Workshop on 'Socio-economic development and national defense and security of Nghe An province to 2030, vision to 2045' in Hanoi

Overview of the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

BUILDING AND FORMING A NEW DEVELOPMENT DYNAMIC

REALITY

On July 30, 2013, the 11th Politburo issued Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW on "Orientations and tasks for the development of Nghe An province to 2020". In 2019, based on the 5-year review of the implementation of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW, the 12th Politburo issued Notice No. 55-TB/TW dated April 20, 2019 on "PreliminarySummary of 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the 11th Politburo on directions and tasks for developing Nghe An province to 2020".

Comrade Nguyen Hong Son - Deputy Head of the Central Economic Commission, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the summary of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW delivered the opening speech at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

To comprehensively assess the results of 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW, the Secretariat has directed the Central Economic Commission to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and Nghe An Provincial Party Committee to summarize the Resolution and develop a Summary Report to submit to the Politburo in the first quarter of 2023.

The workshop was organized to have more scientific and practical arguments, serving the summary work from 3 perspectives: Experts, scientists; Nghe An province and management agencies. Speaking at the workshop, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy said: After nearly 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo, Nghe An province has achieved quite comprehensive achievements in all aspects; however, the implementation process still has shortcomings and limitations, especially the goal of building Nghe An into a fairly developed province in the Northern region by 2015, basically becoming an industrial province by 2020 has not been achieved.

Comrade Nguyen Sinh Hung - former Politburo member, former Chairman of the National Assembly and leaders of several ministries attended the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

The aspiration to develop Nghe An commensurate with its position, role, potential and advantages has always been the concern of many generations of leaders and people of the province; at the same time, through nearly 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26, Nghe An really wants to have a strong enough mechanism and resources with high breakthroughs to resonate with the solidarity and efforts of the entire Party and people, bringing the province to progress quickly and make great strides in the new period.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy affirmed: “With a spirit of openness, seriousness and frankness, we hope and believe that we will receive many valuable opinions from today's workshop for reference in the process of implementing practical work in the locality, and at the same time, these will be important suggestions to complete the Project to summarize Resolution 26, and submit it to the Politburo for consideration and decision in the coming time.”

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the Project to Summarize Resolution No. 26 delivered a welcome speech at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking at the workshop, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council made detailed and profound comments and assessments on the current situation of Nghe An, especially after 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo.

On that basis, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang emphasized that it is time for Nghe An to look back and objectively assess the potential, strengths and real capacity of the province, to build and form a new, substantial and practical development dynamism in four aspects: New development thinking; New development space; New development resources; New development fields.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council delivered a speech at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

In order for Nghe An's new development capacity to be formed based on a comprehensive structure, at the workshop, the Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics asked delegates and scientists to discuss and propose many new solutions to promote foreign affairs, ensure national defense and security, and strengthen Party building and the political system of Nghe An.

In the system of solutions, it is very necessary to propose breakthrough solutions on: Combining socio-economic development with ensuring national defense and security... In particular, it is very important to thoroughly grasp the viewpoint: The close leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the solidarity, consensus and support of the people are the decisive factors for the success of the cause of building and developing Nghe An.

Leaders of Nghe An province at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP NGHE AN PROVINCE IN THE NEW PERIOD

The workshop listened to Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, Chairman of the Scientific Council, Vietnam Economic Institute, present a speech with the topic: "Mission, responsibility and issues for Nghe An after 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26", in which he proposed a vision and action approach; a system of goals, strategic priorities and outstanding institutions for Nghe An.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, Chairman of the Scientific Council, Vietnam Economic Institute presented a paper with the topic: "Mission, responsibility and issues for Nghe An after 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26". Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, to have more perspectives on the development of industries, especially high-tech industries in Nghe An province, Dr. Duong Dinh Giam - Vietnam Economic Science Association, former Director of the Institute for Strategy and Industrial Policy Research, Ministry of Industry and Trade gave a speech with the topic: "Solutions to develop high-tech industries in Nghe An province".

In which, he suggested some specific directions for traditional and new industries. Specifically, for traditional industries, it is necessary to develop the mining industry in the direction of increasing the application of high technology and refined processing; at the same time, develop the processing and manufacturing industry to become one of the key industries; develop the production of construction materials, especially new materials with high technology.

