Nghe An: Creating a challenging environment to train cadres

Clearly define the rotation mindset

In September 2022, comrade Lo Van Giap - Secretary of Tuong Duong District Youth Union was transferred to work as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee of Huu Khuong Commune. This is the most difficult area in the district, with difficult traffic and no road to the commune center. The commune's terrain is divided into 3 separate areas, with travel only by motorboat or on foot, including Huoi Pung village which has no electricity, no phone signal, is isolated and at high risk of landslides.

With the mindset of "going to the grassroots is to further support grassroots cadres and help people have a more prosperous life, at the same time gaining more knowledge and practical experience to mature", comrade Lo Van Giap and the commune cadres and civil servants have many specific solutions to promote socio-economic development in Huu Khuong.

Comrade Giap has connected and attracted external resources to support people to develop 170 fish cages on the lake; connected businesses to plant cassava on Huu Khuong land, supported seeds, guaranteed product consumption and opened roads to production areas, creating new sources of income for people. Many models have an average income of 60 - 80 million VND/household/year, some households earn more than 280 million VND/year. The goat raising model is also clearly recognized by people as effective to be replicated with dozens of households participating. At the same time, many households participate in replicating the model of protecting and developing bitter bamboo shoots to about 17 hectares...

Comrade Lo Van Giap and the commune Party Committee and government have also effectively implemented many tasks. Such as completing the concrete road connecting the commune center to National Highway 16; upgrading and strengthening the infrastructure with 14 classrooms and boarding houses for primary and preschool students; coordinating with forces to prevent illegal gold mining in the area. Administrative reform work, from a difficult unit, has risen to rank 7th out of 17 communes and towns of Tuong Duong district.

Comrade Ho Sy Tung, Chief of Office of the People's Council and People's Committee of Hoang Mai town, was transferred to work as Secretary of the Party Committee, then elected concurrently as Chairman of the People's Council of Quynh Thien ward from March 2020. Comrade Ho Sy Tung believes that "we must try our best, do whatever we can for the people". After more than 4 years as the head of the Party Committee, comrade Ho Sy Tung, together with the collective leadership, directed the resolution of many pressing issues in the area.

Notably, the clearance of the coal gathering site causing environmental pollution in Thinh My block; resolving many years of problems to implement the project of drainage ditches and lighting lines on National Highway 1A; solving the poor electricity situation in 5 blocks in the North of the ward by directly working with Nghe An Electricity Company to build interspersed transformer stations, upgrade the power line system...

The work of granting land use right certificates to people was also directed strongly by the Party Committee, from being at the bottom, it rose to the top and second in the town. Comrade Tung and the collective also focused on directing, creating a comprehensive change in the urban appearance, associated with covering the lighting system of the roads, making sidewalks, trees, synchronous drainage system, ensuring environmental sanitation...

Comrade Ho Sy Tung directed to improve the capacity and operational efficiency of organizations in the political system; especially to raise the sense of responsibility of cadres and civil servants through clear assignment and division of work, serious and objective assessment and classification; resolutely handle cadres and civil servants with low responsibility. In 2020 - 2021, Quynh Thien ward had 2 civil servants classified as not completing their tasks and 2 civil servants as completing their tasks; of which 1 civil servant had 2 consecutive years of not completing his tasks and was removed from the system.

From that determination, the sense of responsibility of cadres and civil servants in Quynh Thien ward has been raised; administrative reform work has risen from 10th place among wards and communes to now top 2. The Party Committee has been classified as having completed its tasks well for 4 consecutive years, including 2 years of excellent task completion.

Arrangement of key staff who are not local

One of the tasks set for the 2020-2025 term of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee's personnel work is to build a team of key leaders with innovative thinking, development aspirations, daring to think, daring to do, daring to face difficulties and challenges.

Provincial Party Committees focus on training and fostering cadres in both theory and practice; with special attention paid to practical skills and capacity, creating an environment to challenge and "temper" cadres through promoting rotation and transfer of cadres to the grassroots.

The Standing Committee issued Regulation No. 21, dated May 12, 2023, on cadre rotation and Plan No. 235, dated March 28, 2024, on cadre rotation for the period 2024 - 2025. Accordingly, Party committees at all levels have promoted the work of cadre rotation, including the arrangement of key cadres who are not local people, in order to both meet the requirements of immediate political tasks and train and foster long-term cadres for each level.

Tuong Duong district - a unit that is assessed to have done well in this work - has had diversity in rotation, from district to grassroots, from grassroots to district, horizontal rotation between district-level units and between communes. Specifically, in 4 years (2021 - 2024), the district has rotated and transferred 4 district officials to grassroots; 3 officials from grassroots to district; 6 officials rotated from one commune to another.

In particular, currently, Tuong Duong has 100% of communes and towns including 17 units with Party Committee Secretaries who are not local people; 16/17 communes have Chairman, Vice Chairman of People's Committee and Standing Deputy Secretary of Party Committee who are not local people, with a total of 19 people.

Comrade Mac Van Nguyen - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Organization Committee of Tuong Duong District Party Committee said: The arrangement of key cadres who are not local people will not be influenced or bound by local family and friendship relationships, so in solving work, they will be democratic, objective, fair, overcoming localism, closed-mindedness, sentimentality, and respect. On the other hand, the psychology of rotating cadres also wants to affirm their role, so in carrying out political tasks, they are more determined, focused and create clearer results. The working style of some rotating cadres has contributed to positively changing the working style and manner of grassroots cadres, contributing to consolidating the political system from district to grassroots.

In Hoang Mai town, since the beginning of the term, 5 officials have been transferred from the town to the grassroots level (currently, 5/10 wards and communes have leaders who are not local people); 6 officials have been transferred from the grassroots level to the town; 24 officials have been transferred and appointed horizontally between town-level units. In addition to rotating officials under its authority, the town also received 2 provincial officials transferred back to assume the position of head of the Party Committee and government.

Head of the Organizing Committee of the Town Party Committee Ho Van Cay said: The two officials from the province who were transferred to the town have made many impressions on the sense of responsibility and creativity in leadership and direction: close to the grassroots, close to the people, listening to the people, caring for the lives and legitimate needs of the people; in solving work: clearly identifying people, clearly identifying work, clearly identifying responsibilities and pursuing to the end until the end of the matter. Thanks to that, in recent times, the town has had many changes in the urban appearance, attracting investment with dozens of projects, of which Hoang Mai 1 Industrial Park has filled its projects and Hoang Mai 2 Industrial Park, although it only has an investment policy on infrastructure, has 2 investors registered to invest with a total amount of more than 500 million USD.

At the provincial level, from the beginning of the term to July 2024, the Provincial Party Standing Committee transferred 22 cadres; of which, 14 cadres were transferred from the province to the district; 3 cadres were transferred from one sector to another; 3 cadres were transferred from one district to another. Notably, at the district level, key cadres were assigned who were not local people, including the secretary, permanent deputy secretary of the Party Committee and the chairman of the People's Committee; of which, in 15/21 units, the Party Committee secretary was not a local person.

Although the accompanying policy for rotating cadres is still inadequate, especially for cadres transferred to areas far from the center, with difficult travel and living conditions, this field has created positive changes. Based on Regulation No. 21, dated May 12, 2023 of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee on rotating cadres, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Home Affairs to advise on the development and submission to the Provincial People's Council for promulgation of a resolution regulating support policies for rotating cadres and civil servants in the province.