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Nghe An Newspaper interviewed comrade Nguyen Van Do -Provincial Party Committee member, Director of Department of Planning and Investment.

PV: Dear comrade, at the end of 2013, Nghe An achieved remarkable results. With the function of a synthesis agency, how did the role of the Department of Planning and Investment demonstrate?

Comrade Nguyen Van Do:In 2013, the world economic situation in general is on the path of recovery but slower than forecast and unpredictable. The domestic situation has not had many positive changes and still faces many difficulties, affecting the province's economy and society. In the province, the weather is unusual (storms, floods, tornadoes...), business production of enterprises, especially industrial production, and people's lives face many difficulties. In the investment sector, the state continues to implement the investment restructuring policy. The Government continues to implement the economic restructuring policy with a focus on public investment. In that situation, the Department of Planning and Investment has coordinated with the advisory sectors in implementing the task of local socio-economic development, focusing on the following areas:

- Regarding the implementation of key Resolutions: The Department has advised on the summary of 10 years of implementing Conclusion 20-KL/TU of the Politburo on socio-economic development of Nghe An. The Politburo issued Resolution No. 26-NQ/TU dated July 30, 2013 on the direction and tasks for the development of Nghe An province until 2020; advised the Provincial Party Committee to evaluate the half-term implementation of the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to ensure quality; developed a plan to implement Action Program No. 24-Ctr/TU dated October 8, 2013 on implementing Resolution 26-NQ/TU of the Politburo and advised the Provincial People's Committee to issue Decision 5260/QD-UBND assigning specific tasks to sectors and levels for implementation.

Implementing the action program of the Provincial Party Committee, the Department has developed the Project on Socio-Economic Development of Western Nghe An to 2020, which was approved by the Prime Minister earlier than the plan in Decision No. 2355/QD-TTg dated December 4, 2013, exceeding the set schedule.

Ta Ca Secondary School - Ky Son.

- Regarding socio-economic development management in 2013: The most prominent feature is to continue to prioritize investment in agriculture and rural areas and ensure resources to implement issued policies and mechanisms. Direct localities and units to focus on completing items and targets of the 2013 new rural construction plan. The Department has advised the Provincial People's Committee to deploy solutions to control inflation and achieve certain results, prices are more stable at the end of the year, the consumer price index for the whole year only increased by 5.12% compared to December 2012. Support economic sectors, especially small and medium enterprises to invest in production, develop agricultural processing and preservation industry, handicrafts, occupations and services in rural areas, create more jobs, increase income for farmers, stimulate consumption in rural areas.

As a result, in 2013, the Department of Planning and Investment together with other sectors and levels successfully completed 20/25 major socio-economic targets. The growth rate of total product (GDP) reached about 7.0%/plan 7-8% (same period in 2012 reached 6.13%); in which, agriculture, forestry and fishery increased by 4.14%; industry - construction increased by 5.34% (industry alone increased by 8.28%); services increased by 10.2%. Average income per capita is estimated at 23.57 million VND/year (in 2012 it was 21.22 million VND).

- Regarding investment restructuring, focusing on public investment: Continue to deploy, urge, and inspect the serious and effective implementation of the Prime Minister's directives on strengthening investment management from state budget capital and government bond capital, on key solutions to overcome the outstanding debt of basic construction in localities; The Department of Planning and Investment has advised the Provincial People's Committee to issue Official Dispatch No. 6942/UBND-TM dated October 2, 2013 on strengthening the implementation of the Directive on investment management and construction of the 2014 basic construction plan to direct and unify the principles of proposing plans of sectors and districts.

Review unfinished investment projects that are being delayed or delayed, accelerate the payment of outstanding construction debts, focus on investing in completing key projects that are of great significance to the socio-economic development of the province. Resolutely and effectively overcome the situation of dispersion and inefficiency in the allocation and use of investment capital.

PV: The investment promotion sector has seen many improvements this year. Could you please tell us more about this issue?

Comrade Nguyen Van Do:In 2013, investment promotion activities were organized continuously and widely (inside the province, outside the province and abroad) with many channels and many synchronous solutions. Promotion activities were organized more and more professionally, the responsibility of directors of sectors and leaders at all levels was enhanced, creating positive changes and really having many improvements.

Container transport by sea at Cua Lo Port.

Investment promotion website in 4 languages: Vietnamese, English, Japanese, Korean.

Becamex IDC Corporation - Binh Duong Province One Member Limited Liability Company (Becamex IDC) conducted a field survey atHung Hoa commune (Vinh city).

The province has successfully organized many major events and was directly directed by the Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, such as: Meeting with investors in the Spring of Quy Ty, Korean Investment Promotion Conference, Northwest Investment Promotion, organizing investment promotion delegations in Japan and the Southern provinces associated with socio-economic development cooperation activities with localities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai... This year is also the year our province has organized to welcome and work with domestic and foreign investors to survey and learn about investment opportunities in Nghe An the most ever. The work of promoting the image of Nghe An on mass media channels has received clear attention, such as: Opening an electronic information page on investment promotion on the electronic information portal of Nghe An province in 4 languages: Vietnamese, English, Japanese, Korean (Nghe An is the fourth locality after Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang); Promote investment promotion activities in the province through the monthly column “Investment Bridge”, broadcast on NTV on Sunday evening, 2nd week of every month; and the special page “For Investors” on Nghe An newspaper, published on Friday, 2nd week of every month...

Regarding investment attraction results, in 2013, the total newly registered and adjusted investment capital was 89 projects/13,731.3 billion VND; of which: Domestic investment 84 projects/13,309.9 billion VND, foreign investment 5 projects/21.08 million USD. Of which, there are a number of large projects that have started construction and come into operation such as BSE Electronics Factory of Korea, High-tech Industrial Production Complex in Nam Dan, Tien Phong Plastic, textile projects of Korea and Japan...

Inauguration of Petroleum Vocational College.

In addition, the Provincial People's Committee has also signed investment cooperation agreements for 10 projects with a total registered capital of VND8,625 billion. Signed a strategic cooperation agreement on information technology and telecommunications development with FPT Group. In particular, a number of large projects are being surveyed by large corporations to prepare for investment, such as: Industrial park, urban and service complex of the Vietnam - Singapore Industrial Park Investment and Development Joint Venture Company (VSIP); Nguyen Kim Shopping Center; Roofing sheet factory of Hoa Sen Group; Do Luong Cement Factory of The Vissai Cement Group... These are large projects invested by strong and reputable corporations, expected to create great growth and budget revenue for the locality when put into operation, creating spillover to attract other investment projects.

Operating machines at Haivina Kim Lien Garment Company.

The Department of Planning and Investment continues to strengthen and improve the efficiency of the Investment Promotion and Development Consulting Center; handle and respond promptly upon receiving proposals from businesses, provide business development training and consulting, and many activities to remove difficulties for businesses.

With the attention and leadership of the Party and State, cooperation inside and outside the province, and the determination of the provincial leaders, investment promotion work will certainly continue to have many successes in the coming years.

PV: Thank you, comrade!

Chau Lan(performed); Photo:Pham Bang - Sy Minh - Chau Lan - Thu Huong