Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City vote on key leaders' confidence

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will take a vote of confidence for the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Head of the City People's Council; Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the People's Committee.

The 14th session of the 16th Hanoi People's Council opened on the morning of December 5, scheduled to last four days with many contents. According to Head of the Legal Department Duy Hoang Duong, the City People's Council has issued a plan to implement Resolution 96 of 2023 of the 15th National Assembly on taking a vote of confidence and voting for people holding positions elected or approved by the National Assembly and People's Council.

Accordingly, at this session, 28 leadership positions will be voted on for confidence, including the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Head of the City People's Council; Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the City People's Committee.

This is the third time the Hanoi People's Council has held a vote of confidence for positions according to regulations. In the two previous votes of confidence (2013 and 2018), the Chairman of the City People's Council received the highest number of votes of confidence (91% and 98%).

The Hanoi People's Council will vote on 28 key leaders of the People's Council and People's Committee. Photo: Hoang Phong — The Hanoi People's Council will vote on 28 key leaders of the People's Council and People's Committee. Photo: *Hoang Phong*

According to Resolution 96, the purpose of taking a vote of confidence and casting a vote of no confidence is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the National Assembly and People's Councils' supervisory activities; improve the quality and efficiency of the state apparatus; contribute to assessing the prestige and performance of the assigned tasks and powers of the person being voted on.

The results also help them see their level of trust to continue to strive, improve the quality and efficiency of work; serve as a basis for competent agencies and organizations to consider planning, training, fostering, arranging and using staff.

In addition to the vote of confidence, at this session, the City People's Council also considered and approved a number of other important contents such as the Project to adjust the Hanoi Capital Master Plan to 2045, with a vision to 2065; Resolution approving the Project to Improve Fire Prevention and Fighting Capacity in Hanoi; Merging and naming villages and residential groups in the area in 2023.

The session also had a day for the People's Council delegates to question the implementation of socio-economic tasks and pressing issues that voters in the capital were concerned about. The leader of the City People's Council said that the focus of this activity was to re-question the implementation of a number of contents and tasks that had been resolved and concluded by the City People's Council and the commitments of the City People's Committee but were still slow and ineffective; to question a group of issues on the implementation of legal regulations in the field of urban traffic in the city.

In Ho Chi Minh City , the 13th session of the City People's Council will take place over 3 days (December 6-8). Delegates will also vote on 31 officials and leaders holding positions elected or approved by the People's Council. The specific list will be announced on the first working day and voted on and announced on the second working day.

At this session, the City People's Council will question Chairman of the City People's Committee Phan Van Mai and a district leader, department directors; the City People's Committee will present reports on the establishment of the Department of Food Safety; Regulations on recruitment, use and management of civil servants and public employees from excellent university graduates and highly qualified people to work in agencies and units of the city's political system; Regulations on income levels for experts, scientists, and people with special talents in the fields that Ho Chi Minh City needs to attract...

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