Experts and scientists 'give advice' to help Nghe An develop

(Baonghean.vn) – This morning, October 29, in Vinh City, the Workshop “Developing Nghe An to 2020 in the spirit of Resolution 26-NQ/TW of the Politburo” was held by the Provincial People's Committee in coordination with the Vietnam Economic Institute.

The workshop was chaired by comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute.

Attending the workshop were comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee and over 200 delegates who are researchers, scientists and experts in socio-economic fields from across the country.

Nghe An provincial leaders visit MDF wood factory in Nghia Dan. Documentary by Mr.

The workshop is considered an important forum to "offer advice" to help the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An continue to promote the achievements in the 3 years of implementing Resolution 26 of the Politburo, thereby having appropriate and effective solutions in the coming time. The overarching goal is to turn Nghe An into an industrial province, a center of finance, trade, tourism, education - training, science and technology, health, culture, sports, and high-tech industry of the North Central region.

In the process of implementing Resolution 26-NQ/TW, Nghe An province has disseminated it to all cadres, party members and people, and deployed action programs in 21 districts, cities and towns associated with the functions and tasks of the sector and locality. The contents and objectives were also included by the Provincial Party Committee in the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, term 2015 - 2020, to direct implementation.

After 3 years of implementing the Resolution, Nghe An has closely coordinated with Thanh Hoa province to plan the South Thanh - North Nghe region, spatially connecting Hoang Mai and Dong Hoi Industrial Parks of Nghe An with Nghi Son Economic Zone of Thanh Hoa; coordinated with Ha Tinh province to plan the South Nghe An - North Ha Tinh region into a key economic zone according to the orientation of Resolution 26-NQ/TW, and at the same time implemented many key projects. Localities such as Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province have paid attention to supporting, coordinating, and mobilizing large enterprises to invest in Nghe An, such as VSIP, Hoa Sen Group... creating jobs for thousands of workers and contributing thousands of billions of VND to the provincial budget...

Song Lam Cement Factory in Da Son - Do Luong just started the clinker production in early October 2016. Photo courtesy.

Investment attraction in the three years 2014-2016 reached a high level, with 301 projects/148,834 billion VND of registered capital, equal to 2.5 times the period 2011-2013.

The gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the 3 years 2014-2016 increased by an average of 7.59%, higher than the growth rate of the 3 years 2011-2013 (5.54%). The economic structure shifted in the right direction; average income per capita in 2013 reached 22.96 million VND/person, in 2014 it increased to 26 million VND/person; in 2015 it reached 29 million VND/person; in 2016 it is estimated to reach 31 million VND (1.4 times higher than in 2013).

However, in the general difficult situation of the whole country, Nghe An's growth is not really sustainable. Therefore, finding solutions to further develop the province's socio-economic situation in the coming time is both an urgent and long-term requirement.

That is also the goal of the delegates attending the conference. Nghe An Newspaper will continue to update information about the contributions of the conference.

PV