[Update] - 20th session, Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Council, 18th term: Delegates discussed many important contents in the hall

In the opening session of the 20th session of the 18th Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Council, which took place on the morning of July 8, under the chairmanship of comrades: Do Trong Hung, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Tien Lam, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Quang Hai, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, the delegates discussed many important contents.

Overview of the 20th Session, Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Council, term XVIII, 2021-2026.

From the vivid and rich reality of the industry, field and locality, the delegates evaluated and clarified the results achieved in the first 6 months of 2024; focused on analyzing the shortcomings, limitations and causes, especially the subjective causes in the implementation stage. The delegates also contributed many dedicated and quality opinions to find key solutions to effectively carry out the tasks in the remaining 6 months of 2024.

Delegate Nguyen Manh Hiep, Acting Director of the Department of Statistics of Thanh Hoa province: Continue to implement solutions to attract workers from outside the province, especially Thanh Hoa workers working far from home.

In the first 6 months of 2024, Thanh Hoa province's economy overcame many difficulties and challenges, continued to recover and develop comprehensively, most of the province's development indicators increased compared to the same period in 2023. The above results were achieved thanks to the close and drastic leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and Provincial People's Committee.

Acting Director of Thanh Hoa Provincial Statistics Office Nguyen Manh Hiep spoke.

In the process of collecting, synthesizing, calculating and compiling socio-economic data, the General Statistics Office has found a number of issues that businesses and all levels and sectors need to pay attention to, namely: Up to now, in our province, there are more than 450 businesses operating in the garment and footwear manufacturing industry; creating jobs for more than 220 thousand workers, contributing greatly to the budget revenue and growth of the province. However, there are currently signs of labor shortage in some businesses, especially newly completed businesses going into production and business. Therefore, businesses and localities need to continue implementing solutions to attract workers from outside the province, especially Thanh Hoa workers working far from home; on the other hand, businesses need to innovate production processes and technologies to effectively use labor, creating conditions to increase income for workers.

Also in the first 6 months of 2024, cement and steel manufacturing enterprises only operated at 75% of their designed capacity due to the decline in the real estate market. Therefore, the province and enterprises need to effectively implement solutions to stimulate cement consumption in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister at the online conference on removing difficulties, promoting production and consumption of cement, steel and construction materials.

In addition, from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, the province has 63 direct investment projects completed and put into production and business, with a fixed asset value of more than VND 27,000 billion, creating added value accounting for 3.3% of the total added value in the first 6 months of 2024 of the whole province; contributing 3.0 percentage points (%) of growth in the 11.5% growth of the whole province. This is a great effort of all levels, sectors and project owners in the current difficult period. However, it has not yet met the expectations and development requirements of a large-scale economy like Thanh Hoa province. Therefore, in the coming time, it is necessary to continue to speed up the progress of site clearance compensation to start construction of large projects that have completed investment procedures, invest in the construction of economic and technical infrastructure, especially traffic infrastructure, industrial parks, energy... to attract more direct investment projects in industries with modern production technology that saves labor, has high added value, and is environmentally friendly.

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Delegate Luong Thi Hanh, Provincial Party Committee member, Secretary of Quan Son District Party Committee: Continue to implement specific policies for ethnic minority areas suitable for each period.

Comrade Luong Thi Hanh, Provincial Party Committee member, Secretary of Quan Son District Party Committee spoke.

In the current period, many major policies on socio-economic development (SED) in ethnic minority and mountainous areas have been issued, demonstrating the attention of the Party and the State. In addition to the three national target programs being implemented, there are also many separate investment support policies, such as: target programs on health, culture, and society; policies to support housing, residential land, production land, domestic water, preferential loans for production development, vocational training, job creation, etc.

