The Provincial People's Council will convene an extraordinary session with many important contents on September 25.

On the afternoon of September 13, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council held a meeting to listen to and give opinions on the Plan to prepare for the 10th session (extraordinary session) of the 17th Provincial People's Council, term 2016 - 2021.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Attending were Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council, Standing Members of the Provincial People's Council, representatives of leaders of relevant departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Thu Giang

Will submit to the Provincial People's Council for approval of the project to merge administrative units

At the meeting, the leaders of the Department of Home Affairs presented the draft content of the proposal on the proposal to unify the policy, draft project and resolution on the arrangement and merger of commune-level administrative units in Nghe An province in the period of 2019 - 2021; the proposal on the merger, renaming and establishment of new blocks, villages and hamlets of Anh Son, Nghi Loc districts, Vinh city and Hoang Mai town. These are the agreed contents that will be discussed at the upcoming extraordinary meeting.

Accordingly, the implementation of the arrangement and increase of the size of commune-level administrative units in the province is determined to be necessary, contributing to streamlining the apparatus, reducing staff, improving the efficiency of budget use; and the effectiveness and efficiency of the State apparatus.

Nghe An province has 431 communes, 32 wards and 17 towns. According to the regulations, of these 480 commune-level administrative units, 50 units meet 100% of both standards on natural area and population; 336 units have 1 criterion meeting 100%, 295 units have both criteria meeting over 50%; 17 units have both criteria not meeting 50%.

It is expected that Nghe An will arrange and merge 36 commune-level administrative units to establish 16 new units, reducing 20 units. The areas to be arranged and merged include: Que Phong, Tuong Duong, Thanh Chuong, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, Nam Dan, Nghia Dan, Hung Nguyen districts and Thai Hoa town. After the merger, Nghe An will have 460 commune-level administrative units, including 411 communes, 32 wards and 17 towns.

In addition to proposing a plan to organize the apparatus and arrange cadres and civil servants and resolve the regime and policies for redundant cadres and civil servants, the project also proposes a solution for working headquarters, in the spirit of maximizing the exploitation of existing offices and headquarters, ensuring the use of all facilities serving the work of the locality, creating convenience for administrative transactions of the people.

Unify the mechanism for exploiting land funds to invest in projects

Another important content expected to be presented by the Provincial People's Committee at the upcoming 10th session is the draft Resolution of the Provincial People's Council on the mechanism for exploiting auctioned land to create investment capital for a number of key projects in the province.

Accordingly, 11 land plots were selected for auction to collect land use fees and land rent to create capital for the construction of key and essential projects such as the Vinh - Cua Lo road (phase 1); construction of Cua Hoi bridge across Lam river; construction of Ly Thuong Kiet road (section passing through Hung Binh ward, Vinh city), bridge over Hoang Mai river and road connecting road number 2 to Con temple and Quynh Phuong - Quynh Lien beach tourist area,...

Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son highly agreed with the spirit of exploiting land funds and auctioning land to invest in key projects. Photo: Thu Giang

Concluding this content, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son affirmed that investing in key projects through land exploitation and land auctions is necessary. "The Provincial People's Council highly agrees with this spirit, this is what needs to be done to avoid "shelving" key projects. Through discussion, we acknowledge the determination of relevant departments and branches, but require that it be done carefully, firmly, and closely to avoid complicated problems" - he emphasized.

Perspective of a subdivision on Vinh - Cua Lo Avenue. Photo: Tran Chau

In addition to the above contents, it is expected that at the next meeting, the Provincial People's Committee will also submit to the Provincial People's Council a decision on the investment policy for the coastal road project from Nghi Son (Thanh Hoa) to Cua Lo (Nghe An) - the section from the intersection of National Highway 46 to Provincial Road 535 (Km 76+00 - Km 83+500), consider and approve the Resolution on the policy of converting forest use to other purposes, amend some contents of the Resolution of the Provincial People's Council regulating tuition fees in public educational and training institutions... The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council requested the units in charge of drafting related documents to clarify more about the legal basis and complete them soon to serve the upcoming meeting, scheduled to take place on September 25.