The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee agreed on the policy of issuing a Resolution to soon build Dien Chau district into a town.
The above decision was made at the regular meeting in September 2024 held on the morning of September 27.
Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired.
Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; representative of the Central Inspection Committee in charge of Nghe An; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders of relevant departments and branches.
Building Dien Chau into one of the six urban centers of Nghe An
Dien Chau district is located in the center of the East of Nghe An province, between two urban areas: Vinh city and Hoang Mai town; with a total natural area of 306.93km2, including 1 town and 36 communes.
This is the second most populous district among 21 districts, cities and towns of Nghe An province, just after Vinh city. The administrative area of the district stretches from North to South with more than 25km of coastline, with mountains, forests, rivers... with great potential for tourism development and marine economy.
Dien ChauIt is also the only district in Nghe An that has 3 important economic corridors of the province passing through: Eastern coastal economic corridor connected with National Highway 1, North-South expressway, coastal road, national railway and coastal road; National Highway 7 economic corridor; National Highway 48 economic corridor.
According to Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW dated July 18, 2023 of the Politburo and the Planning of Nghe An province for the period 2021 - 2025, with a vision to 2050, Dien Chau is determined to be built into one of the 6 central urban areas of Nghe An province.
In July 2023, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee approved the Construction Planning Project of Dien Chau district, Nghe An province for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.
Then, on August 11, 2023, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 2485/QD-UBND approving the Construction Planning of Dien Chau district for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050; in which the goal is set for the Phu Dien urban center area to reach a type IV urban area by 2025; orienting to build Dien Chau district to become a town-level urban area before 2030 and reach a type III urban area.
Next, after the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee gave its opinion and approved it in March 2024, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 1675/QD-UBND, dated July 5, 2024, approving the Master Plan for the expanded Phu Dien urban area (scale 1/10,000) of Dien Chau district, Nghe An province.
The proposal for the Provincial Party Standing Committee to consider and approve the issuance of a Resolution on "building and developing Dien Chau district to 2030, with a vision to 2045" aims to create more political foundations to promote all investment resources to develop infrastructure, effectively exploit potentials and advantages, and gradually turn Dien Chau district into a key comprehensive economic zone associated with the Southeast Economic Zone, with an important position in terms of economy, culture - society, politics, security - defense of the central eastern region of the province.
Thereby, Dien Chau plays an important role and function in economic and social development and supports the provision of services for the inter-district region; strives to achieve the criteria of a type IV urban area by 2025; and the criteria of a type III urban area,become a town before 2030; economic development focuses on urban services, industry, trade, eco-resort sea tourism associated with natural landscapes and historical and cultural relics.
With the very important vision and orientation of the Central and the province for Dien Chau district,Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committeeunanimously agreed that this is the ripe time to issue the Resolution on "Building and developing Dien Chau district to 2030, with a vision to 2045".
Speaking, comrade Pham Trong Hoang - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Party Inspection Committee, proposed that the Provincial Party Standing Committee set a suitable time to issue a resolution to serve as a basis for the district to build a Resolution for the Provincial Party Congress for the 2025 - 2030 term; at the same time, the Resolution should identify tasks and solutions, including orientations to allow the issuance of specific mechanisms and policies for Dien Chau district.
Building Resolution to ensure quality and meet progress
Concluding this content, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy emphasized the role of Dien Chau district when it is identified as one of the 6 urban centers of the province, so the issuance of the Resolution is necessary.
The Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee agreed that in the regular meeting in February 2025, the draft Resolution will be submitted to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee for comments and consideration and approval.
Therefore, he requested that the Standing Committee of Dien Chau District Party Committee needs to have new ways of working, skillful methods, focus on investing intelligence and efforts, and make the most of opinions from all levels and sectors, especially at the provincial level, to build a draft Resolution to ensure quality and meet progress.
When issuing the Resolution, it not only demonstrates the policies, guidelines, and attention of the Provincial Party Standing Committee for Dien Chau district; but also provides a policy on promulgating strong enough mechanisms and policies for the Party Executive Committee to lead the Provincial People's Committee to develop and submit to the Provincial People's Council to promulgate a Resolution on specific mechanisms and policies for the district.
The Provincial Party Secretary also noted that the leaders of Dien Chau district should focus on leading and directing the implementation of political tasks in the area, especially effectively implementing related tasks in implementing key projects.
The economic growth rate of Dien Chau district in the period of 2021-2023 reached 12.3%, exceeding the set plan. The economic structure shifted in the right direction, the proportion of construction industry and services increased rapidly and reached a high level (from 76% in 2020 to 80.8% in 2023). The annual budget revenue always reached and exceeded the estimate (the first 6 months of 2024 reached 531,668 billion VND, reaching 99.5% of the estimate, an increase of 103.2% over the same period).
