Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Focus on removing difficulties and quickly handling arising issues

On the morning of April 25, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the regular meeting of the Provincial People's Committee in April 2023. Also attending the meeting were representatives of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, members of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of sectors, units and localities.

Overview of the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

LOW BUDGET REVENUE, SLOW DISBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT CAPITAL

At the meeting, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee and sectors focused on discussing the implementation of tasks of working groups; the implementation of the socio-economic development plan in April, key tasks and solutions in May 2023; the implementation of state budget collection in April 2023, tasks and solutions in May 2023.

Comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van De requested the Department of Agriculture to study solutions to combat drought for the upcoming summer-autumn crop, especially better coordination between hydropower plants and localities in releasing water.

In new rural construction, review development investment capital to increase disbursement, and transfer capital for districts that cannot implement it; speed up the implementation of Khe Lai - Vuc Mau and JICA projects; strengthen management of mineral mines and investment projects.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Emphasizing that in May the province will organize many events and activities, simultaneously implementing projects in the National Target Program, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long requested that the sectors coordinate well, especially projects to create livelihoods for the people. In communes that are building advanced new rural areas and model new rural areas, the assessment will be more rigorous, ensuring the correct standards of cultural institutions.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An requested the relevant sectors to promptly complete the contents of the Provincial Planning, strive to submit them to the Prime Minister for approval in May 2023; and promptly carry out the work of determining land prices to speed up the site clearance progress of Tho Loc I and Hoang Mai II Industrial Parks.

Comrade Bui Thanh An - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

On the other hand, sectors need to have solutions to overcome the low results of the four component indexes in the PCI index; manage the budget according to the revenue progress, save expenditures and study the decentralization of public asset handling.

Concerned about the growth rate, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh said that it is necessary to rectify tourism activities to serve tourists coming to Nghe An, pay attention to epidemic prevention and control, limit the impact on other activities; focus on quickly resolving the conclusions of the Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee after regular citizen reception sessions.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

On the other hand, review the land allocation progress at projects to adjust the appropriate scale, avoid waste; review and rectify to speed up the disbursement progress of public investment capital, adjust capital from projects that cannot be disbursed to projects with good disbursement.

Concluding the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung assessed that despite many difficulties, the economic development situation has achieved positive results, and all sectors have maintained growth. The bright spot is investment attraction, especially FDI attraction, which is in the top 10 nationwide with 11 projects, total capital of over 397 million USD.

In April, the province and localities organized many exciting activities and events, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere among the people. The most prominent was the implementation of the housing support program for poor and near-poor households in the province. Up to this point, the province has mobilized more than 10,782 houses, and built 1,650 houses for the poor after more than 2 months of organization, demonstrating the humaneness of the program.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

In addition, administrative reform has been positively demonstrated through the increase in the rankings of the province's PCI, SIPAS, and PAR INDEX in 2022. National defense, security, order, and social safety have been ensured and maintained; foreign affairs have been strengthened.

In addition to the achieved results, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also pointed out some shortcomings and limitations. Production and business activities of enterprises continue to face many difficulties, especially in industrial production.

The agricultural sector is at risk of drought and diseases in livestock and crops; the Covid-19 epidemic is on the rise again; budget revenue is low, many revenue items have decreased; disbursement of public investment capital has not met requirements, in which foreign capital and capital for socio-economic recovery and development programs are low.

Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, leaders of departments, branches and sectors attended the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Administrative reform and improvement of the business investment environment have made progress but have not yet achieved the set targets, including four component indicators in the PCI index, including market entry, land access, time costs, and labor training, which have achieved low results. The progress of work settlement in some sectors is still slow.

FOCUS ON REMOVING DIFFICULTIES AND OBSTACLES TO PROMOTE GROWTH

Emphasizing the key tasks and solutions in May, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested the sectors to focus on reviewing and promptly removing difficulties and obstacles in production, business and investment activities; promptly and promptly handling arising issues to promote growth in sectors and fields, on that basis, achieving and exceeding the growth targets and targets in the scenario set out at the beginning of the year.

In particular, the agricultural sector ensures water for agricultural production in both the short and long term; proactively prevents and fights forest fires; focuses on approving plans for natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue, inspects weak works for repair and restoration before the rainy and stormy season; directs coastal localities to propagate to fishermen not to exploit aquatic resources illegally.

