Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee: Cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City has achieved positive results in many fields

Attending the workshop were comrades: General Le Hong Anh - former member of the Politburo, former Standing member of the Secretariat, former Minister of Public Security; Nguyen Thien Nhan - former member of the Politburo, former Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders: Nguyen Thanh Nghi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee; Nguyen Van Duoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee; Nguyen Thi Le - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council; Nguyen Phuoc Loc - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the city... attended and chaired the workshop.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, on behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province attended and delivered a speech at the workshop.

BuildTHo Chi Minh City is worthy of trust and expectations.

The scientific conference “Ho Chi Minh City - Achievements in 50 years of construction, protection and development” was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).

According to the Organizing Committee, there were more than 100 presentations and many opinions from leaders and former leaders of central agencies, provinces and cities; veteran revolutionaries; city leaders of different periods; districts, departments, branches, sectors, city organizations, scientists and researchers sent to the conference.

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Nghi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee delivered the opening speech and report to the conference, emphasizing the significance of the Great Victory of Spring 1975, and at the same time, highlighting the city's development milestones over the past 50 years.

Suggesting issues for delegates to discuss and clarify, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee asked delegates to discuss and contribute solutions and tasks to contribute to building a city worthy of the trust and expectations of the city's people, compatriots at home and abroad, and international friends.

Vision of Nghe An - Ho Chi Minh City cooperation to 2030

Speaking at the workshop, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council presented a speech with the topic: "Nghe An - Ho Chi Minh City: Achievements, vision of cooperation to 2030 and the following years".

Ho Chi Minh City - the city named after Uncle Ho and Nghe An - the hometown of beloved President Ho Chi Minh, are two localities with deep emotional ties from historical connections to the present day.

The socio-economic development cooperation program between Ho Chi Minh City and Nghe An was first officially signed and implemented in 2003.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee affirmed: The cooperation program with Ho Chi Minh City has many meanings, the cooperation between the city named after Uncle Ho and his hometown province has been interested in and built by generations of leaders of the two localities and is currently focusing on 4 contents: investment promotion; tourism promotion; improving expertise and techniques in medical examination and treatment; developing start-up businesses and innovation.

Regarding investment cooperation, by the end of 2024, Nghe An province has attracted 63 investment, production and business projects from enterprises and investors of Ho Chi Minh City, with a total registered capital of nearly 37,755 billion VND, of which 55 projects are still valid/total registered capital of nearly 32,166 billion VND.

Regarding trade and tourism promotion, the two localities have actively coordinated and participated in many cooperation events and trade and tourism promotion activities. The number of tourists from Ho Chi Minh City to Nghe An increases by 8-10% annually.

At the same time, many agricultural, forestry, fishery products, specialty products, OCOP products of Nghe An have been consumed in Ho Chi Minh City; conversely, many high-tech agricultural products: Seeds, agricultural materials, machinery, equipment,... of manufacturing enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City have been widely consumed in the market of Nghe An province.

In the cultural and social fields, the two localities' health sectors have had many learning activities, exchanging and sharing experiences, and signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation and support in the health sector from 2023.

Ho Chi Minh City has supported the Kim Lien Relic Site to renovate and repair the worshiping house at the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial Site; upgrade the exhibition room, automatic digital explanation items to serve visitors and many social welfare activities in Nghe An.

The Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee affirmed: The effective and practical assistance and cooperation of the Party Committee, Government, People and business community of Ho Chi Minh City have made an important contribution to helping Nghe An province achieve many important achievements in socio-economic development.

In order to promote strengths, contribute to the socio-economic development of each locality, strive to successfully implement Resolution No. 31-NQ/TW dated December 30, 2022 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of developing Ho Chi Minh City and Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW dated July 18, 2023 of the Politburo on building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045 to become the socio-economic center of the North Central region, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu hopes and respectfully requests that the two localities continue to implement the Socio-Economic Development Cooperation Program according to the signed Agreement, ensuring substance and depth, opening up new cooperation opportunities and further tightening the long-term cooperative relationship between the two localities.

First of all, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation in promoting and attracting investors; especially investment in economic zones and industrial parks; attracting investors in industrial park infrastructure business projects, infrastructure investment and logistics service business, strategic investors, large-scale projects with spillover effects and linkages between localities.

Cooperate in connecting supply and demand of goods, agricultural, forestry and fishery products, OCOP products with specialties and brands of each locality, expand product consumption markets; develop new tourism products to soon complete products, suitable for the tastes and needs of tourists as well as standards of green tourism, environmentally responsible tourism, sustainable tourism. Promote tourism linkages, connect tourism routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Nghe An and vice versa.

Cooperation in research and application of science and technology focuses on the following areas: Application of advanced technology, support for innovative start-up businesses, development of integrated platforms, sharing of common data in all fields; support for digital transformation of businesses; application of high technology, biotechnology to serve industries, agricultural and medical fields, etc.

Strengthen the exchange of experiences in education, training of high-quality human resources, actively cooperate, transfer high technology, specialized technology to medical units, support in training staff to perform high technology, and consult medical professionals.

Continue to cooperate, develop culture, enhance cultural exchange activities between the two localities; support Nghe An in social security programs to promote Nghe An's development.

“With the attention of the Central Government through specific policies and guidelines for the two localities and on the basis of the results achieved in cooperation between Nghe An and Ho Chi Minh City and the deep affection between the Party Committee, government and people of the two localities, we believe that the cooperation between the two sides will bring new achievements to help the two localities develop sustainably, contributing to the common development of the whole country in the era of national development”, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu emphasized.

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