The 33rd session of the Provincial People's Council, term 17, period 2021 - 2026, passes important resolutions

At the session

The session saw the presence of comrades: Tran Quoc Toan, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

In the attendance were comrade Nguyen Khac Than, Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, former Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, former Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; members of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee; leaders of the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, the National Assembly Delegation of the province; leaders of departments, branches and sectors; delegates of the Provincial People's Council, term 17.

Provincial leaders and delegates attend the meeting.

In his opening speech, Mr. Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, stressed: The contents presented at the meeting are all of practical significance, directly impacting the consolidation of the organizational apparatus, ensuring the legitimate rights of cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers; at the same time creating a driving force to promote the province's rapid and sustainable development.

Mr. Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, delivers the opening speech.

In order for the meeting to achieve good results, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee and agencies to submit the submissions and draft resolutions to ensure concise reports, clearly stating the legal basis, necessity, objectives, main contents and impacts of each policy; at the same time clarifying the implementation conditions to ensure feasibility. The Provincial People's Council’s Boards promoted their sense of responsibility, objectively and closely examined, and clarified issues of concern to delegates and voters. The Provincial People's Council’s delegates promoted their sense of responsibility, carefully studied documents, actively discussed, and contributed enthusiastic and accurate opinions, especially on the contents of personnel work, financial policies, administrative reform, and human resource development.

At the meeting, the Provincial People's Committee submitted to the Provincial People's Council for consideration, comments, and approval of important reports, draft resolutions, including: Regulation on support policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and employees working at the Provincial Public Administration Service Center and the Commune-level Public Administration Service Center; the regulation on principles, criteria, and norms for allocating regular local budget expenditures in 2026; the decentralization of revenue sources, expenditure tasks, and percentages (%) of revenue distribution among budget levels from 2026; some preferential policies and investment support in the fields of digital transformation, cyber security, semiconductors, electronic components, and innovation for the period of 2025 - 2030; the adjustments and supplements to the public investment plan in 2025; the policies and norms for supporting the protection of rice-growing land and supporting the overcoming of animal diseases; the regulations on the percentage (%) for calculating the unit price for land rental, land with water surface, and land for underground construction; some regimes and norms for financial expenditures serving the activities of People's Councils at all levels; the regimes for business trips and conferences; the policies and regimes for people working outside the payroll quota at associations assigned by the Party and State to be affected by the arrangement of administrative units according to Conclusion No. 183-KL/TW; the adjustments to contract laborer in administrative agencies and public service units in 2025 after the merger of provinces and the implementation of the 2-tier local government model; the amendment and supplementation of the content on medical examination and treatment prices according to the current resolutions of the People's Councils of the two provinces before the merger.

The Provincial People's Council’s delegates vote to pass the resolution at the meeting.

Next, the Legal Affairs Board, the Economic – Budgetary Affairs Board, the Cultural – Social Affairs Board of the Provincial People's Council presented the review report on the submissions and draft resolutions submitted at the meeting. Discussing in the hall, the Provincial People's Council’s delegates said that, for resolutions related to the land sector, it is necessary to carefully review the regulations on decentralization of revenue sources, land rental prices, revenue and expenditure ratios as well as policies to support the protection of rice-growing land to ensure consistency with local realities and the current legal framework. The discussion opinions were accepted by the Standing members of the Provincial People's Council and explained specifically at the meeting.

Also at the Session, the Provincial People's Council carried out the procedure to dismiss the position of Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021 - 2026 term and to remove comrade Nguyen Khac Than from the duties of a delegate of the 17th Provincial People's Council due to being transferred and assigned by the competent authority to hold the position of Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee; at the same time voted to elect comrade Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, to hold the position of Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021 - 2026 term.

The delegates of the Provincial People's Council vote to elect the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021 - 2026 term.

In his closing speech, comrade Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council highly appreciated the sense of responsibility of the delegates of the Provincial People's Council, the careful preparation of the Provincial People's Committee, the advisory agencies and the close coordination of the departments and branches in completing the content of the Session.

He requested the Provincial People's Committee and relevant agencies to promptly implement the resolutions approved by the Provincial People's Council, issue specific guiding documents so that policies and mechanisms can soon come into life; especially those related to cadres, civil servants, public administrative officials; decentralization of revenue sources, budget; encouragement of high-tech investment; financial mechanisms, working fees, conferences; protection of rice-growing land, prevention of animal diseases, etc.

He also requested the Boards, Delegation Groups and delegates of the Provincial People's Council to strengthen supervision of the implementation of the resolutions, ensuring feasibility, effectiveness and compliance with the law; promptly reflect difficulties and problems so that the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Committee can take appropriate adjustment measures.

Emphasizing the significance of the upcoming regular meeting at the end of 2025, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Council requested the Provincial People's Committee and relevant sectors to proactively and thoroughly prepare the content for the meeting to summarize the first year of operating the two-tier government model, evaluate the results of implementing socio-economic, budget, national defense and security targets in 2025; develop a plan in 2026 and prepare for the election of National Assembly’s and People's Councils’ deputies at all levels for the 2026 - 2031 term.