Nghe An Provincial Party Congress

The 19th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025

BNA • May 28, 2025 10:35

The 19th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025 took place in Vinh city on October 16, 17, 18, 2020 with the participation of 448 outstanding delegates, representing over 193,000 Party members, representing the intelligence; spirit of solidarity; fighting strength of the entire Party Committee, army and people in the province.

During the 2015-2020 term, the Party Committee and people of Nghe An province implemented the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress in a context of both basic advantages and many difficulties and challenges, especially the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the Party Committee, government, armed forces, people of all walks of life and the business community united, innovated, created, competed to overcome difficulties and challenges and achieved many important and quite comprehensive results in all fields.

However, the province's growth quality is not commensurate, competitiveness is still low; some important targets of the 18th Congress Resolution have not been achieved, especially budget revenue and GRDP per capita. Investment attraction is still limited, there are no large projects with driving force; Vinh city development has not met the requirements of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the Politburo. Science and technology have not really become the foundation and driving force for development. The poverty rate is still higher than the national average. Although there have been changes in administrative reform, it has not met the requirements. The work of developing party members and building party organizations still has weaknesses, especially in enterprises, in special difficult areas, there are still some blocks, hamlets, and villages without party cells, without local party members or at risk of no longer having party cells.

In that context, the 19th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025 took place in Vinh city on October 16, 17 and 18, 2020 with the participation of 448 outstanding delegates, representing over 193,000 Party members, representing the intelligence; solidarity; fighting strength of the entire Party Committee, army and people in the province. Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, Prime Minister, on behalf of the Politburo attended and directly directed the Congress.

The Congress is an important political event, focusing on high intelligence, demonstrating the will, aspiration and strength of the Party Committee and the people in the whole province, marking a new development milestone of the province after 35 years of renovation, 10 years of implementing the Platform for national construction in the transitional period to socialism (2011) and the Socio-Economic Development Strategy (2011 - 2020), 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress.

- Evaluation of the Party Committee's performance in the previous term:

The Congress focused on discussing and unanimously approved the Political Report, the Report on reviewing the leadership and direction of the 18th Provincial Party Executive Committee, term 2015 - 2020, the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress with many responsible, enthusiastic and democratic opinions. The Congress approved the Resolution for the 2020 - 2025 term; discussed, contributed opinions and expressed consensus on the draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Congress of the Party. Thereby, it demonstrated the concentration of intelligence and high responsibility, continuing to affirm the absolute trust of all cadres, party members and people of Nghe An in the glorious revolutionary cause of our Party and people.

About the results achieved:

In the 2015 - 2020 term, implementing the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, in the context of mixed advantages and difficulties and challenges, the Party Committee and people of the whole province have united, strived, and achieved many positive and quite comprehensive results in all fields.

The economy maintained a fairly good growth rate, with an average growth rate of 7.2% in the 2016-2020 period. GRDP per capita by the end of 2020 was 1.5 times higher than in 2015. Annual budget revenue always reached and exceeded the assigned estimate, with the end of 2020 expected to be about 1.7 times higher than in 2015.

The economic structure continues to shift in the right direction. Agriculture, rural areas and farmers have made many improvements, being a bright spot in the country in terms of the results of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Development, with the number of districts and communes meeting the new rural criteria exceeding the Congress Resolution target and higher than the national average. The socio-economic infrastructure system is increasingly synchronous. Investment and business mechanisms, policies and environment are increasingly better.

Many progresses have been made in the cultural and social fields. Social security and people's lives have been taken care of and improved, the poverty rate has decreased to 3%. Party building and government building have received comprehensive attention in all aspects.

The spirit of solidarity and democracy has been widely spread; national defense, security, order and social safety have been ensured; foreign relations have been strengthened and expanded, leaving many good impressions on domestic and international friends. The results achieved in the past 5 years have created a solid foundation for the whole province to enthusiastically enter a new stage of development.

About limitations and disadvantages:

Some important targets have not yet been achieved. Growth quality is not high, competitiveness is low. Investment attraction is slow, there are no large projects that have a strong impact on economic restructuring and budget collection.

Human resources, especially high-quality human resources, have not met the requirements of development. The quality of comprehensive education and medical examination and treatment in some places is still low. Management of private medical and pharmaceutical practice, health insurance, and food hygiene and safety is still inadequate. The poverty rate is higher than the national average.

