DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE

1. To develop and submit to the Provincial People's Council for decision of the following contents:

- Decide on measures to ensure the implementation of the Constitution, laws, and documents of superior state agencies in the locality;

- Decide on strategies, mechanisms, and policies for socio-economic development, development of sectors and fields, development of the private economy; making breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, and digital transformation of the locality;

- Based on the Party's policies, decide to pilot specific and special policies that are not yet regulated by law to promote socio-economic development in the locality in accordance with the local budget's balancing capacity after reporting and receiving permission from the Prime Minister; decide on budget expenditure regimes for a number of specific expenditure tasks in the locality according to the provisions of the State Budget Law;

- Decide on the staffing of cadres and civil servants in the agencies of the local government at their level and the total staffing of cadres and civil servants of the commune-level local government, the number of employees receiving salaries from the state budget in public service units under the management of the locality according to the staffing quota assigned by competent authorities according to the provisions of law;

- Decide on the funding source to carry out contracts for a number of tasks of civil servants according to the provisions of law on cadres and civil servants; decide on the allowance level and the total number of non-professional workers receiving allowances from the local state budget; decide on policies to attract, value and employ and treat well the talented people and high-quality human resources in public service activities in the locality in accordance with the conditions and budget capacity of the locality according to the provisions of law;

- Decide on the establishment, reorganization, renaming, and dissolution of specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under the People's Committee of the same level according to the provisions of law;

- Consider and give opinions on the establishment, dissolution, merger, division of administrative units, adjustment of boundaries and renaming of administrative units at the same level and at the commune level in the locality;

- Decide on naming and renaming of roads, streets, squares, and public works in the locality according to the provisions of law;

- In the field of planning, plan, finance, budget, investment and implementation of regional linkages:

+ Approve the Provincial Master Plan to submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval; decide on the 5-year and annual provincial socio-economic development plan, the plans and planning for the development of local sectors and fields, ensuring conformity and consistency with the national, regional and provincial master plans approved by competent authorities;

+ Decide on mechanisms, policies and measures related to local finance, budget and investment; on fees and charges; decide on policies and measures to mobilize, manage and use capital sources for development investment; decide on borrowing capital sources according to the provisions of law;

+ Decide on the decentralization of revenue sources and expenditure tasks between the provincial budget and the commune budget; the estimate of state budget revenue in the locality; the estimate of local budget revenue and expenditure and plan for the budget allocation at its level; adjust the local budget estimate if necessary; approve the local budget settlement; decide on the regimes, standards, norms for local budget expenditures and other contents according to the provisions of the law on the state budget;

+ Decide on investment policies for local programs and projects according to the provisions of the law on public investment, investment in the form of public-private partnerships according to the provisions of the law;

+ Decide on policies and measures to boost regional linkages and cooperation between provinces and cities according to their authority.

- In the field of science, technology, information, innovation and digital transformation:

+ Decide on policies and measures to develop science, technology, information, promote innovation and digital transformation of the locality according to the provisions of the law;

+ Decide on policies and measures to encourage research and application of advanced science and technology; beef up initiatives and technical improvements in the locality according to the provisions of the law.

- In the field of land, resources, environment, agriculture, forestry and fishery:

+ Decide on policies and measures on management and use of land, resources, environmental protection, climate change response, natural disaster prevention and control; development of agriculture, rural areas, forestry and fishery in the locality according to the provisions of law;

+ Approve the provincial land use planning before submitting to competent authorities for approval; approve land recovery, change of land and forest use purposes under its authority; decide on land price list according to the provisions of the law on land.

- In the field of trade, services, tourism, industry, construction, transport, urban development and urban and rural infrastructure:

+ Decide on policies and measures to develop local trade, services and tourism in accordance with the law;

+ Decide on policies and measures to develop local industry, construction, transportation, urban areas, urban and rural infrastructure in accordance with the law.

- In the fields of education, health, labor, culture, society, physical education and sports:

+ Decide on policies and measures to develop local education and health, ensure social security in accordance with the law;

+ Decide on policies and measures to preserve and promote the value of local cultural heritage; develop local culture, society, physical education and sports in accordance with the law;

+ Decide on policies and measures to protect and care for people's health; protect and care for children, the elderly, the disabled, the poor, the orphans with no one to rely on and other policy beneficiaries in the locality;

+ Decide on policies and measures to prevent and control epidemics; the measures to perform local population policies according to the provisions of law;

+ Decide on policies and measures to manage and develop human resources, create jobs, improve labor productivity, improve working conditions, ensure labor safety and hygiene according to the provisions of law.

- Decide on measures to implement ethnic and religious policies; the measures to ensure the implementation of national defense, security, social order and safety tasks, fight against crimes and other violations of law; the measures to perform foreign affairs tasks; the measures to protect the assets of the State, organizations and individuals, ensure human rights and civil rights; the measures to practice thrift, combat wastefulness, prevent and combat corruption and negativity in the locality according to the provisions of law.

2. To organize the implementation of the Constitution, laws, documents of higher-level state agencies and resolutions of the People's Councils at the same level to ensure the unity and continuity of the national administration; ensure the conditions of material facilities, human resources and other necessary resources to implement the Constitution and laws at the local level.

3. To organize the implementation of state administrative management at the local level, ensure the unified, smooth, continuous, effective, efficient, democratic, rule-of-law, professional, modern, clean, public, transparent administrative system, serve the people and subject to the inspection and supervision of the people.

4. To decide on urban and rural development planning, programs and plans; preside over and coordinate with central and local state agencies to promote regional linkages, linkages and cooperation between provinces and cities according to their authority; organize the implementation of regional planning, ensure the unity of the economy.

5. To decide specifically on a number of regimes, standards, and budget expenditure norms assigned by the People's Council at the same level; decide on the allocation and assignment of expenditure estimates for items that have not been allocated in detail; decide on the adjustment of local budget estimates and other contents according to the provisions of the law on the state budget.

6. To regulate the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under the People's Committee at the same level; decide on the establishment, reorganization, renaming, dissolution, and regulations on the organizational structure, tasks, and powers of public service units under the People's Committee at the same level according to the provisions of law.

7. To manage the payroll of cadres and civil servants in administrative agencies of local governments at all levels, the number of employees receiving salaries from the state budget in public service units under the management of the locality according to the provisions of law.

8. To decide on the number of Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee of each commune-level administrative unit, but ensure that the total number of Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee of the locality does not exceed the total number calculated according to the Government's prescribed framework.

9. To issue the working regulations of the People's Committee at its level.

10. To issue decisions and other administrative documents on issues within its duties and powers; abolish, amend, supplement, and replace the issued documents itself when they are no longer appropriate or illegal.

11. Based on practical situations and legal provisions, promote decentralization and delegation of its duties and powers to the People's Committees and Chairmen of the People's Committees at the commune level in order to enhance the capacity, initiative, and self-responsibility of the commune-level government, enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of state management, promote local socio-economic development, and manage and develop urban areas and special zones.

12. To perform assigned and delegated duties and powers and other duties and powers as prescribed by law.