​The meeting was attended by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Van Loc; the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC) Mai Hung Dung and leaders of departments, branches, and localities.

The economy and culture continue to develop

Reporting to the provincial leaders, Mr. Nguyen Trong An - Deputy Secretary of Ben Cat Town Party Committee, Chairman of Ben Cat Town People's Committee said that in the first quarter of 2024, the town has focused on disbursement of public investment capital with a total capital source in 2024 of more than 438 billion VND, disbursement value to date is more than 75 billion VND, reaching 17.16% of the plan; compensation and site clearance received attention and drastic direction: in the quarter, compensation was paid for 397 dossiers with an amount of 489 billion 644 million VND for 02 key projects in the area.

The work of overcoming and beautifying spontaneous housing areas is focused on and directed: in the town, there are 59 areas, the PPC approved the policy of 02 areas and handed over authority to the locality to review and resolve 57 areas. Up to now, the Town People's Committee has approved the policy of overcoming 37 areas and removing 09 areas from the list of spontaneous housing areas; approved plans to overcome 09 areas; basically completed infrastructure investment in 05 areas; basically completed remediation of 03 areas.

Overview of the meeting

During the quarter, the town attracted 132 investment projects, bringing the total number of projects in the town to date to 6,734 projects. At the same time, it has submitted to the province for consideration and recognition that Phu An commune meets model new-style rural standards in 2023.

Budget revenue and expenditure work achieved positive results. Total State budget revenue in the area reached more than 1,809 billion VND (reaching 44% of the estimate assigned by the province). Total local budget revenue reached 432.5 billion VND (41% of the provincial estimate). Total local budget expenditure reached more than 233 billion VND (reaching 22% compared to the provincial estimate).

The town is focusing on preparing for the ceremony to announce the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the establishment of An Dien ward, An Tay ward in Ben Cat town and the establishment of Ben Cat city, Binh Duong province; and receive the First Class Labor Medal.

For key projects, the town is implementing projects according to the set schedule such as the Project of upgrading and expanding road DT.748, the section from the intersection of Phu Thu crossroads to North My Phuoc town Ring Road; the Project of upgrading and expanding the road from DH.606 to North My Phuoc Ring Road; Project of upgrading and expanding road DT.744 through Ben Cat town.

To speed up the implementation of projects, Ben Cat town proposed to the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Council, and PPC to consider adjusting policies, adjusting projects, and allocating enough capital to clear compensation for the project of upgrading and expanding road DT.748, the section from the intersection of crossroads to North My Phuoc ward Ring Road to create motivation for local economic development based on the approved general planning.

The road to the Administration Center of An Dien commune is the connecting road between two arterial roads, DH.606 and North My Phuoc Ring Road, the current road surface is narrow and uneven, the road structure is mainly red dirt roads, and there is no drainage system, many sections are seriously eroded, and in general, the traffic infrastructure is not complete, causing difficulties in the operation and development of commune administrative agencies, especially during the period when the town is upgraded to a city. Therefore, the Town People's Committee recommended that the Provincial Party Committee and PPC consider and approve the project to upgrade and expand the road from DH.606 to the bordering North My Phuoc Ring Road as a basis for implementing the next steps.

Pay attention to building a happy living environment

At the meeting, representatives of the provincial departments and branches discussed the results achieved as well as difficulties and problems and proposed proposals from the town to have solutions to solve and create conditions for Ben Cat town to develop further in the coming time.

Mr. Pham Trong Nhan - Director of the Department of Planning and Investment highly appreciated the town's investment capital disbursement in 2023. Regarding the town's proposal related to providing additional capital to upgrade some roads, Mr. Pham Trong Nhan said that the Department will coordinate with units to try to review capital sources to advise the PPC for consideration and approval. He also suggested that Ben Cat town review all planning to quickly adjust accordingly before integrating with the provincial planning to avoid difficulties in adjusting later.

Mr. Pham Trong Nhan - Director of the Department of Planning and Investment speaks at the meeting

Regarding environmental protection on Thi Tinh River, Mr. Ngo Quang Su - Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment said that in the near future, the Department will review all enterprises in the town to accurately assess waste discharge volume, and at the same time request investors of industrial parks to invest in additional wastewater treatment systems, ensuring that wastewater flow meets further standards before discharging into the environment. Regarding the town's land fund, the Department will review the land fund to arrange resettlement areas for projects and works to ensure stable people's lives and create conditions for urban beautification.

Mr. Ngo Quang Su - Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment speaks at the meeting

Noting the town's recommendations, the Standing Vice Chairman of the PPC Mai Hung Dung requested Ben Cat to specifically study the urgency and scale of the Project to upgrade and expand the road from DH.606 to the North My Phuoc Ring Road to submit to the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee for consideration and approval of the policy. They must review and completely resolve people's feedback and recommendations related to flooded points on road DT.744 to ensure people's lives, focusing on calling for the socialization of rural traffic roads in the town.

Standing Vice Chairman of the PPC Mai Hung Dung speaks at the meeting

Through the opinions of the units, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Loi congratulated Ben Cat on preparing to go to the city. At the same time, he emphasized that Ben Cat must focus on building an urban area that is truly worth living.

They should proactively review plans and make early adjustments to integrate with the province's General planning; review urban targets that still have low achievement rates to focus on overcoming; and focus on solving difficulties for enterprises. Along with that, they must take good care of social security, especially poor and disadvantaged households; maintain security and national defense; and pay attention to the work of building​ a truly strong Party, political system, and government in the town. Besides, they should review all waste sources of enterprises in the area and invest in building an automatic wastewater monitoring system to improve the quality of State management of the environment.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Loi speaks to conclude the meeting

It is necessary to prepare all conditions to organize the Ceremony to announce the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee to establish An Tay, An Dien wards, and Ben Cat City in a solemn, meaningful, economical, and truly safe manner. The Department of Planning and Investment coordinates with localities to balance and advise the province to allocate capital sources for localities to complete projects on schedule.