Increasingly effective supervision, enhancing the role of the People's Council

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Huynh Thanh Nhan:

Specify specific mechanisms and policies

2023 is an important year for Ho Chi Minh City when the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 dated June 24, 2023 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City identified the implementation of Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 as an important task of the entire political system of the City. The Standing Committee of the City People's Council proactively advised and prepared plans to implement Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 as soon as the National Assembly passed it, to soon bring the Resolution into the lives of the City's people.

The City People's Council issued specialized Resolutions to institutionalize and concretize specific mechanisms and policies according to assigned authority and tasks, and at the same time organized supervision of the implementation of the Resolutions... In 2023, the City People's Council held 5 sessions and discussed and passed 249 Resolutions; including 2 Resolutions on the organization of the administrative apparatus of Thu Duc city to meet the urgent requirements of socio -economic development of the City and accelerate the implementation of Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly.

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Huynh Thanh Nhan

It can be said that the adoption and implementation of the Resolutions of the City People's Council to implement Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 is an extremely effective lever for the City to take advantage of opportunities for rapid and sustainable development, bringing practical results immediately after implementation. Specific mechanisms and policies are gradually promoting practical value, the City's leaders have been and are continuing to focus on implementing the contents to bring the policy mechanisms into life to serve the people and businesses.

In the coming time, to effectively implement Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15, the Standing Committee of the City People's Council will continue to work with the City People's Committee to continue coordinating with relevant departments, ministries and branches to accelerate the work of advising on the issuance of Government decrees and circulars guiding the implementation of Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 in order to soon concretize the mechanisms and policies assigned by the National Assembly to the Government and ministries and branches to prescribe.

Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An Province Thai Thi An Chung:

Coordinate and share good experiences and valuable lessons

In 2024, the agencies including the National Assembly Delegation, the Standing Committee of the People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province agreed to sign a four-party coordination charter. The coordination work was well implemented; in which, good experiences and valuable lessons from the National Assembly Session were communicated and exchanged by the Provincial National Assembly Delegation with the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council to study and learn from the sessions of the Provincial People's Council. The meetings of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council were attended by the leaders of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation. Coordination work in law-making activities before the National Assembly Session, in which the National Assembly Delegation organized conferences to collect comments on draft laws, inviting the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Council committees to attend.

Deputy Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An Province Thai Thi An Chung

Regarding coordination in monitoring activities, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation has developed its monitoring program, clearly defining the content of the monitoring topic right from the beginning of the year. The Standing Committee of the People's Council and the Provincial National Assembly Delegation have agreed to coordinate monitoring activities to avoid duplication of content and to reasonably allocate monitoring time and location.

For urgent issues that voters have repeatedly petitioned for but have not been resolved or have not been thoroughly resolved, the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council Standing Committee coordinated to organize supervision and surveys to grasp information, and worked with the Provincial People's Committee to clearly determine responsibilities and authority to resolve. Therefore, some urgent petitions of voters that have lasted for many years have now been addressed.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Quang Ninh province Nguyen Xuan Ky:

Supervision creates strong changes in policy implementation

In 2023, the Provincial People's Council has clearly promoted its role and authority in performing the function of deciding on important and urgent issues in the locality. With 4 sessions, the Central and Provincial Party Committee's policies have been promptly concretized into 68 resolutions, which are practical and feasible solutions, mechanisms and policies, meeting the requirements of comprehensive socio-economic development of the province.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Quang Ninh province Nguyen Xuan Ky

In addition, the Provincial People's Council has effectively promoted its supervisory function, contributing to creating strong changes in the implementation of policies and laws, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management in the locality. During the year, the People's Council, the Standing Committee, the Committees, and the Delegation Groups of the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Council conducted 7 thematic supervisions on the implementation of the Resolutions of the Provincial People's Council. At the same time, 32 regular and unscheduled supervisions and surveys were carried out with focus and key points, promptly providing information for the general leadership, direction, and administration of the province to serve the review of the contents presented at the meeting.

The supervisory activities of the Provincial People's Council have had positive impacts on ensuring law enforcement, contributing to practicing thrift, preventing corruption, negativity, waste, and group interests, contributing to the comprehensive socio-economic development of the province, and building increasing trust among the people.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Lang Son province Ho Tien Thieu:

Improving questioning skills for People's Council delegates

In order to direct the People's Council delegations to strengthen their supervision activities, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council has continued to direct the People's Council delegations to seriously and effectively implement Resolution No. 594/NQ-UBTVQH15 dated September 12, 2022 of the National Assembly Standing Committee. Strengthen the work of inspection, monitoring, and urging to overcome the limitations and shortcomings recommended through supervision; continue to re-supervise or bring those contents to question at the regular session of the People's Council to clarify responsibilities.

Delegates from the Central Government, provinces, cities and Hanoi City took souvenir photos at the conference.

Along with that, direct the implementation of the preparation of the content of the questioning, the issues that need to be discussed, focusing on the major, prominent issues that people are interested in. In particular, review and synthesize the implementation of the conclusions of the previous questioning and explanations to clarify the responsibilities of the heads of units and the performance of the duties of relevant agencies.

Notably, the Standing Committee of the People's Council regularly organizes training and experience exchanges to raise awareness of powers, responsibilities as well as discussion, questioning and explanation skills for People's Council delegates, avoiding the delegates' fear of conflict.

In addition, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council also focused on directing the Provincial People's Council Delegation Groups and Provincial People's Council Delegates to improve the quality of synthesizing and classifying voters' petitions. Strengthening the monitoring and supervision of competent agencies in responding to and resolving voters' petitions; improving the capacity and responsibility of members of the monitoring delegation in the monitoring activities of the Provincial People's Council Delegation Groups and People's Council Delegates.

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