Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung: Reshaping the economic structure for Dien Chau to develop quickly, comprehensively and sustainably

On the afternoon of October 21, during the working program in Dien Chau district, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee had a working session with the Standing Committee of Dien Chau District Party Committee on the results of socio-economic development in the past time and tasks in the coming time.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the working session with the Standing Committee of Dien Chau District Party Committee. Photo: Pham Bang

4th largest economy in the province

Reporting to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working delegation, Chairman of the People's Committee of Dien Chau district Tang Van Luyen said that in the first 9 months of 2022, the total production value of the whole district reached 13,471 billion VND, an increase of 16% over the same period in 2021. The average income per capita for the whole year is estimated at 60 million VND, an increase of 5 million VND compared to 2021. Total budget revenue reached more than 838 billion VND, equal to 170% of the estimate assigned by the District People's Council, 197% of the estimate assigned by the province.

A series of large-scale industrial production projects in the area have completed construction investment and come into operation; Implementing site clearance, investment survey, implementing investment procedures for industrial parks and industrial clusters. The district also focuses on site clearance for key central and provincial traffic projects passing through the area.

Comrade Tang Van Luyen - Chairman of Dien Chau District People's Committee reported on socio-economic development results in 2021 and the first 9 months of 2022. Photo: Pham Bang

In agricultural production, Dien Chau has a long history of intensive cultivation of crops and livestock with the highest productivity in the province, rich agricultural, forestry and fishery products; forming a number of concentrated specialized areas, gradually linking production with consumption.

In the first 9 months of the year, the district has been approved by the Provincial People's Committee to invest in 3 projects with a total investment of 121 billion VND; received investment proposals for 7 projects with an area of ​​over 15 hectares, with a total investment of 779 billion VND. The whole district has 101 newly registered enterprises, bringing the total number of enterprises in the area to 752 enterprises operating in many diverse fields.

Comrade Ha Xuan Quang - Secretary of Dien Chau District Party Committee reported on the results of Party building work. Photo: Pham Bang

Up to now, the whole district has 33/36 communes recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as meeting the new rural standards, including 2 advanced new rural communes. The District People's Committee is completing the dossier to submit to the province for assessment of the standards for 3 communes that have not yet reached the finish line and 3 advanced new rural communes, in parallel with the assessment of the new rural district.

The cultural and social fields have achieved many positive results. The Education and Training sector has been recognized for the 20th consecutive year as an excellent advanced unit at the provincial level; the whole district has 106/110 schools meeting national standards, of which 34 schools have reached national level 2. The district has implemented administrative reform well, in 2021 the district's administrative reform index ranked 2nd out of 21 localities in the province. National defense - security, social order and safety are ensured.

Comrades in the provincial working delegation attended the working session. Photo: Pham Bang

In addition to the achieved results, Dien Chau district frankly assessed that the progress of some projects in the area was slow, the disbursement rate of public investment capital was still slow. Although the budget revenue was high, the revenue structure was not sustainable when land use fees accounted for a high proportion.

State management in some areas in the area is still inadequate, such as land management, encroachment, misuse of land, abandonment of agricultural land, environmental pollution, and violations of construction order. The situation of religious security and rural security is still potentially complicated; crimes and violations of the law still occur frequently.

Basically agreeing with the district's report, leaders of departments and branches suggested Dien Chau district many solutions and measures to promote development fields, solve important problems, focusing on the content of applying science and technology in production, innovative startups; paying attention to environmental protection in industrial parks and industrial clusters; better promoting historical relics and cultural relics; improving public ethics of cadres and civil servants, especially at the commune level; building good strategies and connections to develop tourism...

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Considering that Dien Chau has not developed as expected, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long suggested that the district should coordinate with relevant sectors to promptly complete investment procedures for projects; consider choosing to build urban area projects when really necessary, avoid waste, ensure the harmony of interests of many subjects; prioritize urban and rural beautification, create highlights by mobilizing the participation of businesses.

Comrade Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board spoke at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Appreciating the work of Party building and political system building of the district, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board Le Duc Cuong suggested that the district pay more attention to the targets in Party building work. On the other hand, research should open up development space to the West, research to attract investment in tourism projects to promote the local potential.

RESHAPE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE FOR RAPID AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Concluding the working session, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee expressed his excitement at the results that Dien Chau district has achieved in socio-economic development, because this is a large area of ​​the province in terms of population, administrative units, economic scale, and the factor of "narrow land and crowded people" is also an advantage for the district to develop.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee agreed with the assessments in the report on socio-economic development results in 2021 and the first 9 months of 2022 of Dien Chau district. The highlight is the work of preventing and controlling the Covid-19 epidemic, the results of socio-economic development. Especially the high unity in the Party Committee, first of all in the Standing Committee, the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, this is an important factor helping the district to achieve success in all fields.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivered a concluding speech at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

Pointing out the shortcomings and limitations of the district in the past time, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung said that Dien Chau has many conditions and factors to develop faster and stronger and the development of Dien Chau will make a very important contribution to the development of the province.

