Continuing the spirit of innovation and development

The meeting took place in a special context.

The first session of the 18th term of Nghe An Provincial People's Council, 2021-2026 term, took place at a very special time. Voters and people across the country have just participated in the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels with many victories. In Nghe An, more than 2 million voters in the whole province directly participated in the election and elected 13 deputies to the 15th National Assembly, 83 deputies to the 18th Provincial People's Council, 736 deputies to the district People's Council and 10,890 deputies to the commune People's Council. With a voter turnout rate of 98.93%, this is considered to bethe election with the highest voter turnoutin Nghe An compared with recent terms.

Panorama of the first session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, term 2021 - 2026. Photo: Thanh Duy

The first session of the 18th term People's Council of Nghe An province also took place in the context that 2021 is the first year of implementing the Resolution of the Party Congresses at all levels, in addition to the many improvements in the socio-economic fields, it is also greatly affected by the Covid-19 epidemic with particularly complicated developments. After a year and a half of Nghe An without any positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus, from June 13 to July 4, 2021, the province recorded 123 cases of Corona virus infection. However, thanks to the wise, scientific and creative leadership and direction of the Standing Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee with the advice of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, Nghe An has been and isgood disease control, limiting the number of infections, thereby contributing to protecting the peaceful life of the people, maintaining production, business and investment activities of organizations and units.

With the pivotal importance of this session, in his opening speech, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Son - Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, 2016-2021, emphasized that looking back at the past term, on the basis of inheriting and promoting the achievements and experiences of the previous term, the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, has made many strong innovations in content and methods of operation and has achieved very important progress in performing the function of supervision and deciding on important local issues, contributing to socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, building the political system, meeting aspirations, strengthening trust, and creating excitement and consensus among the people.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Son - Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, 2016 - 2021, asked the Provincial People's Council delegates to promote democracy and sense of responsibility, contributing to the success of the first session, a good start for a new term of the Provincial People's Council.

Promoting democratic spirit, creating new development steps

The Provincial People's Council, as a local State power agency, represents the will, aspirations and mastery of the People. At this session, 82/83 People's Council delegates present conducted the election to elect the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the 18th People's Council, term 2021-2026.

Delegates voted to approve the Resolution confirming the election results of the leaders of the 18th Provincial People's Council Committees. Photo: Thanh Duy

With the spirit of democracy, objectivity and fairness,The delegates elected Mr. Thai Thanh Quy.- Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee holds the position of Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII, 2021-2026; elects Mr. Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of Nghe An Radio and Television Station to hold the position of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII, 2021-2026.

Next, the Provincial People's Council passed the Resolutions on the establishment of the Ethnic Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII, 2021-2026; and elected the Head and Deputy Head of the Committees: Legislation, Economy - Budget, Culture - Society and Ethnicity of the Provincial People's Council. Mr. Pham Thanh Chung - Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Justice was elected to hold the position of Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, 2021-2026; Mr. Tran Dinh Toan - Deputy Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, 2016-2021, continued to be elected to hold the position of Deputy Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII, 2021-2026.

Mr. Cao Tien Trung - Deputy Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, was elected to hold the position of Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII; Mr. Hoang Lan - Deputy Head of the Cultural - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, was elected to hold the position of Deputy Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII.

Mr. Chu Duc Thai - Member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union of Nghe An province was elected to hold the position of Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Nghe An Provincial People's Council, term XVIII; Ms. Luc Thi Lien - Deputy Head of the Ethnic Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII was elected to hold the position of Deputy Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII.

Ms. Lo Thi Kim Ngan - Head of the Ethnic Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, was re-elected as Head of the Ethnic Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII. The Provincial People's Council passed a Resolution regulating the number of members of the Committees of the Nghe An Provincial People's Council, term XVIII, term 2021 - 2026. Specifically, the Committees: Legal, Economic - Budget, Culture - Society and Ethnic, each committee has 7 members.

Mr. Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province, term XVIII, presented flowers to congratulate the two new Vice Chairmen of the People's Council of the term XVIII. Photo: Thanh Duy

The election of the key apparatus of the new Provincial People's Council has truly demonstrated the consistent spirit of democracy, objectivity and impartiality of the delegates towards the sustainable development of Nghe An, meeting the demands of voters and people of the whole province. In this new term, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Council delegates are expected to make a breakthrough in their role in deciding important local issues.

