In 2025, Nghe An aims for double-digit growth

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired. Comrade Nguyen Ba Hao - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications co-chaired.

Attending the press conference were leaders of the Provincial Journalists Association, representatives of departments, branches and sectors; representatives of press agencies and journalists and reporters in the province.

TFocus on completing procedures to implement projects such as Cua Lo Deep Water Port, Vinh International Airport, and Quynh Lap LNG project.

The year 2025 is of special importance, being the final year of implementing the 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plan 2021-2025, and at the same time the year focusing on organizing Party congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party, marking the time when the country enters a new era, the era of national growth.

At the press conference, Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Truong said: In 2025, the Provincial People's Council has assigned the target of GRDP growth rate reaching 9.5-10.5%. On that basis, the Provincial People's Committee sets a double-digit growth target, striving for about 10-10.5%.

To complete the set goals and tasks, Nghe An has set out 10 key groups of tasks: In which, all levels and sectors focus on reviewing, carefully analyzing, and closely assessing the implementation of the goals and targets of the Party Congress resolution and the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2021-2025, especially the targets that are still low and difficult to achieve, to resolutely, synchronously, and effectively deploy tasks and solutions to accelerate, make breakthroughs, and strive to achieve the highest goals and targets of the socio-economic development plan in 2025, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and targets of the socio-economic development plan for the entire period of 2021-2025.

The province focuses on removing difficulties and obstacles for production and business activities; synchronously implementing solutions to support and promote growth in industries and sectors. Restructuring the economy associated with renewing the growth model towards increasing productivity, efficiency and competitiveness, based on the strong application of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

Nghe An continues to strongly improve the investment and business environment in a drastic and effective manner; accelerate the expansion of the Southeast Economic Zone; focus on accelerating the progress of industrial park infrastructure projects; and increase investment attraction for industrial cluster infrastructure investment projects.

The province has simultaneously and drastically implemented solutions to promote disbursement of public investment capital and 3 National Target Programs from the beginning of the year; mobilized all resources to implement key projects of the province, focusing on completing procedures to deploy the projects of Cua Lo Deepwater Port, Vinh International Airport, and Quynh Lap LNG project.

Nghe An continues to focus highly and resolutely direct the urgent completion of the arrangement and streamlining of the political system's apparatus, ensuring progress according to the Central's direction in the direction of "Streamlined - compact - strong - efficient - effective - efficient"...

Previously, in 2024, the pivotal year for implementing the resolutions of party congresses at all levels for the 2020-2025 term, the leader of the Nghe An Department of Planning and Investment said that the province achieved many impressive results in socio-economic development.

The growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) is estimated at 9.01% (ranked 2nd in the North Central region and 13th nationwide). The estimated budget revenue is 25,517 billion VND. The total export turnover is estimated at 3.9 billion USD; of which the export turnover of goods is estimated at over 3.2 billion USD. Foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction is nearly 1.75 billion USD, the highest ever, the third consecutive year in the top 10 nationwide in FDI attraction.

The fields of education, health, labor, employment, culture, and sports continued to achieve many positive results. Administrative reform and digital transformation received strong leadership and direction and continued to have many changes. National defense and security continued to be maintained, social order and safety were ensured. Foreign affairs were effectively implemented.

At the press conference, leaders of relevant departments and branches answered questions from journalists on issues such as: Inspection, detection and handling of illegal cosmetic establishments; solutions to ensure schools for high school students, especially in Vinh city; model of general school operations at Nghe An Pedagogical College after merging with Nghe An University of Economics to establish Nghe An University; handling of surplus public assets after administrative unit arrangement and merging departments and branches, etc.

Appreciating the accompanying role of the press with Nghe An province

Before concluding the press conference, looking back at 2024, on behalf of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long highly appreciated and thanked the participation and companionship of journalists and press agencies with the province in all fields.

Frankly acknowledging the existing problems, limitations, and results that have not been achieved as expected, the Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee affirmed that the province will continue to learn from experience to perform better and more effectively in 2025.

During that process, the leaders of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee hope that press agencies and journalists will continue to accompany; especially to propagate more strongly and more about the implementation of streamlining the organizational apparatus in the spirit of Resolution 18 (term XII) of the Central Committee to create unity in perception and action, accepting to sacrifice personal and collective interests for the common interests of the country.

Along with improving the effectiveness of State management of authorities at all levels, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long also requested the press to promote the role of information and propaganda to detect and provide accurate information, thereby helping people raise awareness and consciousness, avoiding being taken advantage of by bad elements such as the cases related to cosmetic activities in the past year...

Sending greetings on the occasion of the upcoming Tet holiday, comrade Bui Dinh Long also hopes that the press will continue to accompany the province in social security work, joining hands to care for the poor and people in difficult circumstances to have conditions to celebrate Tet happily.