Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy: Removing "bottlenecks" to attract strategic investors

Speaking at the discussion session in the hall on the morning of December 11, in the 8th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy emphasized: 2019 is a pivotal year in implementing the 5-year socio-economic plan (2016-2020), Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, Resolution 26 of the Politburo.

The main objectives and tasks of the 2019 socio-economic plan that the Provincial People's Committee reported to the Provincial People's Council have been discussed by all levels, sectors and the Provincial People's Committee through many conferences, on the basis of the implementation of the socio-economic plan in recent years and the set objectives and tasks are a basis for implementation and will contribute significantly to the completion of the objectives and tasks set forth in the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress.

According to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, immediately after the Provincial People's Council resolved on the socio-economic development plan, the Provincial People's Committee focused on directing the sectors to develop plans, specific tasks and solutions in each field, and synthesize them into a general growth scenario to be approved at the regular meeting of the Provincial People's Committee in January 2019.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Focus on implementing 5 spearheads and 3 key economic development areas identified in the Resolution of the 18th Party Congress. Promote industrial restructuring; synchronously implement solutions to restructure the agricultural sector.

A corner of Vinh city. Photo: Devi Nguyen

Continue to strongly improve the business investment environment, increase transparency, accountability and provide full information in the areas of policy, business investment environment and competitiveness.

To attract investment and develop the economy and society, the province focuses on investing in infrastructure of air, road and railway. However, the bottleneck of the province is the seaport, the province needs to focus on investing in construction to serve the transportation of goods for businesses. Along with that, there should be a softer and more flexible policy for strategic investors.

Along with infrastructure investment is the removal of bottlenecks in mechanisms and policies, reform of administrative procedures, actively removing difficulties and obstacles for businesses. "Administrative reform is talked about a lot and takes a long time, there is no other way but to use information technology, leaders, people and businesses to monitor the implementation of administrative procedures by officials and civil servants, the Provincial Public Administration Center will carry out this task" - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Besides, the province needs to do a good job of planning, focusing on solutions to collect state budget, recover arrears, avoid tax losses, especially focusing on enterprises with large arrears and key areas.

Focus on effectively resolving a number of pressing social issues such as: ensuring food hygiene and safety, traffic safety, environmental pollution, illegal credit activities, etc. Take care of cultural and educational development; strengthen security - defense and social order and safety.