Security, order, crime, and social evils are still potentially complicated. Violations of the law in the fields of economics, environmental protection, construction order, traffic order and safety still occur. The handling of petitions, complaints, and denunciations is sometimes and in some places not good.

The work of developing party members and building party organizations in different types of enterprises and specific regions is still difficult. The leadership capacity and fighting strength of some grassroots party organizations are still weak. The activities of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations are still stereotyped in some places.

Although there have been changes in administrative reform, it has not met requirements. The Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) is quite high, but indicators on land access, informal costs and dynamism of government levels remain low.

- Party Committee's direction:

The Congress passed the Resolution for the 2020 - 2025 term with high consensus and unity, demonstrating the will, aspirations, and greater determination and aspirations of the Party Committee, Government and People of Nghe An province in the new term, with the goal of: Building a clean and strong Party Committee and political system. Promoting the historical and cultural traditions and people of Nghe An, the will to be self-reliant and the aspiration to rise up; proactively innovating and creating, bringing Nghe An to develop rapidly and sustainably; firmly ensuring national defense and security; striving to make Nghe An a fairly developed province in the Northern region by 2025, and a fairly developed province in the whole country by 2030.

To achieve the above goals, the Congress agreed on 6 key tasks and 3 development breakthroughs:

- 6 key tasks:

+ Continue to build and rectify the Party, build a clean and strong government and political system. Promote administrative reform, fight against bureaucracy, corruption and waste. Build a team of cadres, especially key cadres with innovative thinking, a desire for development, dare to think, dare to do and dare to face difficulties and challenges.

+ Focus on innovating the growth model, continuing to restructure the economy. Building and perfecting a system of mechanisms and policies suitable for a synchronous, modern, and integrated market economy. Promoting the development of science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, digital economic development, building a digital society and digital government.

+ Promote education and training development, improve the quality of human resources. Develop medical facilities in Vinh city to become a high-tech medical center in the North Central region. Promote cultural values ​​and human qualities of Nghe An, arouse the will and aspiration to build a rich and beautiful homeland.

+ Improve the effectiveness of foreign affairs and development cooperation in all fields. Well perform local defense and military tasks; consolidate and firmly ensure security, order and social safety.

+ Perfecting the system of mechanisms and policies; strengthening the legal system, ensuring discipline, practicing socialist democracy of Party committees, Party organizations, authorities, Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations.

+ Manage, protect, exploit, use resources economically, reasonably, effectively and sustainably in the area; proactively respond to climate change, preserve land and forests to contribute to sustainable development.

- 3 development breakthroughs:

+ Strongly improve the investment and business environment associated with administrative reform, enhancing the application of information technology in management and operation.

+ Continue training, developing and attracting human resources, especially high-quality human resources.

+ Continue to develop key infrastructure systems to promote socio-economic development of the province.

- Executive Committee election results

The Congress elected the Provincial Party Executive Committee for the 19th term, 2020 - 2025, consisting of 64 comrades, representing the intelligence, moral qualities, capacity, and fighting strength of the Party Committee, ensuring continuity, inheritance, and development, and assuming the responsibility of leading and organizing the successful implementation of the Congress Resolution.

The Congress elected 29 official delegates and 2 alternate delegates representing the voices of more than 190,000 Party members to attend the 13th National Congress of the Party.

At the first meeting of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, term XIX, the Provincial Party Standing Committee consisting of 16 comrades was elected, the Provincial Party Secretary and Deputy Secretaries were elected, the Provincial Party Inspection Committee was elected, and the Chairman of the Provincial Party Inspection Committee was elected. The results of the elections at the Congress and the first meeting of the Provincial Party Executive Committee basically achieved a high number of votes, focused, demonstrating trust and high unity throughout the Party.

The success of the 19th Provincial Party Congress is of great significance, opening a new development period for the province. The Congress calls on all cadres, party members, soldiers and people of the whole province to continue to promote the fine traditions of their homeland, concentrate their intelligence, unite, innovate and create, exploit all potentials, advantages and resources to create a new breakthrough, bring Nghe An to develop rapidly and sustainably, soon becoming a well-off province in the North and the whole country.

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