On the basis of promoting strengths, promoting the spirit of solidarity, unity, dynamism and creativity to lead, direct and mobilize all resources, create consensus in the entire political system, people and business community to overcome difficulties and successfully implement the set goals and tasks:Strive to develop Dien Chau quickly, comprehensively, sustainably, and maintain its position in the top of the province's districts.

In that direction, the head of the Provincial People's Committee requested the district to review the goals, targets, tasks and solutions in the Resolution of the 31st District Party Congress, focusing on implementation in the next 3 years to achieve the highest results. Focus on reviewing and completing the plans in a comprehensive and scientific manner, in accordance with the requirements, potentials and advantages of the locality, mobilizing resources for investment and development, striving to make Dien Chau a town by 2030.

Comrades in the Standing Committee of Dien Chau District Party Committee attended the working session. Photo: Pham Bang

In planning work, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the district to pay attention to planning a synchronous infrastructure system, creating new development space, linking important corridors and traffic axes with the development of industrial parks and urban areas. Planning the development of industrial parks and industrial clusters, this is a favorable condition for Dien Chau to develop in the long term.

On the other hand, the district needs to pay attention to planning the development of the urban system, this is an important factor for Dien Chau to develop. However, when planning urban areas, it must be in harmony with the general development plan, avoiding calculating the local interests of investors when funding the planning work. In particular, pay attention to the effective use of land resources.

Analyzing in depth the development orientation for Dien Chau, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee needs to discuss and orient to determine the economic structure of the district. Currently, the economic structure of Dien Chau is 48% service, 32% industry, over 19% agriculture.

This structure is currently suitable for the reality of Dien Chau, but with the development orientation in the coming time, the district needs to reshape in the direction of taking industry - services and urban development as the main driving force for development. Because Dien Chau's industry has many advantages after forming industrial zones. Dien Chau also has the potential to develop sea tourism, eco-tourism, spiritual tourism in the direction of connecting and linking tourism products.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung

Regarding agriculture, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that the district continue to accumulate land, convert crops and livestock to suit local conditions, create linkage chains from production, processing, and consumption of agricultural products and soon complete the criteria for a new rural district, paying attention to cultural and sports institutions.

Comrades in the Standing Committee of Dien Chau District Party Committee attended the working session. Photo: Pham Bang

In addition, with a 27km coastline, Dien Chau has the conditions to develop the marine economy in the following fields: marine tourism, coastal industry, marine urban areas, aquaculture and seafood processing. In seafood exploitation, it is necessary to strengthen propaganda for fishermen to strictly comply with regulations when fishing at sea (IUU) to protect and develop sustainable aquatic resources.

The head of the Provincial People's Committee also requested Dien Chau district to focus on mobilizing and effectively using resources to invest in developing socio-economic infrastructure, especially focusing on transport infrastructure, commercial infrastructure, services, technical infrastructure serving production and life such as clean water, waste treatment. Pay attention to concentrating capital sources with focus and key points to speed up the progress and completion of key projects in the area, especially site clearance work, promoting disbursement of public investment capital.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung inspected the construction progress of industrial parks in Dien Chau district. Photo: Pham Bang

Improve the investment environment, pay attention to supporting and developing local businesses, prepare premises and human resources to attract investment. Strengthen state management in the land sector, promote the issuance and renewal of land use right certificates for people, strictly manage urban areas, mineral exploitation, environmental protection, and natural disaster prevention.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung also requested Dien Chau district to pay attention to the cultural and social fields, especially the prevention of Covid-19 epidemic, dengue fever, etc.; improve the quality of education and training, build grassroots cultural life. Pay attention to vocational training, job creation, labor export, ensure harmony of interests between workers and business owners; take care of social security work, policies for people with meritorious services, etc.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected production activities and visited the lives of workers at the factory. Photo: Pham Bang

Continue to promote administrative reform, strengthen discipline and administrative order; improve the sense of responsibility, dynamism of the government apparatus, and public ethics of officials and civil servants in the political system. Focus on applying information technology, implementing strong digital transformation in agencies and units in the area. Ensure political security, social order and safety, security in special areas and coastal areas. Thoroughly resolve complaints and denunciations from people, avoid forming hot spots and complications in security and order.

At the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung agreed to the investment policy of the Road project from National Highway 7A to National Highway 7B; support Dien Chau district with an additional 5,000 tons of cement to build new rural areas; and at the same time requested the district to review the conditions and coordinate with departments and branches to advise competent authorities to make decisions.