The Industry and Trade sector reviews the production plan of key industrial products, promotes products with room to increase output, making up for the shortage; monitors the electricity supply situation for production and daily life; coordinates with the Agriculture sector to direct hydropower plants to regulate water for agricultural production; continues to strengthen activities to promote and develop markets for goods consumption, connect supply and demand for trade, and pay attention to the domestic market.

Leaders of departments, agencies and sectors attended the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

The head of the Provincial People's Committee also requested the sectors to focus on completing the summary of Resolution 26 of the Politburo; fully, thoughtfully and promptly prepare the contents to be submitted to the May thematic meeting of the Provincial People's Council, especially the Provincial Planning dossier.

In addition, pay attention to collecting comments from central ministries and branches on the Provincial Planning; complete the report on the results of inspection of projects behind schedule, make an inspection plan for 2023; complete the results of inspection and examination of clean water supply in Vinh City; prepare the content of the second quarter meeting with the Business Association, Business Association, and enterprises to be more substantive and effective.

In addition, the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board coordinated with Dien Chau district to speed up the site clearance progress of Tho Loc I - VSIP II Industrial Park; coordinated with investors to complete procedures to submit to competent authorities for approval of the investment policy of Hoang Mai II Industrial Park; reviewed and completed procedures for the Cua Lo Deep-water Port Project to ensure strict compliance with regulations; and performed the task of handing over the Xieng Khouang Provincial Friendship Hospital project to Xieng Khouang province (Laos) on May 19, 2023.

Leaders of departments, agencies and sectors attended the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Regarding the task of estimating budget revenue and expenditure, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested the Department of Finance to coordinate with the Provincial Tax Department and the Customs Department to review revenues, implement solutions to ensure collection on schedule, compensate for revenue shortfalls, and manage budget expenditures economically, effectively, and closely.

Emphasizing that disbursement of public investment capital is an important, regular and continuous task, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested sectors, localities and investors to seriously, fully and promptly implement tasks and solutions according to the direction of the Prime Minister and the direction of the Provincial People's Committee.

The Department of Planning and Investment advises on the implementation of inspection, urging, and working with investors to remove difficulties and obstacles, promote disbursement of public investment capital; advises on the Resolution of the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee on promoting disbursement of public investment capital and 3 National Target Programs, Economic Recovery and Development Program; advises on the Resolution on strengthening the management of investment and basic construction in the province.

Leaders of departments, agencies and sectors attended the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung also requested the health sector to proactively develop plans to respond to and prevent epidemics, prevent outbreaks and increase the number of infections; and remove obstacles and difficulties in purchasing and bidding for drugs, equipment, and medical supplies.

The education and training sector is focused on completing the tasks of the 2022-2023 school year; organizing exams; strengthening inspection and supervision of discipline, order, security and school safety; enhancing education on ethics, lifestyle, and preventing and combating school violence in schools.

The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs pays attention to labor training, has solutions to improve the labor training component index in the PCI index; strengthens the connection between labor supply and demand, job introduction; prevents drowning in the summer; prepares to organize vocational skills exams well.

The Department of Culture and Sports organizes well the festivals, cultural activities, especially the Lotus Village Festival. The Department of Tourism strengthens the activities of promoting, promoting and attracting tourism, especially coordinating with localities to strictly manage the prices of services, not affecting the image of the province.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested sectors, localities, and investors to speed up the construction progress of works and projects. In the photo: Construction units are speeding up the implementation of the Coastal Road Project from Nghi Son (Thanh Hoa) to Cua Lo (Nghe An). Photo: Pham Bang

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also requested departments and branches to carry out tasks according to schedule, increase responsibility in handling work; strictly and strictly implement the recruitment, promotion and appointment of cadres according to the direction of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee in localities during the period of waiting for the merger of commune-level administrative units; implement the project of arranging commune-level administrative units in conjunction with the project of arranging public assets.

On the other hand, sectors and units must strengthen the direction of handling the work of cadres, civil servants and public employees in the spirit of timely handling, no avoidance, no pushing, clear advice; coordinate to organize dialogues between the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders and managers at the department level; deploy tasks assigned by the Steering Committee for Administrative Reform; review the contents submitted to the Provincial People's Council at meetings; focus on the task of digital transformation, especially implementing the assessment of digital transformation of departments, sectors and localities.

The authorities actively and resolutely carry out the task of ensuring security, order and traffic safety, especially during the holidays; guide the districts to carry out the task of practicing defense zones and preventing and fighting natural disasters, and searching and rescuing in 2023; and organize the reception and burial of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos in the 2022-2023 dry season.

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