Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen VanNen highlighted the role of municipal and provincial People’s Councils amid theCOVID-19 pandemic, especially in issuing specific mechanisms and policies toensure social welfare and support businesses and people.
Head of the National Assembly Standing Committee'sBoard for Deputy Affairs Nguyen Thi Thanh briefed the participants on theorganisation and operations of the People’s Councils last year, as well astheir orientations and tasks for this year.
She said the councils in southern localities have flexibly adjusted the working methods to suit the situation during the pandemic while ensuring working efficiency. She attributed the achievements Vietnam had recorded amidthe pandemic to contributions of the councils, saying they have conductedreforms in organisation and operations over the past time.
Thanh also stressed the need for the councils to further improvetheir operational efficiency and set out five-year and annual plans.
The participants pointed out weaknesses in theoperations of the councils, and proposed solutions to better their work./.
VNA