Economic restructuring, accelerating growth rate

(Baonghean) - Comrade Hoang Van Phi, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Hung Nguyen district, gave an interview to Nghe An Newspaper.

PV:Could you please tell us about the most outstanding results that the Party Committee and people of Hung Nguyen district have strived to achieve in the past term?

Harvesting rice in Hung Nguyen. Photo: SM

Comrade Hoang Van Phi:With high political determination, the Party Committee and people of Hung Nguyen have promoted advantages, overcome difficulties, united and achieved many important results in all fields, many targets were completed and exceeded. The economy continued to develop, the economic structure shifted in a positive direction. The average growth rate for the whole period reached 9.48%, higher than the average of the province. The economic structure shifted towards increasing the proportion of industry and services (from 29.7% to 38.99%); reducing the proportion of agriculture (from 35.27% to 25.82%). Total development investment capital reached over 5,000 billion VND; average income per capita was estimated at 24.3 million VND/year, achieving the target set by the congress.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery production has many positive changes. The whole district has over 40 high-income, efficient fields, especially large-scale fields producing high-quality rice; there are 320 farms, family farms growing vegetables, crops and livestock combined with an average income of over 500 million VND/ha. The movement to build new rural areas has been led, directed and positively responded by the people with the result that the whole district has built and upgraded 252 km of village roads, 42 cultural houses, 73 works of all kinds with a total investment value of over 644 billion VND, of which 1,500 households voluntarily donated 40,000m2 of land of all kinds, including 1,000m2 of residential land. It is expected that by the end of 2015, Hung Nguyen will have 7-8 communes completing 19 new rural criteria.

Comrade Hoang Van Phi (second from left) talks with the farm owner in hamlet 2, Hung Dao commune. Photo: s. minh

Industry - handicrafts increased quite well. Production value in 2015 was estimated at 1,331 billion VND, an increase of 1.89 times compared to the beginning of the term, with an average growth of 23.6%. Craft villages and villages with traditional handicrafts continued to be maintained and developed. Infrastructure construction was constantly strengthened, and the appearance of urban and rural areas improved. Many important projects and works were invested in and effectively promoted, such as cultural works: the complex of the Memorial Site of General Secretary Le Hong Phong, the Memorial House of Soviet Martyrs of Nghe Tinh... infrastructure works such as: National Highway 46 avoiding Vinh City; Roads 8A, 8B, Le Xuan Dao, Nguyen Van Troi; Lam River anti-erosion embankment; Town lighting system...

Culture and society are given attention and have made much progress. Education continues to have positive changes, maintaining its leading position in the province. People's health care is given attention, disease prevention activities are strengthened, promptly preventing diseases from arising. Employment, poverty reduction, and vocational training programs are given attention. Every year, jobs are created for over 2,800 people, thanks to which the rate of trained workers increases from 40% to 55%; the poverty rate decreases to 5.65%.

National defense and security are maintained, social order and safety are ensured. The military rear policy is well implemented, military recruitment targets are met, and reserve forces are well managed. The fight against social evils and crimes is strengthened, political security and social order and safety are ensured.

The work of building the Party and the political system has been focused on and achieved many good results. The quality of grassroots party organizations has been improved, the political system in the religious areas has been strengthened; the work of training, fostering, planning and standardizing the staff has been well implemented.

Reporter:Besides the achieved results, creating a foundation for the next term to accelerate strong development, according to you, what limitations and shortcomings does Hung Nguyen district still have that need to be overcome?

Comrade Hoang Van Phi:In the process of preparing to evaluate the implementation of the Congress Resolution, the District Party Committee seriously reviewed the limitations and shortcomings that need to be focused on and have solutions to overcome in the coming time, such as:

- Economic growth rate is not high and not sustainable; economic restructuring is still slow. 5/25 targets have not met the Congress's goals (economic growth rate; total socio-economic investment capital; number of rural workers with jobs; number of newly admitted party members and the rate of excellent departments and offices each year).

