Nghe An Industry and Trade sector exceeds 3 economic targets

That was the information stated at the conference summarizing the work of 2018 and deploying the tasks of 2019 organized by the Department of Industry and Trade on the afternoon of December 26. Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended and gave a speech. Also attending were relevant departments, branches, and representatives of districts and cities.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien gave a speech at the conference. Photo: Thu Huyen

According to the report of the Department of Industry and Trade, in 2018, industrial production value increased by 19% compared to 2017, 30/36 key products were completed, exceeding the assigned plan.

Export activities have shown many improvements, with goods exports exceeding the plan. Total export turnover reached 1,053 million USD, up 6.12% compared to 2017, exceeding the plan by 5.31%.

Overview of the 2019 task deployment conference of the Department of Industry and Trade. Photo: Thu Huyen

Of which, the export turnover of goods is estimated at 720 million USD; the export items are diversified (over 50 items), the structure of exported goods has improved in the direction of reducing the proportion of unprocessed raw goods and gradually increasing the proportion of processed industrial goods. The processing industry group accounts for the highest proportion, reaching 448 million USD, accounting for 66.27% of the total export turnover of goods; the agricultural, forestry and fishery group reached 150 million USD, accounting for 23.41%; the fuel and mineral group reached 62 million USD, accounting for 9.16%...

In 2018, textile and garment exports continued to achieve a good growth rate. Photo: Thu Huyen

Total retail sales of goods exceeded the plan and increased by 12.9% compared to 2017. Infrastructure of industrial clusters, hydroelectric plants, and commercial infrastructure developed rapidly.

Regarding the key tasks in 2019, the Industry and Trade sector sets the targetindustrial production valuereached 69,070 billion VND; Total retail sales of goods reached 59,900 billion VND, up 7.24%; Total export turnover reached 1,090 million USD, up 3.5%, of which goods export reached 780 million USD.

Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien acknowledged and highly appreciated the achievements of the Industry and Trade sector in the past time; at the same time, he emphasized that in order to achieve the set goals in 2019, the sector needs to focus on implementing well the direction and operation work, advising and proposing timely solutions to remove difficulties for businesses and investors. Promote investment attraction for works and projects, especially projects to develop industrial production in depth, industries with high science and technology content, added value and domestic value ratio, energy saving and environmental protection. Focus on promoting exports, especially processed products with high added value; diversify export products, focus on market development.

Awarding Certificates of Merit to groups and individuals with outstanding achievements. Photo: Thu Huyen

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also noted that the industry should continue to carry out trade promotion activities well, connecting supply and demand; support brand development, well implement the Campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods"; the National Target Program on New Rural Construction; ensure the supply of essential goods, avoid price fever, contributing to market stabilization.

Awarding certificates to typical rural industrial products. Photo: Thu Huyen

On this occasion, 5 individuals and 3 groups were awarded Certificates of Merit by the People's Committee of Nghe An province for their outstanding achievements in work. The conference launched the 2019 emulation movement and announced 14 typical rural industrial products.