Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai: All work under the authority of the two levels must be carried out smoothly, without delay from July 1, 2025.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, Comrade Nguyen Duc Hai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly delivered an important speech at the announcement ceremony. Nghe An Newspaper introduces the full text of the speech.

Dear leaders and former leaders of Nghe An province!

Dear delegates, cadres, party members and people at the Central bridge and 130 online bridges in the province.

Assigned by the Standing Secretariat, today I and the Central working delegation are pleased to attend the Announcement Ceremony of the Resolution of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on the termination of district-level administrative units, the arrangement of commune-level administrative units; decisions on the establishment of commune-level Party Committees, the appointment of Party committees, leaders of People's Councils, People's Committees, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at commune level in Nghe An province.

Today, the whole country synchronously organized the Ceremony to announce the resolutions and decisions of the Central and local governments on merging administrative units, establishing party organizations, appointing Party committees, People's Councils, People's Committees, Fatherland Fronts of provinces, cities, communes, wards, and special zones. This is a historic moment with historic decisions of the whole country and of Nghe An province, a great festival of the whole nation. On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I cordially send greetings and best wishes to the delegates, cadres, party members and people of Nghe An province.

Dear compatriots and comrades!

Reorganizing administrative units and converting to a two-level local government model is a revolution to implement the major policy of our Party and State, as determined in Resolutions 18, 37 and 60 of the Central Government.

This revolution is not just a simple administrative activity but a strategic step of great significance in terms of politics, organization and practice in the process of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system and the state management system at all levels; arranging and merging administrative units to create new development space, exploiting potentials and advantages; creating new conditions, motivations and mechanisms for faster and more sustainable development, serving the people better.

Thoroughly grasping the spirit of the Central Government, Nghe An province has determinedly and seriously implemented it. The results have been the reduction of 282 commune-level administrative units (from 412 to 130 communes/wards); timely implementation of the Central Government's directives, organization of 130 commune-level bridge points connecting online from the province to the grassroots, organization of trial operation of 130 new commune-level administrative units; completion of personnel appointment for key positions at the commune level; establishment of new Party organizations, Fatherland Front, People's Councils, and People's Committees of communes/wards in accordance with regulations and on schedule.

I highly appreciate and commend the initiative and responsibility of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Council, and the People's Committee of Nghe An province in developing projects, propagating, disseminating, and collecting people's opinions on the policy of rearranging commune-level administrative units associated with building a two-level government model; the province has also closely coordinated with central agencies, ensuring progress, work processes, democracy, and efficiency. It has received high approval from voters and people in the province (the average rate for the whole province is 98%). The results achieved demonstrate the determination and responsibility of the entire political system, the consensus and support of all classes of people in the whole province for the rearrangement and streamlining of the organization and apparatus.

Today, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province solemnly, practically, and effectively organized the Announcement Ceremony of the Resolution of the National Assembly, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, and the Decisions of the province. This is a major event, demonstrating the trust and expectations of superiors for the grassroots cadres - those who will directly shoulder the responsibility of organizing and operating the grassroots government apparatus in the new period.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I congratulate you on your new assignments. This is a great honor, demonstrating the trust of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee and especially the people, cadres and party members in the entire Party. For you, this is a great honor, but also a heavy responsibility with many challenges. I request you to promote your sense of responsibility, affirm your mettle, intelligence and spirit of dedication, solidarity, dynamism, proactively adapt to new requirements, dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility for the common good, and quickly get up to speed with the work.

Dear compatriots and comrades!

Today's success lays the foundation for a new stage of development, with new requirements. In the coming time, the workload is very large, Nghe An province is requested to:

The first,Stabilize the organization, ideology, and sense of responsibility of the two-level government apparatus. From tomorrow (July 1, 2025), all work under the authority of the two levels (province and commune) must be carried out smoothly, without delay or omission, to better serve the people and businesses. Maintain the image and demeanor of officials."from administrative service to serving the people".For commune-level places lacking specialized staff, the provincial level must promptly and fully arrange, strengthen, support, and help to ensure smooth work.with the motto of more efficiency, closer to the people, closer to the people, serving the people better.

