Comrade Phan Dinh Trac: Taking into account special factors in merging hamlets, villages and communes in mountainous areas

On the afternoon of May 4, at Chau Binh commune, National Assembly delegates including Mr. Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption; Moong Van Tinh - official of Que Phong District Youth Union and Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao - Doctor of Tay Bac Nghe An General Hospital met with voters of Chau Binh, Chau Hoi, Chau Nga communes, Quy Chau district before the 7th session of the 14th National Assembly. Photo: Thanh Duy

Consider the specificity when merging hamlets, villages, and communes

Voter Le Van Huong, Chau Binh commune, raised the difficulties in building new rural areas in the commune and proposed solutions to support the locality.

Mr. Ha Van Hoai, a voter of Chau Hoi commune, suggested considering the merger of communes in mountainous areas such as Chau Hoi and Chau Nga. Because these two communes are more than 35 km apart, merging them would make it difficult for people to travel; in addition, he suggested that the National Assembly consider increasing the retirement age for officials and civil servants working in mountainous communes.

Mr. Vo Anh Tuan - Secretary of Chau Nga Commune Party Committee proposed to consider the specificity when merging hamlets and villages in mountainous areas; completely exempting and reducing tuition fees for mountainous students...

Voter Le Van Huong, Chau Binh commune, speaks. Photo: Thanh Duy

Chairman of Chau Binh Commune People's Committee Luong Van Dai proposed to speed up the construction progress of Mong village reservoir to stabilize people's lives because the construction time has been prolonged; consider investing in power lines for disadvantaged areas.

Voter Nguyen The Danh, Chau Binh commune, requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to recalculate reasonable electricity prices for the people. Because if the electricity price increases, many families without conditions will face difficulties.

At the conference, voters said that the forest land area transferred to localities to hand over to the people is protective forest land, or poor quality land, so there needs to be a reasonable policy when handing over forestry land to the people to create conditions for production and improve their lives.

Quy Chau plans to reduce 69 hamlets and villages

Mr. Ngo Duc Thuan - Chairman of Quy Chau District People's Committee answered voters' recommendations such as infrastructure investment for the three communes of Chau Binh, Chau Nga, Chau Hoi; roadmap for bringing the national grid to villages without electricity...

Regarding the merger of hamlets, villages and communes, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Quy Chau district said that the whole district has 146 hamlets, villages and hamlets, but only 3 hamlets meet the prescribed criteria.

Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac responds to voters' petitions. Photo: Thanh Duy

Based on the characteristics of geography and population, it is expected that the entire Quy Chau district will reduce 69 hamlets and villages to 77 hamlets and villages. In addition, from now until 2021, Quy Chau will not merge the two communes of Chau Hoi and Chau Nga.

Mr. Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee responded to voters' recommendations. Regarding the merger of hamlets, villages and communes in mountainous areas, the Secretary of the Party Central Committee said that it is necessary to take into account the specific factors of distance and geography. Because the goal of the merger is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of management in the area. The National Assembly's Resolution on the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units in the 2019-2021 period also mentioned this issue.

Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac presented 20 gifts to policy families and those with special difficulties in Chau Binh, Chau Hoi, Chau Nga communes, Quy Chau district. Photo by Thanh Duy

Regarding the idea of ​​reconsidering the electricity price increase, Mr. Phan Dinh Trac said that the Prime Minister has assigned the Government Inspectorate to preside over the inspection of this issue.

At the conference, Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dinh Trac presented 20 gifts to policy families and those with special difficulties in 3 communes: Chau Binh, Chau Hoi, Chau Nga, Quy Chau district.

Chau Binh Commune in the Southeast of Quy Chau District has 2,650 Thai and Kinh ethnic households with more than 10,500 people living in 17 hamlets and villages. The poverty rate of the commune is currently 36%. Photo: Googlemaps