Upholding the spirit of innovation, responsibility, promoting intelligence, creating high unity to create success for the 14th Session, 18th Provincial People's Council

Dear Members of Parliament!

Dear guests!

Dear delegates of the Provincial People's Council!

Dear voters and people of the province!

Today, the 18th People's Council of Nghe An province solemnly opened the 14th session - the regular session in mid-2023.

On behalf of the Chairman of the session, I respectfully send my best wishes to the National Assembly delegates, invited delegates, provincial People's Council delegates, all voters and people of the province.

The 14th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council took place after the success of the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly with many important imprints and decisions. The Politburo listened to and gave opinions on the summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 and agreed to issue a new Resolution on the construction and development of Nghe An province until 2030, with a vision to 2045, creating extremely important premises for Nghe An province to develop rapidly, sustainably and comprehensively in the coming time.

According to the approved program, the 14th Session of the Provincial People's Council will consider and decide on important contents, including:

The first:Assess the implementation of socio-economic development tasks; estimate budget revenue and expenditure; implement public investment plan for the first 6 months of the year and key tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of 2023.

Looking back over the past 6 months, the implementation of socio-economic development tasks has encountered many difficulties due to the impact of the global economic recession, shrinking export markets; declining domestic purchasing power, slow growth in production and business; complicated weather, severe heat causing water and electricity shortages in many places.

With determination and drastic implementation of specific and flexible solutions, positive results have been achieved, the economic growth rate of the province is higher than the national average; some sectors and fields have achieved good results, notably attracting foreign direct investment. Attention has been paid to the cultural and social fields. The direction and administration of authorities at all levels has had positive changes; national defense and security have been maintained, social order and safety have been ensured.

However, production and business activities of enterprises in some fields are facing difficulties; some key industrial products have declined sharply; compensation and site clearance for some key projects are still slow compared to requirements. Although administrative reform has been directed to be implemented vigorously, it has not met the requirements;…

Propose that the Provincial People's Council delegates carefully study the reports and submissions, focus on discussing and comprehensively evaluating the achieved results, frankly pointing out the limitations, shortcomings and causes, especially subjective causes in the implementation stage; propose to supplement and adjust specific and feasible solutions to best achieve the 2023 goals, creating a premise for successful implementation for the entire term.

Monday:The Provincial People's Council reviewed, discussed and approved 30 draft resolutions, many of which were very important, directly and deeply affecting the lives of people in the province as well as the implementation of tasks and goals for 2023 and the following years. Specifically: Adjusting the public investment plan for 2023; investment policies, adjusting investment policies for projects; policies to change the purpose of forest use to other purposes to implement works and projects; a number of policies to support fishing vessels exploiting aquatic products in offshore areas; support policies for forest owners to carry out forest protection and management; policies to support international and domestic sea transport vehicles; support businesses transporting goods by container through Cua Lo port; support policies for cadres, civil servants and public employees working at the One-Stop Department at all levels; support regime for compulsory drug addiction treatment; voluntary drug addiction treatment and post-drug addiction treatment management; policies to support investment in swimming pools and organize swimming lessons for children; regulations on some specific expenditure contents and levels for health and population work; contents and levels of expenditure to implement the Project "Building a learning society in the period of 2021-2030" and some policies on universal education and illiteracy eradication in the province;...

Delegates are requested to focus on studying and discussing the principles, objectives and policies of each resolution; comprehensively analyze and evaluate the impact of policies and specific contents stipulated in each resolution to ensure that the Provincial People's Council resolutions are unified and highly unanimous when passed, creating convenience and efficiency in organization and implementation.

Tuesday:The Provincial People's Council conducts supervision through reviewing and commenting on reports of 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 submitted at the session according to regulations. The session will review the Report on the results of the Provincial People's Council's thematic supervision of the compliance with the law on environmental protection by organizations, units and enterprises in Nghe An province.

Conducting questioning on 2 groups of issues including: Implementation of policies to support agricultural development, restructuring of crops and livestock associated with production and consumption of OCOP products in conditions of adaptation to the impact of climate change and market fluctuations. Prevention of school violence; life skills education for students; prevention of child drowning; protection, care and education of children in special circumstances. This is an important activity of the parliament to promote the role, responsibility and intelligence of delegates to exchange and discuss contents of interest to voters and people.

Dear delegates!

Dear voters and people of the province!

Since the beginning of 2023, with a spirit of initiative, companionship and high responsibility, the Provincial People's Council has successfully organized 2 thematic meetings, passing 18 resolutions within its authority.

In preparation for the 14th Session, the Standing Committee of the People's Council, the People's Committee, and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee actively coordinated to prepare the contents of the session quite early, with quality, in accordance with authority and regulations. The Committees of the Provincial People's Council conducted examination and participated in many specific opinions. The Provincial People's Committee received and completed the draft before submitting it to the Provincial People's Council for consideration and decision.

The 14th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council is a session with a very large workload and many important contents. We request that the delegates of the Provincial People's Council uphold the spirit of innovation, responsibility, promote intelligence, carefully study the contents, actively discuss in the Group and the Hall, participate in questioning, clearly express their opinions, especially on issues with different opinions, creating high unity so that the People's Council can make decisions in accordance with the law and in accordance with the practical situation. We request that the leaders of agencies, units and localities invited by the Provincial People's Council to attend the session fully participate and actively contribute to the contents of the session.

During the session, the Provincial People's Council organized an online telephone line to receive voters' suggestions and feedback. It is requested that press, radio and television agencies strengthen information and propaganda work to promptly, fully and accurately convey activities at the parliament to voters and all classes of people.

The 14th session took place on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day. The Provincial People's Council would like to express its deep gratitude and warm regards, and at the same time request all levels, sectors, organizations and individuals to have practical and specific activities, paying attention to and taking good care of policy families, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, wounded and sick soldiers, and people with meritorious services to the revolution.

In that spirit, I declare open the 14th Session of the 18th Provincial People's Council.

I wish the National Assembly delegates, invited delegates, provincial People's Council delegates, all voters and people of the province good health, happiness and success.

Wishing our meeting great success. Thank you very much!

(Title by Nghe An Newspaper)