Hoang Mai town needs to promote its role as a growth pole of Nghe An province.

(Nghe An Newspaper respectfully introduces the speech at the congress by comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee).

Dear all,Dear Guest!

Dear Congress!

First of all, please allow me to express my joy and excitement and that of the Provincial Delegation to attend the 2nd Congress of the Hoang Mai Town Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025. This is a very important political event, marking a new development stage of the Party Committee and people of Hoang Mai Town. On behalf of the Provincial leaders and the Delegation, I would like to send my respectful greetings to all distinguished guests and delegates and wish the Congress a great success!

Dear comrades!

During the past term, Hoang Mai Town had many advantages, especially Resolution No. 11-NQ/TU dated September 18, 2014 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on the development direction and tasks of Hoang Mai Town, which is a testament to the province's attention and facilitation for the town.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong delivered a speech at the 2nd Congress of the Hoang Mai Town Party Committee, term 2020-2025. Photo: Thanh Le

However, the Town also faced many difficulties and challenges due to the impact of many objective factors. In that context, the Party Committee, government and people of Hoang Mai Town have made great efforts to achieve and exceed many targets and tasks set out in the Resolution of the Congress for the 2015 - 2020 term, notably:

The economic growth rate is quite high, reaching 14.15%, the economic scale ranks 3rd in the whole province. The economic structure has shifted in a positive direction, in which industry and services play a leading role. Agricultural, forestry and fishery production has developed quite comprehensively.

Major projects in the area have been put into stable operation, achieving quite good results, such as Muong Thanh Hotel Complex, Ton Hoa Sen, Vinatex Garment, Dong A Printing and Embroidery, Hai An Commercial Center Market... Average income per capita has increased rapidly, expected to reach more than 58 million VND by 2020, the material and spiritual life of the people has been significantly improved. The annual state budget revenue always exceeds the set plan, in 2020 (according to the Congress report) it is estimated to reach 442.9 billion VND/target of more than 392 billion VND.

Delegates attending the congress. Photo: Thanh Le

There has been much progress in the cultural and social fields. Education and training have risen from the bottom to the top of the province. Culture and sports have better met the spiritual needs of the people. Disease prevention and control, health care and improvement, population and family planning have been greatly improved.

Employment is given attention; basic social security is guaranteed and policies for people with meritorious services are well implemented.

The poverty rate has dropped to 1.7%, which is lower than the provincial average. National defense and security have been maintained; no security and order hotspots have occurred in the town.

Party building and political system building work are regularly focused on. Comrades have systematically implemented resolutions, directives, and projects on party building in terms of politics, ideology, organizational arrangement, and inspection and supervision.

Industrial development in Hoang Mai town. Photo archive

Special attention has been paid to directing, guiding, and improving the quality of operations of the political system at the grassroots level. Mass mobilization work and the activities of the Fatherland Front and people's organizations have had many innovations, and have improved their operational efficiency during the past term.

The results that the Party Committee, government and people of Hoang Mai have achieved in the last term are extremely important, contributing to the successful implementation of the province's common political tasks; at the same time, they are a premise and a great driving force for the Town to continue to develop more firmly in the coming time.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, I warmly commend and congratulate the important achievements that the Party Committee and people of Hoang Mai town have achieved in the past term!

Dear comrades!

In addition to the achievements, I also agree with the frank assessments in the Political Report and the Review Report of the Party Executive Committee of the Town, Term I, presented to this Congress, on the limitations and shortcomings of the past term, such as: The Town's economy has developed rapidly, but not truly sustainable; the growth quality is not high, not commensurate with the potential, advantages and role as a growth pole of the province.

Investment attraction is not much and is still out of line with the potential of the town: there are only a few large industrial establishments such as Hoa Sen Steel, Hoang Mai Cement, while tourism and services have not been well exploited. Urbanization speed is slow, from infrastructure investment to population concentration. There is still confusion in determining the direction and solutions to remove obstacles.

The leadership capacity and fighting strength of some grassroots Party organizations and the command and management capacity of some grassroots governments have not met the requirements and development trends of the Town. Some Executive Committee members have not performed their duties comprehensively, with limited quality, and at times there has been a lack of consensus and unity within the organization. I propose that the Congress spend adequate time focusing on carefully analyzing the causes and proposing effective solutions to overcome these limitations as soon as possible.

