The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial People's Council reviewed reports and draft resolutions submitted by the Provincial People's Committee at the 14th Session.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Also attending were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; and leaders of the Provincial People's Council Committees and departments and branches.

POSITIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE CONTEXT OF GENERAL DIFFICULTIES

In the first 6 months of this year, the world economic and political situation has changed rapidly, complicatedly and unpredictably; the world economic recession has slowed down global production, business, investment, export and consumption activities, and caused low growth... affecting the socio-economic development of the country in general and Nghe An in particular.

In that context, the leadership and management of the Provincial People's Committee have made great efforts and achieved many results. According to the General Statistics Office, the growth rate of the province's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) is estimated at 5.79% (as of mid-May 2023), higher than the average growth rate of the whole country. Currently, the growth data is being reviewed by specialized agencies for the first 6 months of the year, and it is estimated that GRDP will grow higher.

However, the process of implementing socio-economic development tasks also revealed many difficulties and challenges when the growth rate did not reach the set scenario and was lower than the same period in 2022.

The export market has narrowed, many businesses have cut back and lacked orders, leading to a 2.1% decrease in export turnover in the first 6 months of the year compared to the same period and only reaching 37.37% of the 2023 plan. State budget revenue in the area in the first 6 months of the year is estimated at 8,489 billion VND, reaching 53.5% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council and equal to 80.6% compared to the same period in 2022.

The disbursement rate of public investment capital planned for 2023, although higher than the national average (as of May 31, 2023, the disbursement rate/plan assigned by the Prime Minister of Nghe An reached 26.09% (the same period in 2022 reached 28.71%); the whole country is estimated to reach 22.22%; but is still lower than expected and the same period in 2022; especially some sources of disbursed capital are low such as: foreign capital (13.75%); national target programs (19.18%).

In the field of culture and society, the recruitment of teachers after the province added 2,820 positions was still slow; the issue of labor and employment in the context of difficult production and business activities were also issues that the Standing Committee and leaders of the Provincial People's Council's committees requested to clarify. Leaders of relevant departments and branches of the Provincial People's Committee explained, reported, and analyzed more on the above issues, as well as proposed solutions and directions for the last 6 months of the year.

Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi suggested paying attention to improving the quality of drafting resolutions submitted to the Provincial People's Council, especially streamlining administrative procedures; at the same time, he requested the Provincial People's Committee Office to advise on the process of handling voters' petitions, ensuring speeding up the processing and response process, especially with clear opinions and petitions.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, also discussed a number of contents related to the development of resolutions, especially related to the Project on expanding the administrative boundaries and urban space of Vinh. To complete the project, it is necessary to issue a Resolution recognizing the expanded Vinh city as a type I urban area; however, according to the recent Decree of the Government, to issue the above Resolution, it is necessary to develop an urban development program. Therefore, the Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested that the competent agencies should soon develop this program to complete the necessary conditions for the issuance of the resolution of the Provincial People's Council as soon as possible.

On behalf of the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee received the opinions of the Standing Committee and leaders of the Provincial People's Council Committees at the verification session to complete the reports and draft resolutions to submit to the Provincial People's Council at the 14th Session; and at the same time expressed agreement with the content and agenda of the session.

RESOLUTIVELY IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TO PROMOTE DISBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT CAPITAL

In his concluding remarks, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province Thai Thanh Quy highly appreciated the management and leadership of the Provincial People's Committee in the context of great difficulties across the country.

In particular, the spirit of determination and responsibility attached to the leader; focusing on key points in allocating investment capital, leading and directing according to the direction of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee; the working groups of the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee implemented effectively, creating an atmosphere of trying to overcome difficulties, completing tasks and targets well, so that quite positive results were achieved compared to the general level of the whole country.

Regarding the preparation of reports and draft resolutions to be submitted to the 14th Session of the Provincial People's Council, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy noted that it is necessary to unify data between the central report, which is the socio-economic report, and thematic reports; as well as between thematic reports.

The drafting of resolutions must follow the correct procedures and techniques, and the basis for promulgation must be consistent; especially the content needs to pay attention to solutions for leadership and direction in the last 6 months of the year, especially implementing the goals, tasks and solutions set out in Resolution No. 60/NQ-HDND dated December 9, 2022 of the Provincial People's Council on the socio-economic development plan for 2023; at the same time, emphasizing and adding some contents: Reviewing and summarizing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo on Nghe An; building an action program and implementing the new Resolution of the Politburo on the development of Nghe An province; associated with the announcement of the Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 when approved.

Regarding public investment, the head of the Nghe An Provincial People's Council agreed on the explanation method of relevant departments and branches. This shows that one of the major problems leading to low disbursement of public investment capital is the low quality of investors, especially at the district-level project management board.

On that basis, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Thai Thanh Quy suggested that there should be strong solutions, thereby, re-evaluating the work of cadres. Specifically, in places where slow disbursement has occurred for many years and many terms, it is necessary to request the district level to change and rearrange the project management board staff there; at the same time, it is possible to transfer the project in the district to the Provincial Project Management Board and the 2 departments that still have the project management board to implement; strengthen guidance and training to update new knowledge and new regulations on public investment.

Regarding the work of inspecting, urging and adjusting the disbursement of public investment capital, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province highly appreciated and supported the Provincial People's Committee for proactively adjusting in the first 6 months of the year the capital sources under its authority that were disbursed slowly; at the same time, affirmed that the Provincial People's Council is ready to organize thematic meetings to transfer public investment capital sources under its authority.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy also noted that it is necessary to summarize the shortcomings in the processes and procedures related to the Central Government to continue to make recommendations and proposals; and for issues under the province's authority that are still cumbersome and unscientific, it is also necessary to study and propose timely adjustments to speed up the disbursement of public investment capital.

Re-emphasizing the significance of the Central Government's allocation of 2,800 teacher positions to the province, as well as the viewpoint of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee that it is necessary to implement early, closely, and in accordance with the process, with control, absolutely not allowing negativity to occur in the recruitment process; giving priority to qualified contract teachers who are directly teaching; in addition to objective reasons, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province Thai Thanh Quy pointed out the responsibility of the secretary, chairman of the district People's Committee and the Department of Home Affairs when implementing the recruitment work slowly and requested a specific report to the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee at the regular meeting in June 2023.

Regarding the review of draft resolutions of the Provincial People's Council Committees, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy also noted that it should be done monthly when the Provincial People's Committee sends the documents; do not wait until close to the meeting to review at once. The review team should be compact, with the director and deputy director of the department or branch advising on the draft resolution; it is not mandatory to invite the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Committee to attend.

At the meetings of the Provincial People's Council, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy also requested that members of the Provincial People's Committee attend all meetings, especially at the discussion session in the hall, to pass the draft resolution. Provincial People's Council delegates also need to consider attending all meetings as an important task to represent voters and people to decide on major and important issues for the development of the province.

Also at the working session, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council listened to and gave opinions on a number of other contents such as: Preparations for the 14th Session of the Provincial People's Council; assessment of the results of activities in June; discussion and agreement on tasks for July...