Nghe An's growth is estimated at 8.24%, leading the North Central sub-region in the first 6 months of 2025.

The meeting was held for the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council to review reports and draft resolutions submitted by the Provincial People's Committee to the 31st session of the Provincial People's Council (Regular session in mid-2025); listen to and give opinions on a number of other contents related to the 31st session of the Provincial People's Council.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired. Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing 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; leaders of the Provincial People's Committee Office, departments, branches and the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.

Socio-economic situation has many bright spots

At the working session, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council reviewed important draft reports submitted by the Provincial People's Committee on socio-economic development, public investment, direction and administration of the Provincial People's Committee in the first 6 months of 2025; directions and key direction and administration tasks in the last 6 months of 2025.

Regarding socio-economic assessment, the Provincial People's Committee said that according to the announcement of the General Statistics Office, the growth rate of total product in the province in the first 6 months of the year is estimated at 8.24%, ranking 24th out of 63 provinces and cities before the arrangement of provincial administrative units; 12th out of 34 provinces and cities after the arrangement, first in the North Central sub-region.

Of which, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector is estimated to increase by 4.48%, the industry - construction sector is estimated to increase by 13.45%, industry alone is estimated to increase by 14.42%; the service sector is estimated to increase by 6.72%; product tax minus product subsidies is estimated to increase by 5.59%.

State budget revenue in the area in the first 6 months of 2025 is estimated at 13,890 billion VND, reaching 78.4% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council, up 14.5% over the same period in 2024. Of which, domestic revenue is estimated at 13,001 billion VND (reaching 81.2% of the estimate, up 15.4% over the same period); revenue from import-export activities is estimated at 870 billion VND (reaching 53.4% ​​of the estimate, up 4.3% over the same period).

As of June 30, 2025, the 2025 public investment plan has disbursed more than VND 3,907 billion, reaching 43.09% of the detailed capital plan and 39.06% of the total plan, higher than the same period in 2024 (38.52%). Some capital sources have achieved quite well, such as the National Target Program on New Rural Construction (75.23%), the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas (48.08%)...

However, in the first 6 months of the year, the assessment shows that the economy grew quite well but still did not reach the set scenario (9.25%), creating pressure on completing the growth scenario for the remaining quarters. Striving to achieve the growth target for 2025 still faces many challenges.

Enterprises' production and business activities still face many difficulties; the progress of implementing a number of key projects in the area is still slow, especially site clearance is still the main bottleneck, still facing difficulties and obstacles; disbursement of public investment capital from some sources is still slow, with 11 sectors and fields having disbursement below the average level.

Speaking at the discussion, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi assessed that in the first 6 months of the year, despite the "busy work" of preparing to change the model from 3 levels to 2 levels, the province's economy achieved positive results, clearly demonstrated through data and practical implementation efficiency.

Besides, to ensure the new apparatus operates effectively and sustainably, he also frankly pointed out a number of outstanding issues from the grassroots practice that need to be promptly addressed and resolved by all levels and sectors, especially after stabilizing operations at the commune level, the province should review, calculate, and guide the commune level to use public headquarters reasonably, economically, and effectively.

From practice, he also said that the biggest problem currently in the 2-level local government model is the unsynchronized telecommunications infrastructure and insufficient terminal equipment in many commune-level localities; thereby, it is recommended that there should be a mechanism to prioritize immediate support for communes with special difficulties first, then gradually expand to other areas, ensuring that the entire system is connected and operates smoothly. The provincial level should study and innovate the direction method and working relationship with the grassroots level to suit practical requirements and the new local government model.

On the other hand, pointing out the situation of "overloaded reporting" at the commune level in the old model, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi said that the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, departments and branches calculated to reduce reporting requirements for the commune level, to have more time for actual activities at the grassroots level; accordingly, the proposed solution is to promote digitalization, build a mechanism for sharing data, only requiring reporting and updating new or arising content.

