Nghe An: Promulgating the Program to practice thrift and fight waste

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee has just issued the Program on practicing thrift and combating waste of Nghe An province in 2025.

The program sets out key tasks: Effectively implement tasks and solutions according to the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program, striving to achieve the highest goals and tasks of socio-economic development in 2025 that have been set.

Tighten discipline in financial and budget management and use; manage State budget expenditures according to estimates, ensuring strictness, economy and efficiency; practice thrift, combat waste, effectively use State financial resources in conjunction with mobilizing social resources and streamlining the apparatus.

Strictly manage the mobilization, management and use of loans to offset the State budget deficit and loans to repay the principal of the State budget. Strictly control the use of State budget loans in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Law, the Public Debt Management Law and the law on State treasury management, arrange resources to fully repay long-term loans and report in the annual State budget estimates and settlement.

Strengthen the management and use of public assets, ensuring compliance with standards, norms, regimes and requirements of tasks, focusing on the arrangement and handling of assets, especially houses and land associated with the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus.

Accelerate the allocation, implementation and disbursement of public investment capital, especially for important national programs, projects and works, national target programs, inter-provincial and inter-regional projects. Focus on reviewing and resolutely eliminating ineffective projects and projects that are not really necessary or urgent, prioritizing capital for key and urgent projects, creating momentum for rapid and sustainable development.

Complete the streamlining of the apparatus in accordance with the set goals and requirements, associated with streamlining the payroll and restructuring, improving the quality of the staff, civil servants, and public employees, improving the effectiveness of State management, meeting the requirements of tasks in the new situation. Promote decentralization and delegation of power associated with improving self-reliance, self-reliance, and responsibility for local governance.

Focus on reviewing and overcoming limitations and shortcomings in the legal system on practicing thrift and combating waste, especially in areas prone to waste.

Prioritize resources, intelligence, prepare human resources, focus on implementing digital transformation tasks, and develop science and technology synchronously and smoothly.

Strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of policies and laws on thrift practice and waste prevention, especially in the fields of land, investment, construction, public finance, public assets, resources and minerals. Thoroughly revoke suspended projects and speed up the recovery of lost and violated state assets and land according to the conclusions and recommendations of inspection, examination and audit agencies.

Build a culture of thrift and anti-waste in agencies, organizations and units. Take measures to encourage people to practice thrift and anti-waste in production, business and consumption.

The program also sets out targets for saving and combating waste in areas such as: management and use of public assets; management and use of regular expenditures of the State budget; management and use of public investment capital; management, exploitation and use of resources; management and use of State capital and assets in enterprises; in the organization of the apparatus, management and use of labor and working time.

At the same time, the program also proposes solutions to achieve goals and targets for saving and fighting waste with the following groups of solutions:

Strengthening leadership and direction on practicing thrift and combating waste;

Perfecting legal regulations related to practicing thrift and combating waste;

Review and complete legal regulations in areas prone to loss and waste such as bidding, auction, management and use of land, resources, state budget, public assets, public investment, and use of state capital invested in production and business at enterprises.

Promote the application of information technology and digital transformation to modernize management and save resources;

Strengthen propaganda and education to raise awareness of practicing thrift and fighting waste;

Strengthening the organization of thrift practice and anti-waste in all fields;

Strengthen inspection, examination and strict handling of violations of regulations on practicing thrift and combating waste.