Nghe An province determined to collect budget exceeding 20,000 billion VND for the third consecutive year

On the morning of January 8, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee held an online conference with districts, cities and towns to summarize financial and budget work in 2023 and deploy tasks for 2024.

Chairing the conference from the Department of Finance bridge point was comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Also attending were leaders of the Department of Finance and representatives of relevant departments and branches.

Efforts to raise budget revenue to exceed 20 trillion mark

Deploying the 2023 tasks in the context of the economy facing many difficulties due to the impact of the economic recession and some revenue sources being reduced due to the Government implementing a number oftax exemption, reduction and extension policy,But Nghe An Finance sector has made many efforts to complete the assigned tasks.

Along with advising on the effective implementation of financial and budget management and operation solutions, the Department of Finance has advised the province to establish a working group to direct and promote the implementation of the 2023 plan of Nghe An province.

Along with that, coordinate to effectively implement the mechanisms and policies of Resolution No. 36/2021/QH15 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province; coordinate with central ministries and branches to advise the Government to issue an Action Program to implement Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW dated July 18, 2023 of the Politburo on building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Thanks to that, it contributes to the estimated GRDP growth rate of the province in 2023 reaching 7.14%,Provincial budget revenue reached 21,275 billion VND, reaching 134.2% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council; of which domestic revenue was 19,980 billion VND, revenue from import and export activities was 1,277 billion VND, and revenue from aid was 16.9 billion VND.

Total budget revenue of districts in the province is 11,654 billion VND, reaching 194% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council; 18/21 districts and cities exceeded 100% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council.

As of December 31, 2023, Nghe An has disbursed nearly VND 7,518 billion/plan of VND 9,033 billion, reaching 83.2% of the total public investment plan in 2023, higher than the same period in 2022; of which, concentrated public investment capital disbursed VND 4,422 billion/plan of VND 5,583 billion, reaching 79.2%.

From the connecting points, representatives of the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns spoke about some outstanding performance results, lessons learned in 2023; causes and difficulties affecting the balance of revenue and expenditure in each locality; proposed to the province solutions to implement goals and tasks in 2024.

Be more proactive and decisive in budget management

Attending and chairing the conference, Comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke to acknowledge the efforts and endeavors of the provincial Finance sector in 2023, especially in the last month of 2023; thereby, for the second consecutive year, the budget revenue exceeded the milestone of over 20,000 billion VND, contributing to the good implementation of infrastructure support investment policies, ensuring major balances in the economy...

Based on the assessment of the requirements of the provincial financial and budget tasks in 2024, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An requested the Finance sector to effectively implement 3 groups of solutions: Be proactive, creative and resolute in budget management, develop plans, and set specific progress to overcome tax debts and tax losses in a number of areas; continue to review mechanisms, policies, and projects to advise the province to adjust and defer taxes appropriately; strictly implement regulations on practicing thrift and fighting waste...

Thoroughly save on non-urgent expenses, purchase expensive equipment, organize festivals and events that are not part of the budget expenditure. Although the 2024 budget is set at nearly 16 trillion VND, the industry must make every effort and be determined to exceed the 21 trillion VND budget revenue achieved in 2023.

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Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An

In addition, the sector needs to improve the quality of budget management and operation, closely follow and meet the requirements of implementing the goals, targets and tasks of the 5-year plan (2021 - 2025); resolutions of Party congresses at all levels; proactively and drastically collect tax arrears and strictly manage public assets; strengthen administrative reform, continue to promote digital transformation, improve the quality of online public services;...

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested to effectively mobilize capital to implement key projects of the province; handle issues related to public assets and policies in a scientific and timely manner during the process of formulating, approving and implementing the Project on administrative unit rearrangement for the period 2023-2025; tighten discipline in public asset management; make advances and refund advances. Resolutely direct and guide the settlement of completed investment capital; continue to make important contributions to ensuring the progress of public investment disbursement, speeding up site clearance for key projects, industrial parks and small industrial clusters.