Agreed to submit to Nghe An Provincial People's Council for consideration, decision on investment policy and adjustment of investment policy for 7 projects.

Reviewing 7 draft resolutions on investment policies and adjusting investment policies

On the afternoon of June 29, the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council held a meeting to review a number of draft resolutions on investment policy decisions and investment policy adjustments for a number of projects in the province.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; leaders of the Provincial People's Council committees and provincial departments, branches and localities related to works and projects for investment policies and investment policy adjustments.

Accordingly, 7 draft resolutions were reviewed and commented by the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council. These include 3 draft resolutions on investment policies for projects to build pumping stations and canal systems in Son Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district) and Nghi Van commune (Nghi Loc district); traffic routes connecting National Highway 46 to Kim Lien relic site and Nhan Thap temple (Hong Long commune, Nam Dan district); and the project of working headquarters for the police in communes in the province (phase 1).

There are 4 draft resolutions on adjusting the investment policy of 4 projects: Construction of the office building of the People's Council - People's Committee of Anh Son district; traffic road project serving national defense - border security, the section connecting from Muong Xen - Ta Do - Khe Kien road to the border patrol road of Ky Son district; project to renovate and upgrade the road connecting from provincial road 534B in Tan An commune, Tan Ky district with provincial road 543D in Phu Son commune, Tan Ky district to Ho Chi Minh road and to Cay Chanh, Anh Son district; project to upgrade, repair and build a new office building of Nghe An Provincial Inspectorate.

During the review, members basically agreed on investment policies and adjusted investment policies for a number of projects; at the same time, they raised some concerns.

Most noteworthy is the adjustment of the investment policy for the project to build the headquarters of the People's Council - People's Committee of Anh Son district, increasing the scale of the project with an increased floor area of ​​more than 1,000 m2.²Compared with the investment policy, the reason given in the proposal of the Provincial People's Committee is to suit the usage function.

The problem is that the quality of design consultancy, estimates and initial capital allocation are not close to the reality and long-term functionality of the project.

In addition, some opinions also suggested that the agency drafting the resolution clarify the proposal to adjust the total investment of the project from 75 billion VND to 87 billion VND and adjust the provincial budget structure from 25 billion VND to 55 billion VND, reducing the district budget from 50 billion VND to 32 billion VND.

The meeting participants also raised concerns about the proposal to adjust the investment policy for the traffic road project serving national defense and border security, the section connecting Muong Xen - Ta Do - Khe Kien road to the border patrol road of Ky Son district.

This is an important project that needs priority investment, creating favorable conditions for travel and promoting socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas; at the same time serving the task of patrolling and ensuring border security. However, the proposed adjustment reduces the scale from 12 km with a total cost of 90 billion VND, to 7 km.

Regarding the draft resolution on investment policy for the project of working headquarters for the police in communes in the province, there are opinions suggesting that it is necessary to study the use of working headquarters and cultural houses for merged communes to avoid wasting invested assets.

Solutions to contribute to promoting socio-economic development of the province

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council said: The province's economy in the first 6 months of the year had some difficulties. In order to create motivation for the implementation of the last 6 months of the year, ensuring the completion of the socio-economic targets for the whole year of 2023; one of the solutions that need to be focused on is to accelerate public investment and disbursement of public investment capital.

Therefore, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council agreed with the proposal of the Provincial People's Committee on investment policy and adjustment of investment policy for 7 works and projects; at the same time, he requested the agency drafting the resolutions to review the legal basis to ensure consistency between the draft resolutions submitted as well as strictness in the wording and format of the resolution documents of the Provincial People's Council.

At the end of the review meeting, Head of the Economic - Budget Committee, Provincial People's Council - Cao Tien Trung requested the agency drafting the resolutions to absorb the opinions raised at the review to amend, supplement, complete, and send back to the committee for consensus before submitting to the Provincial People's Council at the regular mid-year session of 2023, scheduled to be held in early July.