On behalf of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, term XVIII, 2021-2026, in his speech accepting the assignment, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Thai Thanh Quy affirmed: "With my duties and responsibilities, I will, together with the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, uphold the spirit of solidarity and responsibility, inherit and promote the achievements of previous terms, continue to innovate, improve the quality and effectiveness of the Provincial People's Council's operations. In particular, focusing on effectively implementing the supervisory function, improving the capacity and further promoting the tasks and powers of the Provincial People's Council in deciding important issues of the province, especially prioritizing the issuance of specific mechanisms and policies with a driving force in attracting investment, exploiting the potential and strengths of the province; improving the quality and capacity of the Provincial People's Council delegates; strengthening close ties with voters, thereby continuing to affirm the role and position of the Provincial People's Council as a State power agency in the locality, representing the will, aspirations and rights of the Provincial People's Council. "Mastery of the People, truly a bridge between the Party, the State and the People, worthy of the trust of voters and the people of the province...".

Mr. Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council and Mr. Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented flowers to congratulate the Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021 - 2026 term. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with electing the Standing Committee and key apparatus of the Provincial People's Council for the new term, at this session, delegates elected the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, and members of the Provincial People's Committee.

Accordingly,Mr. Nguyen Duc Trung- The Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee was re-elected by the People's Council delegates to hold the position of Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term.

Mr. Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Le Ngoc Hoa - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee were re-elected by the delegates to hold the position of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term.

In recent times, despite facing many difficulties due to the impact of the world and domestic economy, especially the serious effects of the Covid-19 pandemic from the beginning of 2020 until now, the leadership, direction and administration of the Provincial People's Committee have still ensured stability. Nghe An reached the finish line in 2020 with an average gross domestic product (GRDP) growth rate of 4.45%; budget revenue reached more than 15,990 billion VND... These indicators have shown positive signals of the economy in the context of general difficulties of the whole country. InFirst 6 months of the yearIn 2021, the province's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth rate is estimated at 7.58%/scenario 7.61. Nghe An is the locality with the second highest GRDP growth rate in the North Central region in the first 6 months of the year, ranking 14th out of 63 provinces and centrally run cities. And according to statistics, by the end of June 2021, the province's total budget revenue reached 10,000 billion VND.

Production and business lines in industrial parks of Nghe An. Illustration photo: PV

This result objectively and accurately reflects the efforts of the entire political system of the province, in which the Provincial People's Committee plays a key role through the effective implementation of policies and resolutions assigned and supervised by the Provincial People's Council.

Expressing the determination of the Provincial People's Committee in the new period, speaking at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Duc Trung - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that in the coming time, the members of the Provincial People's Committee pledge to be dedicated, devoted and use all their abilities and experiences with the spirit of seeking knowledge, learning, inheriting the results of previous terms to join hands and unanimously carry out assigned tasks in the spirit of solidarity, unity, innovation, creativity, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility; strictly comply with the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, the supervision of the Provincial People's Council, regularly connecting with and listening to the opinions of the people.

Closely following the development orientation of the province in the spirit of Resolution No. 26 and Notice No. 55 of the Politburo, focusing on implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, focusing on 18/21 tasks in the Action Program of the Provincial Party Committee, the Plan of the Provincial People's Committee to implement the Action Program of the Provincial Party Committee with a focus on developing 3 key economic regions and 3 breakthroughs.

Large tonnage ships loading and unloading goods at Vissai - Nghi Thiet wharf. Photo courtesy: Sach Nguyen

Focus on leading, directing and implementing the completion of 21 socio-economic targets approved by the Provincial People's Council in the Resolution on the province's 5-year socio-economic development plan for 2021-2025.Promoting administrative reform, strongly improve the business investment environment; accompany businesses and investors, change the mindset of handling work from "explaining and justifying" to "solutions and resolving" associated with promoting the responsibility of leaders at all levels and sectors; build e-government, smart cities; train, develop and attract human resources, especially high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of rapid and sustainable development of the province, improve people's income and life.

Continue to carry out the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in the province in a timely, drastic, synchronous and people-based manner to effectively achieve the "dual goal" of both preventing the epidemic and developing the economy. Pay attention to social security work, improve people's income and life. Ensure national defense, security, social order and safety.

Next, the Provincial People's Council delegates elected 22 members of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term; elected 32 members of the Provincial People's Court. The Provincial People's Council also listened to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province report summarizing voters' opinions and recommendations on the election of Provincial People's Council delegates. Before the end of the session, the Provincial People's Council passed a Resolution on organizing the 2021 regular session of the 18th term Nghe An Provincial People's Council, term 2021-2026. Accordingly, the mid-year session will be held in August 2021, the year-end session will be held in December 2021.

Cua Hoi Bridge - a key project inaugurated on March 15, 2021. Photo: Le Thang