Open mind to be close to people

It has been 10 days since the two-level local government was put into operation simultaneously. It is inevitable that there will be initial confusion and bewilderment, because everything is very new: new organization, new headquarters, new personnel. However, each locality has made efforts to overcome difficulties, affirming its sensitivity and flexible adaptation in the "transformation" period.

Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of An Giang Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Tien Hai speaks during the survey trip on July 7.

“Overcome yourself”

Vinh Xuong commune was established on the basis of merging Vinh Hoa, Phu Loc and Vinh Xuong communes of the former Tan Chau town. This border commune is located at the source of Tien River, the northernmost point of An Giang province, adjacent to Dong Thap province, K'am Samnar commune (Leuk Daek district, Kandal province, Kingdom of Cambodia). The most favorable condition of the commune is having Vinh Xuong International Border Gate - one of the border gates with a large volume of goods cleared between Vietnam and Cambodia. The annual import-export turnover reaches approximately 1 billion USD; the total volume of goods is nearly 25 million tons. People live mainly on agricultural production, creating the agricultural proportion of the commune of nearly 70%.

From July 1, along with other localities nationwide, the People's Committee of Vinh Xuong commune has arranged its apparatus in accordance with regulations. Currently, 90 cadres, civil servants and public employees have been transferred to the new commune (of which, 36 people are non-professional workers, assigned to the tasks of Party cell secretaries or hamlet chiefs, working at Party, government and front agencies). Facilities, working equipment, digital infrastructure... basically meet the work requirements at this stage.

“During the merger process, the number of cadres transferred to the commune was still mechanical. Their capacity and qualifications were uneven, some were assigned to work that was not in line with their strengths, so sometimes they encountered difficulties and shortcomings compared to reality. However, the Party Committee and the People's Committee of the commune flexibly applied the arrangement of the apparatus, ensuring stability and initially smooth operation. A large number of cadres and civil servants worked far from home (in some cases over 20km), while the facilities were limited and official housing had not been arranged. However, with a high sense of responsibility, all made efforts to overcome and quickly started to carry out the assigned tasks" - Secretary of the Party Committee of Vinh Xuong commune, Tran Hoa Hop, shared.

Tinh Bien Ward has more favorable conditions when it receives and uses the entire spacious and fully equipped headquarters of Tinh Bien Town and previous administrative units. In addition, the ward continues to repair and upgrade the headquarters of the Public Administration Service Center. The team of leaders, managers, and civil servants are selected appropriately, with good qualifications and capacity, associated with promoting ethics, sense of responsibility, working style, attitude, etc., which are initially well-appreciated by people and businesses. “We hope that the province will soon provide training on the use of document management software and administrative procedure settlement processes for ward officials and civil servants, in order to effectively implement the policies and guidelines that have just been decentralised and delegated. At the same time, allow the locality to establish a general urban planning and land use planning for the new period in line with the new development space after the merger, immediately implement the “Urban Development Program Project”, architectural management regulations… as a basis for calling for investment in infrastructure development, construction order management, and urban order” - Secretary of the Party Committee of Tinh Bien Ward Nguyen Hong Duc suggested.

The public administrative service center is the place "closest to the people"

Correct understanding of the policy of "close to the people"

One week after the new commune-level government officially came into operation, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the An Giang Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Tien Hai led a delegation of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee to inspect and survey the reality in many border communes and wards. "Mainly, the delegation visited and initially surveyed. I am very happy that the localities have gone in the right direction, implementing well the policies of the Central and the province. We all know that the revolution of "rearranging the country" is being vigorously implemented, including the arrangement of the apparatus, the team of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and the working methods of the whole system. The work is very new, we cannot keep the old thinking, but require new thinking, new working methods, applying new regulations, and a new system of tools" - Comrade Nguyen Tien Hai emphasized.

The provincial leader also spent a lot of time analyzing for commune and ward leaders to clearly understand the requirement of being “close to the people”. It is impossible to “take a car and drive around to the people”, because the current communes and wards are very large, while the human resources are thin. Instead, cadres, civil servants and public employees broaden their thinking, make efforts to study and update their knowledge to serve the people, build digital government, digital society and digital citizens. With just one announcement, all people can receive it on their phones in time; can exchange, give comments and feedback directly to the government, without geographical or time distance. That is truly “close to the people”.

“The most important thing is to operate the public administrative service center in a scientific and convenient manner, meeting the very heavy task requirements of the commune level after the merger. This is the place that has the most direct contact with the people, and is the face of the commune and ward. Therefore, it is necessary to serve the people happily, enthusiastically, thoughtfully, always creatively and implement all activities most conveniently for the people. Some localities need to continue to research the headquarters of the public administrative service center in a more spacious and suitable place; arrange staff on duty at the old People's Committee headquarters to guide people to contact the new headquarters; closely coordinate with telecommunications staff to smoothly operate the public service portal system. Each stage, each person must "know their lesson", clearly understand their role in the new apparatus, clearly demonstrate their capacity through specific products and results" - Secretary of the An Giang Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Tien Hai emphasized.

GIA KHANH

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