The Standing Board of the Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee works with the Standing Board of the Thai Binh Provincial Party Committee on the project to merge the two provinces

Delegates attend the conference

On the side of Thai Binh province the conference saw the participation of comrades: Nguyen Tien Thanh, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing members of the Provincial People's Council, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, etc.

On the side of Hung Yen province, the conference drew the attendance of comrades: Tran Quoc Toan, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing members of the Provincial People's Council, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee...

In his welcoming speech and stating the purpose of the conference, Comrade Nguyen Huu Nghia, Secretary of the Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee, emphasized: Through many historical periods, Hung Yen and Thai Binh have had close ties, with a lot of similarities in economy, society, culture... In the renovation process, the two provinces have potentials and advantages for socio-economic development to complement each other. Implementing the policy of the Central Party Committee, Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces will merge and join hands to build a new province that is increasingly developed, dynamic, civilized, and modern, bringing people a prosperous and happy life. The working session of the two provincial leaders is very important for the Standing Boards of the two Provincial Party Committees to discuss and deploy tasks and work to merge the two provinces in the coming time to ensure progress, plan, convenience, comprehensiveness, completeness, and quality in accordance with the direction of the Central Committee.

The Standing Board of the Thai Binh Provincial Party Committee attends the conference

Speaking at the conference, Comrade Nguyen Khac Than, Secretary of the Thai Binh Provincial Party Committee, shared the similarities between Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces such as: Natural conditions, economy, history, culture, difficulties and aspirations to rise up... Thai Binh province is determined to carry out the policies of the Politburo, the Secretariat, and the Party Central Committee. In the past, the two provinces have regularly exchanged, coordinated, and shared to deploy tasks for the merger process and will continue to strengthen further to complete the proposed tasks. The merger will promote the potentials, strengths, resonance and integration of achievements, overcome difficulties, and perform especially important political tasks in the coming time.

The Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board attends the conference

Next, Comrade Nguyen Le Huy, Member of the Provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board, Standing Vice Chairman of the Hung Yen Provincial People's Committee, briefly presented the draft Project on merging Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces, including the following main contents: The necessity of merging Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces; the current status of Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces; the plan for merging Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces; the assessment of the impact when merging Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces; the plan for the arrangement of organizational apparatus, arranging the staff, civil servants, public employees, and workers, and resolving the regime and policies when merging Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces; the plan and roadmap for arranging and handling headquarters and public assets after merging Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces; the Project on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units in 2025. Comrade Pham Van Khue, Member of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Organization Commission of the Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee, reported on a number of tasks that need to be carried out from now until June 30, 2025, including regular tasks and the tasks to be carried out according to the roadmap.

At the conference, delegates focused on discussing and adding specific contents to the draft Project on the merger of Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces as well as the issues arising after the merger regarding: the Plan and roadmap for arranging and perfecting the organization and apparatus of agencies and organizations after the arrangement of administrative units; the plan and roadmap for arranging cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers after the arrangement of administrative units; the specific plan and roadmap for arranging and handling surplus headquarters and public assets; the workplaces and official housing of cadres, civil servants, and public employees after the merger; information technology infrastructure, software systems serving professional tasks...

Concluding the conference, Hung Yen Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Huu Nghia emphasized: In recent times, the leaders of Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces have strengthened their leadership and directed the advisory agencies to prepare necessary conditions and develop a provincial merger project. At the meeting, the leaders of the two provinces promoted the spirit of democracy, responsibility, and focused their intelligence, contributing ideas to come up with an optimal merger plan that is suitable for the realities of the two provinces.

Based on the discussion and agreement at the meeting, the Hung Yen Provincial Party Secretary requested the Departments of Home Affairs of the two provinces to synthesize and fully supplement the draft project to merge Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces to report to competent authorities and organize the collection of opinions from the people in the two provinces in accordance with the provisions of law before submitting it to the Government for consideration and decision. The functional agencies and units of the two provinces proactively connect, coordinate and work directly with each other, exchange information, and share data to unify the orientation of the organization, staffing, functions and tasks of each department, branch, and unit to ensure continuity, suitability and no major disruptions in the operation of the new province.

Leaders of Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces take a souvenir photo

Referring to the inevitable concerns and difficulties in the merger, Hung Yen Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Huu Nghia requested Party committees, authorities, branches and localities to strengthen political, ideological and propaganda work, create consensus, especially among cadres, Party members, civil servants and public employees on the merger of provinces, the arrangement of commune-level administrative units, and the implementation of a two-level local government. The Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commissions of the two Provincial Party Committees proactively provides information, orientations and coordinates with press agencies to effectively carry out propaganda work; strengthen the work of ensuring political security and social order and safety. The Standing Board of Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee focuses on directing the review and development of plans to arrange and allocate working offices, equipment, and official housing... for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers from Thai Binh to work at the new headquarters, ensuring requirements. The Standing Boards of the Provincial Party Committees of the two provinces lead and direct relevant units to carefully prepare conditions for the organization of the new Provincial Party Congress...