Monday,Continue to closely follow the Central's directive documents (Directive 45, Resolution 57, Resolution 66, Resolution 68, Conclusion No. 123 of the Central) and local practices to proactively develop timely and specific action programs and plans, clearly defining tasks, solutions, roadmaps, and implementation progress to achieve results, putting the Central's major and new strategic policies and orientations into practice.

Tuesday,Continue to improve personnel policies, satisfactorily and promptly resolve policies for redundant cadres, civil servants, and public employees, especially those working part-time at the commune, block, hamlet, and village levels. Focus on handling and doing well the management and use of assets, finances, and public headquarters; manage and hand over files and documents after the merger in accordance with regulations, avoiding congestion, negativity, loss, and waste.

Wednesday,promote the role and effectiveness of Party organizations, maintain the Party's comprehensive leadership at the grassroots level; prepare well for the commune-level Party Congress and create conditions to carry out political tasks in the coming period.

Thursday,Strengthen propaganda, create social consensus, consider the transition to a two-level government as inevitable, a stepping stone to promote administrative reform, interconnected, synchronous, effective digital transformation, and fast and sustainable socio-economic development.

Dear compatriots and comrades!

The policy of restructuring the apparatus and merging administrative units is a necessary, correct and long-term strategic action. However, this process also has a certain impact on the thoughts, feelings, aspirations and working positions of cadres, civil servants and public employees. The Central Committee understands and shares with you and the people, accepting change and giving up habits that have been attached for many years is not easy. But at this time, your exemplary spirit for the collective and for the common good is demonstrated more than ever.

Nghe An - the homeland of beloved President Ho Chi Minh, is a locality with a strong revolutionary tradition, unique cultural identity, a spirit of solidarity and a strong desire to rise up. The 9th session of the National Assembly has just ended successfully with many revolutionary decisions and laws passed, initiating fundamental institutional reforms, orienting tasks for the new development stage of the country, including many contents related to the innovation and arrangement of the 2-level local government apparatus. Previously, at the 7th session, the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 137 on special mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An, which is one of the important legal bases to create conditions for the province to break out and develop more dynamically.

For the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province, which has a large number of delegates, the National Assembly Delegates all spoke very actively and made important contributions at the Parliament. Their enthusiastic, responsible, frank and constructive opinions, deeply involved in many issues of economy, society, state budget, administrative reform, health, education, streamlining of staff and reorganization of the apparatus as well as legislative activities, supervision and decision on important issues of the country, were approved by the National Assembly, highly appreciated by public opinion and voters.

Also on the occasion of preparing for the 80th anniversary of the first General Election to elect the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, I hope and request that the National Assembly deputies continue to promote the tradition of the terms, courage, and intelligence, fully and comprehensively participate in legislative activities, supervise and decide on important issues of the country, contribute with the provincial Party Committee and government to supervise and urge the work of stabilizing the apparatus and ideology of the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees, not to disrupt or affect the normal activities of people and businesses, promote economic, cultural and social development so that the new administrative units after the merger will operate well, the economy and society will be more stable and develop more strongly.

With the achievements gained in the past time, with today's breakthrough step. The Central Committee believes that with the high sense of responsibility of the provincial leadership, the synchronous participation of the entire political system and the consensus of the people, the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province will quickly catch up with the work, join hands to complete the assigned tasks, contribute to the successful implementation of development goals in the new period, and together with the whole country enter a new era, an era of prosperity and prosperity of the Vietnamese people.

Wishing the leaders, former leaders of the province and all delegates, cadres, party members and people good health and happiness. Wishing the comrades who have just taken on new tasks to successfully complete the assigned tasks.

Thank you very much!

(Title by Nghe An Newspaper)