Nghe An provincial leaders work with the provincial socio-economic advisory group

Attending the meeting were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Also attending were comrades: Le Ngoc Hoa - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of a number of departments, agencies and branches.

The provincial socio-economic advisory group includes comrades: Truong Dinh Tuyen - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister of Trade, former Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, Head of the advisory group; Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, Deputy Head of the advisory group; Ho Xuan Hung - former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, former Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, Chairman of Vietnam General Association of Agriculture and Rural Development; Dr. Nguyen Sy Dung - former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office; Tran Ngoc Chinh - Chairman of Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association, former Deputy Minister of Construction; Le Xuan Dai - former member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, former Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ms. Thai Huong - General Director of Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Founder of TH Group.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

DISCUSSING "SAFE ADAPTATION" SOLUTIONS TO COVID-19

The meeting took place in the context that Nghe An has basically controlled the Covid-19 epidemic situation in the area and shifted the epidemic prevention and control status from "Zero Covid" to "safe, flexible adaptation, effective control of Covid-19 epidemic".

Despite the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the efforts, determination, and unity of the entire political system and people, basic economic sectors have been maintained stable.

In particular, the province's 9-month GRDP growth rate increased by 5.9%, ranking 3rd among localities in the North Central region, higher than the national average, reaching 1.42%.

Ms. Thai Huong contributed her opinion online. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Le Xuan Dai - former member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, former Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

On that basis, the Advisory Group members highly appreciated the results of the province's Covid-19 prevention and control work in the past time, as well as the province's socio-economic development situation.

On the other hand, experts in the Advisory Group also spent time analyzing, forecasting, and giving advice to the province, especially breakthrough solutions to restore and develop the socio-economy in the new context, associated with the development of the socio-economic plan for 2022, such as: not to interrupt production, solve employment for workers; especially need to work with businesses, especially manufacturing businesses to listen to difficulties, discuss solutions to remove them for businesses such as taxes, procedures, support for accessing capital sources; along with that, besides FDI enterprises, it is necessary to support businesses in the province.

On the other hand, provincial leaders approach intellectuals and businessmen from Nghe An to mobilize intellectual capacity and capital to contribute to building their homeland.

Comrade Tran Ngoc Chinh speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Dr. Nguyen Sy Dung speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, members of the Advisory Group spent a lot of time analyzing and proposing a number of core issues in the development of Nghe An province in the coming period such as: implementing the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 to ensure the best quality and feasibility; adjusting the overall planning of the Southeast Economic Zone, especially focusing on solutions to build Cua Lo deep-water port, connecting the road and railway traffic system to Cua Lo port;...

Many experts also analyzed and suggested some orientations and solutions to shape the vision for the development of the province's major "coordinates" such as: expanding and developing Vinh City in the direction of a coastal city; building Hoang Mai area and Thai Hoa town into growth poles of the province in the overall Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe region. To do so, there must be policies and mechanisms to create motivation for these development "coordinates"; thereby creating a spreading effect.

Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ho Xuan Hung speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The advisory group and provincial leaders also discussed the Resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for Nghe An development, which was approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee and will be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration in the coming time; as well as the issue of preparing to summarize 10 years of implementing Resolution 26-NQ/TW of the 11th Politburo on the direction and tasks for Nghe An province's development.

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen - Head of the Advisory Group expressed his appreciation for the province's effective implementation of Covid-19 prevention and control work, and at the same time, despite difficult conditions, GRDP in the first 9 months of the year still ranked 3rd among the North Central provinces.

On the other hand, the Head of the Advisory Group emphasized that the province's choice of Hoang Mai town as the growth pole in the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe An region is correct, but it must be accompanied by a specific mechanism for the town; at the same time, it is necessary to aim to establish Thai Hoa City under the province, including Thai Hoa town and some neighboring districts; this is the growth center of the Northwest Nghe An region on the basis of gradual urbanization and a mechanism to attract industrial investment in this area.

Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen - Head of the Advisory Group spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen also suggested that the province should quickly implement the digital transformation strategy, which is a fundamental premise to accelerate growth. The province also needs to prepare to effectively exploit the special mechanism if approved by the National Assembly in the coming time and prepare to summarize 10 years of implementing Resolution 26 of the Politburo in conjunction with building and proposing new mechanisms and policies to the Politburo to create conditions for Nghe An to develop faster.

CAREFULLY PREPARING TO SUMMARY 10 YEARS OF IMPLEMENTING RESOLUTION 26

Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee discussed a number of contents related to the implementation of the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050; the general planning of the Southeast Economic Zone. On that basis, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee hoped that in the coming time, the Consulting Team would contribute to these important plans.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy thanked and accepted the very valid and important contributions of the Advisory Group members, and at the same time requested the Group to continue implementing the 8 work contents that the Group will carry out in 2021, which were agreed upon by the provincial leaders and the Advisory Group in the working session in March 2021.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The head of the Provincial Party Committee also discussed some development perspectives of the province in the coming time, in which the province will focus on 3 extremely important tasks: carefully preparing for the Summary of 10 implementations of Resolution 26 of the Politburo in conjunction with proposing specific policies for Nghe An province in the new period; focusing on removing difficulties, having policies and mechanisms to build Cua Lo deep-water port; building a second runway at Vinh Airport. During the implementation process, the Provincial Party Committee Secretary hopes that the Advisory Group will continue to pay attention and make many contributions to the province.

Agree on 8 contents that the Socio-Economic Development Advisory Group will advise Nghe An province in 2021

(Baonghean.vn) - At the meeting between the leaders of Nghe An province and the Socio-Economic Development Advisory Group, the two sides agreed on 8 tasks that the Group will carry out in 2021 and agreed on working regulations.