Launching the new interface of the electronic information page 'People's Representative of Nghe An Province'

On the morning of November 22, in Vinh City, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial National Assembly Delegation held a ceremony to launch the new interface of the electronic information page "Nghe An Provincial People's Representative" at the address:dbndnghean.vn.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; and comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thi An Chung - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and representatives of a number of departments and branches of the province.

Panorama of the opening ceremony. Photo: Thanh Duy

STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AGENCIES AND ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

TO VOTERS AND PEOPLE

To serve the information and propaganda work of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council, since the beginning of 2013, the electronic information page of Nghe An Provincial People's Delegation has been put into operation.

Up to now, in the face of changes in the way readers access and process information as well as the requirement to promote the application of information technology in the activities of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council, and to strengthen the connection between the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council with voters and citizens in the province, it is extremely necessary to innovate the content, interface, techniques and technology of the electronic information portal.

Provincial leaders, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, and the Department of Information and Communications have carried out the procedures to launch the new interface of the website. Photo: Thanh Duy

Therefore, after agreeing with the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies, on September 7, 2021, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council issued Decision No. 91/QD-HDND on promulgating the Project to innovate and improve the operational efficiency of the website "Nghe An Provincial People's Delegation" for the period 2021 - 2026.

The renovation of the website includes 6 groups of tasks and solutions: Content innovation; interface innovation; technical and technological upgrade; operational management innovation; ensuring operational service conditions; strengthening coordination with press agencies and the province's website portal.

The new interface of the website ensures aesthetics and friendliness. The categories are arranged and organized more reasonably and scientifically; information content is displayed automatically on many different types of devices such as desktop screens and smart mobile devices, so that readers can easily access and follow the page.

Provincial leaders listen to the introduction of the new interface of the electronic information page "People's Representative of Nghe An Province". Photo: Thanh Duy

The website aims to build rich and diverse content, meeting the information access needs of readers: elected representatives; officials and specialists serving the activities of elected agencies and state agencies at all levels; voters and people of the province; related units and businesses.

In addition to informing and promoting the activities of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council such as sessions, supervision, surveys, and voter contacts, the website also publishes a number of outstanding activities of the People's Councils at the district and commune levels, thereby attracting readers to the activities of elected bodies in general in the locality. In addition, the website also reports on outstanding political, economic, and social activities and events of the province and the whole country to meet the news needs of readers.

The site also provides documents and papers serving the National Assembly sessions and the Provincial People's Council sessions so that National Assembly deputies, Provincial People's Council deputies, relevant agencies, organizations, and press agencies can conveniently access and exploit information.

The site also posts draft laws, draft ordinances, resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee; draft resolutions of the Provincial People's Council to serve the purpose of exploiting information, collecting comments on documents; resolutions of the Provincial People's Council after being approved systematically to facilitate exploitation and lookup. Thereby, meeting the requirements of information technology application, minimizing the use of paper documents in the activities of the National Assembly Delegation and People's Council.

At the same time, the page posts opinions and recommendations of voters sent to the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council; the content of the National Assembly, the Government, ministries, central branches, the Provincial People's Committee, departments and branches responding to the results of handling voters' recommendations; the process of handling citizens' petitions sent to the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council for voters to monitor and supervise, creating voters' interest in the activities of elected bodies.

New interface of the website "People's Representative of Nghe An province". Photo: Thanh Duy

The site also publishes research articles and discussions on the activities of the National Assembly Delegation and People's Councils at all levels; the contributions of the National Assembly Delegation and People's Councils at all levels to the implementation of local political tasks; both as documents for elected representatives to study and refer to, and as contributions to the activities of State management agencies.

Along with that, the page posts images and videos promoting the history, cultural identity, and people of Nghe An; famous landscapes, attractive destinations, investment attraction potential; products and brands of Nghe An...

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council has issued a Decision to consolidate and establish the Editorial Board of the website, headed by the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, to direct the activities of the Board; promulgate the Regulations on Organization and Operation of the Website...

Along with that, the Editorial Board of the website established the Nghe An Provincial People's Delegation fanpage on Facebook to share news and articles from the website... to create a wider spread to voters and people about the activities of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council, resolutions and policies related to the socio-economic development of the province.

At the ceremony, provincial leaders, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, and the Department of Information and Communications performed the procedures to launch the new interface of the website.

CONSTANT INNOVATION TO MEET REQUIREMENTS

In his speech assigning tasks, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council acknowledged the efforts of the Editorial Board, Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council with new approaches and thinking to complete the upgrade of the website after 2.5 months since the approval of the Project.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council delivered a speech assigning tasks. Photo: Thanh Duy

Recalling the advice of President Ho Chi Minh: "Propaganda is to tell people something so that they understand, remember, follow, and do. If that goal is not achieved, propaganda is a failure", along with the current highly developed multimedia environment, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy emphasized the very high requirements for the website to meet the criteria of being fast, accurate, concise, useful, and in the right direction.

Therefore, the launch of a new interface for the website with more attractive content and format is noteworthy, but to develop, create a spread, and become an indispensable spiritual "food" for voters and interested people, there is still a lot of work to do.

On that basis, the Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council proposed that the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Editorial Board, the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the coordinating agencies, in addition to arranging and using human resources in the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council, need to have a mechanism to build and encourage a team of reporters and collaborators at provincial and central press agencies located in the province; cadres and civil servants in provincial agencies, especially cadres of the People's Council - People's Committee offices at all levels to participate in collaboration.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi spoke at the launching ceremony of the new interface of the website. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding content and form, the Provincial Party Secretary also requested that in addition to updated news, attention should be paid to having more in-depth articles, special topics, editorials, and political commentary related to the socio-economic and political situation of the province to meet the needs of voters and interested people in order to improve the quality and create a brand for the website.

On the other hand, the Editorial Board continues to pay attention to ensuring that the activities of the website always comply with the provisions of the law; regularly innovate to keep up with the requirements of the multimedia information society; build a strong team in terms of qualities, capacity, enthusiasm, responsibility, and concern to have good information and articles.

Standing members of the Provincial People's Council and delegates took souvenir photos with the Editorial Board of the "People's Delegates of Nghe An Province" website. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council took a souvenir photo with the Editorial Board of the electronic information page "People's Representatives of Nghe An Province". Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial Party Secretary believes that with new developments, the "Nghe An Provincial People's Representative" website will become a need and spiritual "food" for voters and many interested people; at the same time, through the website, it will be a very good condition to perform the functions and tasks of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council with voters and the People.

On behalf of the Editorial Board, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi thanked, understood and accepted the instructions of the Provincial Party Secretary to build the website as an official information channel and brand of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council, contributing to improving the effectiveness of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council, connecting elected agencies, elected representatives with voters of the province.