On June 26, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Quảng Ngãi Provincial People's Committee, Nguyễn Hoàng Giang, and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee, Lê Ngọc Tuấn, co-chaired a meeting of the Joint Working Group of the two provinces to discuss the arrangement of working headquarters, finance, budget, and public assets after the merger.
Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Quảng Ngãi Provincial People's Committee, Nguyễn Hoàng Giang, speaks at the meeting
Reported by the Quảng Ngãi Department of Finance, the province currently has 27 administrative agencies and units that have not been in use.
The arrangement of the headquarters will be carried out in order of priority.
For non-business establishments and other public assets, the arrangement shall be carried out following the orientation of ministries and central sectors and the scheme of the Provincial People's Committee on the reorganization of public non-businessunits.
The Department of Finance is finalizing the asset arrangement plan to submit to the Provincial People's Committee for approval.
Leader of Quảng Ngãi’s Department of Finance reports at the meeting
Quảng Ngãi is coordinating with Kon Tum to determine the demand for housing, transportation, and working conditions, ensuring accommodation and working conditions for cadres and civil servants after the merger.
The Departments of Finance of the two provinces have coordinated to synthesize budget revenue and expenditure estimates for 2025.
In the 2021 - 2025 period, Quảng Ngãi's total medium-term public investment capital is more than VNĐ 30,000 billion, of which more than VNĐ 28,500 billion has been allocated. It is expected that by the end of 2025, 238 out of 265 projects will be completed.
Scene of the meeting
The Departments of Finance of the two provinces are reviewing the entire medium-term public investment plan for 2021 - 2025 to develop an adjustment plan suitable for Quảng Ngãi province after the merger.
Kon Tum’s Department of Finance reported that they currently have 1,656 housing and land establishments under district-level management.
Kon Tum’s departments and sectors continue to use the current headquarters, ensuring their operating funds until the end of July 2025.
The handover of assets will be conducted according to regulations, making sure that administrative activities and public services will operate without interruption.
Leader of Kon Tum’s Department of Finance reports at the meeting
Kon Tum Provincial People's Council has issued a Resolution to adjust the budget decentralization in 2025. Accordingly, all recurrent expenditure estimates and investment expenditures from the district level will be transferred to the provincial level for management.
The total medium-term public investment capital of Kon Tum province in the 2021 - 2025 period is more than VNĐ 18.9 trillion. So far, more than VNĐ 7,100 billion has been allocated, reaching about 79 per cent of the plan.
Kon Tum province also directs localities to urgently hand over documents, assets, vehicles, educational, medical, environmental institutions,… to new units and localities according to the approved scheme.
Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee, Lê Ngọc Tuấn, speaks at the meeting
Leaders of the two provinces have agreed to continue coordinating closely to complete the plan for handling redundant headquarters, adjusting budget allocations, and developing public investment plans in line with the two-tier local government model that will start operation from July 1, 2025.
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