After the reorganization, Gia Lai still has 77 commune-level administrative units.

Comrades: Ho Van Nien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Chau Ngoc Tuan - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Rah Lan Chung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Ngoc Luong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee chaired the conference.

Provincial Party Secretary Ho Van Nien speaks at the conference. **Photo: D.T**

The conference focused on discussing and evaluating the implementation of tasks in the first quarter of 2025 and focused on removing difficulties and obstacles. In the first quarter of 2025, the resolutions, conclusions and directions of the Central and Provincial Party Committees were promptly implemented, the socio-economy had steps of development, the industrial production index, total social investment capital, budget revenue, total retail sales of goods and service revenue, and export turnover grew higher than the same period last year.

Specifically, the province's GRDP increased by 3.61%; of which, agriculture, forestry and fishery increased by 4.23%, industry and construction increased by 1.31%, services increased by 5.53%, product tax minus product subsidy decreased by 1.93%. Export turnover is estimated at 54.35% of the Resolution (up 11.59% over the same period); import turnover is estimated at 49.04% of the Resolution (down 33.13% over the same period). Total social investment capital is estimated at more than 5,164 billion VND (up 5.5% over the same period); disbursement of public investment capital reached 7.1% of the plan. Total budget revenue is estimated at more than 2,042 billion VND (up 4.5% over the same period)...

The fields of culture, society, health, science, technology, information and communication continued to develop; the work of caring for policy families, people with meritorious services, and social groups in the community received attention and focus. Political security, order and social safety were ensured. Traffic accidents and crimes against social order decreased in all three indicators. Foreign affairs continued to receive attention and direction.

Propaganda, mass mobilization, inspection, supervision, organization and personnel work continue to be focused on and implemented in accordance with procedures, regulations, and working methods with regular innovation and increasingly improved quality. During the quarter (up to March 15, 2025), the entire Provincial Party Committee admitted 371 Party members. To date, the total number of residential area Party cells with Party committees is 1,534/1,577 Party cells (reaching 97.27%)...

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation gave opinions at the conference. **Photo: D.T**

Based on the achieved results and the remaining difficulties and limitations such as lower-than-planned economic growth; decreased import turnover; potential risks of plant and animal diseases; slow selection of monitoring and social criticism content... the conference focused on discussing and agreeing on key tasks for the second quarter of 2025.

In particular, the conference discussed and commented on draft reports and submissions. Specifically, Submission No. 74-TTr/TU, dated April 15, 2025 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee requested opinions on the personnel reorganization of the Document Subcommittee, the Propaganda and Service Subcommittee of the 17th Provincial Party Congress, term 2025-2030; Submission No. 75-TTr/TU, dated April 27, 2025 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee requested the policy of the Provincial Party Executive Committee on the Project on rearranging commune-level administrative units in Gia Lai province.

The opinions at the conference basically agreed on the plan to arrange commune-level administrative units; at the same time, recommendations and proposals were made on paying attention to arranging accommodation and working places for staff at the new administrative units; proactively handing over major projects to avoid procedural problems after the dissolution of the district level; classifying, filing and archiving Party documents and history after the merger...

Director of the Department of Finance Do Viet Hung expressed his opinion at the conference **. Photo: D.T**

Concluding the conference, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Party Secretary Ho Van Nien acknowledged and highly appreciated the sense of responsibility, efforts, and political determination of Party committees at all levels, units, and localities that have led the organization to effectively implement assigned political tasks in the first months of the year.

The Provincial Party Secretary requested that Party committees, units, and localities uphold the spirit of initiative, responsibility, urgency, seriousness, determination, and drasticness, making the most of time to carry out political tasks, ensuring that by June 30, 2026, targets and tasks according to the set work programs and plans will be completed.

In particular, continue to strictly implement the documents of the Central and the province related to the tasks and solutions to implement the socio-economic development plan; focus on implementing the contents according to the conclusion of General Secretary To Lam at the working session with key officials of Gia Lai province. Proactively carry out forest fire prevention and fighting in the area under your charge; urge and promote the disbursement of public investment capital in 2025, especially key projects, projects under the 3 national target programs, ensuring quality and efficiency; closely coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and localities to promptly complete the procedures to submit to competent authorities for decision to start the Quy Nhon-Pleiku Expressway Construction Investment Project in 2025. Regularly urge, direct and be determined to complete the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the province before June 30, 2025...

Delegates attending the conference. **Photo: D.T**

Regarding the arrangement of the political system's apparatus, the arrangement of administrative units and the organization of two-level local governments, the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized: This is a major policy of the Central Government and the province; during the implementation process, it is recommended that Party committees, units and localities continuously update and closely follow new directives and instructions of the Central Government and the province and, according to assigned functions and tasks, focus on advising and organizing implementation to ensure the set progress.

The Provincial Party Committee's Organizing Committee shall preside over and coordinate with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and relevant Party committees, units and localities to urgently advise the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee to issue documents specifying the documents of the Central Committee, focusing on Directive No. 45-CT/TW, dated April 14, 2025 of the Politburo on Party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress; Plan No. 47-KH/BCĐ of the Central Steering Committee on the arrangement and merger of provincial and commune-level administrative units and the organization of 2-level local governments with 35 specific tasks that must be directly implemented or jointly implemented before and after the province's merger. Closely coordinate with the advisory agencies of Binh Dinh province in advising on the implementation of contents related to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units in accordance with the spirit of Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW, dated April 12, 2025, the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee, ensuring the correct functions and tasks of each Party Committee and unit.

The organization of congresses at all levels takes place immediately after the end of the district-level administrative unit activities and the completion of the arrangement of commune-level administrative units. Due to the urgent time and high requirements, the Provincial Party Secretary requested that Party committees, units, and localities, especially the leaders, promote their roles and responsibilities, focus on leadership and direction in preparing the contents of the congress organization in accordance with the guiding documents of the Central Committee, the province, and the direction of General Secretary To Lam at the National Conference to disseminate and implement the Resolution of the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee held on April 16, 2025.

Regarding the Project on reorganizing commune-level administrative units in the province, the Provincial Party Committee basically agreed to reorganize 218 commune-level administrative units into 77 units (including 69 communes and 8 wards). The Provincial Party Committee was assigned to lead the completion of the Project's content and implement the next steps in accordance with procedures and regulations, ensuring the time schedule as required by the Central Government. For the draft documents submitted to the Conference, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee was assigned to lead the collection of comments for completion and promulgation.

“The tasks set for the coming time are very large. The Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee requests that Party committees at all levels, units, and localities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, continue to join hands, be unanimous, make great efforts, have high determination, promote a proactive spirit, and together with the entire Provincial Party Committee strive and direct the completion of the set targets and tasks,” the Provincial Party Committee Secretary emphasized.