Dear Congress!

The results that Hoang Mai has achieved in recent years are quite good, but that is not a guarantee for Hoang Mai to develop strongly and firmly in the coming period. Because new conditions and situations appear, forcing us to think differently from what was almost the default before.

The goal of being recognized as a type 3 urban area at the end of the term (when we have now achieved 50/58 targets) is still fraught with difficulties, because the basic targets that determine the type of urban area are synthetic targets, the result of comprehensive development, not separate and independent. Therefore, in order to develop in the right direction, on the right path, we also need to clearly recognize the advantages and difficulties to have appropriate responses in the coming time.

It is thought that Hoang Mai will have advantages such as: in the coming time, the State will increase public investment in infrastructure; Hoang Mai has a favorable geographical location, located on the North - South traffic axis, including both road and sea; we are located near the strong growth area of ​​Nghi Son; the room to implement development goals in Hoang Mai's fields is also very large.

Hoang Mai is a growth pole of the province, so there will be necessary and timely attention, and there is a strength that cannot be ignored: Hoang Mai people have a tradition of being industrious, hard-working and very dynamic.

Besides, we also face great difficulties, challenging the ability to overcome the "obstacles" of the Town. That is: difficulty in attracting large industrial projects with driving force because we are a latecomer; some problems in the current mechanism, especially in the land sector because we are not in the area enjoying special preferential regimes for investors; conflicts appear between development goals in the fields: such as industry with tourism, with services, etc.

To solve the above difficult problem requires not only the accuracy in decision-making, flexibility, dynamism, and determination of comrades, but also the consensus and responsibility of Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front, and mass organizations of the political system at both levels.

Dear Congress!

The political report and draft Resolution of the Congress have clearly stated the directions, goals, tasks and main solutions for the 2020-2025 term. After the Congress, comrades will specify the tasks and solutions in the action program to implement the Resolution, and will issue projects and detailed plans for implementation.

Within the framework of today's Congress, I would like to discuss the following issues:

The first,Hoang Mai must fully exploit and promote the role of a locality with a favorable location in the Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe region, the role of a growth pole of Nghe An province. In the context that Thanh Hoa province has been identified by the Central Government as the fourth growth pole of the Northern region with Nghi Son as the driving force, it is clear that the localities in the North of Nghe An, first of all Hoang Mai town, will be greatly affected. The problem is whether Hoang Mai can seize the opportunity and exploit the favorable conditions and factors for its development goals or not!

Obviously, Hoang Mai's development direction will be narrower, but that does not mean there are no good options for the economic development goals of the Town. On the contrary, if we are willing to research and explore, we will find our own way to develop together. Strengthening the connections based on the awareness of a unified economic space of Nam Thanh - Bac Nghe, not being too dependent on administrative space, will allow Hoang Mai to promote favorable factors and limit negative impacts in its development process.

Monday,abouturban development issues. Surely everyone has a question in mind: what direction will Hoang Mai urban area go? Thinking before and with the current economic structure statistics that we have heard reports at the Congress. such as industry, construction: 58.1%; services, trade: 23.4%; agriculture, forestry and fishery: 18.5%, it seems that Hoang Mai is clearly an industrial urban area. Right? The nature of an urban area is often based on production factors and economic roles by field.

However, in the current context, determining the development direction of Hoang Mai urban area must be extremely flexible, with the perspective of taking advantage of opportunities suitable to the situation, reality, and meeting the requirements of fast and sustainable development.

Thus, it means that the shape and character of Hoang Mai town is not based on just a few economic pillars, but it must be a harmonious result between industrial development, tourism development, service development and even agricultural, forestry and fishery development.

From that, we can see that Hoang Mai will be a diverse and rich urban area in terms of architecture, construction and functional zoning, etc. This is extremely important for us to determine the goals, tasks and solutions for each field in the future.

In the process of urban development, you need to properly solve the problem of waste, from industrial waste, waste in production and business, in daily life and from other activities. Because this is not only related to environmental issues, related to public health, urban aesthetics but also a condition for us to attract tourists and attract investment in the area.