Thanks to that, the socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas has many positive changes: The economic growth rate has gradually developed and increased every year; accordingly, the average income per capita is also higher; the poverty rate has decreased (the average poor district has decreased by 5% or more). New rural areas have also been given attention, the face of the countryside has gradually changed, becoming brighter, greener, cleaner and more beautiful, many rural areas have gradually become worth living. The cultural and social fields have achieved certain achievements, education has increasingly improved, cultural life at the grassroots has clearly improved, cultural institutions have been strengthened, facilities, some cultural heritages of ethnic minority areas have been honored, cultural activities have been preserved, promoted and maintained. The work of ensuring security, order and social safety has been constantly strengthened, border districts are always ready to firmly protect the national border sovereignty. The great national unity bloc is strengthened, the ethnic people's trust in the Party and State is constantly consolidated...

In addition to the positive results achieved, the mountainous ethnic minority areas still face many difficulties: The economic structure of the region is mainly agriculture and forestry; although infrastructure has been invested, it is not synchronous, not meeting the needs of socio-economic development. The implementation of programs, projects and policies also has many shortcomings. The average income per capita is still very low, the rate of poor and near-poor households is still high (Quan Son has more than 69% of poor and near-poor households), poverty reduction work still lacks sustainability. National defense and security are still latent, especially drug crimes in border areas. The quality of human resources is still low, so the arrangement of cadres is difficult, especially female and young cadres.

From that reality, it is recommended that the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the Government, all levels and sectors, and the entire political system from the central to local levels continue to pay special attention, strengthen leadership and direction in implementing ethnic affairs and ethnic policies more effectively, considering this the responsibility of the entire Party and people, and a strategic factor for the country's development. It is hoped that specific policies for ethnic minority areas will continue to be implemented in accordance with each period to stimulate demand, support people to have a more prosperous life, and gradually shorten the gap between the lowlands and the mountains. In particular, pay more attention to investing in developing health care and education and have appropriate policies to build a contingent of ethnic minority cadres capable of meeting the requirements of tasks in the period of innovation, integration and development.

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Delegate Le Minh Nghia, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment: The results are quite comprehensive with many of the best and most successful achievements in recent years.

In the first 6 months of 2024, the province's socio-economic development indicators all maintained high positions. This is one of the 6-month periods in which Thanh Hoa province achieved quite comprehensive results with many of the best and most successful achievements in many years. In the 3 economic sectors, the sector contributing the most to growth is industry, followed by services, construction, agriculture...

Delegate Le Minh Nghia, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment spoke.

There are two main reasons contributing to the province's economic growth in the first 6 months of 2024.

Firstly, enterprises and production and business establishments have proactively overcome difficulties and challenges, sought markets, and increased production and consumption output compared to the same period.

Second, the accompaniment of all levels, sectors and localities in removing difficulties and obstacles; in leading, directing and operating the implementation of assigned tasks.

Along with that, the work of decentralization and delegation of power continues to be promoted and promoted effectively. Provincial leaders have strengthened the direction of inspection and supervision work, promptly removing difficulties and obstacles in various fields...

In the last 6 months of 2024, there will be many advantages and difficulties intertwined. Among them, there are difficulties and challenges that need to be focused on by leaders and direction to resolve, such as difficulties related to the real estate market; there are still urgent problems in land funds to attract investment; some localities have difficulties in exploiting land funds; the progress of implementing some large projects is still slow.

Director of Planning and Investment Le Minh Nghia proposed a number of solutions that need to be focused on to achieve and exceed the set goals and plans such as: Continuing to promote areas with room for growth, including maintaining power generation projects, garment and footwear projects, etc. In the service sector, it is necessary to focus on effectively exploiting new services, especially services in Sam Son Tourist Area, Hai Tien Tourist Area (Hoang Hoa). Along with that, focus on accelerating the progress of direct investment projects, the progress of disbursement of public investment capital. Focus on removing difficulties in implementing large projects and key projects in the province. Continue to focus on accelerating the completion of state budget collection, in which paying attention to and promoting solutions to exceed import-export tax collection.

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Delegate Cao Van Cuong, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: There needs to be a policy to support fishermen in distress when fishing offshore.

Delegate Cao Van Cuong, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development spoke.

In fact, many large fishing vessels with a length of 15m or more while exploiting seafood in offshore areas have encountered accidents or natural disasters, resulting in deaths and property sinking into the deep sea. This not only leaves families with great pain, but also causes them to bear huge bank debts that are difficult to repay.

