In her opening remarks at the session, Le Hong Tham, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Standing Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council, said that An Giang Province has set a goal that by 2026 it must complete the issuance of legal normative documents to replace the documents of the former An Giang Province and Kiên Giang Province before the merger that are currently being applied, thereby ensuring a synchronous legal basis for the operation of the state apparatus under the two-tier local government model.

At the session, the Provincial People's Council considered and adopted 18 thematic resolutions in many important fields. Among them, they focused on major policies such as: stipulating the principles, criteria, and norms for allocation of state budget capital to implement national target programs for the 2026-2030 period such as: new rural development, sustainable poverty reduction, socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, drug prevention and control, cultural development...; and allocation of the medium-term public investment plan for the 2026-2030 period.

In addition, it adopted resolutions on collection rates and management regimes for fees and charges related to land, environmental protection, and civil status; and allowances for non-specialized workers at the grassroots level. The Provincial People's Council also discussed and gave opinions on the investment policy for the project to upgrade and expand Provincial Road DT.963 in the province connecting to Can Tho City; and decided on the policy to convert forest use purpose to other purposes to serve the Hon Thom - Phu Quoc cable car project (line No. 2) and the Urban Railway Line, Section 1 project.

Specifically, it was resolved to unanimously allocate the medium-term public investment plan for the 2026-2030 period from central budget and local budget sources in the province of more than 89,300 billion VND, of which the central budget is 15,152 billion VND and the local budget is 74,151 billion VND.

Resolution approving the investment policy for the project to upgrade and expand Provincial Road DT.963, section QL80 - Vi Thanh through the communes of Thanh Dong, Giong Rieng, Ngoc Chuc, Hoa Thuan and Hoa Hung to reach the scale of a Grade III plain road according to the road design standard TCVN 4054-2005. The QL.80 - Vị Thanh section starts at the intersection with National Highway 80 (Km96+021) in Thạnh Đông Commune, An Giang Province, and ends at the Abutment B of Lung Nia Bridge, Vị Tân Ward, Cần Thơ City, with a length of more than 42km. Construction of the inter-provincial corridor route connecting Sa Dec (Dong Thap) - Ô Môn (Cần Thơ) - Giống Riềng (An Giang), the section through Giồng Riềng Commune and Thạnh Hưng Commune, An Giang Province, according to the planning to reach the scale of a Grade III plain road according to the road design standard TCVN 4054-2005.

This corridor route starts at the border with Can Tho City at Thuan Dong Commune, and ends connecting to the Ha Tien - Rach Gia - Bac Lieu expressway with a length of 20 km. The total investment of the project is more than 5,290 billion VND from ADB loans and provincial budget counterpart funds, with the project implementation period from 2027-2032.

Resolution deciding on the policy to convert forest land use purpose to other purposes to implement the Urban Railway Line Project, Section 1, with an area of 7.8ha, of protection forest type at the forest lot 1, sub-area 1, sub-zone 80, Duong To Quarter, Phu Quoc Special Zone, An Giang Province.

Resolution deciding on the policy to convert forest land use purpose to other purposes to implement the cable car and marine entertainment complex project Hon Thom - Phu Quoc (An Thới - Hòn Thơm Cable Car Line No. 2), with an area of 8.1ha, of protection forest type, located at forest lot 1, compartment 16, sub-zone 81, Quarter 2 An Thới; lot 1 compartment 2 and lot 1, lot 2 compartment 4, sub-zone 82, Hòn Rỏi Quarter; lot 1 compartment 7, sub-zone 82, Hon Thom Quarter, Phu Quoc Special Zone, An Giang Province.

Standing Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council Lê Hồng Thắm emphasized that the 5th session of the Provincial People's Council considered, discussed and voted to pass 18 resolutions in accordance with legal regulations and the province's requirements.

The resolutions address two major requirements currently facing the province. That is, to gradually improve and unify the mechanisms and policies of the province after the rearrangement, creating a unified policy framework for the apparatus to operate synchronously, so that people and businesses in the same province can access policies more clearly, conveniently and fairly; to determine investment priorities, creating a foundation for implementing the province's development goals in the 2026-2030 period, well serving the province's goals and development orientations in the new term.

Along with that, the resolutions on national target programs, transportation, land and projects in Phú Quốc continue to create a basis for more effectively mobilizing, allocating and using resources, both solving immediate requirements and preparing conditions for long-term development.

The Standing Vice Chairwoman of the People's Council of An Giang Province requested the Provincial People's Committee to urgently concretize and organize the implementation of the resolutions, especially those that take effect immediately and have a direct impact on grassroots levels, people and businesses. Regarding the medium-term public investment plan, besides organizing the implementation of projects that have been allocated capital, it is necessary to continue to complete procedures and conditions to allocate the remaining capital.

The Standing Committee, Boards, Delegation Groups and each delegate of the Provincial People's Council continue to monitor the implementation of the resolutions. Post-issuance supervision should focus on issues that delegates are still concerned about at the session, commitments of the submitting agencies and contents directly related to the interests of the people. Only then will the role of the People's Council not stop at issuing resolutions but go all the way with the issues it has decided./.

News by Nhu Ngoc