Nghe An Provincial People's Council passed 5 resolutions, creating a legal basis for implementing socio-economic recovery and development programs.

The comrades chairing the 8th Session, Nghe An Provincial People's Council, term XVIII. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented a summary report of the submissions and draft Resolutions submitted by the Provincial People's Committee to the Session. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial People's Council democratically discussed and unanimously passed 5 resolutions, creating a legal basis for the implementation of the second phase of the socio-economic recovery and development programs according to the Government's plan and a number of key projects of the province.

Speaking at the closing session of the 8th session, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province Thai Thanh Quy emphasized: The Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee, relevant sectors, localities and units to promptly implement the resolutions to ensure order and procedures according to current legal regulations.

Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee of Nghe An Provincial People's Council Chu Duc Thai reported a summary of the results of the examination by the Provincial People's Council Committees of the draft Resolutions submitted by the Provincial People's Committee to the Session. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Committees and delegates of the Provincial People's Council, Party committees at all levels, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and member organizations continue to strengthen leadership, direction, inspection and supervision; promptly give comments and closely coordinate with the Provincial People's Committee, departments, branches and localities in the implementation process to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the issued resolutions.

Over the past 8 months, Nghe An has achieved important results in all aspects. However, in the remaining 4 months of the year, besides favorable factors, the situation is forecasted to have many difficulties and challenges.

Provincial People's Council delegates attending the 8th Session. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Covid-19 epidemic in the province has been effectively controlled, but recently the number of new infections has tended to increase; along with that, dengue fever and seasonal flu have appeared in many localities, causing the risk of overlapping epidemics; the rainy and stormy season has arrived and is forecast to be complicated; the political security situation in the region and the world has changed profoundly... has, is and will have adverse impacts on the people's lives and health and the implementation of the province's socio-economic development goals and tasks.

In that context, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province Thai Thanh Quy emphasized a number of contents that need to continue to be implemented immediately after the 8th Session of the Provincial People's Council.

Accordingly, the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee, all levels and sectors to focus on comprehensively and effectively implementing the tasks and solutions set out in the resolutions and conclusions of the Central Government and the province, especially Conclusion No. 244 dated August 11, 2022 of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the working session with Nghe An province.

Deputy Chief of Office of the Delegation of National Assembly Deputies - Nghe An Provincial People's Council Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa - Secretary of the session presented the draft Resolution. Photo: Thanh Duy.

At the same time, urgently implement the remaining targets and tasks in the last months of 2022; review the expected targets that are not completed to have appropriate and effective solutions.

Continue to closely monitor the epidemic situation, strengthen monitoring of infected cases in the area; Continue to drastically implement solutions in Covid-19 vaccination, focusing on basic vaccination for children from 5 to under 12 years old, 3rd injection for children from 12 to under 18 years old and 4th injection for people from 18 years old and above, with the motto: on schedule, enough doses, no vaccine backlog and high coverage rate.

Delegates vote to pass the Resolution using software on tablets. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial People's Committee, all levels and sectors also need to speed up the construction progress of projects and disbursement of public investment capital in 2022; especially key projects. Assign direct responsibility to the heads of relevant agencies, units and localities in ensuring disbursement progress and project quality.

Strengthen inspection, supervision, and clarify the causes of projects and works behind schedule to promptly take specific measures and solutions. Focus on speeding up the examination, appraisal, and approval of project documents for implementation according to regulations, especially projects under the 3 national target programs.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province Thai Thanh Quy delivered a closing speech at the 8th Session of the 18th term People's Council of Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

Synchronously implement solutions to collect state budget, collect correctly, fully and promptly all revenues according to regulations and estimates; actively implement Resolution No. 09 dated August 5, 2022 of the Provincial Party Committee on digital transformation of the province by 2025, with a vision to 2030, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management, promote administrative reform and digital transformation in the area.

“The 8th session takes place on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the successful August Revolution and National Day on September 2. The Provincial People's Council calls on all levels, sectors, cadres, party members, voters and people of the province to continue to strongly promote the will, resilience, revolutionary spirit, and aspiration to rise up to fulfill the highest targets and tasks in 2022, creating momentum for victory for the entire term", the Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized before the end of the session.

Provincial People's Council delegates attending the 8th Session. Photo: Thanh Duy

5 resolutions passed by the Provincial People's Council at the 8th Session

* Resolution on investment policy for projects under the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program in the health sector with 3 projects: construction, upgrading, and renovation of facilities of 8 general hospitals and district-level medical centers; investment in purchasing equipment for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of Nghe An province; investment in purchasing equipment for 28 general hospitals and district-level medical centers in Nghe An province with a total investment of 478 billion VND from the central budget allocated to Nghe An province from the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program in the health sector.

* Resolution on adjusting and supplementing the public investment plan for 2022. Accordingly, the 2022 plan for the basic infrastructure project for comprehensive development of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces - Nghe An province sub-project (ADB loan), amount of 10 billion VND, is adjusted down; the 2022 plan is supplemented for the project on investing in the construction of a wastewater and waste treatment system for hospitals in Nghe An province using ODA loans from the German Government, amount of 10 billion VND.

* Resolution on investment policy for public investment projects, including: Nam Mo River embankment project, section through block 4, block 5, Muong Xen town, Ky Son district with a total investment of 100 billion VND from the central budget reserve to support overcoming the consequences of natural disasters in 2021 and the project to upgrade and expand Le Hong Son road, from National Highway 46C to Nam Anh commune, Nam Dan district with a total investment of nearly 127 billion VND.

* Resolution on adjusting investment policies for public investment projects; including: Project to build a regulating culvert combined with a traffic bridge to the production area of ​​Long Xa commune and renovate and upgrade the pumping station and irrigation canal system of Hung Linh commune, Hung Nguyen district; Project to build Khe Rat reservoir, Hung Son commune, Anh Son district; Project to renovate and upgrade reservoirs, irrigation canals and large-scale field production infrastructure, linking rice seed production in Yen Thanh district.

* Resolution on changing the purpose of using rice-growing land according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 58 of the Land Law to implement investment projects in Nghe An province.