Nghe An has 2 new Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee
Comrades Hoang Phu Hien and Phung Thanh Vinh were elected by the People's Council of Nghe An province to hold the position of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021 - 2026 term.
On the morning of February 25, in Vinh city, at the 27th session, the People's Council of Nghe An province, term XVIII, term 2021 - 2026, elected 2 additional Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee for the term 2021 - 2026.
Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - former Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, delegate of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and delegates of the Provincial People's Council.
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; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council co-chaired and directed the meeting.
At the meeting, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented the Proposal to elect additional positions of Vice Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial People's Committee for the 2021 - 2026 term for comrades: Hoang Phu Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Transport; Phung Thanh Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Immediately after that, the Provincial People's Council conducted the process of electing two additional Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee by secret ballot. With 100% of the delegates attending the meeting in agreement, the Provincial People's Council unanimously elected comrades: Hoang Phu Hien and Phung Thanh Vinh to hold the positions of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee.
Next, the People's Council of Nghe An province passed resolutions confirming the election results of the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term.
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Thus, the leadership of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee for the 2021 - 2026 term currently has Chairman Le Hong Vinh and 5 Vice Chairmen: Bui Thanh An, Bui Dinh Long, Nguyen Van De, Hoang Phu Hien, Phung Thanh Vinh.
Nghe An is the province with the largest area in the country, nearly 16,500 km2and the population according to the latest statistics is nearly 3.7 million people; has a land border of more than 468 km and a coastline of 82 km. The whole province has 20 districts, cities and towns (including 11 mountainous and highland districts and towns) with more than 510,000 ethnic minorities.
The province has diverse terrain, harsh weather, frequent floods, flash floods, and droughts; especially the vast mountainous area (over 83% of the province's total area), fragmented and rugged terrain, causing many difficulties in production activities, and potentially many security, defense, order, and social safety issues.
The Law on Organization of Local Government stipulates: The Government stipulates the number of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee. According to the provisions of Decree No. 08/2016/ND-CP dated January 25, 2016 of the Government on the number of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, Nghe An province is stipulated to have no more than 4 Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee.
However, based on the practical situation of Nghe An province, in Resolution 137/2024/QH15, dated June 26, 2024 on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province, effective from January 1, 2025, the National Assembly allows the People's Committee of Nghe An province to have no more than 5 Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee.
Accordingly, the province has added 1 Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to be in charge of mountainous areas to strengthen leadership and direction to develop the socio-economy of the Western Nghe An region according to the orientation in Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW dated July 18, 2023 of the Politburo on building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045.
