Vinh City meets with some press agencies

On the morning of November 8, the Vinh City Party Standing Committee held a working session with a number of local press agencies on coordinating propaganda on key political tasks in the coming time.

Comrade Nguyen Van Lu - Standing Deputy Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee chaired the meeting. Also attending were local press agencies and representatives of city departments and offices.

In 2024, Vinh city will carry out its socio-economic development tasks in the context of economic downturn, sharp decline in the real estate market, difficulties in investment, trade and service activities, etc., affecting production, business and people's lives. However, the city's socio-economic development has basically been stable, achieving many important results.

The city's economic growth rate reached 9.6%, the economic structure shifted in the right direction. Budget collection solutions have been implemented drastically and synchronously since the beginning of the year, exceeding the provincial estimate and increasing compared to the same period. Up to now, 8/9 communes have been recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as meeting the "Advanced New Rural Area" standards, Nghi Lien commune has met the "Model New Rural Area" commune standards. The city has 64 products recognized as OCOP products.

The city continues to direct solutions to support and stimulate economic development in Vinh city and promote the night-time economy; focusing on solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles, creating a favorable business environment for economic sectors to develop and promoting investment attraction. During the year, 823 enterprises and 3,400 business households were newly established.

Urban, land, environmental management and basic construction investment have achieved many positive results.

The total number of indicators on socio-economic development, Party building, government, Fatherland Front and people's organizations according to the Resolution of the 24th City Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term is 24 indicators (19 socio-economic indicators; 5 indicators on Party building and the political system).

Up to now, after 4 years of implementation, 21/24 targets have been achieved and exceeded, specifically, 17/19 main targets on socio-economics, national defense and security have been achieved; 2 targets have not yet met the plan; 4/5 targets on Party building, government, Fatherland Front and mass organizations have been achieved and are likely to be achieved; 1 target has not been achieved (target on qualifications of specialized cadres at the commune level).

At the meeting, comrade Phan Minh Tuan - Head of the Propaganda Department of Vinh City Party Committee gave an overview of the current status of Vinh city after the expansion and merger. Accordingly, after adjusting the administrative boundaries, arranging and establishing wards with a natural area of ​​166.25 km2; there are 33 wards and communes; including 24 wards and 9 communes. Of which, 4 communes are upgraded to wards according to the province's Project, including: Hung Dong, Hung Loc, Nghi Duc, Nghi Phu.

The new Vinh City Party Committee is expected to have 120 grassroots party organizations (33 ward and commune party committees; 22 agency party committees; 65 grassroots party cells), with a total of 895 affiliated party cells and 31,626 party members.

At the meeting, the Standing Deputy Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee approved the Propaganda Plan for Party Congresses at all levels and the 25th Vinh City Congress.

At the meeting, the press agencies also gave comments on the contents and forms of propaganda; proposed solutions on the focal point for providing information and propaganda for the 25th Vinh City Party Congress; oriented specific contents and goals in propaganda about the merger; and on the implementation of Resolution No. 16-NQ/TU.

Concluding the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Van Lu acknowledged and thanked the press and media agencies for their attention and support for the city. He hoped that the press agencies would continue to accompany the city in the coming time. In particular, focusing on promoting the dissemination of 3 contents: Resolution No. 16-NQ/TU of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee on "Building and developing Vinh city to 2030, vision to 2045"; Project to expand administrative boundaries and urban space of the city; rearrangement of commune-level administrative units in the area.

Focus on disseminating the main goals, targets, tasks and solutions set forth by the Resolution of the Party Congresses at all levels for the 2020-2025 term, the 5-year socio-economic development plan for the 2021-2025 period. Summarize activities in 2024; develop a plan for 2025 and the 25th Vinh City Party Congress.
The city accepted the opinions of the press agencies and said it would periodically organize information exchanges so that the press agencies could focus on effectively propagating political tasks in the area.