On the afternoon of August 4, at the bridge point of Bac Lieu province, Deputy Prime Minister - Tran Luu Quang chaired an online conference with 8 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta (Mekong Delta) on the actual implementation situation. implementing the National Target Programs (National Targets).
Deputy Prime Minister - Tran Luu Quang speaking at the conference.
Attending the conference at Bac Lieu bridge were the leaders of Bac Lieu province: Lu Van Hung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Pham Van Thieu - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, in the period of 2021 - 2025, the Central Government allocates a total public investment capital of more than 9.700 billion VND to 12/13 localities (Can Tho city does not arrange central budget) in the Mekong Delta region to implement the Programs. the MTQG program. Regarding the disbursement of capital in 2023, as of July 31, 7 localities had a disbursement rate of over 5%, 60 localities disbursed less than 2% (Bac Lieu reached 15%). In which, the National Target Program for New Rural Development (NTM) has the highest disbursement with more than 13 billion VND, and the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has the lowest disbursement with more than VND 856 billion. 123 billion dong.
After more than 2 years of implementing the Programs, the rate of multidimensionally poor households in the Mekong Delta decreased from 7,61% to 5,73%; 3/13 provinces and cities have 100% communes meeting the standards of rural areas (Tra Vinh, Bac Lieu, Can Tho city)… Through the implementation of the National Target Programs, some localities in the region have had many good ways to do this. initiatives on restructuring the rural economy in an appropriate direction, increasing people's incomes; promote OCOP product development; building an online job exchange and job database…
Chairman of Bac Lieu Provincial People's Committee – Pham Van Thieu reported on disbursement of funds for NTPs in the province.
In the process of implementing the NTPs, some localities still encounter difficulties and obstacles. For example, the allocation of non-business capital to a number of provinces is not appropriate because the locality has no target or there are subjects but the area is not according to regulations; capital sources for socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas have not yet met actual requirements; a part of poor households, near-poor households still think that they do not want to escape poverty in order to enjoy preferential regimes.
The localities propose and propose to the Deputy Prime Minister to direct ministries and agencies to urgently issue or submit guiding documents for promulgation to create consistency and synchronization for the implementation of the Programs. submissions of the Mekong Delta localities; consider adjusting the poverty reduction targets in ethnic minority areas to ensure it is consistent with the reality of each locality; propose to supplement regulations on support policies after communes and hamlets in ethnic minority areas are recognized as meeting new rural standards.
Speaking at the conference, Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Lieu province - Pham Van Thieu said that the disbursement of funds from the National Target Program of Bac Lieu faced many difficulties. In 2023 alone, up to now, the province has disbursed more than 13 billion VND, mainly for the National Target Program to build new rural areas. The slow disbursement of funds is due to the awkwardness of sectors and localities in the province in integrating the three National Target Programs. In the coming time, Bac Lieu commits to make efforts to remove difficulties and obstacles in order to strive to disburse funds for the Programs to reach over 3%.
Secretary of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee - Lu Van Hung (right) presents souvenirs to Deputy Prime Minister - Tran Luu Quang.
Addressing the conference, Deputy Prime Minister - Tran Luu Quang highly appreciated the efforts and determination of localities in the Mekong Delta in building new rural areas, especially the integration of National Target Programs to create new achievements. encouraging results. However, the implementation process of NTPs has many difficulties and shortcomings, mainly because the locality has not really determined and done it to the right place. Comrade Tran Luu Quang suggested that localities facing any problem should immediately send it to the Ministry in charge of that problem, and at the same time, the ministries must give a written reply to the localities within 7 days; Relevant ministries shall develop and issue manuals to guide the implementation of NTP programs using paper boards and soft files to serve as a basis for localities to implement uniformly and synchronously.
The Deputy Prime Minister affirmed that the Government's point of view and spirit is to decentralize the implementation of the Programs to localities. However, central ministries and branches will assign officials in charge of assisting localities in removing difficulties and obstacles in the implementation process. Regarding the capital allocated in 2023, Comrade Tran Luu Quang requested localities to use up all allocated resources this year to create motivation to promote the effectiveness of the Programs.
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