The Standing Secretariat held a meeting on work in 2023 with secretaries of provincial and municipal Party Committees.

On the morning of January 17, the Standing Committee of the Party Central Committee Secretariat held an online conference to review the work of 2023 with the secretaries of provincial and municipal Party Committees directly under the Central Committee. Politburo member, Standing Committee of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organization Commission Truong Thi Mai chaired the conference.

At the Nghe An province bridge, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee chaired the conference. Attending the conference were comrades of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee: Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee; Ho Le Ngoc - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee; Pham Trong Hoang - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee; leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Provincial Party Committee's Office.

The conference heard reports on leadership, direction, and results of political tasks in 2023; and directions and tasks for 2024 of provincial and municipal Party Committees. Accordingly, in 2023, despite many difficulties, provincial and municipal Party Committees were resolute in directing and operating, proactive, creative, and flexible in performing political tasks.

Provincial and municipal Party Committees continue to innovate leadership methods in a comprehensive, direct, in-depth and flexible manner; regularly review, adjust, supplement and issue resolutions, directives and projects; focus on leading and directing the resolution of difficult issues, problems, and immediate and long-term tasks.

Provincial and municipal Party Committees have focused on leading and directing internal affairs, judicial reform, and preventing and combating corruption and negativity. They have directed and effectively implemented Party directives and resolutions on propaganda and mass mobilization work; consolidated and improved the capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the government system, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations.

Many localities completed and exceeded all groups of targets/targets for 2023; the growth rate of total product in localities reached an encouraging level, most of which tended to increase, 7 localities achieved double-digit growth.

Per capita income in 2023 will increase; economic structure will continue to shift positively. Business and investment attraction will be generally stable, especially FDI attraction will be vibrant. The cultural - social, defense - security sectors will be given attention and guaranteed.

However, the economy of most localities is still facing difficulties, basic development targets have not met the set plan; budget collection in most provinces and cities is facing difficulties, most of them have a revenue shortfall of 10-20%; the real estate market still has many potential risks; the lives of a part of the people are still facing many difficulties; the political security situation in some localities is still complicated.

Some contents of plans for Party building and the political system in some localities are not close; the fight against wrong views in cyberspace is not effective; the implementation of discipline, administrative discipline, and public service responsibilities is not strict at times and in some places...

At the Conference, the provincial and municipal Party Secretaries expressed their opinions, clarified the achievements and issues raised in the localities, especially the difficulties and problems beyond their authority to resolve, and on that basis proposed and recommended solutions to the Central Committee for consideration and direction.

Concluding the conference, Comrade Truong Thi Mai - Standing member of the Secretariat, Head of the Central Organizing Committee requested that the provincial and municipal Party Secretaries focus on leading and directing the effective implementation of the Party's resolutions, directives, and conclusions; the Politburo will strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of the provinces and cities.

Assessing and acknowledging the efforts of localities in socio-economic development in the context of many difficulties, the Standing Secretariat requested that provinces and cities continue to evaluate the results of implementing the goals and targets of the term, especially clarifying the shortcomings and limitations, and proposing solutions to overcome them.

Localities need to identify and fully assess challenges and risks in the context of the world situation continuing to develop complicatedly; and internal shortcomings and limitations in various fields.

On that basis, localities need to create new growth drivers for new issues such as green economy, circular economy...; strive to complete goals and targets for the entire term; ensure national defense and security, strengthen the resolution of hot spots and complications, to maintain stability for development.

Acknowledging the work of developing new party members in provinces and cities, especially Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Hanoi..., the Standing Member of the Secretariat and Head of the Central Organization Committee also requested localities to strengthen the work of developing new party members, promote the building and rectification of the Party and the political system; resolutely prevent, repel, and strictly handle cadres and party members who have degraded in political ideology, ethics and lifestyle, and manifested "self-evolution" and "self-transformation".

At the conference, Standing member of the Secretariat Truong Thi Mai also discussed and answered recommendations from localities.