Nghe An strengthens tax debt collection and site clearance

(Baonghean.vn) - On June 20, under the chairmanship of comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial People's Committee held its regular June meeting on a number of important issues. Attending the meeting were comrades Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of departments and branches.

Overview of the second quarter online conference.

In the morning, the Provincial People's Committee held an online meeting for the second quarter with districts, cities and towns with 5 contents: Results of the implementation of the conclusions of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee at the regular meeting of the Provincial People's Committee in May and the thematic working session in May and June 2016; the implementation of the socio-economic development plan, national defense and security in the first 6 months of the year, tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of 2016; results of budget collection for real estate, urban, mineral exploitation projects, tax arrears collection and handling of state assets sale; the situation of practicing thrift and fighting waste in the first 6 months of the year, tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of the year and report on foreign affairs in the first 6 months of the year, tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of the year.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference.

In the first 6 months of the year, despite the complicated weather, severe cold and heat..., localities in the province have performed well in all fields, especially agricultural and industrial production; in general, localities have collected quite a lot of tax compared to the assigned plan. The total product in the province (GRDP) in the first 6 months of 2016 is estimated at 28,371.1 billion VND, up 6.61% over the same period.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee commented on the need to speed up site clearance work at a number of large projects in Nghi Loc district in the coming time.

Of which, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector is estimated to reach 7,405.1 billion VND, up 4.22%; the industry - construction sector is estimated to reach 7,866.8 billion VND, up 8.87% (industry alone is estimated to reach 4,829.7 billion VND, up 9.46%); the service sector is estimated to reach 11,435.7 billion VND, up 6.52% over the same period. The economic growth rate in the first 6 months of this year is higher than the same period in recent years (the same period in the first 6 months of 2014 increased by 6.37%, in 2015 increased by 6.51%).

Comrade Nguyen Van Do - Director of the Department of Planning and Investment reported on the implementation of the first 6 months of the year and deployed tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of the year.

In the field of culture and education, 26 more schools have been recognized as meeting national standards (the whole province has 957 national standard schools), reaching 62.92% of the total number of schools. Proactively prevent infectious diseases causing epidemics, effectively control dangerous infectious diseases causing epidemics, not allowing epidemics to develop and spread. Inspected and checked 15,833 production, processing, business and food service establishments, of which 12,793 establishments met food safety standards (80.8%), 3,040 establishments violated food safety (19.2%)...

According to the report of the Provincial People's Committee, up to now, farmers in the province have planted more than 40 thousand/52 thousand hectares of summer-autumn rice.

The Tax Department conducted inspections and audits at 741 units in the province. Through inspections and audits, violations were discovered and recommendations were made to recover 95.4 billion VND to the state budget; administrative fines: 25.8 billion VND; recovered: 48.6 billion VND.

The province directed to accelerate site clearance and construction progress of D4 and N5 routes; Vinh urban development project; road connecting National Highway 1A with Nghia Dan district and Thai Hoa town, Dai Hue mountain eco-tourism road; traffic road from Hoang Mai II Industrial Park to Tan Thang Cement Factory; road connecting National Highway 46 to Nam Anh, Nam Dan...; industrial projects such as Hoa Sen Nghe An Factory, Song Lam Cement Factory, VSIP Nghe An...

In June, Nghe An officially opened a flight route from Vinh to Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Canh Nam

Purchasing seafood at Con Lach, Quynh Phuong Ward, Hoang Mai Town.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded: Although in the past 6 months, there have been many unusual developments in climate, the departments, branches and localities have directed decisively, closely and effectively in a number of areas: Agriculture has had a good harvest; budget revenue is larger than every year; attracting large investments... so the province has achieved many positive results.

At the same time, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed localities to strengthen inspections and implement commitments on food trading and ensuring safety, especially in Vinh City. The tax sector continues to strengthen tax debt collection. In the coming time, sectors and localities will continue to speed up site clearance progress at major industrial projects in the province. Resolve the backlog of site clearance and agricultural land overlap in Yen Thanh district; prepare for the groundbreaking ceremony of Cua Hoi bridge and Do Cung bridge. Localities strengthen forest fire prevention during the hot season, especially localities with large areas of pine forests.

Xuan Hoang