Promoting connectivity between Thanh Hoa - Nghe An - Ha Tinh provinces is an inevitable trend.

At the conference to disseminate and implement Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the morning of September 16, comrade Do Trong Hung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Thanh Hoa province presented a report on a number of solutions to strengthen links and cooperation with Nghe An province to form a development triangle of the South Thanh Hoa - North Nghe An region in the spirit of Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo.

According to Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Secretary Do Trong Hung, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An are two localities that are close and similar in terms of geography, natural conditions, people, cultural traditions, history, with large areas, large populations, and strategic locations in the North Central region and the whole country.

This is also one of the few provinces that converges all three geographical regions, has a convenient transportation system, with all types and important national traffic axes passing through, connecting with domestic and international regions. In particular, the South Thanh - North Nghe region has been approved by the Prime Minister and approved to adjust the Construction Planning to 2025 and vision to 2045. This is an important legal basis and orientation for Thanh Hoa and Nghe An to focus on mobilizing resources for the development of this dynamic economic region.

To realize the plan, in recent years, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An have promoted cooperation and association and achieved some important initial results. However, besides the results achieved, the exploitation of potentials and advantages in socio-economic development and development cooperation between the two provinces is still limited.

Resolution No. 58-NQ/TW dated August 5, 2020 of the Politburo sets out tasks for Thanh Hoa on the basis of taking Thanh Hoa city, Nghi Son Economic Zone, Sam Son city and Tho Xuan Airport as key points to strengthen coordination and connection with localities inside and outside the region. Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW dated July 18, 2023 of the Politburo sets out the task of strengthening cooperation towards forming a development triangle in the South Thanh Hoa - North Nghe An region, including Hoang Mai, Dong Hoi, Nghe An - Nghi Son Economic Zone, Thanh Hoa - Northwestern Nghe An region.

For Nghe An to develop strongly, for Thanh Hoa to develop together and for other provinces to develop together, Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Secretary Do Trong Hung proposed a number of key solutions.

The first, need to unify awareness: Cooperation and association for mutual development is an inevitable trend in the current period, as the proverb says: "If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together". Promoting the association between Thanh Hoa - Nghe An - Ha Tinh provinces, the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe region is completely consistent with the development trend, but must be placed in the general context of the whole country and the North Central region; consistent with the national development orientation, regional development planning and national sectoral planning.

Monday, in developing linkages with localities, Thanh Hoa always determines: "If the province is strong, the region will be strong and if the province is strong, it will have the conditions and opportunities to develop linkages". Therefore, we will focus on mobilizing and effectively using resources, promoting the potential and advantages of the province to promote rapid and sustainable economic development, on the basis of heavy industry, large-scale agriculture, high added value as the foundation; energy industry, processing, manufacturing and logistics services are breakthroughs, tourism is the key economic sector.

Prioritize resources to complete the infrastructure system of Nghi Son Economic Zone in a synchronous and modern direction to attract investment in key projects, build Nghi Son Economic Zone into one of the key urban - industrial and coastal tourism centers of the country, create spillover, promote cooperation with localities, especially the Northern Nghe An region.

Tuesday, implementing the cooperation agreement between the three provinces: Thanh Hoa - Nghe An - Ha Tinh; promoting and expanding cooperation in areas related to the potential and strengths of each province and the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe region; enhancing information exchange, promptly handling shortcomings and difficulties in planning implementation, infrastructure development, services, tourism, urban areas, implementing investment projects, towards forming a development triangle.

In developing the marine economy and seaports: Focus on mobilizing resources to develop Nghi Son Port and Dong Hoi Port, taking advantage of Nghi Son deep-water port to form Nghi Son - Dong Hoi Port cluster. Continue to call for and attract investment to form a Grade I regional logistics center here, facilitating import and export activities of goods, warehousing services, transportation, consignment of goods, etc.

In developing high-tech agriculture: Strengthening links and cooperation to form high-tech agricultural zones according to value chains, concentrated production, and large-scale specialized cultivation along the Ho Chi Minh Highway. Combining clean agricultural development with eco-tourism development; expanding the area of ​​forests with sustainable forest management certification, promoting the export wood processing industry and forming wood processing centers in the provinces.

In industrial development: Promote the development of processing, manufacturing and supporting industries in Hoang Mai and Dong Hoi industrial parks, together with Nghi Son Economic Zone, gradually forming industry clusters, specialized product groups and creating large-scale industrial complexes, focusing on strengths: Attracting investment in post-petrochemical projects, forming clusters of post-petrochemical product industries; linking and attracting construction materials industrial projects to exploit the advantages of limestone and white stone resources, making the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe area become the capital of the construction materials industry of the region. From now until the end of the year, speed up the progress of selecting investors to implement the Nghi Son LNG Thermal Power Plant Project, the Quynh Lap/Nghi Son LNG Thermal Power Plant Project according to the Power Plan VIII approved by the Prime Minister.

In infrastructure development: Continue to prioritize investment resources to complete coastal roads and connecting traffic routes, facilitate the circulation of goods, expand development space, and connect with other areas in the region and the whole country. Study and promulgate mechanisms to create resources and coordinate in completing infrastructure planning, creating conditions to promote synchronous investment in traffic infrastructure, urban areas, technical infrastructure of Nghi Son Economic Zone, Hoang Mai and Dong Hoi industrial parks, inter-provincial and inter-regional connecting axes to improve connectivity and cohesion between urban areas.

In tourism development: Strengthening links and cooperation in building and developing products with strengths, such as: Sea tourism, eco-tourism, heritage tourism, etc., towards forming key tourism clusters in the region. Strengthening cooperation in promoting, advertising, attracting investment in tourism development; building tours and tourist routes connecting inter-provincial and inter-regional areas.

In the field of national defense and security: Strengthen cooperation and information sharing in national defense and local military work, building defense zones, military diplomacy and protecting national border sovereignty; share experiences and support each other in ensuring security and order, fighting and preventing crime, especially organized crime and inter-provincial activities.

Wednesday, improve the quality of human resources in the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe region, focusing on coordinating the development of resource development strategies associated with the region's investment attraction orientation, constantly expanding and improving the quality of human resources, prioritizing specialized training in industries and occupations associated with the strengths of each region and each province to meet development requirements. Promote investment in social housing projects for workers in Nghi Son Economic Zone, Hoang Mai and Dong Hoi industrial parks.

With the achievements after nearly 40 years of innovation, especially after 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo and announcing Conclusion No. 55 of the Politburo, Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Secretary Do Trong Hung believes that Nghe An province will quickly put Resolution No. 39 into life, becoming a province with fast, sustainable, comprehensive, civilized, modern development, imbued with the cultural identity of Vietnam and Nghe An, one of the driving forces for development of the North Central region and the whole country.