Nghe An: Growth rate reached 7.23% in the first quarter of 2018

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh chaired the meeting. Photo: Duc Anh

Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and representatives of leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches.

In the first quarter of 2018, the growth rate of the province's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) was better than forecast and higher than in recent years. Accordingly, the industrial and construction sector contributed 3.09 percentage points; the service sector contributed 3.04 percentage points.

Product taxes minus product subsidies after the latest updated figures contributed 0.35 percentage points instead of only contributing 0.11 percentage points as previously estimated. Therefore, the total product growth figure in the province in the first quarter of 2018 reached 7.23%, higher than the previous estimate of 6.99%.

Speaking on this content, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong assessed that the early assignment of plans and implementation, especially the assignment of capital targets, thereby creating conditions and bases for implementing projects and works in the area; on the other hand, the work of management, urging, inspection and direction was carried out seriously and thoughtfully; administrative reform was promoted... which created momentum for growth.

Emphasizing that with the results achieved in the first quarter creating conditions, motivation and determination to achieve the set goals, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee noted that the Party Committee and district-level authorities must continue to take drastic action in leadership, direction and administration, especially promoting the responsibility of the leaders.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong speaks at the meeting. Photo: Duc Anh

At the meeting, comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee and representatives of leaders of several sectors also focused on discussing tasks and solutions to implement targets in the coming time, such as contents related to the construction and upgrading of infrastructure, especially seaports and airports; and the application of science and technology in production.

In particular, issues arising in the cultural and social fields such as: solving the surplus of teachers, security in schools in the education sector, building key schools; apartment management... were also discussed by members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and leaders of departments and branches.

Assessing the growth rate in the first quarter of this year higher than previous years, however, the requirements for the year are very high, so the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized the need to focus on implementing the proposed solutions well; in which, agreeing with the Provincial People's Committee on clearly assigning tasks, associated with urging work, striving to achieve the goals of economic, cultural and social development in 6 months, to create momentum to complete the tasks of the whole year.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong speaks at the meeting. Photo: Duc Anh

Spending much time on the socio-cultural field, Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh noted that the reports need to comprehensively assess and analyze more clearly the contents in these fields, especially in education and training, healthcare, poverty reduction; quality and content of communication and press.

“Nghe An is a large, populous province with many policy households and poor households. We are proud of the education system and traditions of the province, but if we do not pay proper attention to all of these things, we will not be able to ensure our development goals,” the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized, including the need to clarify existing problems and limitations to see the problem and resolve it promptly.

Going into some specific tasks, the province assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to take the lead in advising on the development of the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050. The Provincial Party Secretary noted that it needs to be completed before 2020 to serve the development of the content of the documents of the Provincial Party Congress for the next term, as well as the development direction of the province.

In addition, some specific plans such as the Cua Lo port cluster plan have been approved by the Ministry of Transport, so on the basis of this plan, it is necessary to maintain the plan and call for investment; on the other hand, it is necessary to speed up planning such as N5 road, Vinh city bypass road, land use planning; focus on promoting the development of agriculture and industry.

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The Provincial Party Secretary also requested to carry out key projects well according to plan such as Vinh - Cua Lo Boulevard...

On the other hand, Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh also emphasized that agencies and units need to focus on implementing well the Resolutions at the 6th Central Conference (term XII), in which he requested the Provincial Party Committee's Organizing Committee to be the agency that regularly urges implementation according to the tasks in the spirit of accelerating progress.

Along with that, the head of the Provincial Party Committee requested the Department of Culture together with Nam Dan district to pay great attention to the event of commemorating the 130th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh in 2020, in which it is necessary to carry out the projects at Kim Lien Relic Site on schedule; at the same time, the Provincial People's Committee urges and monitors to build Nam Dan district into a model new rural district.