Also attending were comrades: Secretary General of the National Assembly, Head of the National Assembly Office Bui Van Cuong; Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh...

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the 12th Session of the Hanoi People's Council.

On the Hanoi side, the meeting was attended by comrades: Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the Hanoi City National Assembly Delegation Dinh Tien Dung; Permanent Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Thi Tuyen; Chairman of the City People's Committee Tran Si Thanh; Chairman of the City People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan and leaders of the City Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and City Fatherland Front Committee...

Hanoi successfully achieves "dual goals"

Speaking at the opening of the session, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan said that in the spirit of spreading innovation, practicality, improving the quality and efficiency of the National Assembly's activities; on the basis of implementing Project No. 15 of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee on "Improving the capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the People's Councils at all levels in the 2021-2026 period, associated with the pilot implementation of the urban government model and strengthening the rural government in Hanoi"; implementing the Coordination Regulations between the National Assembly Delegation - Standing Committee of the People's Council - People's Committee - Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the City in the 2021-2026 period, the Standing Committee of the City People's Council has worked with the agencies to agree on the contents for the session, with the motto of careful, methodical preparation, early and remotely.

This session is expected to last for 4 days to review and approve 43 contents, including 21 reports and 22 Resolutions. This is a session with a large volume of work, many important contents and is also the first regular session to be implemented according to the new 16th session regulations approved by the City People's Council at the end of 2022 session.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and delegates attending the 12th Session of the Hanoi People's Council.

Assessing the results of the implementation of the mid-term socio-economic development tasks, comrade Nguyen Ngoc Tuan emphasized: “The city has basically successfully achieved the “dual goal” of both preventing the Covid-19 pandemic and restoring socio-economic development. The capital’s economy has overcome difficulties, continued to develop, and the economic structure has shifted positively. Growth in the two years 2021-2022 is 1.12 times higher, and in the first 6 months of 2023 is 1.6 times higher than the whole country. Budget revenue is guaranteed and exceeds the annual estimate”.

Find breakthrough solutions, look further

Speaking at the meeting, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung said that in 2023, the Party Committee has given opinions for the Standing Committee of the Party Committee to absorb, complete, and prepare to issue a directive on "strengthening discipline, order and responsibility in handling work of Party committees, localities and units under Hanoi City" with the goal of gradually overcoming the fear of responsibility, shirking and avoiding in cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees; at the same time, encouraging and motivating cadres to dare to think, dare to do, innovate and be creative for the common good.

Suggesting the issue, comrade Dinh Tien Dung emphasized that at this session, the City People's Council will consider 21 reports and 22 very important resolutions on mechanisms, policies, and spending norms in the City.

Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan delivered the opening speech at the meeting. Photo: DUY LINH

Therefore, he suggested that the People's Council delegates need to discuss thoroughly, go into depth, clarify the effectiveness, breakthrough solutions, and longer-term vision, ensuring suitability and feasibility for rapid implementation, contributing to effectively exploiting the great potentials and advantages of the Capital in terms of human resources, science and technology, releasing bottlenecks in infrastructure and institutions, and promoting the dynamism, creativity, and autonomy of the grassroots.

Comrade Dinh Tien Dung also proposed focusing on reviewing, removing difficulties and obstacles, speeding up progress, increasing the rate of public investment disbursement to ensure it reaches the highest level, increasing the responsibility of leaders, making disbursement results an indicator to evaluate the competition in 2023; paying special attention to site clearance to implement the Ring Road 4 project approved by the National Assembly, ensuring that the entire site is cleared by the end of 2023.

“In addition, it is necessary to resolutely cut capital for projects that cannot be disbursed, or have low disbursement rates, to supplement capital sources to pay debts for projects with good disbursement capacity... in order to improve the efficiency of using public investment capital,” said comrade Dinh Tien Dung.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung speaks. Photo: DUY LINH

Consolidate and maximize growth drivers

According to the report of the City People's Committee presented by Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Hong Son, in the first 6 months of 2023, Hanoi's socio-economic situation has achieved positive results. GRDP is estimated to increase by 5.97% over the same period (the whole country increased by 3.72%). In the first 6 months of 2023: Total state budget revenue in the area is estimated at 220.1 trillion VND, reaching 62.4% of the estimate, up 22.9% over the same period; Industrial production index (IIP) increased by 2.3% over the same period; Total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue is estimated at 369 trillion VND, up 10.4% over the same period last year; the number of tourists to Hanoi is 2.5 times higher than the same period last year, the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 1.22%...

Scene of the opening session. Photo: DUY LINH

In the last 6 months of the year, the City People's Committee is determined to ensure economic balance; continue to resolutely and effectively implement the Program for socio-economic recovery and development; grasp the situation, strengthen analysis and forecasting to build production and business plans to promptly adapt to the situation; continue to consolidate and maximize the growth drivers of export, consumption and investment; boost production and business, overcome the slowing trend of industrial production, increase purchasing power of goods and services, promote the circulation of goods; promote disbursement of public investment capital; speed up planning work; continue to tighten administrative discipline and order; ensure national defense, local military and social order and safety...

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