Dr. Duong Dinh Giam - Vietnam Economic Science Association, former Director of the Institute for Industrial Policy and Strategy Research, Ministry of Industry and Trade delivered a speech. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding new industries, Dr. Duong Dinh Giam suggested that the province proactively develop some industries and fields with strengths, such as: Industry serving ecological agriculture; pharmaceutical industry to exploit the potential of medicinal resources in the Western region of Nghe An.

From another perspective on high-tech applications in the agricultural sector, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan - Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture presented a paper with the topic: "Solutions to develop high-tech agricultural sectors in Nghe An province".

According to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Nghe An has the potential and advantages to develop high-tech agriculture, so it should focus on 3 main subjects to create breakthroughs: Wood, wood products, medicinal herbs, and large livestock farming; along with that, the province needs to issue specific policies, prioritize and develop specific projects and plans to implement the above orientations.

Ms. Thai Huong, Chairwoman of TH Group's Strategy Council, Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, General Director of Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank, gave a speech. Photo: Thanh Duy

Representing the business community that is making great contributions to Nghe An's economic growth, Ms. Thai Huong, Chairwoman of TH Group's Strategy Council, Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, General Director of Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank, presented a discussion on the topic: "Conditions for Nghe An to attract investment from large, strategic enterprises - perspective from TH True Milk".

Accordingly, Ms. Thai Huong suggested paying attention to outstanding policies to develop high-tech agriculture, especially in the Western Nghe An region to develop medicinal herbs, fruit trees, tourism; at the same time, develop Cua Lo deep-water seaport.

Former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung speaks at the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

After listening to presentations on topics representing the basic sectors and fields of sustainable development of Nghe An province: industry, agriculture, urban areas, culture, etc. to have more scientific and practical bases and more perspectives, at the workshop, leaders and former leaders of the Party and State; experts, managers and scientists provided new issues, issues that need to be clarified and supplemented for discussion in the hall; focusing on the orientations, goals, tasks and solutions for "Socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security of Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045".

Speaking at the workshop, comrade Nguyen Sinh Hung - former Politburo member, former Chairman of the National Assembly emphasized that Nghe An needs to clearly define the development goal in the coming period as "the people must be rich, the province must be strong" through the indicators of GRDP per capita, budget balance, and development into an industrial province.

Leaders of Nghe An province attended the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

The former National Assembly Chairman also emphasized that there must be appropriate development orientations for each region in Nghe An province: Sea, plains, and mountains; accordingly, there must be appropriate infrastructure, especially seaports; there must be orientations for the development of comprehensive industries, agriculture, and services based on promoting industrialization and modernization; promoting at the highest level the cultural values, identity of Nghe An, and Nghe An people, so that culture truly becomes a spiritual foundation and an endogenous resource.

The former National Assembly Chairman hopes that after summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26, the new Resolution of the Politburo will create confidence and excitement not only for the people of Nghe An but also for the whole country in the new period.

Comrade Vu Hong Thanh - Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee spoke at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

Also at the workshop, comrades: Vu Hong Thanh - Chairman of the Economic Committee of the National Assembly; Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education and representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment discussed, analyzed and suggested more contents to guide the development of Nghe An in the coming time; especially besides overcoming infrastructure bottlenecks such as deep-water seaports and airports, it is necessary to pay attention to industrial infrastructure and digital infrastructure...

Comrade Tran Tuan Anh - Member of the Politburo, Head of the Central Economic Commission, Head of the Steering Committee for summarizing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW delivered a closing speech at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

In his concluding remarks at the workshop, Comrade Tran Tuan Anh - Member of the Politburo, Head of the Central Economic Commission, Head of the Steering Committee for the summary of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW emphasized that the presentations and discussions at the workshop and in the proceedings were very profound and comprehensive; not only stopping at evaluating the results achieved, shortcomings, and limitations, but also focusing on clarifying the advantages, tasks, and specific solutions for rapid and sustainable development of Nghe An province in the coming time.

On the basis of summarizing the 8 basic contents discussed, on behalf of the Steering Committee for summarizing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW, Head of the Central Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh expressed his appreciation and respect for the contributions of the delegates at the workshop for the development of Nghe An province, contributing to the success of the workshop, the success of summarizing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW; as well as issuing a new Resolution of the Politburo for socio-economic development and ensuring national defense of Nghe An province.