The National Assembly approved special mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province.

With 430/467 delegates attending the meeting voting in favor (equal to 86.17% of the total number of National Assembly delegates), this Resolution stipulates a pilot of a number of specific mechanisms and policies for Nghe An province on state finance - budget and decentralization of state management in the fields of land, planning, and forestry, effective from January 1, 2022 and implemented for 5 years.

Overview of the morning session on November 13 at Dien Hong Hall, National Assembly House. Photo: Quochoi.vn

In particular, regarding the management of state finance and budget, Nghe An province is allowed to borrow through the issuance of local government bonds, borrowing from domestic financial institutions, other domestic organizations and from foreign loans of the Government to the province with the total outstanding loan balance not exceeding 40% of the provincial budget revenue according to decentralization. The total amount of loans and annual provincial budget deficit are decided by the National Assembly according to the provisions of the State Budget Law.

Every year, the Central budget supplements the Nghe An provincial budget with a target of not exceeding 70% of the increase in revenue from export and import activities of exported and imported goods compared to the estimate assigned by the Prime Minister (excluding value added tax on imported goods), but not exceeding the total increase in revenue from export and import activities compared to the revenue realized in the previous year and the Central budget does not have a deficit to implement local infrastructure investment projects.

Nghe An province is allocated an additional 45% of expenditures calculated according to population norms when developing regular State budget expenditure norms in 2022 and during the implementation of this Resolution.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee Nguyen Phu Cuong presented a report on the acceptance and explanation of the Draft Resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Hai Phong city and the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, and Thua Thien Hue. Photo: Quochoi.vn

Regarding forest and land management, the Resolution stipulates that the National Assembly Standing Committee decides to change the purpose of using special-use forest land and upstream protection forest land of 50 hectares or more; land for growing rice with two crops or more with a scale of 500 hectares or more in Nghe An province and report to the National Assembly at the nearest session.

Nghe An Provincial People's Council decides to change the purpose of using special-use forest land, upstream protection forest land under 50 hectares; production forest land under 1,000 hectares; land for growing rice two crops or more with a scale of under 500 hectares under the authorization of the Prime Minister, in accordance with the national forestry planning, planning, and land use plans decided by competent authorities.

The Resolution also clearly states: In case there are different provisions on the same issue between this Resolution and other laws or resolutions of the National Assembly, the provisions of this Resolution shall apply. In case a legal document issued after the effective date of this Resolution provides for a mechanism or policy that is more preferential or favorable than this Resolution, the application shall be decided by the People's Council of Nghe An province.

Nghe An National Assembly deputies attend a meeting at Dien Hong Hall, National Assembly House on the morning of November 13. Photo: Quang Khanh

The order and procedures for changing the purpose of using forests and land under the authority of the Prime Minister authorized by the People's Council of Nghe An province are prescribed by the Prime Minister.

Regarding planning management, the Resolution of the National Assembly allows that on the basis of the planning project for construction of functional areas and urban planning in Nghe An province approved by the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister decides to decentralize to the People's Committee of Nghe An province to approve local adjustments to the general planning for construction of functional areas and local adjustments to the general planning for urban areas according to the order and procedures prescribed by the Prime Minister and report to the Prime Minister on the implementation results.

National Assembly delegates press the button to vote on the resolution. Photo: Quang Khanh

National Assembly assignedThe Government, within the scope of its tasks and powers, is responsible for organizing the implementation of this Resolution; summarizing the 3-year implementation of the Resolution and reporting to the National Assembly at the end of 2024 session; summarizing the implementation of the Resolution and reporting to the National Assembly at the end of 2026 session; continuing to research and develop additional mechanisms and policies suitable to the characteristics and actual situation to fully institutionalize the Resolution of the Politburo when summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for the development of Nghe An province.

The National Assembly Standing Committee, the Nationalities Council, the National Assembly Committees, the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province and National Assembly deputies, within the scope of their tasks and powers, shall supervise the implementation of this Resolution.

Delegates of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province and officials of the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council took a souvenir photo on the sidelines of the closing session of the 2nd Session of the 15th National Assembly. Photo: Quang Khanh