'Hot' issue of clean water and rural waste treatment

On the morning of July 10, the 21st session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, term 2021-2026, held a discussion in Group 2. Participating in the discussion in Group 2 were elected Provincial People's Council delegates from Nam Dan, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, Quynh Luu and Hoang Mai town.

Attending the discussion session of Group 2 were members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Ho Le Ngoc - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee. Also attending were leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities. Delegate Ho Sy Nguyet - Vice Chairman of the People's Council of Quynh Luu district chaired the discussion session.

Addressing the issue of clean water and waste in rural areas

The issue of building clean water plants and classifying and treating waste to protect the rural environment is a "hot" issue that delegates of Group 2 focused on discussing.

According to delegate Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - Chairwoman of the Provincial Women's Union (delegate from Quynh Luu unit), investing to solve the problem of waste treatment and providing clean water for rural areas is a matter of great concern to voters and they hope that the province will have a synchronous solution in handling and providing clean water for rural people.

"The Provincial People's Committee is requested to study the decentralization of the construction of waste treatment plants to localities. In reality, it is very difficult for districts to focus on building factories and attracting clean water plants, as well as waste treatment. This is a very big task in building new rural areas, so the province needs to study and have specific solutions to this problem," delegate Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa suggested.

Concerned about the lack of clean water plants in rural areas, Mr. Tang Van Luyen - Chairman of Dien Chau District People's Committee said that Dien Chau District has planned land for investment in a clean water plant project in Dien Truong Commune to provide clean water for people in 8 communes in the North of Dien Chau District. The district has also given opinions and surveyed the needs and locations for building a water plant.

However, the progress of this project is facing difficulties. Delegates requested the Provincial People's Committee and relevant sectors to soon study solutions to speed up the investment and construction progress, ensuring clean water supply to people in rural areas, including Dien Chau district.

Regarding this content, Mr. Hoang Van Bo - Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee said that according to new regulations from January 1, 2025, the State has regulations requiring waste classification at source. However, in reality, there are still many shortcomings in environmental waste classification and treatment infrastructure, and solutions are needed in waste classification and treatment.

"There needs to be a clearer solution in waste classification because the legal regulations require it, while the treatment infrastructure still has many shortcomings, people's awareness is not high, the price of waste collection is very low, so it cannot be balanced to operate waste factories. Therefore, the province needs to pay attention and have a clearer solution in the regulations on waste classification, treatment and collection" - Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee proposed.

Finding solutions to attract workers for businesses

Delegate Ha Xuan Quang - Secretary of Dien Chau District Party Committee expressed his concern: The labor market and labor shortage in enterprises are issues of great public concern.

According to delegate Ha Xuan Quang, the current situation of the province in general and Dien Chau district in particular is that a large number of local workers are working outside the province. Meanwhile, the demand for labor recruitment of companies and corporations in Nghe An at present and forecasted in the future is very large.

It is forecasted that in the coming time, when industrial parks, industrial clusters, and the upcoming Southeast Economic Zone clear the land to hand over the VSIP 2 project with an area of ​​about 500 hectares, it will attract many workers here.

According to delegate Ha Xuan Quang, there are actually labor market conflicts, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in garment factories in the province, including Dien Chau district.

"The question is what solutions do we have to improve vocational training for workers, because currently companies and businesses attract workers who require high skills. This is a problem that local sectors, departments, branches and the Provincial People's Committee need to find solutions for" - the delegate proposed.

Clarifying the content of the delegate's proposal, comrade Vy Ngoc Quynh - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said: Currently, there are many large enterprises investing in Nghe An, the demand for labor is large. In the first 6 months of 2024, the labor recruitment demand of enterprises in the province is 45,000 people, of which enterprises in the province need to recruit 36,000. In the first 6 months of 2024, enterprises in the province have only recruited about 50% of the labor demand.

"There is a labor source, but recruitment is not possible because workers tend to look for jobs with high income. Currently, many markets are opening up, with higher incomes than in the province. Wherever there is high income, a good environment with welfare regimes and safe work, workers will come" - Comrade Vy Ngoc Quynh Quynh explained.

Discussing solutions to improve the quality of labor training, comrade Vy Ngoc Quynh said: There are currently 54 vocational training facilities in the province, training 65,000 workers each year. To improve the quality of vocational training, the Central Government has mechanisms and policies, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee has Project No. 14-DA/TU dated January 25, 2022 of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee on training and developing skilled human resources in Nghe An province for the period 2021 - 2025, with a vision to 2030, the Provincial People's Council has Resolution 32.

Regarding the difficulty in recruiting while the labor force is working at enterprises, in July 2024, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held a meeting to remove labor resource difficulties for enterprises.

"The Labor Department and related departments have made many recommendations for businesses to pay more attention to the basic salary and social welfare for workers. The Labor Department will continue to coordinate with the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board to work specifically with each business to find solutions to attract workers, especially to find solutions to attract 7,000 Nghe An workers who are currently in provinces and cities across the country to work locally," added Ms. Vy Ngoc Quynh.

In addition, delegates discussed issues related to slow disbursement of national target programs, craft village policies, slow supply of cement for new rural construction, etc.