NA leader attends opening of Phu Tho People’s Council’s fourth session

An overview of the session (Photo: VNA)

Phu Tho (VNA) – National AssemblyChairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended the opening of the fourth session of thePeople’s Council of Phu Tho province on July 13, lauding the efforts of the northern midland locality in all fields, especiallyCOVID-19 control and socio-economic recovery and development.

He noted that Phu Tho has enjoyed good grossregional domestic product (GRDP) growth at 6.28 percent in 2021 and 7.8 percentin 2022, higher than the country’s average.

The province also showed strong performancein State budget collection and public investment capital disbursement, he said,adding that good progress has been made in other areas of culture, education,health care, sports and social welfare.

In order to promote the province’sstrengths and development potential, NA Chairman Hue asked Phu Tho to focus ona number of major measures, including promoting its role as the centre ofregional connectivity, completing mechanisms for foreign direct investmentattraction, renovating leadership, and implementing resolutions of theParty as well as laws and resolutions adopted by the NA.

NA Chairman Hue (front, second, right) meets delegates at the session (Photo: VNA)

The People’s Councils at all level of PhuTho should actively propose policies to realise major orientations, especially thePolitburo’s resolution on orientations to boost socio-economic development,ensure defence and security in northern mountainous region to 2030 with avision to 2045, and a NA’s resolution approving the master plan forsocio-economic development in mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited in the2021-2030 period.

It is necessary for Phu Tho to issue aprovincial planning for the 2021-2030 period to define socio-economic visionsand spaces, he said, stressing the need for the province to pay greaterattention to protecting and promoting cultural heritage, including Xoan singingand the worshipping of Hung Kings, which have been recognised by the UNESCO as intangiblecultural heritage of the humanity.

The top legislator held that the plan to turn Viet Triinto a festival city is highly feasible and will be implemented soon with thecombination of State budget and social resources.

He asked the People’s Councilsat all levels of the province to renovate their operations to improve efficiency and win people’sstronger confidence, while enhancing the quality of supervision activities, fosteringcoordination with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and NA deputies tostrengthen social monitoring and criticism, and showing more active engagementin NA supervision programme.

At the same time, the provincial People’s Councilshould concentrate on building personnel planning for the 2026-2031 period inline with Party regulations and guidance, and focus on enhancing the capacityand quality of officials for next tenures as well as for the NA and NAagencies./.

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