Experts advise on strategic vision for development to 2030 to Nghe An province leaders

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; 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, and comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, and leaders of various sectors. Also attending the meeting were comrades in the provincial socio-economic advisory group headed by comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister of Trade, former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

Breakthrough for Vinh city is the most important goal

Over the past 10 years (2011 - 2018), Nghe An has made outstanding developments in many fields.The average GRDP growth rate in the period 2011 - 2018 is 8.72%; striving for GRDP growth of about 9% in 2019 and about 9.0-9.5% in 2020. GRDP in 2020 at comparable prices is estimated to increase 2.15 times compared to 2011 and is estimated to increase 1.41 times compared to 2016. GRDP per capita in 2018 reached 38 million VND, in 2020 it is estimated to reach about 48 million VND, 1.7 times higher than in 2015.

However, Nghe An's development speed is still average, lacking outstanding breakthroughs compared to many provinces in the country. In particular, it has not met the expectations of the Central Government and the people.

Overview of the working session. Photo: Lam Tung

Therefore, it is necessary to frankly and directly assess the successes and shortcomings, especially new solutions for the socio-economic development strategy in the coming time.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, Deputy Head of the Advisory Group, said: The direction of the congress for the next term must reflect the turning point of the historical period, especially the impact of the 4.0 technology revolution like a storm, besides the economic conflict between China and the US seriously affects the Vietnamese economy. Is that an opportunity for Nghe An?

The main resource at present is land, but will there still be land in the coming period? What are the new resources? It is necessary to evaluate the strength of Nghe An enterprises, the current status of science and technology, and whether science has impacted and played an important role in the socio-economic development of Nghe An or not?

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien believes that there needs to be a breakthrough solution for Vinh city. Photo: Lam Tung

"First, we need a breakthrough solution for Vinh city. I think this is the most important solution. Vinh will spread to the whole province, become the locomotive of the province, the center of intelligence, science and technology. Second, Hoang Mai town needs to develop in the direction of providing high-class services" - Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien said.

Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen - Head of the advisory team also said: Nghe An should pay attention to strongly developing private enterprises and continue to adhere to the important resolution of the Politburo, Resolution 26, which sets the goal of building Vinh city into the center of the North Central region. That is the guideline for Nghe An to develop.

Sharing the same view, Dr. Nguyen Sy Dung - former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office said: Vinh is showing that it is a city with advantages and strong development. So Vinh's current resources are invested by Nghe An people or Nghe An people from other provinces. And in the near future, what actions and solutions will Nghe An continue to take to help Vinh continue to develop strongly?

Make people's satisfaction the development goal

Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen said that Nghe An needs to raise 4 development viewpoints: Promoting potential advantages, internal strength, and maximizing external resources. Second, placing the people as the subject of development, relying on the people, taking people's satisfaction as the goal to strive for, as a measure of the Party's leadership and the government's management. Third, linking economic development with the environment. Fourth, focusing on developing advantageous areas, while attaching importance to the overarching goal.

Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen said that people's satisfaction should be used as a measure of government leadership and management. Photo: Lam Tung

Citing Binh Dinh province, which is very difficult in terms of terrain but with the strong aspiration of the leaders, determined to turn Quy Nhon into the world's center of artificial intelligence, building e-government, smart cities, smart industrial parks, smart factories and being strongly supported by the Government, Head of the advisory team Truong Truong Dinh Tuyen said that Nghe An is a province that "takes the lead" but the fighting spirit of Nghe An's apparatus has not acted as resolutely as the tradition of Nghe Tinh people. Citing another example of management, comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen said that even Nghe An Museum is very deserted, while Quang Ninh Museum earns several billion VND/year because it is very attractive and knows how to promote.

Talking about the people of Nghe An, comrade Ho Xuan Hung also said that Nghe An people need to overcome their localism, conservatism, and fear of hardships to spread and contribute more to the construction of their homeland. In administrative reform, they need to be more drastic to satisfy the people and businesses.

Regarding the solution for the next term, comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen said: Nghe An can be the fruit center of the whole country. Avocado, orange, grapefruit, lemon... Nghe An is very delicious, is this an important direction that Nghe An has not fully exploited?

Regarding medicinal herbs: Nghe An is also a treasure while the functional food technology in the world is very developed.

"Nghe An needs to promote the national digital transformation strategy to improve labor productivity. Delta and city areas should have policies to attract resources, and disadvantaged areas should have state investment policies. Digital transformation is a vital issue in the development process. Therefore, Nghe An needs to create an ecosystem for digital technology, integrating technology and digital first into the state management process and in service provision" - Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen emphasized.

Agreeing, Dr. Nguyen Sy Dung and comrade Le Xuan Dai - former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also said: Nghe An needs breakthrough solutions for science and technology, training artificial intelligence and real administrative reform.

Pay attention to personnel work

Concluding the working session, comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee said that during the past term, Nghe An has achieved many important achievements, demonstrating the determination of the entire political system.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee received opinions from experts. Photo: Lam Tung

Receiving the opinions, the Provincial Party Secretary said that Nghe An leaders will listen and add the opinions of the advisory group to the congress documents for the next term. Regarding the policy, the Provincial Party Secretary agreed with the suggestions on solutions from the experts and said that Nghe An will promote the human resources of Nghe An, attach importance to personnel work, and choose the right people to do the right job. The political report for the next term needs to demonstrate high political determination and respect for the ethics of public service of the cadre team.

In the next term, Nghe An will also overcome the dispersion of resources, the lack of feasibility of many projects in the past term and pay attention to ensuring conditions to achieve the targets of the congress in the next term. Nghe An will supplement the political report to ensure resources and implementation policies. He analyzed the key areas of the province and said that the breakthroughs and development areas of Nghe An will continue to perform better, focusing on Vinh, Cua Lo town, Hoang Mai town, Nghi Loc...

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh also said: Nghe An continues to reform the administration, taking people's satisfaction as the goal and measure for the operation of the apparatus. Digital infrastructure will receive more attention to create conditions for development.

On behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee thanked and acknowledged the leadership's opinions and solutions proposed by the advisory team to update and supplement the draft Political Report for the next term.

Vinh City on the banks of the Lam River is rich in development potential. Photo: Sach Nguyen.

The meeting also heard the preliminary outline of the political report of the 18th Provincial Party Committee to be presented to the 19th Provincial Party Congress; Outline of the vision and strategic orientation for socio-economic development of Nghe An province in the period of 2021 - 2030; Report on the results of socio-economic development in the period of 2011 - 2020 and the 5-year socio-economic development plan for 2016 - 2020 in the province.