On July 18, 2023, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong signed and issued Decision No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo on "Building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045". Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW is a document of extremely important significance, demonstrating the special attention of the Party and State to the hometown of President Ho Chi Minh, creating conditions for Nghe An to develop commensurate with its position and role in the North Central region. On September 16, 2023, the Central Party Secretariat directly organized a conference to disseminate and implement Resolution No. 39. Immediately after this conference, the National Assembly Party Delegation, the Government Party Committee, ministries, departments and branches at the Central level urgently issued an Action Program, creating favorable conditions for Nghe An to implement the Resolution.
On October 4, 2023, the Government issued Resolution No. 162/NQ-CP on the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 39. The Government assigned the People's Committee of Nghe An province and relevant ministries and branches to advise the Prime Minister on promulgating 17 projects and decisions and submitting to the Government 1 draft resolution to be submitted to the National Assembly for approval to implement Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW.
At the meetings to implement Resolution No. 39, the leaders of Nghe An province emphasized the spirit of proactiveness, close and regular coordination with central ministries, branches and relevant localities to propose additional mechanisms and specific policies, creating conditions to promote the province's development in the direction of Resolution No. 39; promptly urging, removing and resolving difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing action programs.
In that spirit, on November 15, 2023, the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee issued Action Program No. 68-Ctr/TU, implementing Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo. The Action Program identifies 9 main tasks and solutions; focuses on implementing programs and projects under the Central Action Program; at the same time, proposes 22 programs and projects; identifies investment tasks for 10 key infrastructure projects and calls for investment in 20 key projects and fields by 2030.
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy emphasized: "Deeply aware of the honor and responsibility given by the Central Government, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee has researched and developed an Action Program to implement the Resolution with a spirit of urgency and method, promoting the responsibility and intelligence of the collective and individuals."
Up to this point, Nghe An province has approved many important policies and projects to concretize Resolution No. 39 on building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045; as one of 18 specific tasks and projects of the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 39 is to expand the Southeast Economic Zone to create a growth engine for the province.
With a spirit of determination and urgency, the Project to adjust and expand the Southeast Economic Zone and change its name to Nghe An Economic Zone was unanimously approved by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee at the regular meeting in February 2024. In the near future, the Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone will become a dynamic development area, a development focus of the North Central key economic region, creating a strong driving force to promote the socio-economic development of Nghe An province and neighboring provinces to develop rapidly, narrowing the development gap with the key economic regions of the country.
At the regular meeting in March 2024, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee also gave opinions on the issuance of a Resolution on the development of Vinh city in the new period to develop Vinh city to expand and become one of the two growth drivers of the province, in the spirit of Resolution No. 39, which is "having outstanding mechanisms and policies to develop Vinh city into an economic and cultural center of the entire North Central region". At this meeting, the Provincial Party Committee Secretary requested the leaders of Vinh City Party Committee to absorb the opinions of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, departments and branches at the meeting; coordinate with relevant departments and branches to complete the Draft Project and Draft Resolution to submit to the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee for consideration, and proceed to promulgate on May 19, 2024.
Many contents in Action Program No. 68-Ctr/TU, implementing Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo have also been synchronously deployed. Such as the content of "promoting the construction and investment in the construction of socio-economic infrastructure, especially synchronous and modern transport infrastructure", at the regular meeting in March 2024, the Provincial Party Standing Committee agreed on the policy of investing in a bridge connecting National Highway 7C with Cua Lo Deepwater Port, which is an important transport system connecting the national transport network passing through the province such as: Vinh International Airport, Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City railway, National Highway 1A, coastal road, National Highway 7C..., which is the logistics hub of the region and the shortest gateway to the sea on the East - West economic corridor, serving the transport and reception of goods for Laos and the Northeast region of Thailand.
Regarding the content of "implementing social security policies well", many outstanding results have been achieved initially. Typically, in the past 2 years, Nghe An has supported the renovation and repair of 8,440 houses for poor households, with a total resource of more than 606 billion VND, equal to the results of the previous 10 years combined. The province is also aiming to complete the remaining 7,600 houses before the 20th Provincial Party Congress.
Regarding the task and solution of "creating a breakthrough in administrative reform, improving the investment and business environment", the Provincial Steering Committee for Administrative Reform determined: "Choose the key task - Take drastic action" and the theme chosen by the Provincial People's Committee is: "Promoting digital transformation - Focusing on improving the rate of implementation of online public services throughout the process - Rate of digitalization of records - Rate of online payment". Thanks to that, according to the results announced on April 17, 2024, the Administrative Reform Index (PAR INDEX) in 2023 of the Government's Steering Committee for Administrative Reform, Nghe An reached 88.48 points, ranked 15/63 provinces and cities, up 1 place compared to 2022, continuing to lead the North Central region.
Regarding the content of "building and implementing well the planning and planning management work, strengthening regional linkages", the province is currently implementing the project of planning for the development of Nghe An province for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050. On that basis, districts, cities and towns have been and are making development plans for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, implementing the plan closely following the development goals oriented in Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW, to take advantage of the advantages in promoting and attracting investment in the coming period.
Nghe An's initial growth targets also achieved encouraging results. In 2023, the economy maintained a good growth momentum (7.14%), higher than the national growth rate (5.05%). 2023 is also the second consecutive year that Nghe An is in the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI investment in the country, with more than 1.6 billion USD (ranked 8/63 provinces and cities). Total export turnover exceeded the 3 billion USD mark for the first time, reaching 3.11 billion USD, up 22.6% over the same period. Budget revenue for the second consecutive year exceeded 20,000 billion VND. By the end of the first quarter of 2024, Nghe An province's budget revenue is estimated to be 5,904.3 billion VND, reaching 37.1% of the estimate, 25% higher than the progress assigned by the Provincial People's Council...
It can be seen that, with the support and companionship of the Politburo, the National Assembly, the Government and ministries, departments and branches; the proactive participation, the aspiration to rise of the People and the entire political system, Nghe An has been implementing Resolution No. 39 into life effectively and practically, to together bring Nghe An "to step strongly, go far" as directed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.