Tuesday,It is necessary to pay special attention to the development of supporting industries, services, tourism and marine economy. These must be considered as the main pillars that Hoang Mai relies on to develop rapidly, while at the same time ensuring balance, comprehensiveness, stability and solidity for the town.

To achieve these goals, you must clearly prepare well the related infrastructure, such as: from using the land fund reasonably (which is not much in our Town) to dividing the functions and exploiting the resources of Hoang Mai well and effectively.

If you do not do this well, it will lead to conflicts between goals in each field and as a result, it will hinder development, for example: heavy industrial activities can seriously affect the goal of attracting tourism, etc.

In the field of tourism, it is recommended that comrades pay attention to meeting the needs of entertainment and relaxation associated with the need to learn about history, culture, landscapes, relics in the area and even experiential tourism at sea. For the marine economy, it is necessary to promote offshore fishing activities, exploit coastal aquaculture in the direction of increasing productivity and efficiency (although currently, in terms of scale, Hoang Mai is the largest in the province with about more than 75% of the offshore fishing fleet of Nghe An province).

Regarding supporting industries and service activities in the fields of banking, finance, science and technology, health care, education and human resource supply, it must be affirmed that this is the right and extremely important direction for Hoang Mai in particular, Nghe An in general, in the condition that at both ends of the province there are already dynamic industries operating. Exploiting this situation well, the opportunities from here will ensure not only fast, effective but also solid development, minimizing the negative impacts that industrialization brings to our society and environment.

Wednesday,continue to care for and promote cultural factors in the development process of the town. It is necessary to turn the precious traditional cultural values ​​of the land of Nghe An into an important driving force for our future development. This must be demonstrated specifically in each field, towards building a rich, beautiful and civilized Hoang Mai town.

Thursday,need toibe more vigorous and decisive in directing, operating, and implementing the major tasks and goals of the Town. Pay attention, closely monitor, promptly detect, remove, and effectively resolve arising problems, difficulties, and obstacles for the people and businesses.

In the coming years, we will be promoting industrialization and urbanization. You will have to face the complexities arising from the process of land accumulation, from land acquisition, site clearance for infrastructure development, from the concentration of many production and business activities in the area...

Therefore, it is necessary to pay close attention to doing a good job of propaganda and mass mobilization, creating a high consensus among the people for the policies and plans of the province and the town. Each cadre and party member must strive to cultivate moral qualities, improve working capacity, enhance sense of responsibility, build a standard attitude towards the people in performing public duties...

Friday,Strongly innovate the Party's leadership methods from issuing policies and plans to propaganda work, mobilizing the people and arranging cadres to meet the requirements of the new stage's situation and tasks. Continue to pay attention to improving the capacity and fighting strength of Party organizations, considering the implementation of requirements on exemplary behavior of cadres and Party members, especially leaders, as the core content to consolidate and enhance the prestige of the Party and of each Party member.

A corner of Hoang Mai town. Photo courtesy

Dear comrades!

Along with discussing documents, the Congress has the important task of electing the Executive Committee of the Town Party Committee for the 2nd term, 2020 - 2025 term and electing the delegation of delegates to attend the 19th Provincial Party Congress. I propose that the Congress uphold the sense of responsibility towards the collective and for the strength of the Party Committee, be impartial, objective, and wise in selecting and honoring comrades who meet the conditions, standards, and abilities to fulfill their assigned tasks well to elect to the new Executive Committee, elect exemplary comrades who are worthy representatives of the will and intelligence of the Town Party Committee to attend the upcoming 19th Provincial Party Congress.

Immediately after the end of the Congress, it is requested that the Party Executive Committee of the Town urgently concretize the Resolution into specific action programs, projects and plans for effective implementation.

Dear comrades!

With great expectations for the Party Committee and people of Hoang Mai town, and for the delegates attending the Congress, I believe that the 2nd Hoang Mai Town Party Congress will be a great success, the Resolution of the Town Party Congress will soon be concretized, soon come into life, bringing Hoang Mai into a period of rapid, sustainable, rich, beautiful and civilized development!

Once again, I would like to wish all delegates and distinguished guests good health, happiness, and successful completion of assigned tasks. Wishing the Party Committee and people of Hoang Mai town many new victories!

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