The session also considered and approved 3 thematic Resolutions including: Resolution stipulating the application of legal documents to a number of contents regulated by the Public Investment Law No. 58/2024/QH15; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Planning, the Investment Law, the Law on Investment under the public-private partnership model and the Bidding Law No. 57/2024/QH15 and Resolution No. 137/2024/QH15 dated June 26, 2024 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province; Resolution on converting forest use purposes to other purposes to implement projects in Nghe An province; Resolution abolishing Resolution No. 24/2016/NQ-HDND dated August 4, 2016 of the Provincial People's Council on collecting fees for protection and development of rice-growing land in Nghe An province.

Concretize the motto "local decision, local action, local responsibility"

Speaking at the closing session, on behalf of the chairman, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council proposed that immediately after this session, the Provincial People's Committee should promptly issue regulations on functions and tasks for newly established specialized agencies, arrange them to operate stably immediately, without interrupting work, without leaving vacant areas, fields, and assigned tasks, and without affecting the normal activities of people and businesses.

At the same time, pay attention to doing a good job of ideological work, creating consensus in the process of streamlining the apparatus, and implementing well the regime and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers who voluntarily retire early or become redundant due to the implementation of the policy of streamlining the apparatus.

Regarding personnel work, the meeting chairman requested the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council to promptly complete the dossier and submit it to the Prime Minister for approval of the election results of the Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee according to the provisions of law.

Regarding the recently passed thematic resolutions, the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct their implementation so that the resolutions can soon come into practice and be effective.

2025 - a year of great significance, with many important political events. Along with the whole country, Nghe An is also implementing goals and tasks on socio-economic development with very high requirements, striving for a double-digit growth target in 2025 and drastically implementing the streamlining of the organizational apparatus.

The 9th extraordinary session of the National Assembly passed the Law on Organization of Local Government 2025, effective from March 1, 2025, institutionalizing the Party's guiding viewpoint on promoting decentralization and delegation of power, promoting local initiative and creativity, ensuring the motto "locality decides, locality acts, locality takes responsibility".

The National Assembly also passed Resolution No. 190/2025/QH15 regulating the handling of a number of issues related to the reorganization of the State apparatus (effective from February 19, 2025) and other important Laws.

On behalf of the meeting chair, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, all levels and sectors to focus on studying and effectively implementing new regulations in the Law on Organization of Local Government 2025, Resolution No. 190/2025/QH15 and the Laws and Resolutions passed at the 9th Extraordinary Session.

“The Provincial People's Council and its agencies will continue to innovate strongly, accompanying the Provincial People's Committee and the entire political system of the province in efforts and striving to fulfill the tasks of 2025 to the highest level, best prepare for the Party Congresses at all levels, the 20th Provincial Party Congress, towards the 14th National Party Congress”, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council affirmed.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2025), on behalf of the Provincial People's Council, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu sent his best wishes to doctors, medical staff in the province for good health, happiness and continued success in their noble cause - the cause of taking care of people's health.