In recent years, Mong Cai City has been assigned by the province to collect a large amount of state budget revenue. In order to complete the set goals and contribute to the completion of the province's budget collection plan, the city has had many positive and specific solutions to implement.
In the period of 2021-2024, in the context of the economic downturn due to the Covid-19 pandemic, based on the regulations of the Central Government and the instructions of the province, especially the strong decentralization of the province on some major revenue sources for the city, such as: Revenue from granting land use rights, land lease, border gate infrastructure usage fees, etc., the People's Committee of Mong Cai City has flexibly operated and developed scenarios to ensure the annual budget revenue target increases by 10% or more compared to the plan assigned by the province. Along with that, the city proactively balances the budget at two levels in accordance with the principle of "having revenue before spending", ensuring that budget expenditures are implemented according to the assigned estimates, in accordance with the prescribed standards, regimes, and norms, thoroughly focusing on saving regular expenses, minimizing asset purchases, cutting costs for meetings, training, and overseas trips.
According to the leader of the Finance - Planning Department of Mong Cai City, every year the unit advises the City People's Committee to establish a Steering Committee for State budget management and public investment to ensure clear people, clear work, and assign responsibilities to the heads of government at all levels, heads of relevant agencies, units, and localities. At the same time, thoroughly decentralizing to communes and wards to implement the collection plan has created a proactive position in budget management and operation, promoting the maximum exploitation of budget revenues, nurturing revenue sources, and increasing budget revenues to carry out decentralized spending tasks.
From 2021 to present, the total state budget revenue in Mong Cai city has reached over 10,100 billion VND, the highest ever. Of which, domestic revenue reached over 5,100 billion VND, an increase of 67.3% compared to the period 2018-2020; revenue from the Customs sector reached over 4,800 billion VND, an increase of 54.1% compared to the period 2018-2020. Total tax and fee debt (domestic) by the end of 2023 also decreased significantly compared to the previous period, accounting for only 5% of the total budget revenue, 3% lower than the target set by the National Assembly.
In the first 6 months of the year, despite facing certain difficulties and challenges, thanks to the proactive, flexible and innovative management of the City's State Budget Steering Committee, the total state budget revenue in Mong Cai City reached over VND 2,840 billion, equal to 99.4% over the same period. Of which, domestic revenue reached over VND 989 billion, reaching 86.1% of the provincial estimate, reaching nearly 60% of the city's estimate; revenue from the Customs sector reached over VND 1,120 billion, reaching nearly 70% of the estimate, up 54.3% over the same period. Notably, 8/11 revenue items achieved average collection progress, higher than the city's estimate; 14/17 communes and wards achieved budget revenue estimate progress, such as: Ka Long Ward reached 78.6% of the annual plan; Van Ninh Commune reached 78.7% of the annual plan; Hai Xuan Commune reached 73.2% of the annual plan; Ninh Duong ward achieved 70.3% of the year plan.
At the regular mid-year meeting of the People's Council of Mong Cai City, term XXI, 2021-2026, approving the socio-economic development tasks in the last months of the year, clearly stating the determination to fully complete the set targets, especially for state budget revenue. On that basis, functional units and branches have closely followed the regulations, management measures, and budget revenue decentralization of the Provincial People's Council and the City People's Council, forecasting the economic growth rate of each sector and each field in conjunction with monthly and quarterly revenue forecasts, assigning the responsibility of the head, to have appropriate measures to manage state budget revenue, achieving the highest efficiency.
Relevant levels and sectors also make the most of revenues generated in the area, mobilize import-export, tourism, and construction businesses in other provinces with production and business activities in the area to declare and pay taxes; collect revenue from temporary construction activities; collect money for protection and development of rice fields... At the same time, specifically identify potential revenue sources, areas and types of taxes with revenue losses and room for revenue increase, strive to increase revenue from advantageous revenue sources to compensate for revenue reductions and revenue shortfalls.
Along with that, the city also speeds up the progress of granting land use rights for residential land, forestry land, aquaculture land, especially considering the resolution of the problem of granting and exchanging land use right certificates in Ninh Duong ward, Tra Co ward, zone 9, Hai Hoa ward, and households resettled after land acquisition and compensation to promptly collect financial obligations to the budget. At the same time, promote investment attraction, accompany to remove difficulties for businesses, encourage qualified business households to establish businesses, have policies to support business households to develop and expand to improve business efficiency. In particular, continue to coordinate with relevant departments and branches, Dong Hung city, Fangcheng area (China) to remove barriers and import-export policies, and soon allow customs clearance of goods on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
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