Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh: Do not let PCI and PAPI indexes of 2019 fall compared to 2018

On the morning of September 30, the Provincial Party Executive Committee held the 16th Conference to listen to and give opinions on the socio-economic situation in the first 9 months and tasks and solutions for the last 3 months of 2019.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired the conference. Attending the conference were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Party Executive Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

Growth reached 7.68%

According to the report of the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, the growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first 9 months of the year is estimated at 7.68% over the same period in 2018.

Of which, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector increased by 4.84%, the industry - construction sector increased by 9.91% (industry alone increased by 8.5%), the service sector increased by 7.5%, and product taxes minus product subsidies increased by 7.84%.

Estimated budget revenue is 11,129 billion VND, reaching 82.5% of the estimate, up 15% over the same period. The province's public investment disbursement rate according to the update is over 70%, among the highest in the country;...

Although the GRDP growth rate is quite high, this figure is still lower than the same period in 2018. Tax debt and social insurance debt are still high. The progress of key projects is still slow.

The African swine fever situation is complicated. Some industrial products have low growth and decrease compared to the same period;…

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reported on the socio-economic situation in the first 9 months and tasks and solutions for the last 3 months of 2019. Photo: Thanh Duy

2019 is the "Year of Administrative Reform", however, according to the assessment, some district-level units have not implemented specific measures to commune-level units, and the implementation results are not clear. Internal inspection activities for discipline and administrative discipline in some agencies and units are not complete. The sense of responsibility, attitude, communication and behavior of officials and civil servants in some agencies and units are not proper...

At the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Hoang Viet Duong requested a more specific assessment of the progress of public investment implementation such as: advantages, difficulties; basic construction debt, especially the responsibility of investors; the situation of allocating counterpart funds for projects...

In addition, the province also needs to assess the "health" of enterprises to accurately grasp the actual quality of enterprises; the situation of economic and tourism development; project licensing and apartment complex management...

Comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee presented some contents to grasp public opinion in the province. Photo: Thanh Duy

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa and Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Do also discussed a number of issues on handling basic construction debt.

Determined to achieve growth target in 2019

Concluding the socio-economic content, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh assessed that the areas contributing to the economy had good growth, except for the industrial sector, which had not grown as high as expected due to the impact of the world trade situation affecting the production of exported corrugated iron products...; the progress of new projects had not been as expected.

"To strive to achieve the growth target of 9 - 9.5% this year is an extremely big challenge, we must be very determined" - Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh emphasized.

In addition, this year's budget revenue is also guaranteed, with a good revenue structure. All revenues have increased, except for budget revenue from foreign-invested enterprises (FDI). It is expected to reach about 15,500 billion VND for the whole year.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

Agriculture continues to maintain good growth, services also have a positive growth trend. However, in the tourism sector, the Provincial Party Secretary noted the need to effectively manage planning and attract dynamic projects, especially in Cua Lo town.

Regarding business operations, there are currently 21,032 registered businesses, of which 12,054 are operating (accounting for 57.31%).

But among more than 12,000 enterprises, only about 8,000 enterprises pay taxes and 1% of enterprises pay taxes account for about 80% of the total taxes paid by enterprises.

Therefore, according to the Provincial Party Secretary, it is necessary to have a deeper assessment of the situation of enterprises in order to have solutions because the picture of enterprises has a great impact on the economy.

Tax officials talk with taxpayers. Photo courtesy of PV

The socio-cultural sector generally ensures stability and good development, but it should be noted that the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs needs to have solutions to address the situation of runaway workers in some labor export markets.

One content that comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh paid close attention to was administrative reform; thereby, he requested the Provincial People's Committee to inspect and promote this work and report regularly.

"Do not let 2019 have the theme of administrative reform year but PCI and PAPI indexes decrease compared to 2018" - the Provincial Party Secretary noted and said that to achieve this, one of the key points is that sectors, fields, and levels pay close attention to solving business problems.

Regarding the tasks in the last 3 months of the year, agreeing with the solutions of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial Party Secretary proposed focusing on strictly controlling African swine fever; implementing the topic on enterprises, accordingly, the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee should not only meet periodically but also have more practical actions, work in depth, listen, and solve problems for enterprises; pay attention to handling outstanding debts in basic construction...

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation concluded the content on socio-economic issues. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition, the main task of implementing tasks in the last 3 months of the year is still the government at all levels, but it is recommended that Party committee members at all levels, especially members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee in charge of sectors, fields, and localities, join hands with the government system to focus on leading the implementation of year-end tasks well.

Party committee members who are leaders at district, city and town levels focus on directing each locality under their charge to complete its tasks in order to contribute to the overall development of the province.