Discussion group 3: Proposing the Provincial People's Council to issue a Resolution on hydropower resettlement

Continuing the 6th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council, on the afternoon of July 18, under the chairmanship of Mr. Nguyen Huu Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council delegates from the Thanh Chuong district constituency (7 delegates) and Anh Son (3 delegates) conducted group discussions.

Delegates attending the discussion session. Photo: Thanh Le

Speaking at the discussion session, delegate Tran Dinh Toan - Deputy of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council reflected on the "post-resettlement" shortcomings. Although the Government has regulations on the responsibilities of investors, investors are still irresponsible and have not paid attention to implementing regulations for people in resettlement areas.

“Departments, branches and sectors need to study and propose the Provincial People's Council to develop a draft Resolution on resettlement of hydropower projects. If the Resolution is issued, it will specify legal regulations related to hydropower resettlement, clearly defining the responsibilities of local authorities, investors and people.

Delegate Dang Thanh Tung - Secretary of Anh Son District Party Committee spoke at the discussion session. Photo: Thanh Le.

According to Mr. Toan, recently the province's investment attraction work has had many positive changes, many large projects have come into operation, creating jobs and increasing revenue for the province.

In addition, many projects with investment certificates are behind schedule, causing waste of land resources. The Provincial People's Committee is requested to comprehensively evaluate the effectiveness of investment projects in the province, create a healthy investment environment, and attract potential investors to invest in the province. This is one of the solutions to increase revenue for the province, - said delegate Toan.

Delegate Tran Dinh Toan - Deputy of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council reflects on the shortcomings after the hydropower resettlement. Photo: Thanh Le.

Regarding this issue, Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee Nguyen Van Que said: The province has done well in calling for investment promotion, however, the participation of all levels and sectors is not yet synchronous. Through reviewing, there are still many projects that have not been implemented. "The province should specifically stipulate the number of times and the extension period for projects that have been granted certificates but have not been implemented," said Mr. Que.

Concerned about the socio-economic targets that are difficult to achieve in 2018, Mr. Ho Dinh Trung - Chief Justice of the Provincial Court said: To strive to achieve the targets, the province needs to compare targets to accelerate the implementation of the targets with determination and specific solutions. The core of budget revenue is tax collection, while the province's tax arrears in the first 6 months of the year are more than 1,000 billion VND. In my opinion, the province needs to have drastic solutions to repay tax debts.

Delegate Truong Van Hung - Thanh Chuong district unit proposed about the cooperative model after conversion. Photo: Thanh Le.

In addition, delegates from group 3 discussed issues of re-encroachment on traffic safety corridors, inadequacies in the management of private medical practice, health insurance fund deficit, safety of power grid corridors before the storm season, slow issuance and exchange of land use right certificates, declining quality of new rural construction, fragmented agricultural models, limited operation of cooperative models after conversion, etc.

Delegate Nguyen Huu Vinh - Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee received the opinions of the delegates. Photo: Thanh Le.

The opinions of the delegates have been answered and clarified by the relevant departments and branches. At the same time, the opinions will be summarized and reported by the Provincial People's Council at the group discussion session tomorrow morning, July 19.