For Nghe An to "step strong and go far" - Part 4: New opportunities and fortunes

With the viewpoint that "building and developing Nghe An province commensurate with its position, role, importance, and worthy of being the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh is an important political task of the Party Committee, government, and people of Nghe An province and the whole country", on July 18, 2023, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong signed and issuedResolution No. 39-NQ/TWof the Politburo "on construction and development of Nghe An province to 2030, vision to 2045".

Bộ Chính trị tổng kết 10 năm thực hiện Nghị quyết số 26 về phương hướng, nhiệm vụ phát triển tỉnh Nghệ An đến năm 2020. Ảnh: Thành Duy
The Politburo summarizes 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 on directions and tasks for Nghe An province's development until 2020. Photo: Thanh Duy

Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo sets the target that by 2030 Nghe An will be a fairly developed province in the country, with a fast and sustainable economic development, imbued with the cultural identity of Vietnam and Nghe An; a center of the North Central region in terms of trade, logistics, healthcare, education and training, science and technology, industry and high-tech agriculture. Vision to 2045, Nghe An will be a fast, sustainable, comprehensive, civilized and modern province, imbued with the cultural identity of Vietnam and Nghe An; one of the driving forces for development in the North Central region.

Lễ rước ảnh Bác Hồ tại Lễ hội Làng Sen; Festival Dân ca ví, giặm Nghệ Tĩnh; Đền thờ vua Quang Trung trên núi Dũng Quyết (TP. Vinh); Chùa Đại Tuệ (Nam Đàn). Ảnh: Đình Tuyên - Đức Anh - Huy Thư
Procession of Uncle Ho's portrait at the Sen Village Festival; Nghe Tinh Folk Song Festival; King Quang Trung Temple on Dung Quyet Mountain (Vinh City); Dai Tue Pagoda (Nam Dan). Photo: Dinh Tuyen - Duc Anh - Huy Thu

To successfully achieve the above objectives, the Politburo has set out the following main tasks and solutions: Unifying awareness, renewing thinking, arousing the desire for comprehensive, faster and stronger development; promoting traditions and culture imbued with Nghe An's identity to become the driving force and endogenous resources for development. At the same time, building and implementing well the work of planning and planning management; strengthening development linkages.

The Politburo also requested to promote economic restructuring associated with growth model innovation towards mainly relying on science and technology, innovation, creativity and digital transformation; develop green economy, circular economy; develop Nghe An into the center of the North Central region in terms of trade, logistics, industry and high-tech agriculture. Focus on developing urban networks, especially central cities; promote investment in building socio-economic infrastructure, especially synchronous and modern transport infrastructure; information technology infrastructure, digital infrastructure.

Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Đa khoa Nghệ An; Bệnh viện Sản Nhi Nghệ An; Toàn cảnh Trường Đại học Vinh và Trường Đại học Công nghiệp Vinh. Ảnh: Thành Chung - Sách Nguyễn - Thành Cường
Nghe An General Friendship Hospital; Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital; Panorama of Vinh University and Vinh University of Industry. Photo: Thanh Chung - Nguyen Book - Thanh Cuong

Focus on developing Nghe An into the center of the North Central region in education and training; science and technology, health; developing high-quality human resources; implementing well social security policies, ethnic affairs, and religion. Creating breakthroughs in administrative reform, improving the investment and business environment; promoting investment attraction and improving the efficiency of resource use for development.

Strengthening the management and effective use of resources; protecting the environment; improving the ability to respond and adapt to natural disasters and climate change. Ensuring national defense and security, especially in border areas, airspace, seas and islands of the Fatherland; improving the effectiveness of foreign affairs activities. Strengthening the building and rectification of the Party and the political system; improving the effectiveness and efficiency of management at all levels of government; consolidating the great national unity bloc.

