Provincial leaders meet with retired key officials

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, branches and sectors of the province.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy announced some highlights of the province in 2018 and early 2019.

Accordingly, in 2018, Nghe An completed 27/27 targets, of which 12 targets were exceeded; growth rate reached 8.77%, higher than in many recent years; budget revenue reached 14,200 billion VND; economic structure shifted well towards increasing the proportion of industry - construction and services with a rate of about 80%; agriculture had high growth.

In 2018, the whole province had 37 communes reaching the new rural standard, bringing the total number of communes reaching the standard to 218, reaching a rate of over 50%, including 4 communes in district 30a.

The quality of new rural construction has changed a lot, especially paying attention to rearranging production organization for people, to improve material life; the appearance of the countryside has been improved, especially focusing on building a "green - clean - beautiful" landscape, creating a livable environment in the countryside; outstanding debts are increasingly reduced. The results of new rural construction in Nghe An are well evaluated by the Government.

The province's investment environment continues to improve with total investment in 2018 reaching more than 10,000 billion VND.

At the Spring Investment Meeting of the Year of the Pig - 2019, the provincial leaders granted investment policy approval decisions/investment registration certificates to 13 projects with a total investment of VND 7,703 billion and signed investment cooperation memorandums of understanding for 18 projects with a total estimated investment of VND 14,274 billion.

Culture, society, national defense and security are maintained. Party building and political system building are strengthened.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy emphasized: These achievements and results, besides the attention of the Central Government, also come from the efforts of the political system, including the very important contributions of effort, intelligence and enthusiasm of the comrades who have retired recently.

On behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy respectfully thanked and expressed deep gratitude for the contributions of the recently retired comrades to the socio-economic development of the province.

Continue to contribute to the development of the province

Regarding the 2019 tasks, thoroughly implementing the Government's motto of action: "Discipline, integrity, action, creativity, efficiency, breakthrough", Nghe An strives to effectively implement the set goals and targets. In particular, the province determined to strive for a growth rate of 9.5%, budget revenue of over 15,000 billion, average income per capita of over 43 million VND/person/year; the poverty rate reduced to 4%;...

Former Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, former Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

To achieve those goals and tasks, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the province chose 2019 as the year of administrative reform, aiming to continue building a public and transparent administration, tightening discipline, improving public ethics, and creating positive changes in handling administrative procedures for people and businesses.

Nghe An also focuses on synchronously building transport infrastructure with important projects: coastal road from Cua Lo to Thanh Hoa border, coordinating the implementation of the North-South expressway through Nghe An; upgrading Vinh International Airport with many items such as: new terminal, additional aircraft parking... to increase the capacity to 5 million passengers/year...

Besides, the province continues to direct the good management of resources and minerals; develop plans and strictly manage plans.

In particular, 2019 is a pivotal year for drafting documents for the Provincial Party Congress and all levels for the 2020-2025 term.

Provincial leaders presented gifts to retired key officials of the province, departments, branches, districts, cities and towns. Photo: Thanh Duy

Faced with these tasks, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy hopes that retired comrades with passion, enthusiasm and practical experience will continue to pay attention, monitor, encourage and help the incumbent leaders to successfully complete the tasks of 2019, as well as actively contribute to the process of building documents for Party congresses at all levels.

On behalf of retired provincial leaders, departments, branches, districts and cities, former Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, former Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong expressed his excitement at the province's very commendable progress in the past year and continued new developments in all fields in 2019.

Identifying their responsibilities, retired comrades always preserve and continue to promote what they have acquired during their work to contribute to community building and the development of their province.

Provincial leaders presented gifts to retired key officials of the province, departments, branches, districts, cities and towns. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong wished the Provincial Party Executive Committee, the Provincial Party Standing Committee, and the Provincial People's Committee to continue to unite, unify, and promote responsibility to further develop the province and effectively implement Resolution 26 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for developing Nghe An province until 2020.