10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo: Orienting the sustainable development of Nghe An

The summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution 26 is the basis for the National Assembly, the Government, ministries and central branches to complete and promulgate specific mechanisms and policies and supplement resources for sustainable development of Nghe An province.

Positive movement

On July 30, 2013, the Politburo issuedResolution No. 26-NQ/TWRegarding the direction and tasks of developing Nghe An province until 2020, the goal is: "Strive to build Nghe An into a fairly developed province in the Northern region by 2015, creating the foundation to basically become an industrial province by 2020; a center of finance, trade, tourism, education - training, science - technology, health, culture, sports, high-tech industry of the North Central region; have a synchronous and gradually modern infrastructure system; improve the material and spiritual life of the people; have an advanced culture, imbued with Nghe identity; strong national defense and security, social order and safety are ensured...".

On the morning of August 9, the Provincial Party Executive Committee held a thematic meeting to give opinions on the draft Report summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated July 30, 2013 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for developing Nghe An province until 2020. Photo: Thanh Duy

Immediately after the Politburo issued Resolution 26, Nghe An concretized the Resolution's policies into action programs, selected 21 key programs and projects for implementation, and at the same time, integrated the content of Resolution 26 into the programs and projects to implement the Resolutions of the 18th and 19th Provincial Party Congresses. The orientations, goals and tasks of Resolution 26-NQ/TW were actively implemented.

Since implementing Resolution 26,Nghe An has made progress.quite rapidly, comprehensively, in a sustainable direction, creating a favorable foundation for the next period; growth quality is improved; agriculture develops at a high level compared to the average of the region and the whole country. The scale of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the province is increasingly expanding (in 2013 it was 73,021 billion VND, by 2021 it reached 155,424 billion VND, in 2022 it is estimated to reach 174,044 billion VND); GRDP per capita in 2013 was 23.74 million VND, by 2021 it reached 45.58 million VND, in 2022 it is estimated to reach 50.8 million VND. Nghe An's economic scale ranks 12th in the country.

Average GRDP of Nghe An over 10 years. Graphics: Huu Quan

Average GRDP per capita of Nghe An over 10 years. Graphics: Huu Quan

With efforts to improve the business investment environment, the province's investment attraction has had many positive changes, attracting 1,023 projects in the 2014-2021 period, with a registered capital of VND 248,930 billion. FDI attraction has had a clear change, with large-scale projects from corporations with global brands, and in 2022, for the first time, Nghe An entered the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI in the country... Up to now, a number of fields have been gradually shaped as the center of the region, such as health care, education and training, science and technology...

Development orientation for Nghe An

In 2019, the Politburo reviewed and evaluated 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 26. At this working session, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong highly appreciated the efforts and strong will to strive of the Party Committee and People of Nghe An province in implementing Resolution 26. The General Secretary said that "Through practice, Nghe An has seen the direction and what we need to do". After that working session, the Politburo issued Notice No. 55-TB/TW dated April 20, 2019, in which the Politburo basically agreed with the recommendations of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, and will conduct a summary of Resolution 26 in 2023.

Panoramic view of Vinh city center, Nghe An. Photo: Le Thang

Based on the leadership and direction requirements for summarizing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo, the Provincial Party Standing Committee has established a Steering Committee to summarize 10 years of implementing the Resolution. The summary organization process is carried out from district to provincial levels, aiming to seriously and objectively evaluate, accurately reflect the reality of the results achieved, the results not yet achieved; the causes and profound lessons learned; the difficulties and issues arising in the process of implementing the Resolution. Proposing viewpoints, orientations, goals, tasks, solutions, mechanisms, and feasible policies, suitable to the context, role, and position of the province, the region, and the whole country in the new period.

During the working sessions to evaluate 10 years of implementing Resolution 26, in addition to the achieved results, the provincial leaders also frankly acknowledged and pointed out the "bottlenecks", which are infrastructure, especially infrastructure related to logistics, difficulties in developing seaports, airports, resources to implement goals and targets, etc. At the same time, they also analyzed and clarified the goals, viewpoints and solutions to develop Nghe An province until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Large ships dock at Cua Lo port (Nghe Tinh Port Joint Stock Company). Photo: Tran Chau

At the seminars, giving comments on 10 years of implementing Resolution 26, leaders of central ministries and branches, scientists, and consultants emphasized the need to "locate" where Nghe An is. In particular, it is necessary to point out the causes, seriously assess the difficulties and advantages; from there, recommend to the Central Government appropriate goals for the next development period of the province until 2030, with a vision to 2045, associated with specific mechanisms and policies for Nghe An province.

Recently, at the scientific seminar "Orientation for the development of Nghe An province to 2030, vision to 2045", comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the Project to Summarize Resolution 26-NQ/TW dated July 30, 2013 emphasized: Nghe An Provincial Party Committee has spent a lot of time and effort to summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo, identifying this as one of the very important political tasks with top priority. Today's discussion will help the Project Steering Committee and Nghe An Provincial Party Committee to have a clearer and more specific view of the results achieved, the difficulties, limitations, shortcomings, causes, and lessons learned in 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26. At the same time, it will clarify the theoretical and practical issues raised regarding the direction and tasks of developing Nghe An province from now until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

It can be said that the comprehensive assessment of 10 years of implementing Resolution 26 is an opportunity for the Party Committee, Government and People of Nghe An to more clearly identify the advantages and difficulties in the development process, to seize opportunities, promote the potential and advantages of Nghe An; this is also the basis for the National Assembly, the Government, ministries and central branches to complete and promulgate specific mechanisms and policies and supplement resources for sustainable development for Nghe An - the hometown of beloved President Ho Chi Minh!