The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee met with provincial leaders of different periods.

On the afternoon of January 20, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee held a meeting with former leaders of the province through the periods. Comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee chaired the meeting. Also attending were comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Party Central Committee. Photo: Mai Hoa

Outstanding in many fields

At the meeting, on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reported on a number of results of socio-economic development, national defense - security, Party building and political system in the province in 2019.

The economic growth rate in 2019 reached 9.03%, the budget revenue was over 16.3 trillion VND, the highest ever. Notably, agricultural production continued to promote agricultural restructuring, rapidly increasing the income value per unit area, improving the income of people working in agriculture.

The new rural area (NTM) construction program is directed to ensure "3 nos": no outstanding debts, no excessive mobilization of people and no chasing after achievements. Up to this point, the whole province has 265/431 communes meeting NTM standards, accounting for 61.48%; 4 district-level units have achieved and completed NTM construction.

Industry and construction have seen many changes; the province's investment and business environment continues to receive attention. In 2019, the province granted 101 new projects with a total registered capital of more than 13,266 billion VND.

The area of ​​high-quality commercial rice has been expanded in many localities in the province. Photo: Mai Hoa

The cultural and social fields continue to have many positive changes; in which the quality of national excellent students remains at the top of the country. The quality of medical examination and treatment is getting better and better, and many advanced and new techniques are being developed.

Poverty reduction work has been carried out by the entire political system and accompanied by businesses and people. By the end of 2019, the poverty rate in the province had dropped to 4%. Administrative reform indicators such as PCI and PAPI continued to be focused on by the province.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the Party Central Committee Office expressed his gratitude for the help and support of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and the Provincial Party Committee leaders during his time working in Nghe An as Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. Photo: Mai Hoa

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy also affirmed that the work of building the Party and the political system has also been focused on, comprehensively led and directed. The spirit of solidarity in the Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, and the Provincial Party Executive Committee has spread to the Party committees, authorities, and political systems at all levels and the whole society.

The work of receiving people has been taken care of by the Provincial Party Secretary and the Provincial People's Committee Chairman, creating a change in spirit and attitude towards the people, effectively resolving petitions and concerns of the people at the district and commune levels. Nghe An has also well implemented the Central Government's policy on rearranging commune-level administrative units by reducing 20 communes, from 480 to 460 communes and merging blocks, hamlets, and villages...

Comrade Pham Anh Tuan - Former member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, former Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

Looking forward to receiving more contributions

At the meeting, a number of former provincial leaders expressed their excitement at the development of their province and sincerely thanked the provincial leaders for their attention to the previous generation.

Some comrades proposed a number of issues that the province needs to continue to pay attention to, such as raising the scale of Vinh urban area in association with issuing a special mechanism for Vinh city to ensure it is the economic and cultural center of the North Central region; continuing to promote administrative reform, taking the spirit of serving the people as the main thing, especially paying attention to public services related to the people, ensuring convenience; building a spirit of solidarity and aspiration to rise among cadres, party members, and people for the common development of the province...

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy hopes to receive many contributions from former provincial leaders through the periods on the general development of the province. Photo: Mai Hoa

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy accepted the comments of former provincial leaders of different periods; at the same time, he also frankly stated that the province's development has not been commensurate with its potential.

Some indicators on growth rate, budget revenue, and per capita income have not yet met the spirit of the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, term 2015 - 2020.

Some pressing issues have seen slow progress despite attention and direction; Party building and the political system still face many issues of concern.

According to comrade Thai Thanh Quy, the above issues require more efforts, determination and drastic measures in the leadership, direction and management of Party committees and authorities from the province to the grassroots level.

Comrades Thai Thanh Quy and Nguyen Xuan Son congratulated comrade Nguyen Huu Ban - former member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, former Head of the Provincial Party Organization Committee. Photo: Mai Hoa

In addition, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also hopes that the former provincial leaders through the periods with their hearts, feelings and practical experience will continue to contribute ideas to the current leaders in planning directions and proposing solutions to build Nghe An to continuously develop, worthy of being the center of the North Central region.

I hope that former provincial leaders will always be the vanguard in mobilizing and persuading people to carry out grassroots movements well, contributing with the entire political system to promote the implementation of the province's common tasks.

Former and current leaders of the province take souvenir photos. Photo: Mai Hoa