Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong works with the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee

Attending the working session on the Central side were Party Central Committee members: Mai Van Chinh - Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee, Cao Duc Phat - Deputy Head of the Central Economic Committee; comrades: Nguyen Hai Ninh - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Office; Le Manh Hung - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Nguyen Lam - Deputy Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Department;Duong Quoc Hung - Permanent Assistant to the Secretariat.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; comrades of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; representatives of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Chief of the Provincial Party Committee Office, Provincial People's Committee, provincial departments, branches and sectors.

Working session scene. Photo: Lam Tung

Speaking at the working session, Politburo member and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong suggested: The purpose of the working delegation in this working session in Nghe An province is to study the reality, inspect and evaluate the implementation results of the Resolutions of the 12th Party Congress as well as the Resolution of the 18th Nghe An Provincial Party Congress.

Comrade Tran Quoc Vuong also said that the whole country has now completed 4/5 of the journey of the Party Congress term. Recently, the Politburo and the Secretariat also approved for the first time the draft reports of the 13th Party Congress: Political Report, Socio-economic Report, Party Building Report, Report on 10 years of implementing the Political Platform on national construction...

Comrade Tran Quoc Vuong gave a speech directing the working session. Photo: Lam Tung

The Standing Secretariat hopes that, in a frank and open spirit, delegates will discuss thoroughly at the working session to evaluate and clarify the achieved results and prepare necessary conditions for the next important stage.

In 2019, Nghe An's budget revenue is expected to reach 15,500 billion VND.

At the working session, Nghe An province reported to Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong and the working delegation some results after 4 years of implementing the Resolution of Party Congresses at all levels.

Perspective of a subdivision on Vinh - Cua Lo Boulevard. Photo courtesy of Tran Chau.

Accordingly, the average GRDP growth rate in the period 2016 - 2019 reached 8.0%. The average GRDP in 2019 is estimated at 43.08 million VND/person, 1.57 times higher than in 2015. The economic structure continues to shift in a positive direction: The proportion of industry, construction and services increased from 75.14% in 2015 to 78.64% in 2019; the proportion of agriculture, forestry and fishery decreased from 24.86% in 2015 to 21.36% in 2019.

Budget revenue in 2016 reached 11,791 billion VND; in 2017 reached 12,959 billion VND; in 2018 reached 14,052 billion VND; in 2019 estimated to reach 15,500 billion VND, 1.45 times higher than in 2015.

The production value of the agricultural, forestry and fishery sector in the period 2016 - 2019 increased by an average of 4.5% (target 4.5 - 5%). The agricultural sector was restructured towards increasing added value and sustainable development. Many large-scale concentrated raw material production areas were formed, associated with processing and consumption of products. To date, there have been over 50,000 hectares of high-quality rice, 185,000 hectares of raw material forests (an increase of 60,000 hectares compared to 2015), 22,300 hectares of fruit trees, 500 hectares of medicinal plants; 460 livestock farms, with an estimated meat output of 230,000 tons/year.

Workshop to evaluate the model of linking commercial rice production in Yen Thanh district. Photo courtesy of Thai Hong

Marine economy develops quite comprehensively; linking marine and island economic development with protection of territorial sovereignty.

The national target program on new rural construction has achieved positive results. The whole province has 4 district-level units, 258/431 communes (59.9%) meeting new rural standards, higher than the national average, of which, there are 4 poor communes 30a, 104 villages and hamlets meeting the standards according to the province's criteria. Nam Dan district and 3 commune-level units are focusing on building model new rural areas.

The business investment environment continues to improve positively. In the 2018 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), Nghe An province ranked 19th out of 63 provinces and cities, leading the North Central region. The Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) ranked 4th out of 63 provinces and cities.

Investment promotion activities have many innovations. From 2016 to November 2019, the province has granted new licenses to 520 projects, with a total registered investment capital of VND 67,565.97 billion, of which a number of large projects have been attracted, with spillover effects and positive impacts on the province's socio-economic development.

From 2016 to now, the whole province has 5,189 newly registered enterprises, bringing the total number of registered enterprises to 21,214, of which 12,317 are operating. The province has also focused on directing the review, inspection and revocation of slow-progressing projects.

The cultural and social fields have achieved many progressive results; education and training have had many positive changes. Up to now, the whole province has 1,104 schools meeting national standards, accounting for 72.68% of the total number of schools (the target by 2020 is 70%).

Healthcare has developed equally at all levels. The quality of medical examination and treatment has been improved; many new, specialized techniques have been successfully applied at the provincial level and transferred to the district level. Non-public healthcare has developed rapidly, with 14 private hospitals currently in operation, with 1,686 beds. The rate of communes meeting the national healthcare criteria by 2019 is estimated at 90.6%, and the health insurance coverage rate is estimated at 90.5%.

National defense and security are firmly ensured; foreign affairs activities continue to expand and improve efficiency...

Party building and organizational work is carried out effectively.

The work of Party building in terms of politics, ideology and ethics continues to be carried out seriously. The Provincial Party Committee and Party committees at all levels in the province seriously implement the dissemination of the Resolution of the National Party Congress, the resolutions of the Central Committee, the Politburo and the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress.

Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong talks with officials and civil servants of Chau Cuong commune and Quy Hop district. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Party committees at all levels have paid attention to ideological work in Party cell activities, in self-criticism and criticism, and in personnel work. Many solutions have been deployed to prevent degradation in political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party...

The implementation of the Central Resolution 4 (term XI, XII) on Party building associated with studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle and the exemplary role of cadres and Party members, especially heads of agencies and units, is regularly focused on.

The work of building the apparatus and cadres of the political system has received deep attention. Resolutions No. 18-NQ/TW and No. 19-NQ/TW of the 12th Party Central Committee on Reorganizing and streamlining agencies and units and Reorganizing public service units have been strongly implemented by the Provincial Party Committee and Party committees at all levels; the Central Committee's policies and resolutions on the work of organizing, streamlining the apparatus, and streamlining the payroll have been implemented resolutely, synchronously and effectively.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council reported on the results of 4 years of implementing the resolutions of Party congresses at all levels. Photo: Lam Tung

Besides the achieved results, the implementation of the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress and the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress still has limitations and shortcomings.

That is, it has not attracted large projects with breakthrough characteristics, strongly affecting the economic restructuring and increasing budget revenue. The targets of economic growth rate, GRDP per capita and budget revenue are difficult to achieve compared to the set targets. Vinh City's development is not commensurate with its position and potential. Many areas in the West of the province, especially the highlands, are still facing difficulties. The infrastructure system has not met the development requirements, especially seaports. Some social issues are still handled and resolved slowly. The security and order situation in some places and areas is still potentially complicated.

Regarding the work of party building and political system building: The leadership capacity of some party committees and organizations is still limited. The structure, qualifications and capacity of the staff are still inadequate in some places. Although administrative reform has been strongly directed, it has not yet met the requirements...

Dao Tuan - Lam Tung