Promoting solidarity and successfully carrying out tasks in 2015

(Baonghean) -Excerpt from the closing speech of the session by comrade Tran Hong Chau –Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council.

…After 3 days of active work, with a high sense of responsibility of the Provincial People's Council delegates; serious preparation of the Provincial People's Committee, Provincial People's Council committees and related units; the attention and monitoring of voters and people in the province, the 13th session - Provincial People's Council term XVI considered and decided many important issues on the basis of reports and submissions of the Provincial People's Committee, inspection reports of Provincial People's Council committees and functional branches.

After listening to and reviewing the reports at the meeting, the Provincial People's Council discussed and comprehensively analyzed the issues and unanimously assessed:

In the context of the world and domestic economic situation facing many difficulties and challenges, the province's socio-economic situation in 2014 remained stable and had growth: 24/27 targets were met and exceeded. Economic growth rate reached 7.24% (in 2013 it was 6.5%). Total social investment capital exceeded the set plan, estimated to reach 36,000 billion VND for the whole year/plan 34-35,000 billion VND, up 12.52% compared to 2013. During the year, a number of large projects were started such as Hoa Sen Steel, Nguyen Kim Supermarket, Masan Northern Food Industry Center, Lan Chau - Song Ngu Tourist Complex... and many projects were completed and put into use ahead of schedule: 1 Lam River overpass, 4 railway overpasses, Khe Ang bridge... Foreign affairs and investment promotion were innovated, deployed strongly, widely and effectively. Culture - society, science, technology, environment continue to have many changes, social security is ensured. Administrative reform, anti-corruption, handling of complaints, denunciations, resolving arising cases... are concerned and directed promptly. National defense - security, social order and safety are ensured. The deployment, organization and implementation of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TU of the Politburo on the direction of Nghe An development until 2020 are seriously implemented, initially bringing clear results.

Comrade Tran Hong Chau delivered a closing speech at the meeting.

The above results were achieved first of all thanks to the efforts of the entire Party, people and army of the province; the active management of the Provincial People's Committee and departments, branches and localities; the regular supervision of elected bodies; especially the attention, leadership and direction of the Central Government, the Provincial Party Committee, the close coordination of the Fatherland Front and people's organizations.

However, the socio-economic situation in 2014 still has limitations such as: Compared with the targets of the term, we still have 9 targets that are likely to not be achieved, including: service production value; number of schools meeting national standards; rate of population participating in health insurance; production and business activities of many enterprises continue to face difficulties, some products are slow to sell, inventory, many enterprises are producing at a moderate level; tax arrears and social insurance are still high; some social issues are still pressing such as: quality of medical examination and treatment in some facilities is still limited, violations of food safety and hygiene are difficult to control, policy settlement for people with meritorious services is still slow... The direction and management of some localities and some departments, branches and sectors in some fields is not resolute, administrative reform has changed but still does not meet the requirements of people and businesses; the crime situation and social evils are still potentially complicated, especially drug crimes; Violations of the law still occur in the fields of land, religion, environment...; complaints and denunciations tend to increase.

Based on the reports of the Provincial People's Committee and the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, at this session, the Provincial People's Council discussed, reviewed and approved 17 Resolutions in the fields of management and operation of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, expanding foreign relations and investment cooperation as well as the work of building governments at all levels and resolving people's petitions.

These are correct, timely, and practical decisions that have the meaning of promoting the implementation of goals and targets in all fields and solving difficulties and problems at the grassroots level.

At this session, the Provincial People's Council conducted a vote of confidence for 16 positions elected by the People's Council. The Provincial People's Council delegates, on behalf of voters, exercised the Provincial People's Council's supervisory rights to assess the confidence of the leaders elected by the Provincial People's Council. With a high sense of responsibility and careful preparation, the vote of confidence was conducted seriously, cautiously, objectively, impartially and accurately. This result helped each person who was voted for to see their level of confidence to continue to strive, practice their qualities, improve their capacity and work efficiency. This is a good experience for the District People's Council to organize a vote of confidence in the locality, in order to improve the People's Council's supervision efficiency.

The Provincial People's Council conducted a question and answer session. The question and answer session was democratic, public, responsible, with debate and dialogue in a constructive spirit. After the session, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council will announce the conclusion of the question and answer session to the Provincial People's Committee and relevant agencies, units and localities for implementation and supervision.

Forecasting the situation in 2015, the world economy will recover slowly and face many potential risks; disputes over sovereignty of islands and seas remain very complicated; our country's economy will continue to integrate deeply and compete more fiercely; climate, weather, and epidemics are likely to continue to develop complicatedly, which will affect the implementation of the province's socio-economic plan. In 2015, the People's Council determined the general goal is to strive to complete the main targets and tasks of the 17th Provincial Party Congress at the highest level, in order to create momentum and motivation for determining the targets and tasks of the new term 2016 - 2020, contributing to the successful organization of Party congresses at all levels, making achievements to welcome the 12th National Party Congress. Continue to strongly improve the investment environment, mobilize resources well for development. Improve efficiency, sustainable development and reasonable growth; strengthen national defense - security and ensure social security. Create a higher step of development to effectively implement Resolution No. 26-NQ/TU of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of developing Nghe An until 2020.

After this session, the Provincial People's Committee is requested to urgently develop a plan and specific solutions, mobilize all resources to effectively implement the resolutions passed by the Provincial People's Council. The Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and member organizations in the political system are requested to closely coordinate with the Provincial People's Council and People's Committees at all levels in all areas of activity. The Standing Committee, Provincial People's Council Committees, delegation groups and Provincial People's Council delegates promptly meet voters to report the results of the session and respond to voters' opinions and recommendations before the session; actively perform the duties of elected representatives, make recommendations and propose issues of concern to voters, contributing to the excellent completion of the 2015 tasks.

The 13th session of the 16th Provincial People's Council was a great success. The Provincial People's Council called on the people, comrades, and soldiers of the province's armed forces to continue promoting the revolutionary tradition of their homeland, unite to overcome difficulties, enthusiastically compete in production, practice thrift, fight against bureaucracy, corruption, and waste, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and tasks of 2015./.