Removing "bottlenecks" to bring People's Council resolutions into life

Effectiveness of resolutions

In recent times, many resolutions of the People's Council after each session have been disseminated, concretized and implemented flexibly by the People's Committees at all levels, sectors and localities, in accordance with the conditions of each locality, achieving high efficiency, creating consensus of the social community in implementation. Many practical resolutions have received attention from the people, especially resolutions related to policies to support people in economic development, rural infrastructure construction, social security policies, education, etc.

Resolution No. 03/NQ-HDND on policies to support the development of agricultural, forestry and fishery production; OCOP products and new rural construction in the province has inherited and integrated many resolutions issued previously, creating a strong impetus for agricultural and rural development. The resolution has helped people overcome difficulties in investment capital and expand production scale towards commodity production. If in the past, Shan Tuyet tea trees in Na Hang district were only scattered trees growing in the forest, thanks to the province's support policies, Shan Tuyet tea trees have now become a valuable commodity, bringing significant income to the people in the highlands.

Officials and people of Trung Thanh village, Thanh Long commune (Ham Yen) on the inauguration day of Cay Quyt bridge (The project was implemented according to Resolution 55/NQ-HĐND of the province).

As one of the cooperatives benefiting from the support policy of the Provincial People's Council, Mr. Dang Ngoc Pho, Director of Son Tra Cooperative (Na Hang) said that from the initial support from the province, Son Tra Cooperative has expanded production and business according to the value chain. The Cooperative has invested in modern machinery and equipment such as Taiwanese technology roasting machines, rolling machines, screening machines, and vacuum packaging machines. The Cooperative's tea products have met the standards for export to European countries (EU).

Resolution 55/NQ-HDND approving the Project on Concreting Rural Roads and Building Bridges on Rural Roads, period 2021 - 2025, has extended over 700 km of rural concrete roads, and built 116/200 new bridges on rural roads. Through meetings with voters of People's Council delegates at all levels in localities, many voters expressed their joy at the great changes in rural infrastructure thanks to the support policies of the State through resolutions of the Provincial People's Council. Mr. Nguyen Van Khuynh, Hung Long village, Thanh Long commune (Ham Yen) happily shared: The completion of the O Ro bridge over the stream is a joy for the people, fulfilling their wish to have a bridge over the stream, now it has come true. From now on, my people do not have to worry every time it rains heavily.

Resolution No. 88/NQ-HDND on approving the Project on building cultural houses in villages and residential groups attached to sports grounds and campuses in Tuyen Quang province, period 2021 - 2025 has contributed to increasing the number of 1,680/1,733 villages and residential groups with cultural houses, of which 81% of cultural houses meet standards. Mr. Hoang Van Hien, Cau Cheo village, Doi Binh commune (Yen Son) shared, "With a cultural house, everyone in the village is happy and excited, the cultural, artistic and sports movements are clearly enhanced, contributing to building a cultural life associated with implementing a civilized lifestyle, further cultivating village and neighborly love.

Remove the “bottlenecks”

It can be affirmed that the impact of the resolutions is very large on all aspects of social life, promoting the development of economic sectors, especially creating more valuable products, contributing significantly to the construction of new rural areas, improving all aspects of people's lives. However, in the process of implementing the resolutions of the Provincial People's Council, there are still many "bottlenecks" at times and in some places, the propaganda and implementation of some resolutions of the Provincial People's Council is still limited.

In some localities, many people have not yet grasped the resolutions, especially some policies to support the development of agricultural, forestry and fishery production; OCOP products and new rural construction according to Resolution 03. Policies to support the collective economy, focusing on cooperatives, have not yet been effective, so the rural economy is still fragmented and does not have many unique products. The delay in issuing some People's Council resolutions in some localities has caused support policies to not reach the beneficiaries.

Comrade Dam Thanh Huong, the Delegation of the People's Council of Na Hang - Lam Binh district, said that in reality, in some localities, the professional team and village cadres do not have a selective content, so the transmission to the people is still limited. For example, in the implementation of Resolution 09/NQ-HDND stipulating a number of policies to support tourism development in the province, there are still problems in the implementation, so in 2022, Na Hang district cannot disburse money to support households investing in homestay services.

Shan Tuyet tea helps increase income for people in Pac Cung village, Thuong Nong commune (Na Hang) thanks to Resolution 03 of the Provincial People's Council.

Through inspection, it is found that the propaganda and guidance work for people to implement the prescribed conditions to enjoy the regimes according to the resolution has not been thorough. Even the requirement for households to purchase equipment requires invoices, but people do not understand how to implement it. In supporting agriculture with high-quality seedlings in the area, it is difficult to apply because acacia trees are not suitable for Na Hang and Lam Binh.

Mr. Nong Van Luan, Na Thai village, Thuong Giap commune (Na Hang) shared that because he did not understand the specific policy on supporting high-quality forestry seeds, he had to search for seeds himself to plant 2 hectares of forest with a large initial capital outlay, he had to borrow more. Being slow to grasp not only did he not receive seed support but the seeds he bought himself were also not of guaranteed quality.