- Some contents in the cultural and social fields have changed slowly, and the quality has not met the requirements, such as: there are not many models and examples of culture, arts, and sports; the quality of comprehensive education is not high; the number of trained and employed workers in rural areas is not much, and has not achieved the Congress's goals...

- The work of building the Party and the political system still has some limitations. The leadership capacity of some grassroots party organizations and some party members is still limited, and words do not match actions.

- The supervision activities of People's Councils at all levels are not regular, especially the supervision of the implementation of voters' recommendations. The effectiveness of administrative procedure reform is not high; the capacity, qualities, and sense of responsibility of some officials and civil servants are still limited, and the working style is slow to change.

Reporter:In the process of leadership and direction, what lessons has the Hung Nguyen District Party Committee drawn to apply to practice in the new period, comrade?

Comrade Hoang Van Phi:There are 5 lessons that Hung Nguyen learned that need to be inherited and applied in practice in the coming time as follows:

Firstly, it is necessary to seriously absorb and implement the resolutions of the Party at higher levels in conjunction with the practical situation of the district to issue resolutions, directives, projects and programs suitable to the actual conditions and aspirations of the people. In leadership and direction, there must be division of labor and decentralization to avoid the situation of making excuses and there must be high unity within the Executive Committee and Standing Committee of the Party Committee.

Second, promote widespread democracy among cadres, party members and people, creating high consensus in the entire party and society. Enhance the leadership capacity and fighting strength of grassroots party organizations, build great solidarity in the political system, innovate the working methods of the Fatherland Front and people's organizations in rallying mass forces.

Third, seize opportunities and effectively promote internal and external resources to promote socio-economic development, gradually improving the material and spiritual life of the people.

Fourth, we must closely follow the grassroots to grasp the situation, understand the thoughts and aspirations of the masses, discover emerging and new points in practice, shortcomings and shortcomings of grassroots leaders to have measures to direct, inspect, and promptly resolve petitions, complaints and denunciations of wrongdoing by officials as well as conflicts among the people.

Fifth, ensure the building of a cadre team that meets the requirements of the task, in accordance with the immediate and long-term cadre resource planning. Rotate, mobilize, and arrange cadres according to their strengths and abilities; strengthen discipline within the Party and strictly implement the laws of the State.

Reporter:In order for Hung Nguyen district to restructure the economy and accelerate growth, what goals and orientations has the district Party Committee set for the new term?

Comrade Hoang Van Phi:The 28th Party Congress of Hung Nguyen District, term 2015 - 2020 has the following basic advantages: In the district, programs and projects have been invested and promoted effectively. The VSIP & Becamex industrial, service and urban complex project is being promoted for investment, which will contribute to accelerating growth and economic restructuring. Vinh City is gradually developing into an economic and cultural center of the North Central region, creating conditions to attract investment, develop trade, services, tourism, absorb scientific and technological advances, and at the same time be a large market for consuming goods and services for the district...

Therefore, the direction and goal in the coming term of Hung Nguyen is: Promoting all resources, advantages and taking advantage of mechanisms and policies for development. Promoting the application of scientific and technological advances in production and environmental protection. Promoting structural transformation, economic growth towards industry - services. Promoting investment attraction, building synchronous infrastructure, synchronously connecting the Nam - Hung - Nghi Irrigation system, completing the rural power grid. Developing services on the basis of completing the network of rural markets, commercial centers in towns, townships and services along main roads, linking tourism services with the preservation and promotion of cultural and historical relics. Developing agriculture and rural areas in the direction of applying new scientific and technological advances and mechanizing production, forming concentrated commodity production areas with high productivity and quality. Focus on implementing the district's key programs in conjunction with the new rural construction program, gradually industrializing and modernizing agriculture and rural areas. Promote democracy, effectively resolve social issues and improve people's lives. Ensure national defense - security and social order and safety, build a strong and comprehensive Party, government, Fatherland Front and mass organizations, creating a solid foundation to soon turn Hung Nguyen into a fairly good district of the province and a district that meets new rural standards by 2020.

Reporter:Thank you, comrade!

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