Warning about the situation of land encroachment and encroachment on safety corridors at the time of transition from 3-level to 2-level local government organization model, Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Council requested the province to direct resolutely, mobilize departments, branches, Provincial Police, and local authorities to restore order and strictly handle arising violations.

At the meeting, the opinions of the Standing Committee members and leaders of the Provincial People's Council's Committees acknowledged the results in the first 6 months of the year; at the same time, raised many opinions requesting the Provincial People's Committee to clarify. Leaders of the Departments of Finance, Agriculture and Environment, Health, Home Affairs, Education and Training... explained related issues under their authority.

Take drastic action and have fundamental solutions for the last 6 months of the year

Concluding this content, basically in agreement with the socio-economic report submitted by the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council emphasized that although in the first 6 months of the year, the organization arrangement, system streamlining and construction of a 2-level local government took a lot of time, the socio-economic situation of the province still achieved many positive results, with remarkable bright spots in GDP growth; foreign affairs were strengthened; security and defense were maintained; the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses for poor households was basically completed...

In addition, the Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province requested the Provincial People's Committee to fully absorb the opinions of the People's Council delegates, and at the same time clarify the key contents in the report submitted to the meeting.

According to him, the Provincial People's Committee needs to focus on analyzing and more clearly demonstrating the highlights, core contents and strategic issues in all fields; at the same time, it is necessary to carefully assess the causes of existing problems and limitations, both objective and subjective, on that basis, develop specific, appropriate and highly feasible solutions for effective implementation in the next phase.

In particular, in the context of entering the last 6 months of 2025, the first phase of operating the 2-level local government model; at the same time, to complete the annual growth target, the rest of the year needs to achieve a growth rate of about 12%, posing great pressure, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu requested the Provincial People's Committee and departments and branches to concretize the 11 groups of tasks and solutions mentioned above with drastic and clear actions. Monitoring and evaluation need to be carried out closely, grasping the situation each month and each quarter to promptly adjust and strive to achieve the growth target for the whole year of 2025.

In addition, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu specifically directed a number of contents of school network planning in accordance with the requirements of the Central Government and local practices; training, labor supply, vocational training, output for OCOP products; reviewing policies to re-evaluate appropriate provincial policies to allocate resources reasonably, create development momentum, impact of land price list, arrangement of public assets, digital transformation, data connection in the 2-level local government organization model...

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also agreed with the draft Resolution on giving opinions on the report on the implementation of the public investment plan in 2025 and the expected public investment plan in 2026 and the report of the Provincial People's Committee on the implementation of the public investment plan in the first 6 months of 2025; the public investment plan in the last 6 months of 2025. Accordingly, regarding the solution to promote the disbursement of investment capital in the coming time, he noted a number of solutions, especially the early establishment of the Commune-level Site Clearance Council...

The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council also agreed with the report on the results of implementing the recommendations after supervision of the People's Council Supervision Delegations, the Standing Committee of the People's Council and the Provincial People's Council Committees; the report on the results of handling voters' opinions and recommendations at the 25th Session of the 18th Provincial People's Council; the report on implementing the conclusion of the question-and-answer session at the 25th Session of the Provincial People's Council; the report on implementing the Resolutions of the Provincial People's Council from the beginning of the 2021-2026 term up to now. Regarding the content of responding to voters' recommendations, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Nghia Hieu requested the Provincial People's Committee to continue to improve the quality of responses in a clear, specific, practical direction, with a clear roadmap, deadline and responsibility for implementation.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Nghia Hieu suggested that, after the meeting, the Provincial People's Committee fully absorb the opinions at the verification session of the People's Council delegates and the conclusion of the meeting chair, to complete the related reports, send them to the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council before July 7, ensuring submission to the Provincial People's Council on time and on schedule according to regulations.

He also requested the agencies of the Provincial People's Council to closely follow the assigned contents and tasks; proactively review the contents for the session, especially the preparation for the Question and Answer Session, to ensure quality.