Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Association Luong Quoc Doan meets voters in An Giang

At the meeting with voters in Cho Moi district, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Association Luong Quoc Doan announced to voters the expected content of the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly; 3-month activity report of An Giang National Assembly Delegation; Socio-economic situation in the first quarter of 2024 in An Giang province and some bright spots of Vietnam’s socio-economic situation in the first quarter of 2024.

Accordingly, it is expected that the content of the 7th session will consider and pass 10 bills, 3 resolutions, and comment on 11 bills; Consider and decide on socio-economic issues, state budget, supervision and other important issues.

An Giang province’s National Assembly Delegation is active in the first months of 2024

From the beginning of 2024 until now, the National Assembly delegation of An Giang province has participated in 2 survey delegations of the Ethnic Council and local National Assembly Committees; Organize 4 monitoring sessions as authorized by the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee; Organize a workshop to collect comments on legal projects submitted for approval at the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly.

An Giang province’s National Assembly Delegation received and processed 86 applications, thereby transferring 5 applications to the competent authority for consideration and resolution; instruct citizens to contact competent authorities for 11 applications; Keep track of 71 applications due to not meeting processing conditions, duplicate applications, applications that have been sent to the competent authority…

In addition, An Giang province’s National Assembly Delegation also issued a document urging agencies and units to review, resolve, and respond to complaints, denunciations, petitions, and feedback from citizens forwarded by the National Assembly Delegation. to previous years. Through urging, the National Assembly Delegation received 6 written responses from agencies and units to the application sent by the National Assembly Delegation in 2023.

In addition to surveying, monitoring, organizing, social security policy activities, and gratitude, the delegation also actively participated. From the beginning of the year until now, the delegation and its members have visited a number of disadvantaged households, disadvantaged households, near-poor households, poor households, and poor worker households in districts, towns, and cities in the area. conscious; building the “Great Solidarity” house with a total amount of more than 4.6 billion VND.

Our country’s socio-economic situation in the first quarter of 2024 maintains a positive trend

According to Mr. Luong Quoc Doan, our country’s socio-economic situation in the first quarter of 2024 maintains a positive trend, the macroeconomy is stable, inflation is under control, major balances are guaranteed, Industries and fields achieved many important results, creating growth momentum for the next quarters.

GDP growth rate in the first quarter reached 5.66% over the same period last year, of which the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector increased by 2.98%, contributing 6.09% to the increase in total value added. of the entire economy; The industrial and construction sector increased by 6.28%, contributing 41.68%; The service sector increased by 6.12%, contributing 52.23%.

Winter-spring rice harvest progress is faster than last year; The output of some perennial crops, livestock products, forestry and fisheries mainly increased compared to the same period last year. The inventory rate of the entire processing and manufacturing industry decreased significantly compared to the same period last year, the average in the first quarter of 2024 was 68.7% (same period last year was 81.1%).

Trade and service activities are vibrant and maintain a high increase compared to the same period last year. In the first quarter of 2024, total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue increased by 8.2% over the same period last year; Passenger transportation increased by 8.5% and rotation increased by 10.7%; Freight transportation increased by 13% and rotation increased by 11.2%.

In the first quarter, international visitors to our country increased sharply, reaching more than 4.6 million people, up 72% over the same period last year and up 3.2% over the same period in 2019…

Voters are saddened by the corruption problem involving senior leaders

After listening to the report of Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Association, National Assembly delegate Luong Quoc Doan, voters had 4 opinions but expressed many issues from macro to small, very enthusiastic.

Voters are worried about the problem of corruption, which is increasingly involving senior leaders too much. Voters hope that the Party and State need to take strict measures to set an example and limit corruption among officials.

“Recently, listening to the media makes me so sad! The problem of corruption, the arrest and imprisonment of all high-ranking officials?” – said voter Pham Van Ho (Binh Phuoc Xuan).

Voter Pham Van Ho also commented on the issue of medical examination and health insurance lacking medicine and equipment, so people are not strong enough to have health insurance; An Giang province has many advantages compared to other provinces in the region, especially fresh water, but investment in agriculture is limited, limited transportation, narrow roads, and no bridge for agricultural trade.

Voters also commented that in recent times, the police agency’s handling of drug users has been light and not deterrent enough, leading to a high level of drug addicts reusing; The National Assembly Delegation needs to consider submitting to the government for part-time workers in hamlets and villages to receive higher monthly health insurance benefits, so that hamlet and village officials can feel secure and wholeheartedly devoted to their work.

Agricultural product prices are still unstable, this year the price of mangoes from Cho Moi farmers has still dropped; Raise and severely punish crimes of theft and production of counterfeit money and fake fertilizers; The electricity industry still has many shortcomings in calculating electricity bills, especially calculating them based on accumulation…

On behalf of the National Assembly Delegation of An Giang province, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Association, National Assembly delegate Luong Quoc Doan has received opinions from voters and will synthesize and transfer opinions to the competent authority for resolution. .

Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union, National Assembly delegate Luong Quoc Doan further shared that in recent times, the problem of corruption involving high-ranking officials has increased a lot, but it has not increased, but it is the determination of the Party and State. We are in the fight against corruption. In the coming time, the Party, State, and National Assembly will build mechanisms and policies to control power and limit the problem of officials and civil servants taking advantage of their positions and benefits for personal gain and corruption. ..

Regarding transportation infrastructure, National Assembly delegate Luong Quoc Doan informed that at the first session of the National Assembly sessions, the An Giang National Assembly delegation all spoke and proposed that the Government invest in transportation infrastructure for the Mekong Delta, with results so far. Transport infrastructure in the Mekong Delta and An Giang in general has seen many improvements.

Regarding investment in agriculture and unstable agricultural product prices, Mr. Luong Quoc Doan shared that An Giang province has a large rice output, second only to Kien Giang province, contributing to ensuring national and international food security. . However, the area is large but the agricultural value is not high, so rice farmers are still poor. How to increase the value of rice grains and agricultural products is an issue that needs to be considered.

According to the President of the Vietnam Farmers’ Association, in order to increase the value of agricultural products and improve people’s lives, farmers need to cooperate in production to have uniform and large enough output; Use organic fertilizers, reduce input costs, build agricultural product brands…