To make the North Central region a safe, attractive and effective destination for investors

(Baonghean) -This morning October 17,at the Nghe An Provincial Labor Culture HouseThe Investment Promotion Conference of the 6 North Central provinces organized by the Ministry of Planning and Investment opened.

Attending the Conference were Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister; Party Central Committee members:Nguyen The Trung - Deputy Standing Member of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization; Vuong Dinh Hue - Minister of Finance; Ms. Vitoria Kwa Kwa - Director of the World Bank in Vietnam; Mr. Kimura - Director of the Asian Development Bank in Vietnam; Representatives of embassies of various countries, trade organizations, domestic and foreign enterprises, central ministries, departments and branches.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Phan Dinh Trac - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Tran Hong Chau - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Ho Duc Phoc - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee; comrade Nguyen Thanh Binh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Ha Tinh province, and leaders of the North Central and neighboring provinces.1,000 delegates attended.

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Ho Duc Phoc spoke at the Conference



Delegates attending the Conference



Ms. Vitoria Kwa Kwa - World Bank Country Director in Vietnam speaks



Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong speaks

In his opening speech at the Conference, Comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province expressed his joy, excitement and honor to have the Deputy Prime Minister attend and direct the Conference.

The North Central region includes 6 provinces: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, which is likened to a carrying pole at two ends of the country, with a long history and culture, where all the conditions to attract investment such as geographical location, synchronous infrastructure system, rich natural resources... If exploited effectively, it will contribute significantly to the economic growth of the region and the whole country.

In recent years, the North Central region has had a fairly good growth rate, reaching a relatively high rate of about 10%, attracting domestic and foreign investment capital to promote socio-economic development, gradually improving, contributing to improving people's lives. However, the North Central provinces are still poor provinces, the reality of attracting investment in the provinces is still limited, especially attracting direct foreign investment. Therefore, the North Central provinces need the attention of the Government, central ministries and branches, the business community, and international organizations to promote socio-economic development.

This Investment Promotion Conference is a good opportunity for localities in the North Central region to introduce and promote their image, potential and investment environment to attract domestic and foreign resources. This is also an opportunity for investors to meet, exchange and seek investment opportunities.investment cooperation association in this area.

In recent years, investment attraction in Nghe An has made remarkable progress, attracting an average of about 1 billion USD per year. Nghe An and the provinces in the North Central region are committed to making efforts to improve the investment and business environment, synchronously and effectively implementing investment attraction policies, supporting investors in seeking opportunities and implementing investment projects, so that the North Central region is truly a safe, attractive and effective destination for investors.

The conference received many enthusiastic and intellectual comments and discussions from leaders of ministries, sectors, and departments: Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, international organizations such as representatives of the World Bank in Vietnam, Asian Development Bank in Vietnam, representatives of the Japan External Trade Organization in Vietnam, etc., assessing the situation, potential, investment attraction policies; regional linkages for sustainable development, investors' perspectives, commitments to support and invest in the North Central region.

News and photos: Sy Minh - Thanh Le