Một góc xã Phà Đánh (Kỳ Sơn); Tuyến đường nối thị trấn Kim Sơn (Quế Phong) vào các xã Tây Nam; Thị trấn Hòa Bình (Tương Dương); Ngã ba Na Loi (Kỳ Sơn). Ảnh: Sách Nguyễn
A corner of Pha Danh commune (Ky Son); The road connecting Kim Son town (Que Phong) to Tay Nam communes; Hoa Binh town (Tuong Duong); Na Loi intersection (Ky Son). Photo: Sach Nguyen

The Politburo's issuance of the Resolution on "Building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045" continues to affirm the Party's viewpoint on the role, position and importance of Nghe An to the region, area and the whole country; creating unity in the perception of all levels and sectors; thereby paving the way for the introduction of new, breakthrough solutions to attract resources, both material and spiritual, to build and develop Nghe An to become a prosperous province of the whole country. That viewpoint was clearly expressed at the working session ofThe Politburo summarizes 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 - NQ/TWabout Nghe An. The Party and State leaders have had very close and specific analysis and orientation in the spirit of both responsibility and deep affection for Nghe An.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a concluding speech at the Politburo's working session summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW on Nghe An. Source: VTV

Regarding the viewpoint and vision to guide development, according to President Vo Van Thuong, it is necessary to recognize that Nghe An culture and Nghe An people are the most important and main internal resources to build and develop the province; at the same time, it is necessary to affirm Nghe An's strength as a place to preserve, transmit and promote traditional patriotic and revolutionary values. Along with that, based on the specificity of being a province with the largest area in the country, Nghe An needs to shape an ideology to guide the development of the East and the West.

Tổng Bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng trao đổi với các đồng chí lãnh đạo tỉnh Nghệ An bên lề cuộc họp của Bộ Chính trị tổng kết 10 năm thực hiện Nghị quyết số 26 về Nghệ An. Ảnh: Thành Duy
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong talks with leaders of Nghe An province on the sidelines of the Politburo meeting summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 on Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Duy

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the main viewpoint that Nghe An needs to promote self-reliance, self-strengthening, rising from its own hands, brains, and land; at the same time, promote the heroic historical tradition, the spirit of great solidarity of the land of talented people; mobilize all resources, especially public-private partnership resources, resources outside the society, take public investment to lead investment resources, activate all social resources to serve the province's development in a breakthrough way. The planning must have innovative thinking, strategic vision, maximize the potential differences, outstanding opportunities, competitive advantages of Nghe An province; at the same time, limit the conflicts, challenges, difficulties, and obstacles that the province must resolve.

Thủ tướng Chính phủ Phạm Minh Chính kiểm tra tiến độ thi công dự án cao tốc Bắc - Nam đoạn qua địa bàn tỉnh Nghệ An. Ảnh: Phạm Bằng
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspects the construction progress of the North-South Expressway project through Nghe An province. Photo: Pham Bang
Đề án mở rộng địa giới hành chính và không gian đô thị thành phố Vinh. Đồ họa: H.Q
Project to expand administrative boundaries and urban space of Vinh city. Graphics: HQ

In particular, according to the Prime Minister, Nghe An needs to focus on mobilizing public-private resources to develop infrastructure, expand airports, ports, and roads connecting with Laos; connect with the region for development according to Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated November 3, 2022 of the Politburo on "Socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security in the North Central and Central Coast regions to 2030, with a vision to 2045"; along with that, focus on training high-quality human resources not only for Nghe An but also for the whole region; improve the investment environment, further administrative reform, reduce administrative procedures to attract investment capital, especially foreign direct investment.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue noted the need to identify a more breakthrough mindset and vision, and a greater desire for development in the process of building and developing Nghe An in the coming period: "Determine in the entire Party a desire for development, promote administrative procedure reform, drastically improve the investment and business environment, and have more drastic breakthrough solutions". In particular, regarding the development orientation, the National Assembly Chairman said that it is necessary to clearly identify the position of Nghe An and Vinh city in building the North Central region in a number of fields. Specifically, determining the construction of the North Central region's center mainly focuses on Vinh city with the role of a central and dynamic urban area; from that position to allocate resources, issue institutions and policies for Vinh city to "break out".

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized: The Politburo's issuance of a new Resolution on Nghe An is only an important first step, the decisive issue is to organize its effective implementation; we must turn the Resolution into material wealth, into a vivid reality, what we want is for Nghe An to be richer and stronger. Accordingly, the spirit is that the locality must try harder, be more determined, be the main force, be the internal force, be the one to practice, and not rely on others. But the responsibility of the Central agencies is also very important, not leaving it to the locality. All need to join in synchronously with the spirit of "unanimity from top to bottom, and clarity from top to bottom" to create concrete and clear changes.

Ảnh: Sách Nguyễn
Photo: Nguyen Book