Opening of the 31st Session of the 18th Nghe An Provincial People's Council

Guests from central agencies included representatives from the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, the Central Inspection Commission, the Central Party Office, and the Regional Audit Office II.

Attending the meeting were: Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province, and other members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.

Comrades Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; and Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council presided over the session.

Guests attending the meeting included leaders of departments and agencies, and the chairpersons of the People's Councils of 130 communes and wards.

The 31st session is of great importance, serving as a pivotal moment in two aspects; it is the first session after Nghe An province completed the reorganization of administrative units and officially put into operation the two-tiered local government model (province and commune), and enters the final six months of the term implementing the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress.

The Provincial People's Council will discuss, provide feedback, and approve 19 important thematic resolutions, many of which directly relate to the management and operation of the government at all levels in the context of the new organizational model. These include adjustments to the budget revenue and expenditure estimates, the medium-term public investment plan, the decentralization of revenue sources and budget expenditure tasks; the fee and charge rates for online public services; amendments to the expenditure rates for travel expenses and conference expenses; regulations on the content and expenditure rates for recruiting civil servants and public employees, and considering promotion to higher professional titles for public employees; the content and expenditure rates for industrial promotion activities; the authority to decide on investment and procurement for information technology application activities; and the housing development program, among others.

These are important policy decisions that need careful consideration and comprehensive evaluation to ensure consensus, feasibility, and practicality; at the same time, the work of consolidating the personnel of the Provincial People's Committee members should be carried out according to authority.

The Provincial People's Council exercises supervision by reviewing and commenting on reports submitted by the Provincial People's Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Committees of the Provincial People's Council, and a number of agencies and units at the session as prescribed.

The session will also consider the Report on the results of the thematic supervision by the Provincial People's Council on the planning and arrangement of the school and classroom network at educational institutions in the province.

The Provincial People's Council will also conduct questioning on the following groups of issues: the implementation of mechanisms and policies to improve the investment and business environment, remove difficulties for businesses; overcome limitations and improve the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI); and the state management of the production and business of counterfeit, fake, substandard goods, and unsafe food in the province. These are all "hot" and pressing issues that voters and the people are particularly concerned about.

In preparation for the 31st Session, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee actively coordinated the preparation of the session's contents early on, ensuring quality, proper authority, and adherence to regulations. The Committees of the Provincial People's Council conducted reviews and provided many specific opinions, which the Provincial People's Committee incorporated and refined before submitting the draft to the Provincial People's Council for consideration and decision.

The session duration was further streamlined to just two days. This was also the first session of the Provincial People's Council since the official implementation of the two-tiered local government model, with the participation of 130 chairpersons of the People's Councils of communes and wards throughout the province. The successful organization of this session by the Provincial People's Council will provide valuable experience for the People's Councils of communes and wards to organize their regular mid-year sessions.

Given its importance, in his opening remarks, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - requested that the delegates of the Provincial People's Council continue to uphold the spirit of innovation and responsibility, utilize their intellect, carefully study the contents, actively participate in discussions in the working groups and the plenary session, participate in questioning, and express clear opinions, especially on issues where there are differing opinions, in order to create high consensus so that the People's Council can make decisions in accordance with the law and the practical situation; he also requested that the leaders of agencies and units invited by the Provincial People's Council to attend the session fully participate and contribute actively to the contents of the session.

At the working session, the Provincial People's Council heard a summary report on the socio-economic situation in the first six months of 2025 and the tasks for the last six months of 2025; a report on the activities of the Provincial Fatherland Front in participating in government building, opinions and recommendations of the people; proposals and recommendations to the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Committee; reports on the submissions and draft resolutions presented by the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Committee to the session, and the verification report.

The provincial People's Council's supervisory delegation also reported on the results of the provincial People's Council's thematic supervision of the planning and arrangement of the school and classroom network at educational institutions in the province.

The Provincial People's Council has completed the procedure to dismiss Major General Bui Quang Thanh - former Director of the Provincial Police Department and Colonel Phan Dai Nghia - former Commander of the Provincial Military Command, from their positions as members of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term, due to their reassignment and appointment to new positions.

At the same time, the Provincial People's Council also held a supplementary election to appoint two members to the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term: Colonel Dinh Viet Dung - Director of the Provincial Police and Colonel Dinh Bat Van - Commander of the Provincial Military Command.

(Baonghean.vn(Updates will continue)