The Provincial People's Council passed 22 resolutions and closed the 8th session.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and 2 Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council: Cao Thi Hien, Hoang Viet Duong chaired the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Attending the meeting were Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; 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 Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; National Assembly deputies of the province; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Standing Committee of the People's Council, People's Committee, Fatherland Front Committee of the province; representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors and districts, cities and towns.

Entering the discussion session, the provincial People's Council delegates spent a lot of time discussing the Resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2019. Delegate Luc Thi Lien (Quy Chau district) was concerned that the target of the poverty rate in the whole province in 2019 will decrease to 4%, which is too low.

Explaining this issue, Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Hong Vu said that the development of poverty reduction targets in 2019 was based on the poverty reduction rate in recent years and the socio-economic development management scenario of the province in 2019.

Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Do also discussed some socio-economic indicators in 2019. Delegate Vo Thi Minh Sinh discussed the task of reorganizing the administrative apparatus and streamlining the payroll in state administrative agencies and public service units in the province.

Delegate Dang Quang Hong (Nghi Loc district) discussed the draft Resolution on adjusting medium-term public investment and the 2019 public investment plan in the province. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In addition to the discussion, the Provincial People's Council resolved to pass the Resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2019. The discussion session at the hall also discussed and passed 21 resolutions on socio-economics, national defense and security.

Thus, after 2 and a half working days, with a spirit of urgency, democracy and responsibility, the Provincial People's Council completed the agenda of the 8th session.

Provincial People's Council delegates vote to pass the Resolution at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In his closing speech, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son emphasized that at this session, the Provincial People's Council passed 22 important Resolutions to promote socio-economic development, ensure national defense and security, improve the quality of organizations in the political system, and meet new requirements and tasks in 2019 and the following years.

In that spirit, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son requested the Provincial People's Committee, all levels and sectors to focus on promptly implementing the Resolutions issued by the Provincial People's Council. In particular, focusing on closely following the development orientations of sectors and fields, making efforts to effectively implement key tasks and solutions; determined to achieve and exceed all key socio-economic development targets of 2019.

Along with that, all levels and sectors need to be associated with building and consolidating a government that is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people. Accordingly, it is necessary to continue to effectively carry out judicial reform; build clean and strong courts, procuracies, civil enforcement agencies, and investigative agencies, step by step modernizing them, ensuring that the law is respected and strictly enforced, better protecting human rights and civil rights; ensuring a peaceful life for the people, creating a good environment to promote socio-economic development.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son closed the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On the part of the Standing Committee, the Provincial People's Council Committees continue to review and effectively implement the Project to improve the quality and efficiency of the Provincial People's Council's operations for the 2016-2021 term, research and innovate monitoring, surveying, questioning and explaining activities to ensure quality and practicality. At the same time, continue to closely coordinate with the Central agencies, the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, and the District People's Councils to effectively perform the functions and tasks of the Provincial People's Council, actively contributing to the implementation of the province's general political tasks.

22 Resolutions passed include:

1. Resolution on the 2019 socio-economic development plan.

2. Resolution on adjusting medium-term public investment and public investment plan for 2019.

3. Resolution approving the total number of employees and contract workers in public service units and Association organizations in 2019 in Nghe An province.

4. Resolution on assigning civil servant positions in state administrative management agencies and organizations in 2019 in Nghe An province.

5. Resolution approving the list of works and projects requiring land recovery according to regulations in Clause 3, Article 62 of the Land Law in Nghe An province.

6. Resolution on changing the purpose of using rice-growing land, protective forest land, and special-use forest land as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 58 of the Land Law to implement works and investment projects in Nghe An province.

7. Resolution on reward policy for collectives and individuals with high achievements in international, regional, national and provincial competitions in Nghe An province.

8. Resolution on adjusting the final settlement of state budget revenue and local budget expenditure in 2016 in Nghe An province.

9. Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Regulation on decentralization of revenue sources, expenditure tasks and percentage (%) of revenue division among budget levels of Nghe An province in 2017, stable until 2020, issued together with Resolution No. 31/2016/NQ-HDND dated December 16, 2016 of the Provincial People's Council.

10. Resolution approving the settlement of state budget revenue in the locality and settlement of local budget expenditure in 2017.

11. Resolution approving the state budget revenue estimates in the locality, local budget expenditures and local budget allocation plan for 2019.

12. Resolution regulating policies to support linkages in production and consumption of agricultural products in Nghe An province.

13. Resolution on policies to encourage enterprises to invest in agriculture and rural areas according to Decree No. 57/2018/ND-CP in Nghe An province.

14. Resolution regulating prices of public irrigation products and services in Nghe An province for the period 2019 - 2020.

15. Resolution on resolving issues arising between the 6th and 8th sessions of the Provincial People's Council.

16. Resolution on a number of support policies of Nghe An province for drug addiction treatment and people without stable residence temporarily staying at drug addiction treatment facilities while waiting for records to be prepared for review and decision to apply administrative measures to be sent to reform schools and compulsory education facilities.

17. Resolution regulating special allowance levels for civil servants, public employees and workers working at public drug addict and post-drug rehabilitation facilities in Nghe An province.

18. Resolution on financial support for civil and administrative enforcement in Nghe An province.

19. Resolution on strengthening state management of environmental protection, occupational safety and hygiene, and policies and regimes for employees at organizations, units and enterprises in Nghe An province.

20. Resolution on handling voters' petitions before, during and after the 6th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council, term 2016 - 2021.

21. Resolution on the plan to organize the 2019 regular meeting of the People's Council of Nghe An province.

22. Resolution on the establishment of a specialized monitoring delegation of the People's Council of Nghe An province "on budget collection work in the province from 2016 to 2018".