Budget collection is difficult
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Nam - Chairman of Hiep Duc District People's Committee, by November, the District People's Committee had focused on directing the implementation of achieving and exceeding 23/36 targets and tasks for socio -economic development, national defense and security in 2024.
Of which, the value of agricultural - forestry - fishery production and industry - construction exceeded the resolution target; the value of trade - services is estimated to reach 97% of the resolution. As of November 9, the total state budget revenue in the district reached more than 846.7 billion VND (exceeding 65.4% of the provincial estimate, exceeding 63.1% compared to the District People's Council Resolution).
Analyzing the socio-economic development situation of Hiep Duc, Mr. Lam Quang Thanh - Deputy Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council acknowledged that although Hiep Duc's total budget revenue exceeded the target, it was mainly from transferred sources.
Meanwhile, domestic revenue was very low, only over 76.1 billion VND (reaching 72.1% of the provincial estimate, 67.5% of the District People's Council Resolution, and 84.9% of the same period last year).
Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Tran Xuan Vinh assessed that the economic scale of Hiep Duc is about 2,200 billion VND, accounting for only 0.2% of the economic scale of the whole province.
While domestic revenue is only 76 billion VND, it is only equal to a small enterprise in a delta district. Hiep Duc district needs to see clearly and make better efforts and directions.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hoang Viet - Vice Chairman of Hiep Duc District People's Committee said that the district's budget revenue in 2024 will face difficulties due to the fact that revenue from Song Tranh Hydropower Plant, Hiep Duc Garment Company, wood chip company, etc. will not be achieved. The reason is that selling electricity is difficult due to the mechanism; garment and wood exports are affected by the volatile world situation.
Besides budget revenue, the issue of capital disbursement, especially capital for the National Target Program (NTP) of Hiep Duc, has so far encountered many difficulties.
Notably, the capital of the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has only disbursed 15.9% (7.5/47.1 billion VND) so far. Meanwhile, the capital of the poverty reduction program in 2022 and 2023 has only disbursed 16.1% (492 million VND/3 billion VND).
Opinions say that the disbursement rate of public investment capital in Hiep Duc reached 60%, higher than the average of the province and the Central Government, however, the capital source of national target programs in Hiep Duc is low, especially the capital extended in 2022 and 2023, causing a high risk of capital recovery.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Nam, it is expected that the district will have to return more than 30 billion VND of capital from the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas because it cannot be disbursed.
One of the reasons is that the capital from the national target program is late, causing great pressure on disbursement for the district. In addition, the documents guiding and implementing the national target programs are still overlapping and not synchronized.
In addition to the difficulties, in 2024, Hiep Duc achieved some outstanding results such as: mobilizing people to participate in health insurance reached 99.4% (reaching 101.42% of the resolution); reducing 158 poor households compared to 2023, exceeding 43 households compared to the target assigned by the province (the whole district has 625 poor households, a rate of 5.12%, 362 near-poor households, a rate of 2.97%).
During the year, the district sent 71 workers to work abroad under contract (achieving 101% of the plan); 98.84% of agencies, enterprises, 95.2% of families, 100% of villages and residential blocks achieved the title of culture. The district completed the work of eliminating temporary houses...
Large timber forests fall short of expectations
One of the two socio-economic targets for 2024 of Hiep Duc district is low, with the target of planting large timber forests with FSC certification. According to the report, the area of large timber forests with FSC certification in the whole district to date is 605.98 hectares, reaching only 50.5% of the resolution and decreasing by 13.4% compared to the same period in 2023.
Mr. Nguyen Van Nam said that promoting the planting of large timber forests with the orientation of developing deep wood processing technology is identified by the district as a spearhead.
In the early years of the term, the implementation of this policy was very enthusiastic when many businesses invested and started building factories. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic and the fluctuations caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, the export wood processing industry was greatly affected.
In addition, mobilizing people to participate in planting large timber forests is facing many difficulties because the current mechanism is not strong enough to motivate them to participate. “Planting large timber forests takes a long time to exploit and harvest, from 5 to 10 years. Therefore, it requires stronger mechanisms to support people,” said Mr. Nam.
Mr. Nguyen Van Tinh - Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Hiep Duc district said that there are many shortcomings in the policy of planting large timber forests. The subjects participating in planting large timber forests are not widespread, only those with conditions dare to invest, while the weather is unfavorable, market prices are unstable...
At the same time, it is recommended that the province pay more attention to ethnic policies in Hiep Duc. Most of the proposed policies are for the highlands, while the proportion of ethnic minorities in Hiep Duc accounts for 10% of the population, far different from the two other lowland districts of Tien Phuoc and Nong Son.
The Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council accepted the recommendations and explanations of Hiep Duc district at the working session, including the issue of planting large timber forests. At the same time, Hiep Duc was reminded to soon complete the district planning; improve the construction of new rural areas; have measures to disburse capital, speed up site clearance to implement key projects invested by the province in the area...
Efforts to address teacher shortage
In the 2024-2025 school year, Hiep Duc district has 22 schools under the district People's Committee, with 47 schools, 298 classrooms, and 8,213 students. As of November 2024, the total number of civil servants and employees in the sector is 751 (591 on the payroll, 160 on labor contracts).
Currently, the district education sector lacks 60 teachers and 9 staff. Compared to the assigned norms and targets, the number of people working on the payroll is still low. The rate of contract teachers at all levels is still high; the size of classrooms at multi-level schools (primary and secondary) is small, while the requirement to teach all subjects and educational activities according to regulations; therefore, the situation of local surplus and shortage of teachers (secondary level) at schools still occurs.
The district People's Committee is organizing an exam to recruit civil servants in the education sector in 2024 with 69 positions. The district leaders proposed a binding mechanism for those who take the exam to recruit civil servants in the education sector, because many cases have passed the exam to work but then registered to be recruited in other localities with more favorable conditions and then quit their jobs halfway, making the locality passive.
V. ANH
The rate of administrative procedures resolved on time is over 99%.
In 2024, Hiep Duc district will focus on directing administrative reform and comprehensive digital transformation in all fields. Overcoming the limitations of 2023 such as implementing decentralization and authorization according to regulations; developing a job position project and assigning civil servants to the right job position; publicly apologizing when late applications reach 100% (with apology letters and explanatory reports).
Regarding the results of administrative procedure settlement, from the beginning of the year until now, the district level has received 2,181 records, of which 2,112 records were settled on time (reaching 99.41%), the rate of online records reached 50.17%, the rate of online payment reached 17.26%; 14 records were overdue and 55 records are being settled.
At the commune level, 2,914 records were received, of which 2,895 records were resolved on time (99.86%), the rate of online records was 83.49%, the rate of online payment was 55.41%; 4 records were overdue and 15 records are being resolved.
DONG ANH
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/kinh-te-hiep-duc-2024-nhin-nhan-nhung-kho-khan-3144936.html
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