Unlocking human resources

(Baonghean)- Nghe An is a province with great potential for development, but after 30 years of renovation, the goal of building Nghe An into a rich and powerful province as Uncle Ho always wished has not been achieved. Promoting potential is still a difficult problem for Nghe An.

Speaking and contributing ideas on education and health development at the 4th Provincial Party Committee Conference, XVIII course.

Among the potentials of Nghe An, human potential is the most valuable asset. Nghe An people are hard-working, intelligent, and famous nationwide for their revolutionary spirit and tradition of studiousness. In history, Nghe An has many famous people and national heroes. In contemporary life, Nghe An has many talented people in many fields.

When mentioning Nghe An, many people comment that this is truly a place of “geomancy and talent”. But how have the people of Nghe An been promoted in the cause of building and developing the homeland today? The answer to this question cannot stop at just words of pride about the qualities of Nghe An people, but there must be a specific quantity to “measure” human resources in the development process.

During his recent visit and work in Nghe An, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assessed that human potential is the most valuable asset of this province. But why has Nghe An still not met the development pace compared to the general level of the whole country?

Nghe An is having “bottlenecks” in transport infrastructure such as lack of deep-water seaports, lack of strategic roads connecting the region... And there is a very big “bottleneck” of Nghe An that only insiders can feel, which is the “bottleneck” in exploiting human resources.

Speaking of Nghe An’s human resources, we must first mention the strength of a populous province. Nghe An’s population ranks fourth in the country (after Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Thanh Hoa), equivalent to many small countries in the world.

For economic development, a large population is a very important factor. In the world, there are countries that have promoted this strength very well, the most typical of which is China. Nghe An has not considered a large population as a strength, in fact, a large population is becoming a burden. In Nghe An, there are unusual phenomena that show that the strength of a populous province has not been promoted.

Nghe An market is very crowded with customers, but everything is difficult to sell because people's purchasing power is limited, which greatly limits the development of goods production. Fairs, supermarkets, and modern trade centers have sprung up in Nghe An, but there are more viewers than buyers.

Many forms of cultural and entertainment activities that attract visitors from other localities, but in Nghe An, become deserted, not because the cultural needs of Nghe An people are lower, but because people's wallets are still poor.

Western Nghe An has great land potential, but the majority of people here are still resigned to poverty because they do not know how to get rich. Nghe An also leads the country in the number of people going abroad to work and working for hire outside the province... As such, it can be seen that Nghe An's large population has not been fully exploited.

Nghe An has a tradition of good education and many talented people, that is an undeniable fact. But how Nghe An’s talented people are promoted in their homeland is another matter. Many people commented that many Nghe An people who go to other localities are successful and famous, but it is very difficult to develop within the province.

There are very successful Nghe An businessmen in other provinces, while Nghe An businessmen have difficulty doing business in their homeland. Promoting Nghe An human resources is first and foremost promoting Nghe An people’s intelligence in the marketplace. In 30 years of renovation, how many valuable initiatives of Nghe An people have been applied?

What are the creative works of Nghe people that have left a milestone in the process of building their homeland? How have Nghe intellectuals enriched their homeland? The province has issued many policies to attract talents, but why are talents still so rare in Nghe An?

How to exploit Nghe An’s human resources effectively? It is time to think about this issue thoroughly and seriously. We cannot lull ourselves with “human potential” while a populous province famous for its many talented people is still known as poor. With my own thoughts, the author of this article would like to make the following two recommendations:

Firstly, the province must boldly innovate to have realistic and open policies to create conditions for the people of Nghe An to have the opportunity to get rich. We cannot let the people of Phu Quy remain poor on thousands of hectares of fertile red basalt land. We cannot let tens of thousands of Nghe An youths have to leave their homeland to earn a living and change their lives. Nghe An is implementing many large projects to develop the economy, we cannot let the projects make the people poor due to land acquisition and job loss. The people's strength will make everything possible, if we lose the people's strength, nothing will succeed.

Second, we must review the province's talent attraction policy to see why it is not as effective as expected. There is no shortage of talented people in Nghe An, but they are somewhere else and not living and working in their hometown. There are students who are good at studying and talented, but when they return to apply for the policy to attract high-quality human resources, they encounter many difficulties. Many very talented Nghe intellectuals who are working in central agencies or other cities have expressed that they really want to return to contribute to their hometown, but are afraid that they will encounter many obstacles when they return home... If we cannot attract talented people from Nghe An, then Nghe An's human resources are being wasted.

Human resources are the decisive factor in developing the province's resources. Only by developing human resources can other resources be effectively developed. This is not only a matter of policy but must be the most earnest desire of every provincial leader.

Tran Hong Co