Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) held a meeting on August 29 to review a pilot project selecting 600
excellent young intellectuals to work as vice chairs of the communal People’s
Committees in 64 poor districts nationwide.
MoHA Deputy Minister Nguyen Trong Thua said in
early October 2012, his ministry finished selecting 580 young persons with
university diplomas for the project, which has been carried out in 20
provinces.
They have made active contributions to building
clean and strong grassroots political systems and directly engaging in local
socio-economic development tasks, he noted, adding that the project has also
helped fine-tune mechanisms and policies on discovering, selecting and training
young officials in Vietnam.
Over the last five years, 351 project members
have proactively suggested and directly carried out 834 socio-economic
development programmes, plans and projects.
Thua cited a Ngoc Linh ginseng farming model
initiated by Vice Chairman of the Tra Linh communal People’s Committee Dinh
Hong Thang in Quang Nam province, saying this model has helped local residents
escape from poverty. Meanwhile, a plan on building clean water supply system
implemented by Vice Chairman of the Ba Dien communal People’s Committee Nguyen
Anh Khoa in Quang Ngai province has helped curb skin diseases in the locality.
Those programmes, plans and projects have helped
raise local people’s income and awareness of socio-economic development, custom
changes and cultural preservation, the official added.
As of June 30 this year, 564 project members had
been qualified for continuing the task after the project expires, but four of
them did not want to continue working in the localities they used to serve.
Up to 217 project members (or 38.7 percent) have
been appointed as communal civil servants while 13 (2.3 percent) have been
promoted to chairpersons of the communal People’s Committees. Seventeen members
(3 percent) have been elected chairpersons of the communal women’s unions,
Vietnam Fatherland Front committees and youth union committees. Sixty-eight
others (12.1 percent) continue to serve as vice chairs of the communal People’s
Committees.
Another 148 project members in 26 districts of
nine provinces haven’t been appointed to any positions, Thua said.
Addressing the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister
Truong Hoa Binh affirmed that the Party has consistently attached importance to
the role of the youth. The project of 600 communal vice chairs shows the Party
and Government’s trust in the young generation.
He recognised the project members’ excellent
performance in fulfilling assigned tasks, adding that the project has also
created a chance for young intellectuals to improve themselves.
He also pointed out certain shortcomings,
including local administration’s lack of awareness of the project members’ role
and long-term preparation of personnel for their localities.
The Deputy PM asked the beneficiary localities
to better use the young intellectuals after the project is over while working
to encourage young people’s dedication.
At the event, the MoHA presented merit
certificates to 16 collectives and 88 persons with eminent performance in the
project implementation.-VNA