Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends the Spring Meeting with Investors in Nghe An

Attending the conference were comrades: Nguyen Sinh Hung - former member of the Politburo, former Chairman of the National Assembly; Vuong Dinh Hue - member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister; Nguyen Van Binh - member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Economic Commission; Phan Dinh Trac - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission.

Also attending the conference were Party Central Committee members: Uong Chu Luu - Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Nguyen Chi Dung - Minister of Planning and Investment; Nguyen Xuan Cuong - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Le Thi Thuy - Deputy Head of the Central Inspection Committee; Ho Duc Phoc - State Auditor General; Le Minh Hung - Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam; Nguyen Hoang Anh - Chairman of the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises; Bui Thanh Son - Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Vu Tien Loc - Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Tran Van Nam - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Binh Duong province.

Delegates attending the Spring 2019 Investor Meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The conference was also attended by domestic and foreign enterprises and investors; representatives of embassies, investment and trade promotion agencies, and business associations of many countries in Vietnam; economic and investment counselors of Vietnam in countries where Nghe An has organized investment and trade promotion and investment environment promotion; leaders of many localities across the country and experts.

Comrades: Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member, Prime Minister; Vuong Dinh Hue - Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister; Nguyen Chi Dung - Minister of Planning and Investment; Nguyen Dac Vinh - Party Central Committee member, Provincial Party Secretary, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Party Central Committee member, Deputy Provincial Party Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

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; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee;...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The meeting with investors is a traditional event organized by Nghe An province in coordination with BIDV. This is the 11th conference organized, an opportunity for Nghe An to meet and express gratitude to investors, and at the same time an opportunity to connect and call on domestic and foreign investors and enterprises to continue to pay attention to learning, surveying and implementing investment activities in the province.

Since the 2014 Investor Meeting, Nghe An has attracted 150 projects with investment capital of over 100 billion VND/project with a total investment capital of 89,141 billion VND, of which the number of completed and operational projects, or projects being implemented, accounts for the majority of the total number of projects approved in principle or granted investment licenses (129 projects, total capital accounting for 87%).

In his welcoming speech at the Conference, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: It is the investors who have contributed to creating a strong driving force for Nghe An's development in the recent period. At the same time, investors are also the most objective measure reflecting Nghe An's investment environment, helping the province clearly see what it has done and what it has not done that needs to be changed.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the Conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized: Nghe An province commits to serving investors in 2019 in the spirit of "creative and serving government". Proactively build tools to achieve the goals, which are accessible land, administrative reform, application of information technology in management; proactively support investors and businesses, considering supporting investors and businesses as the government's duty.

At the conference, leaders of Binh Duong province and representatives of investors and VCCI spoke about the investment environment, as well as some recommendations and suggestions for the province.

Signing an investment cooperation agreement. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Nghe An province has signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation Vietnam Co., Ltd. and with the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank). In particular, Nghe An province's leaders granted investment approval decisions/investment registration certificates to 13 projects with a total investment of VND 7,703 billion and signed investment cooperation memorandums of understanding for 18 projects with a total estimated investment of VND 14,274 billion.

Handing over the decision approving the investment policy and the Investment Memorandum of Understanding. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Giving flowers to businesses and investors who completed projects in 2018 and implemented projects in 2019. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Rewarding businesses with investment achievements in 2018. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On this occasion, provincial leaders presented flowers to businesses and investors who completed projects in 2018, prepared to implement projects in 2019 and awarded Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee Chairman to 15 businesses with outstanding achievements in investment activities in 2018.

At the Conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered an important speech, recognizing the achievements in attracting investment and developing the province's economy and society. The Prime Minister emphasized: Nghe An must continue to improve the investment and business environment, reform administration, improve local State management capacity, create the best conditions for investors; at the same time, attract technology projects, large urban projects for development alongside small projects.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh delivered a closing speech at the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

At the end of the conference, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh affirmed: Nghe An province commits to immediately deploy a specific action program after this conference, assigning clear responsibilities to each provincial leader, leaders of departments, branches, sectors and localities to fully and seriously implement the signed investment cooperation agreements.

The Prime Minister met with a number of major domestic and international investors investing in Nghe An.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of February 23, at a meeting with a number of major investors investing in Nghe An, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Politburo member and Prime Minister emphasized that the State encourages all economic sectors to develop strongly and calls on businesses to continue investing in Nghe An.