Nghe An Provincial People's Council needs to pioneer in digital transformation

Also attending were comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent 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, and leaders of the Provincial People's Council Committees.

Overview of the regular meeting in December 2021 of Nghe An Provincial People's Council. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council listened to and commented on the draft report assessing the results of the 4th Session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, term 2021 - 2026, taking place from December 7 to December 9, 2021 (2.5 days) in Vinh city.

Accordingly, the meeting was conducted in accordance with the order, content and program set out; the management was scientific and flexible, ensuring the duration of the program, especially the discussion management in the hall, the question and answer session; the reports presented at the meeting in the hall fully summarized the content; the meeting secretariat work was carried out closely.

At this session, the Provincial People's Council reviewed and approved 39 draft resolutions, including 2 resolutions on personnel work.

Comrade Chu Duc Thai - Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, in addition to evaluating the quality and activities of the session, delegates exchanged and discussed issues related to improving the quality of content preparation and organization of sessions of the Provincial People's Council, as well as resolving voters' recommendations.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi suggested that after the sessions, there should be solutions to put the resolutions into practice soon. At the same time, departments and branches should closely monitor to resolve issues of concern to voters, especially issues raised for questioning, and the answers to questions should have positive changes.

Comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nam Dinh also said that the Standing Committee, the Provincial People's Council Committees and the Provincial People's Committee continue to coordinate to prepare early and remotely the contents of the Provincial People's Council session, especially the regular contents; at the same time, he proposed that the Provincial People's Committee consider coordinating so that the Provincial People's Council Committees can participate right from the survey process to prepare for the drafting of resolutions.

In particular, at the meeting, many opinions mentioned improving the quality and effectiveness of handling and responding to voters' recommendations. Accordingly, the Standing Committee members of the Provincial People's Council agreed that it is necessary to grasp and accurately handle the recommendations of voters and the People; especially the response needs to be specific to each voter with comments according to the address provided.

Along with that, there are also discussions suggesting piloting contact with voters by voter groups such as businessmen, workers, laborers, etc. to gain a more complete understanding.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung shared that although the content of the 4th session of the Provincial People's Council was large, the implementation was very reasonable and had many innovations. The coordination between the Provincial People's Council Committees and departments and branches to examine the contents of reports and draft resolutions was more proactive.

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee expressed his gratitude to the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Committees of the Provincial People's Council for supporting the Provincial People's Committee to complete the assigned tasks.

The head of the Provincial People's Committee also emphasized the view that all resolutions passed by the Provincial People's Council will be directed by the Provincial People's Committee to be implemented into life promptly, quickly and as soon as possible.

Regarding the settlement of voters' petitions, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung agreed with the viewpoint of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council that it is necessary to synthesize and specifically respond to each voter. Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee will coordinate with the agencies of the Provincial People's Council to specifically synthesize and specifically respond to voters' petitions.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Concluding this content, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province Thai Thanh Quy acknowledged the results of the 4th Session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, in which he highly appreciated the proactiveness in preparing for the session, especially the very important coordination role between the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Committee, between the Provincial People's Council committees and the agencies of the Provincial People's Committee.

From the practice and results of the organization of the 4th Session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, in order to best prepare for the upcoming sessions, the Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial People's Council requested the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Committee to determine the list of resolutions to be issued right from the beginning of the year, avoiding the situation of including or removing them from the list. This demonstrates the ability to grasp and cover the issues of both the Provincial People's Committee and the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council.

Along with that, comrade Thai Thanh Quy suggested that it is necessary to proactively promote better coordination early in preparing the contents of the meeting between the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Council committees and the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, and the specialized agencies of the Provincial People's Committee with a spirit of construction, responsibility, and sharing for the common development goal.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council concluded the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the response to voters' opinions and recommendations, in high agreement with the discussion opinions, the Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province noted that it is necessary to closely follow and inform each citizen with opinions; at the same time, review all voters' recommendations to classify and understand the extent to which each issue has been resolved. To effectively implement this content, comrade Thai Thanh Quy requested that information technology must be thoroughly applied.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy emphasized: The Provincial People's Council must be concerned, thoughtful, and concerned; coordinate and work closely with the Provincial People's Committee to thoroughly resolve voters' recommendations. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a Project of the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee to improve the quality of contact with voters; respond to voters' reflections, opinions, and recommendations in Nghe An.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also emphasized the need to promptly implement resolutions passed at the Provincial People's Council meetings. Within 5 working days from the end of the meeting, the Provincial People's Council must issue resolutions.

At the meeting, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council also gave opinions on the results of activities in December 2021, tasks in January 2022; listened to and gave opinions on a number of key contents of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council in 2022.

Regarding the tasks in January 2022, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested to conduct the summary work before January 15, 2022 according to Directive No. 11 of the Central Party Secretariat to then focus on implementing the tasks in 2022.

Agreeing on the key tasks of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council in 2022, comrade Thai Thanh Quy suggested that it is necessary to "Develop a Project to improve the quality and efficiency of the Provincial People's Council's operations for the 2021-2026 term" to ensure quality, submit it to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee within the prescribed time; at the same time, develop a Project of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council to improve the quality of contact with voters; respond to the reflections, opinions and recommendations of voters in Nghe An.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized: 2022 is the year the province chose the theme of digital transformation. Therefore, the Provincial People's Council needs to develop a digital transformation plan with the spirit of being a pioneer in implementing this content.