The Politburo approved the 19th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Attending the meeting were Politburo members: Tong Thi Phong - Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly; Truong Thi Mai - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization; Vo Van Thuong - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Committee for Propaganda and Education; Ngo Xuan Lich - Minister of National Defense.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. Also attending were comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Ho Phuc Hop - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Bui Thanh An - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and comrade Pham Trong Hoang - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee, Chief of the Provincial Party Committee's Office;...

STRIVE TO BECOME A PROVINCE WITH A WELL-DEVELOPED LEVEL

OF THE NORTHERN REGION

At the meeting, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy briefly reported on the draft documents and personnel plans for the Party Committee to be submitted to the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025.

Implementing the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, term 2015 - 2020, the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An have united, strived, and achieved many important and comprehensive results in all fields.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered the opening speech at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The province's economy is growing quite rapidly, with an average GRDP in the 2016-2020 period estimated at 7.84%. The average GRDP per capita by the end of 2020 is estimated at 44.34 million VND, 1.5 times higher than in 2015.

Annual budget revenue always meets and exceeds the assigned estimate, the proportion of domestic revenue in total budget revenue is increasing. In particular, in 2019, budget revenue reached the highest level of the term with a revenue of 16,609.5 billion VND.

In 2020, Nghe An strives to collect about 17,500 billion VND in budget revenue, but due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is expected to reach about 14,620 billion VND - this revenue is about 1.7 times higher than in 2015.

Total social investment capital in the 2016 - 2020 period is estimated to reach more than 314,000 billion VND, 1.74 times higher than in the 2011 - 2015 period. The investment capital structure has shifted towards gradually increasing the proportion of capital from the non-state sector.^.

Nghe An's industry, construction and services continue to develop, creating a good foundation for the coming years. Photo: PV

The economic structure continues to shift in the right direction. Industry, construction and services continue to develop, creating a good foundation for the coming years.

The construction of new rural areas has achieved many important results, the number of communes and districts meeting the new rural criteria exceeded the target of the Resolution of the Congress for the 2015-2020 term and was higher than the national average. By the end of 2019, the whole province had 265 communes meeting the new rural standards, reaching 61.48%; after rearranging the commune-level administrative units, the whole province had 245/411 communes meeting the new rural standards, reaching 59.61%.

Leaders of Nghe An province attended the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

It is estimated that by the end of 2020, 68.37% of communes in Nghe An will meet new rural standards (national average 54%), 4 district-level units will be recognized for completing the task of building new rural areas; 674 villages and hamlets will be recognized for meeting new rural standards according to the province's criteria.

The infrastructure system continues to be invested in, built, and upgraded more and more synchronously. The appearance of urban and rural areas is increasingly civilized and modern. Enterprises and collective economy develop rapidly in number, diversifying industries, occupations, and fields. Mechanisms, policies, and investment and business environment are increasingly improved.

Culture and society have many positive changes. The quality of comprehensive education has been improved; the number of excellent students at national and international levels has been among the top in the country for many years, and the top in the North Central provinces. The work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health has been strengthened.

Nghe An has implemented synchronous solutions to solve employment, reduce poverty and ensure social security; by the end of 2020, the poverty rate in the whole province decreased to 3%, achieving the target of the Congress Resolution.

Administrative reform work has been directed quite comprehensively in all contents and fields; the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) has clearly improved over the years, currently ranking 18th in the country, leading the North Central region.

National defense is maintained, security and social order and safety are ensured. Party building work is enhanced, the political system from the province to the grassroots is increasingly consolidated and developed.

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In the 2020 - 2025 term, Nghe An sets the general goal of: Building a clean and strong Party and political system. Promoting the historical and cultural traditions, the people of Nghe An, the will to be self-reliant and the aspiration to rise up; proactively innovating, bringing Nghe An to develop rapidly and sustainably; firmly ensuring national defense and security; striving to make Nghe An a fairly developed province in the Northern region by 2025, and a fairly developed province in the whole country by 2030.

The Provincial Party Executive Committee has also developed a group of tasks and solutions for the fields of socio-economy, national defense - security, foreign affairs and a group of tasks and solutions for Party building, political system building, along with 6 key tasks.

In particular, in the new term, Nghe An has set out three development breakthroughs: Strongly improving the investment and business environment associated with administrative reform, enhancing the application of information technology in management and operation; Continuing to train, develop and attract human resources, especially high-quality human resources; Continuing to develop key infrastructure systems to promote the province's socio-economic development.

BUILDING NGHE AN TO DEVELOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS POTENTIAL AND POSITION

After listening to the report of the Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary and opinions of the Politburo members, the Secretariat, and central ministries and branches, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc concluded the meeting.

The Prime Minister acknowledged that the preparations for the 19th Nghe An Provincial Party Congress were carried out carefully and seriously, in accordance with the spirit of Directive No. 35-CT/TW of the Politburo and the Central Committee's directives and guidelines.

The Prime Minister also concluded on the content, structure and layout of the draft Political Report; at the same time, suggested important contents on the tasks of economic, cultural and social development, Party building and political system building that need to be focused on implementing in the new term.

Accordingly, in the past term, despite changes in key leadership, as well as the difficult and challenging international and domestic situation, the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province have promoted the tradition of patriotism, revolution, culture, and the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, united, and strived to achieve important achievements, promoting the comprehensive development of the province.

In particular, the Prime Minister emphasized the spirit of solidarity of the Party Committee and leaders of Nghe An province during the 2015-2020 term, thereby creating a foundation for leading and directing socio-economic development, Party building, national defense and security of the province to achieve many results.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other Party and State leaders attended the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized a number of key tasks for the province in the new term. Accordingly, Nghe An needs to continue promoting the tradition of patriotism, revolution, solidarity, forecasting difficulties, challenges, domestic and international situations to build appropriate targets for the new term.

In particular, by 2025, Nghe An needs to strive to balance its budget revenue and expenditure; develop into a center of the North Central region in areas such as health, education and training, tourism, and finance; at the same time, the province needs to exploit the socio-economic situation of the Western Nghe An region well; focus on regional cooperation, promote the province's strengths; continue to pay attention to Party building and Party member development.

The Prime Minister also requested Nghe An province to develop a profound and exemplary political report that demonstrates its vision and determination to break through and rise up. In addition, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee needs to study and closely follow the Central Committee's guiding viewpoints stated in the draft document submitted to the 13th National Party Congress and the viewpoints and goals of the Politburo in Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW, dated July 30, 2013 and Notice No. 55-TB/TW, dated April 20, 2019 on the 5-year review of the implementation of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the 11th Politburo on the direction and tasks for the development of Nghe An province until 2020.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other Party and State leaders took a photo with leaders of Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Prime Minister also assessed that the draft Review Report of the 18th Provincial Party Executive Committee and the draft Resolution were prepared seriously, thoughtfully, and with a fighting spirit; however, they need to be more concise.

Regarding the Congress's personnel, the Prime Minister agreed with the number of members of the Party Executive Committee and the Provincial Party Standing Committee; the structure and proportion of young and female cadres as proposed in the personnel plan for the 2020-2025 term.

The Politburo and the Central Party Secretariat agreed that the 19th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee will take place from October 14 to 16, 2020, with the official opening session taking place on the morning of October 15.

At the end of the meeting, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy respectfully thanked the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Prime Minister and central ministries and branches for their attention to the province.

The comments of the Politburo members, the Secretariat, and the Central agencies will be received by the province to complete and further improve the quality of the reports submitted to the Provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term. Nghe An is determined to successfully organize the 19th Provincial Party Congress and will quickly put the Resolution into practice right after the Congress, successfully implementing the Resolution.