Dong Nai hosts the standing assignment meeting of the People’s Councils of the provinces and cities in the South East region of Vietnam

    The meeting this time with its previous hands-on experience mainly revolved around issues: the efficiency assurance of People’s Councils’ organizational structure and activities; the current conditions, organizational structure and activities of the specialized agencies under the provincial People’s Council; the role of the delegates who are in charge of the agencies directly elected by local people; the operational cooperation of the People’s Council, People’s Committee and Fatherland Front Committee in raising the management efficiency of local governments; the fundamental advantages and disadvantages after seven years to implement the organizational law of the People’s Council and People's Committee; the roles of the levels of People's Councils after one year without the organization of districts and wards in ten provinces and cities across the country and the solutions to promote the roles and responsibilities of the provincial People's Council in the forthcoming time.

Ms. Tong Thi Phong is delivering a speech at the meeting

    At the meeting, most delegates agreed that amendments must be made to the 2003 organizational law of People’s Council and People’s Committee according to practical situation and that the number of the members and the Vice Chairmen of the provincial People's Council must be increased. Additionally, delegates suggested that the titles of the Chairmen and Vice chairmen of People’s Councils and those of the Heads and Deputy Heads of the Committees under the provincial People's Committee must be specified, that the duties and authority of the Heads of the delegate groups of the People's Council must be stated clearly and that the legal status of the specialized delegates must be determined. Delegates added that the National Assembly ought to promulgate the Supervision Law to further improve the quality and efficiency of supervision activities.

    Addressing the meeting, Ms. Tong Thi Phong appreciated the operations of the People's Councils of Cochinchina provinces and cities, who have remained one of the pioneers of the country in the past years. The experience shared during the meeting means a lot to continuing the improvement of the operational efficiency of the People’s Councils across the country. The issues that the meeting discussed will be reported to the National Assembly and then be taken into consideration by the Politburo.

Reported by Lien Huong, Translated by  Duy Minh