Proactively and synchronously implement tasks and solutions to achieve growth targets.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh chaired the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, leaders of a number of relevant departments and branches.

According to the report of the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, the total product in the province (GRDP) in the first 6 months of the year increased by 7.39% compared to the same period in 2017. This is the highest growth rate compared to the same period in the past 6 years.

In the 7.39% general growth, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector contributed 0.63 percentage points, the industry - construction sector contributed 2.59 percentage points, the service sector contributed 4.01 percentage points and product taxes minus product subsidies contributed 0.16 percentage points.

Although the growth rate in the first 6 months of the year is higher than the same period in recent years; however, compared to the proposed growth scenario (8%), it is still not achieved.

At the meeting, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee clearly presented the reasons for the growth rate not reaching the growth scenario such as: some key industrial products have not reached the growth scenario such as: beer of all kinds, sugar... The construction sector only increased by 5.35%/scenario of 8.5%; disbursement of some capital sources is slow...

Based on the results of the first 6 months of the year, to achieve the 2018 plan target of increasing GRDP by 8.5-9%, the growth scenario forecasts two options.

Option 1: For the growth rate to reach the lower limit of 8.5%, GRDP must increase by 9.5% over the same period in the last 6 months.

Option 2: For the growth rate to reach 9%, GRDP must increase by 10.43% over the same period in the last 6 months.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai presented a report assessing the province's socio-economic development results in the first 6 months of the year. Photo: Thanh Duy

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien said that in the last 6 months of the year, industrial and construction projects will be strongly directed to contribute to the growth percentage.

Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Do proposed solutions such as: focusing on removing difficulties for fields and products that affect growth rate, focusing on disbursing capital for basic construction...

Concluding this content, on behalf of the Standing Committee, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh acknowledged the efforts and determination of all levels and sectors to achieve growth in the first 6 months of the year; at the same time, emphasized the general spirit that the Provincial Party Standing Committee is determined to achieve the annual growth target of 9%.

"Based on the analysis in the economic growth scenario report, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee needs to direct departments, branches and localities to closely follow the situation, proactively and resolutely implement synchronous tasks and solutions to achieve the growth target" - the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized.

Ship loading cargo at Cua Lo port. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding tasks in the coming time, first of all, Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh requested to focus on completing plans soon such as: socio-economic planning of Nghe An province; planning of Southeast economic zone, planning of Thanh Thuy border gate economic zone...

Specifically, to promote growth in the industrial sector, the head of the Provincial Party Committee requested to focus on supporting enterprises to develop production and business, including: removing difficulties for operating enterprises, supporting product consumption. For licensed projects, support investors to deploy faster, and at the same time focus on doing a good job of attracting investment.

The Provincial Party Secretary noted that in the process of attracting investment, it is necessary to select investors according to criteria such as: projects with advanced technology, ensuring the environment; choosing industries and fields with potential, competitive advantages, and high added value; prioritizing projects that either use a lot of labor or projects with good wages, regimes, and policies for workers.

In the process of attracting investment, Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh also emphasized that priority should be given to attracting investment in industrial parks such as VSIP, Hemaraj, and Hoang Mai because they have a well-organized infrastructure and ensure the environment. These industrial parks are also developed in association with urban areas, so they can better solve social problems for industrial parks.

The Provincial Party Secretary also requested that relevant levels and sectors focus on removing difficulties and obstacles, quickly resolving procedures, clearing land for large projects in the fields of tourism, services, and infrastructure construction; urging agencies and units to disburse funds quickly and effectively.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh concluded the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Although the service sector accounts for a large percentage of annual growth, according to the Provincial Party Secretary, it needs to be further dissected and analyzed because comparison with growth data shows that in recent years this sector has lacked breakthrough growth.

The head of the Provincial Party Committee also noted and balanced the allocation of counterpart funds for projects that need priority implementation.

Regarding cultural and social issues, the Provincial Party Secretary noted that the Education sector should pay attention to the issue of revenue and expenditure in schools; the Health sector should focus on developing grassroots healthcare to provide good primary health care for the people, in addition to improving the quality of healthcare at upper levels.

The Provincial Party Secretary also welcomed the sectors and localities to carefully develop projects on reorganizing the apparatus, streamlining the payroll and restructuring the apparatus of cadres, civil servants and public employees to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system of Nghe An province in the 2018-2021 period, especially the key units.

Also this morning, the Provincial Party Standing Committee listened to and gave opinions on the implementation of administrative reform points of 7 agencies and units in the province; listened to the report summarizing 10 years of implementing Directive 15-CT/TU dated May 5, 2008 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on strengthening leadership in handling conclusions after inspections and audits; gave opinions on the content of the 6th session of the Provincial People's Council, term XVII, term 2016-2021.