In 2022, the province will face many difficulties and challenges due to the rapidly changing and complicated world situation, high prices of raw materials, epidemics, natural disasters, and floods that have had a strong, comprehensive and profound impact on all aspects of life and socio-economy. In that context, under the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, the supervision of the Provincial People's Council, the drastic, timely, flexible and effective direction and management of the Provincial People's Committee, together with the efforts of the entire political system, the consensus of the people and businesses, the socio-economic situation in the year has achieved positive and comprehensive results in many sectors and fields.
On the basis of effective control of the Covid-19 epidemic, the province's socio-economic situation has conditions to recover and develop clearly. By the end of 2022, 27/28 main targets have been achieved and exceeded the set plan. In particular, the GRDP growth rate increased by 9.08% / Plan 8.5-9.5%, ranking 2nd in the North Central region and 22nd in the country and higher than in 2021. The estimated state budget revenue is 20,370 billion VND, exceeding 35.6% compared to the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council, the first year exceeding the 20,000 billion VND mark, ranking 17th out of 63 localities nationwide. Import and export turnover reached nearly 3.7 billion USD, of which export turnover alone is estimated at 2.49 billion USD, the second consecutive year exceeding the target according to the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress by 2025 of 1.765 billion USD.
The most prominent feature in Nghe An's economic development is the investment attraction results. Compared to previous years, the investment attraction results in 2022 have had positive changes, increasing in both scale, quantity and quality of projects, especially FDI projects. As of November 30, 2022, the total newly granted and increased investment capital reached nearly 42,000 billion VND, an increase of 49.16% over the same period in 2021. In particular, for the first time, Nghe An entered the group of 10 localities attracting the highest FDI capital in the country, with a total registered capital of 945 million USD. To date, Nghe An has attracted 115 FDI projects from 14 countries and territories, with a total registered capital of nearly 2.5 billion USD. The province has also focused on implementing and basically completing important political tasks, such as: Contents submitted to the Central Steering Committee to serve the summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated July 30, 2013 of the Politburo; Completing the appraisal of the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, which is currently being finalized for submission to the Prime Minister for approval.
Not only that, the cultural and social fields in the province continue to develop, the material and spiritual life of the people has been significantly improved. In 2022, the province organized many important cultural events, notably the Ceremony to honor and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth and 200th anniversary of the death of Poet Ho Xuan Huong, which attracted the attention of public opinion and domestic and foreign researchers. Scientific and technological activities have changed a lot and contributed more and more to the added value of products. Hunger eradication and poverty reduction have achieved good results, and the work of supporting social security for people and workers has received attention. The province has completed the implementation of policies to support workers and employers facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2022 is also the year marking a new development step of the province's Education and Training sector. The comprehensive quality of education is affirmed, demonstrated by the results of the 2022 high school graduation exam of the province, ranked 20th, up 14 places compared to 2021; maintaining the achievements of key education quality. Vocational education has been improved, better meeting the requirements of human resource development and job creation. Health has gradually affirmed itself as the center of the region, the quality of medical examination and treatment has been significantly improved, many specialized centers have been established, implementing many advanced techniques. National defense and security are firmly ensured; social order and safety are maintained, creating stability for socio-economic development.
Although the socio-economic situation has achieved many positive results, there are also some shortcomings and limitations, such as: Up to now, the disbursement rate of public investment capital is lower than the same period, especially foreign capital. The implementation of procedures to start construction of 2 strategic infrastructure projects: Cua Lo deep-water seaport and Vinh international airport has not met the set progress. Although administrative reform and improvement of the investment and business environment have been strongly directed, they have not met the expectations and requirements,...
The year 2022 has passed with many difficulties, but we have the confidence and motivation to continue firmly on the path of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in 2023.
2023 is a pivotal year, a mid-term year, of great significance, creating a foundation for implementing the goals of the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, the 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plan (2021-2025) and the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels. However, it is forecasted that this will be a year with many difficulties and challenges; inflationary pressure, rising interest rates, epidemics, natural disasters, storms and floods with unusual developments, affecting production, business and people's lives. To complete the set goals and tasks, it requires great initiative, positivity, efforts and endeavors of all levels, sectors, people and the business community.
Through careful analysis of difficulties and advantages, the Provincial People's Committee considered the conditions and calculated the GRDP growth target for 2023 from 9-10%; budget revenue of VND 15,857 billion; total export turnover of USD 2.870 billion. To successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for 2023, the Provincial People's Committee proposed 12 main groups of tasks and solutions. In particular, the Provincial People's Committee will proactively develop an operational scenario, review, analyze, and evaluate the implementation on a quarterly basis to have timely and effective response measures and policies. Focus on implementing effective disease prevention, control, and control, ensuring favorable conditions to promote socio-economic development. Review and evaluate the implementation of mid-term tasks, because this is an important milestone to comprehensively evaluate all areas, creating a premise to complete the goals and tasks of implementing the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels, and the 5-year plan on socio-economic development.
Nghe An has identified five key political tasks that need to be carried out and completed well in 2023. The province will continue to coordinate with the Central Steering Committee to complete the 10-year review of the implementation of Resolution No. 26 and submit to the Politburo a new Resolution, along with research and supplementation of appropriate mechanisms and policies, creating new momentum for development. With the goal of building a synchronous connecting infrastructure, the province will focus on accelerating the completion of procedures to soon start implementing two strategic infrastructure projects: Cua Lo deep-water seaport and upgrading and expanding Vinh International Airport. The province will also organize the announcement and effective implementation of the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 (after being approved by the Prime Minister). Accelerate the progress of developing the Project to expand the administrative boundaries and urban space of Vinh city; The project to adjust and expand the Southeast Economic Zone to create land fund for industrial park development, attracting investment in many projects.
Determining the disbursement of public investment capital to promote growth and overcome shortcomings in 2022, the province will continue to direct resolutely, synchronously, proactively, actively and effectively to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital, capital sources for the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program and 3 National Target Programs right from the beginning of the year. In particular, it requires sectors, localities and investors to proactively prepare the best conditions to complete investment procedures, improve readiness to disburse project capital immediately after being assigned the 2023 capital plan. In particular, it is necessary to mobilize the entire political system, closely linked with the responsibility of heads of Party committees and authorities at all levels in directing implementation.
The Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress identified that strongly improving the business investment environment associated with administrative reform, enhancing the application of information technology in management and operation is one of the three breakthroughs for development. From that perspective, the province will continue to promote administrative reform associated with strong digital transformation, improve the business investment environment, increase investment attraction, focus on supporting and removing difficulties and obstacles for businesses and investors according to the motto: "Government accompanies businesses".
In particular, promote the implementation of Project No. 06 of the Government, Resolution No. 09 of the Provincial Party Committee on digital transformation. Continue to support investors in carrying out investment procedures, especially site clearance procedures to create conditions to attract industrial park infrastructure projects, creating a foundation to attract secondary projects. Strengthen close coordination between departments, branches and localities to handle and resolve work faster, more effectively, ensuring smoothness and fluency.
As mentioned, 2023 is forecast to face many difficulties and challenges, but we believe that the Party Committee, Government, business community and people of the province will continue to promote the spirit of solidarity, unity, with confidence, self-reliance, self-reliance, strong aspirations to rise up, determination to overcome difficulties and challenges, take advantage of opportunities, bring Nghe An to develop rapidly and sustainably, strive to exceed the tasks, goals and targets, create a solid foundation to implement the 5-year socio-economic development plan (2021-2025), to create a "Miracle of the Lam River" that the whole country is expecting./.
