The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee met with retired former provincial leaders.

Panorama of the meeting between Nghe An provincial leaders and retired former provincial leaders in the province. Photo: Thanh Duy

In the atmosphere of the first days of the new year 2023 and preparing to welcome the traditional Tet Quy Mao, on behalf of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy sent respectful greetings and best wishes to the former provincial leaders; at the same time reported some highlights of the province in the past year.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy speaks at the meeting with former provincial leaders. Photo: Thanh Duy

Accordingly, in the context of general difficulties of the whole country, thanks to the solidarity, high determination, great efforts, and fierce struggles of the entire political system and the consensus and support of the business community and people, Nghe An province has achieved many positive results.

The economy has recovered and developed quite comprehensively, with many bright spots, the growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) is estimated to increase by 9.08% (ranking 22nd out of 63 localities nationwide). The scale of GRDP in 2022 will reach over 175 trillion VND (ranking 10th out of 63 localities nationwide). For the first time, the State budget revenue has exceeded the 20,000 billion VND mark, reaching 21,805 billion VND.

Former provincial leaders attended the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Investment attraction has seen many improvements, for the first time Nghe An has entered the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI in the country (total newly granted and adjusted investment capital is 961.3 million USD). Total export turnover for the year reached nearly 2.5 billion USD, this is the second year exceeding the target of the term.

The new rural development program has achieved positive results. In total, the whole province has 309/411 communes meeting new rural standards, reaching 73%; 9 district-level units have completed the construction task and met new rural standards, an increase of 2 districts compared to 2021.

The fields of culture, education and social security have been promoted and improved in quality. The province has organized many major cultural activities and events. Education and training continue to maintain its position in the top 5 localities nationwide in terms of the number of excellent students at the national, regional and international levels; comprehensive education has been improved (in the 2022 high school graduation exam results, Nghe An ranked 20th, up 14 places compared to 2021); jobs have been created for about 45,000 people; epidemic prevention and control and Covid-19 vaccination have been proactively implemented;...

Former provincial leaders attended the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The province has also focused on implementing a number of major and important tasks at the provincial level, such as: Completing the contents submitted to the Central Steering Committee to serve the summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo; completing the appraisal of the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, and is currently completing the dossier to submit to the Prime Minister for approval.

National defense, security, order and social safety are ensured; in particular, Nghe An successfully organized a provincial defense and civil defense exercise, which was highly appreciated by Military Region 4.

Foreign affairs work was deployed synchronously, effectively and comprehensively; a series of activities were organized on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy affirmed: To achieve the above results, in addition to the timely attention and assistance of the Central Government, the efforts of all levels, sectors, business community and people in the province, there are also very important and positive contributions of former provincial leaders through the periods.

“We are deeply aware that the results of 2022 and this period cannot be achieved immediately, but are the result of a dedicated and persistent process of generations of provincial leaders over the years,” the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized, while affirming that the responsibility of the provincial leaders in this period is to continue to multiply those results.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy expressed his gratitude and deep thanks for the very important contributions of former provincial leaders during their working time and even after retirement.

Former provincial leaders attended the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

2023 is the mid-term year of 2020 - 2025, which is very important, a pivotal year to implement the goals of the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress and the 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plan (2021-2025). The province has set 28 main targets, in which the GRDP growth rate reaches 9-10%, GRDP per capita is 56-57 million VND.

In addition to focusing on implementing the year's socio-economic targets, Nghe An is coordinating with the Central Economic Committee to submit to the Politburo a summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26, issuing a new Resolution associated with research and supplementing appropriate mechanisms and policies, creating new momentum for development. On that basis, the Government Party Committee and the National Assembly Party Delegation will issue an action program; then the province will advise on issuing new specific mechanisms with stronger effectiveness and efficiency to help Nghe An develop.

The province also focuses on completing the Nghe An Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, to submit to the Prime Minister for approval in the first quarter and early second quarter of 2023; focuses on accelerating progress to soon start construction of two strategic infrastructure projects: Cua Lo deep-water seaport, at the same time, carrying out procedures to initially deploy the expansion of Vinh International Airport; preparing to build VSIP Nghe An II industrial park with a scale of over 600 hectares.

The province will also speed up the progress of building the Project to expand the administrative boundaries and urban space of Vinh city, striving to report to the National Assembly Standing Committee in the first quarter of 2024; at the same time, promote administrative reform and digital transformation; continue to promote the spirit of solidarity, unity, leadership and direction with focus and key points.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visits former provincial leaders. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy hopes that former provincial leaders who have held important leadership positions in the province, are very experienced in work and life, have a lot of knowledge and experience, will continue to share, support, and give advice to the province in the process of planning development strategies; actively participate in the process of summarizing Resolution 26, expanding the administrative boundaries of Vinh City, removing bottlenecks in infrastructure, promoting administrative reform...

At the same time, we hope that former provincial leaders, through participating in grassroots activities and other social organizations, will continue to promote their prestige, play the role of a nucleus of solidarity, unity, encouragement and motivation for people to carry out patriotic emulation movements, build cultural life in residential areas; participate in building and consolidating strong grassroots Party organizations in residential areas; continue to care for, guide and pass on experiences to the next generation to follow and grow up.

On the provincial side, the head of the Provincial Party Committee affirmed that the provincial leadership will continue to make efforts, try, and uphold the spirit of solidarity and unity to effectively carry out leadership, direction and administration; in that process, regularly seek advice, listen and absorb comments from all walks of life, and opinions from former provincial leaders to achieve the best results, gradually developing Nghe An province as desired by many generations of provincial leaders.

Comrade Nguyen Ba - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, former provincial leaders highly appreciated the achievements of the province in recent times, and believed that the province will continue to have new, more solid steps of development.

Comrade Nguyen Ba - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee acknowledged: The spirit of solidarity and high unanimity in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee spreading throughout the Party Committee and people is the decisive factor in the province's achievements in the past year.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Ban - former member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, former Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Nguyen Ba highly appreciated the methodical and scientific way of summarizing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo; from there, he hoped that through the summary, objective and subjective causes would be found to advise the Politburo to issue a new resolution on Nghe An, creating new opportunities for the development of the province.