Nghe An: Promoting international economic integration in all fields

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of September 14, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting of the Steering Committee of the International Economic Integration Program of Nghe An province to evaluate the performance of the first 8 months of the year and deploy tasks for the last 4 months of 2016.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting.

According to the report of the Steering Committee for the International Economic Integration Program, in the first 8 months of the year, provincial and local departments, branches and sectors continued to promote propaganda, education, dissemination of information and legal documents on international economic integration. The review, supplementation, amendment and abolition of policy mechanisms in the spirit of commitments to join the WTO and free trade agreements (FTAs) were carried out regularly.

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Le Xuan Dai emphasized that the province's economic growth results in the first 8 months of the year had a contribution from the international economic integration program that has been actively implemented by sectors and localities.

In addition, state management and administrative reform have been directed and implemented by all levels and sectors, achieving many results. The development of technical infrastructure and enhancement of provincial competitiveness have been focused on and promoted.

The issues of employment and labor, poverty reduction and social security continue to be addressed by all sectors and levels. Strengthening the improvement of human resource quality in conjunction with promoting the application of scientific and technological advances. Strongly shifting vocational training towards the direction of supply and demand for labor, providing labor with quality in terms of skills, health, discipline, industrial style, culture, etc. for domestic and foreign markets.

Mr. Hoang Van Tam - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade reported on the implementation of the International Economic Integration program in the first 8 months of the year, and the orientation from now until the end of the year; in which he proposed that the Provincial People's Committee soon establish the Provincial International Integration Steering Committee.

However, the work of directing, inspecting and urging implementation in a number of socio-economic fields and the work of disseminating knowledge on international economic integration still has some limitations.

The tasks of the International Economic Integration program in the coming time will focus on the following contents: Continuing to implement the action programs of the Provincial People's Committee on a number of major policies and guidelines for the economy to develop rapidly and sustainably when Vietnam becomes a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

At the same time, strengthen the Inter-sectoral Steering Committee for International Integration; continue to implement tasks under the foreign affairs program of Nghe An province in 2016; research and develop a draft Project on International Economic Integration Program in Nghe An province for the period 2017 - 2020, with a vision to 2025...

Enterprises loading and unloading goods through Cua Lo Port (Illustration photo: Quynh Lan)

At the meeting, delegates discussed solutions to improve the effectiveness of Nghe An province's international economic integration program in the coming time: Nghe An needs to exploit the province's comparative advantages to have solutions in attracting foreign investment; improve the quality of workers; focus on developing transport infrastructure; in the agricultural sector, it is necessary to readjust planning, restructure crop structure, attract businesses to invest...

Overview of the working session

Concluding the conference, comrade Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: In the first 8 months of the year, the province's economic growth achieved positive results, the industrial production index is estimated to increase by 9.9% over the same period, the export turnover of goods is estimated at 332.8 million USD (up 20% over the same period), the import turnover is estimated at 282.7 million USD (up 31.6%); budget collection reached 63.3% of the estimate. That result has the contribution of the international economic integration program that has been actively implemented by sectors and localities. However, the results of international integration activities in various fields and policies to encourage enterprises are still limited...

Comrade Le Xuan Dai suggested that in the coming time: The Department of Foreign Affairs should coordinate with the Department of Industry and Trade to advise the Provincial People's Committee to establish an International Integration Steering Committee, and at the same time issue operating regulations. At the same time, relevant departments, branches and localities need to strengthen propaganda in the business community, in order to raise awareness among businesses and people about the requirements, advantages and difficulties of international integration in general and economic integration in particular.

In addition, promote the implementation of solutions: Administrative reform, improve the investment environment, enhance business competitiveness; pay attention to traffic infrastructure, vocational training, linked to market needs...

Dinh Nguyet