Training and knowledge update course for alternate members of the 13th Party Central Committee working with the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

ACHIEVE COMPREHENSIVE RESULTS

Raising the issue of purpose, requirements and content of the meeting, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Bac - Permanent Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, on behalf of the delegation, expressed his joy when visiting and working in Nghe An province - the homeland of great Uncle Ho.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Bac - Permanent Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics spoke about the purpose, requirements and content of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Assessing that in recent years, Nghe An province has had breakthroughs, improvements, and achieved comprehensive and synchronous results in all aspects of Party building, political system, socio-economic development, national defense and security consolidation and other aspects of work, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Bac suggested that the provincial leaders share and discuss the province's breakthroughs, new points, results, and lessons learned in leadership and direction to achieve the province's recent comprehensive results.

Standing members of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Permanent Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics suggested that the leaders of Nghe An province frankly discuss the remaining difficulties in the province's development process; at the same time, he emphasized that the working delegation, including alternate members of the 13th Party Central Committee who are leaders of departments, ministries, branches and localities, should not only learn from Nghe An's experience but also have the responsibility to contribute to the development of Nghe An - the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh.

At the meeting, leaders of Nghe An province reported on the province's economic, social, defense, security, Party building, and political system situations.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province Nguyen Duc Trung reported on the province's socio-economic, defense, security, Party building, and political system situation. Photo: Thanh Duy

Accordingly, Nghe An has issued 6 projects to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress; 21 projects and 5 key tasks to implement the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress.

Up to now, basic programs and projects have been implemented and from the beginning of the 2020 - 2025 term until now, Nghe An has achieved extremely positive results.

In particular, the economy has many bright spots, the growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in 2021 reached 6.2%, and in 2022 reached 9.08%. The scale of GRDP by the end of 2022 reached 175,740 billion VND, ranking 10th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

Comrade Nguyen Phi Long - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, budget revenue has many positive changes, reaching 18,936 billion VND in 2021, 21,805 billion VND in 2022, in particular, Nghe An's domestic revenue accounts for a high proportion in the revenue structure, 20,474 billion VND in 2022 alone.

Investment attraction has many positive changes, especially FDI attraction. Up to now, there are 118 FDI projects in the province, with a total investment capital of 2.52 billion USD, of which, in 2022 alone, Nghe An has attracted nearly 961.3 million USD, ranking 10th in the country.

One of the bright spots of Nghe An is the implementation of the target program for new rural construction. By the end of 2022, the whole province had 309/411 communes meeting new rural standards; 42 communes meeting advanced new rural standards, 6 communes meeting model new rural standards, 9 district-level units completing the task of building and meeting new rural standards.

Comrade Nguyen Van Hieu - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The cultural and social fields continue to receive attention, especially the education and health sectors with many outstanding results. Social security work is cared for and paid attention to regularly through many programs.

Currently, Nghe An has launched and is focusing on implementing the Campaign to support the construction of houses for the poor and people with difficult housing circumstances in Nghe An province in the period of 2023 - 2025, striving to have basically no poor households living in dilapidated, damaged, makeshift houses, at risk of collapse, unsafe for living and use by the end of 2025.

National defense and security were maintained, keeping the area peaceful. Party building, inspection and supervision work had positive and clear changes in all aspects.

With the above results, Nghe An has drawn many experiences from leadership and direction. First of all, in leadership, direction and operation activities, the spirit of solidarity and high concentration and unity within the Party Committee have been promoted, creating a basis for consensus in the political system and the whole society towards a common goal.

Comrade Ton Ngoc Hanh - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Vice President of the Vietnam Women's Union spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the same time, Nghe An closely follows the policies and orientations of the Central Government to lead, direct, and organize implementation with high political determination, great efforts, drastic actions, and appropriate and creative steps in local practice.

The province also proactively and persistently proposed and recommended to the Central Government mechanisms and policies to implement the identified orientations and goals, while promoting the sensitivity, flexibility and creativity of all levels, sectors and localities in organizing and implementing tasks.

Nghe An also clearly implements the viewpoint of comprehensive development but with focus and key points; ensuring harmony between economic development, social development and environmental and ecological protection.

The province is constantly perfecting mechanisms, policies, administrative reforms and improving the investment and business environment to attract diverse resources for development, especially resources from large and strategic investors.

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, after listening to the opinions and issues raised by the comrades in the working delegation, on behalf of the Standing Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee discussed and clarified the province's approach, content, methods and ways of doing things on issues such as: Solutions to mobilize resources, especially resources to implement key infrastructure projects such as Cua Lo Deep-water Port; upgrading and expanding Vinh International Airport; orientation to expand Vinh City to become a coastal city.

Issues on resolving surplus public assets after the merger, arranging surplus staff after the merger of administrative units; current and upcoming development drivers of the province; personnel work, construction, training, high-quality human resources; tourism development, promoting regional connectivity, connecting trade and organizing foreign affairs activities with Laos... were also discussed and clarified by the Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee with the working delegation.

BELIEVE IN THE NEW SUCCESS OF NGHE AN

On behalf of the Training Class, updating knowledge for the alternate members of the 13th Party Central Committee, comrade Nguyen Long Hai - alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Enterprises Bloc, Class President congratulated and highly appreciated the comprehensive achievements of Nghe An in the past time.

Comrade Nguyen Long Hai - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Enterprises Bloc, Class President spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

In addition to the lessons learned by the province, through surveys and research in Nghe An, comrade Nguyen Long Hai said that the delegation has drawn more experience from that comprehensive leadership thinking, especially focusing on Party building and the political system, which is also one of the reasons and experiences for the province to have a solid foundation to lead and direct socio-economic development.

At the same time, the difficulties and issues that the province is concerned about are also suggestions and lessons so that in their working positions, the alternate members of the 13th Party Central Committee will accompany the province to overcome difficulties.

The Executive Committee of the Training and Knowledge Update Class for Alternate Members of the 13th Party Central Committee presented souvenirs to the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Business Bloc also shared his wish that Nghe An would promote the human resources of Nghe An combined with the aspiration to rise up in the new period, at the same time, promote the strengths, achievements, and experiences to continue to have new steps of development and more success.

He also hoped that, from Nghe An's reality, with the province's position and role in the country, the province would promote its role of "leading the way" through recommendations to central ministries and branches to remove difficulties and obstacles that other provinces as well as Nghe An are facing.

The Executive Committee of the Training and Knowledge Update Class for Alternate Members of the 13th Party Central Committee presented the Nghe An Province Education Promotion Fund with 200 million VND. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, the Training and Knowledge Update Class for Alternate Members of the 13th Party Central Committee presented 200 million VND to the Nghe An Provincial Education Promotion Fund and presented souvenirs to the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee.

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