Based on the above reality, the delegates suggested that the province report to the National Assembly, the Government, and relevant central ministries and branches to have policies to support these cases. That is an important solution for fishermen to feel secure going out to sea, especially in distant seas, contributing to ensuring the sovereignty of the homeland's sea and islands.

At the meeting, delegate Cao Van Cuong also informed about the results of the implementation of tasks and results of the province's agricultural sector in the first 6 months of the year. Accordingly, agricultural, forestry and fishery production achieved positive results; total food output was estimated at 893 thousand tons, up 0.4% over the same period; rice productivity reached the highest level ever. Livestock continued to develop; output of main livestock products increased over the same period; no dangerous epidemics occurred in the area while neighboring provinces and 41 provinces and cities in the country had outbreaks of various diseases...

The whole province planted 6,100 hectares of concentrated forests, equal to 61% of the plan, up 4.8% over the same period. The total output of exploitation and aquaculture was equal to 50.2% of the plan, up 2.4%. In the first 6 months of the year, there were 4 more new rural communes, 13 advanced new rural communes and 9 model new rural communes; 34 OCOP products.

In order for the sector to successfully carry out its tasks in the last 6 months of the year, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Van Cuong analyzed the existing problems, difficulties and challenges. At the same time, he proposed a number of solutions for districts and people to join hands in implementing.

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Delegate Ngo Dinh Hung, Director of Thanh Hoa Tax Department: Budget collection results have created momentum and motivation for Thanh Hoa's socio-economic development.

Delegate Ngo Dinh Hung, Director of Thanh Hoa Tax Department, spoke.

Thanh Hoa province carries out its tasks in 2024 in a context of intertwined opportunities, advantages, difficulties and challenges, but under the leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, together with the joint efforts of all levels, sectors, the business community and all classes of people, the socio-economic situation of the province in the first 6 months of 2024 has achieved many positive and comprehensive results in all fields. In particular, the progress of implementing the task of collecting the state budget in the province is higher than the estimate and increased compared to the same period. That is the driving force and momentum for Thanh Hoa's socio-economic development in the coming time.

In the first 6 months of the year, the total state budget revenue in the area is estimated at 27,348 billion VND, equal to 76.9% of the estimate, up 29.6% over the same period in 2023. That result has put Thanh Hoa in the group of provinces and cities with high state budget revenue in the country and leading the North Central region.

With the goal of striving to increase state budget revenue by 10% in 2024 compared to 2023 according to the target set out in the 5-year financial plan for the period 2021-2025 approved by the Provincial People's Council, the state budget revenue task to be performed in the last 6 months of the year is 20,275 billion VND.

According to delegate Ngo Dinh Hung, Director of Thanh Hoa Tax Department, in order to complete the task of collecting the state budget according to the targets at all levels, relevant sectors need to closely monitor the progress of budget collection. At the same time, evaluate and analyze each collection area, each collection area, each tax, especially land use fee collection to have a plan to direct and manage budget collection in a timely manner; regularly review and accurately identify potential revenue sources, areas and taxes with room to promptly propose effective and appropriate collection management solutions to prevent loss of state budget revenue.

Along with that, all levels and sectors strengthen the management and urge the collection of tax arrears; regularly inspect and supervise tax declarations of enterprises exploiting natural resources and minerals, organizations and individuals engaged in business activities, real estate transfers, and basic construction works in the province, ensuring correct, sufficient and timely collection, completing the State budget revenue estimate for 2024. In particular, the province continues to promote investment attraction and effectively implement industrial projects put into operation, large and key projects expected to start construction in 2024, and inter-regional transport projects. In addition to diversifying information and propaganda work on tax policies, in order to create consensus in society, in the business community and business households on the implementation of the task of collecting state budget revenues, all levels and sectors continue to focus on effectively implementing solutions to facilitate the development of trade, import and export and goods and businesses with high tax risks, in order to ensure correct, sufficient and timely collection to complete the 2024 state budget revenue estimate at the highest level.

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