Through the thematic monitoring report of the Provincial People's Council on forestry development, it shows that the dissemination and implementation of central and provincial policies are sometimes and in some places limited, some people have not been able to access, participate in and fully benefit from policies on forestry development such as afforestation with high-quality forestry varieties, converting small timber plantations into large timber plantations, developing indigenous forestry trees, and non-timber forest products with economic value. Typically, in Chiem Hoa district, the area of forest planted with high-quality forestry varieties is lower than the area registered to be eligible for support.

Comrade Tran Van Tu, the delegation of the People's Council of Chiem Hoa district, said that Resolution 03 of the Provincial People's Council alone combined many previous resolutions into one resolution, so there were up to 23 different policies, each policy had its own content. In propaganda work, officials often did not specify each policy, while each household only received one of the 23 support policies stipulated in the resolution. For example, if they were supported to build a Biogas tank, they would no longer receive support for the policy to improve fruit orchards. Therefore, bringing support policies to the right subjects was also a difficult and limited problem.

Introducing OCOP products to foreign visitors at Na Hang town night market.

Mr. Dang Van Dau, Director of Son Trang Agricultural Service Cooperative in Phia Chang village, Son Phu commune, said that nearly 40 hectares of tea of the people are in great need of irrigation water in the dry season. If there is guaranteed irrigation water, the yield and quality of tea will be much higher. However, when asked, Mr. Dau did not know about Resolution 03 stipulating a support level of up to 40 million VND/ha if the cooperative invests in an irrigation system according to prescribed standards.

According to comrade Nguyen Van Loi, Head of the Economic - Budget Committee, Provincial People's Council, in order to effectively implement the resolution and organize its implementation, first of all, it is necessary to raise the responsibility of departments, branches, local authorities at all levels, and socio-political organizations. The communication of the People's Council's resolutions must be extensive, timely, and targeted, and the strengths of the media must be promoted. The communication and implementation of the Provincial People's Council's resolutions must be carried out regularly, periodically, and flexibly in many different forms, with attention paid to promoting the application of information technology to be able to convey them to each citizen.

Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the training of village and residential group cadres, because these are the people who directly approach the policy-affected subjects to help them quickly grasp the contents of the resolution to convey to the people via social networks such as Zalo and Facebook. At the same time, explain and mobilize people to accept and proactively and voluntarily implement it.

Thanh Phuc

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Hung
Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Create the best conditions for people to enjoy

To promote production development, the province has issued many mechanisms and policies to support organizations, individuals and households. However, the coverage of some mechanisms and policies is still limited, while the capital demand among the people is still very high. I think that, in order for the mechanisms and policies to come into life, local Party committees and authorities need to further strengthen information, propaganda and dissemination work on loudspeaker systems, conferences, association activities; and propaganda on social networks about policies to support agricultural development such as seedlings, breeds, water of production, etc. to members and all classes of people. Local authorities need to arrange staff to guide and support organizations and households in need to complete procedures and documents so that they can quickly access preferential capital sources and invest in production development.

Mr. Tran Giang Nam
Head of the Department of People's Aspirations - Information and Propaganda, Office of the National Assembly Delegation and Provincial People's Council

Removing obstacles in accessing the mechanism

In order to help people fully access mechanisms and policies, all resolutions issued by the Provincial People's Council are fully posted on the Provincial People's Council's Electronic Information Page and Internal Newsletter. Along with that, resolutions, mechanisms and policies are posted by the provincial press agencies for people to access. However, through practical supervision at the grassroots level, many people still do not understand many support mechanisms and policies issued by the Provincial People's Council. To remove obstacles in accessing mechanisms and policies; all levels and sectors need to strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of resolutions at the grassroots level; have specific assessments and promptly make recommendations to amend and supplement some contents to suit the actual conditions in the locality. The People's Committees of districts, cities, communes, wards and towns shall strengthen the propaganda, dissemination and implementation of the resolution in a practical, effective and timely manner so that people can understand and grasp the incentive mechanisms and policies of the province and actively participate in implementation.

Ms. To Phuong Anh
Hamlet 16, Kim Phu Commune (Tuyen Quang City)

Proactively research and grasp policies

According to Resolution 03/2021/NQ-HDND on policies to support the development of agricultural, forestry, fishery production, OCOP products and new rural construction in Tuyen Quang province, period 2021 - 2025, people are supported to graft and improve fruit tree gardens, with one-time support costs of 50,000 VND/tree. Due to not knowing the policy, my family lost the opportunity to receive support and had to take care of the costs to improve the citrus garden. From this, I think that, in addition to receiving information support from the authorities, each person needs to raise awareness to learn and research mechanisms and policies, especially newly issued policies directly related to their rights to avoid disadvantages and better grasp investment opportunities in production to improve their lives.

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