Many comments and criticisms on the Draft Planning of Nghe An Province to 2050

On the morning of May 23, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee held a conference to provide social feedback on the Draft "Nghe An Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030", with a vision to 2050.

Conference scene. Photo: Le Thanh

According to the report of the Nghe An Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, as of May 17, 2022, the Nghe An Provincial Fatherland Front Committee had received written social feedback from 7 districts, 1 member organization, 3 advisory councils, and 12 experts.

At the conference, delegates and experts gave comments and social criticism focusing on the following contents: The necessity and urgency of developing the Provincial Planning; the conformity of the Draft Planning with the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, the reality of the province and localities; the correctness, scientificity, suitability with the reality of social life and the feasibility of the Planning.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Duc Thanh delivered the opening speech at the conference. Photo: Le Thanh

The comments also analyzed and supplemented the structure and content of the Draft Planning; Viewpoints, goals and development plans; key areas and main products of Nghe An; urban system and infrastructure planning options; solutions and resources to implement the planning.

Delegates suggested that the Draft Plan should reorganize Nghe An's economy, because it is impossible to apply high technology to fragmented agricultural production. In addition, regarding economic zones, it is said that there should be no overlap in regional planning, corridors, economic zones and clusters; regarding human resource development strategies,...

Comrade Hoang Viet Duong - former Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council gave his comments at the conference. Photo: Le Thanh

“If Nghe An wants to develop sustainably, it must put the forest resources in the West into strategic consideration, because this area has not been properly evaluated for a long time. Because, for the West, the main resources are land and forests, therefore, the forest economy must be included in the planning,” analyzed delegate Truong Cong Anh - former Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department.

Commenting on the draft planning, Mr. Dau Dinh Lieu - former Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee said that the draft planning has not yet mentioned the limitations of the planning over the past 10 years. And if we want the planning to be effective, we must use the people's yardstick to evaluate.

Comrade Tran Quoc Thanh - Director of the Department of Science and Technology suggested that it is necessary to clearly identify key products and fields of Nghe An to have a development orientation in the future. Photo: Le Thanh

According to the opinion of delegate Tran Quoc Thanh - Director of the Department of Science and Technology: The content of the Draft Planning needs to summarize the current situation to propose upcoming goals. It is necessary to clearly define after 10 years of implementing Resolution 26 of the Politburo, Nghe An is identified as the center of the North Central region.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Le Van Ngoc commented to clarify some contents in the Draft Planning. Photo: Le Thanh

It is necessary to determine which fields and products are the key to opening up new development directions in the future in order to shape and propose strategies and development plans in the future. According to comrade Tran Quoc Thanh, the planning needs to orient the development of supporting industries; economic development corridors with connectivity, orient the planning for the development of the Western region, etc.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Le Thanh

Regarding urban development, delegate Pham Xuan Can - former Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology said that the Draft Planning needs to be more practical and feasible. Delegate Can cited that the urban goals and targets in the draft are not close to reality and are unreasonable.

According to delegate Can, the current organizational form of agricultural production is a barrier to bringing science, technology and capital into production. To bring science into production, it is necessary to reorganize the form of production, develop agricultural enterprises and farms, and link enterprises in production and product consumption. At the same time, if agricultural products want to develop, they must build product brands.

Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Phan Van Hoan received and clarified some contents of the delegates' comments. Photo: Le Thanh

The comments and criticisms at the conference aim to help the advisory agency and the Provincial People's Committee have more information to research and refer to in order to correctly assess the reality, thereby building the Nghe An Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, ensuring the requirements set forth./.