Voters' opinions: Planning work needs to be closer to reality and more feasible.

Regarding this content, experts and voters analyzed and contributed opinions on the structure and content of the Draft Planning; Viewpoints, goals and development plans; key areas and main products of Nghe An; urban system and infrastructure planning options; solutions and resources to implement the planning.

Mr. Tran Quoc Thanh - Director of Department of Science and Technology:

Planning needs to provide clearer direction for marine economic development.

According to the draft Provincial Planning, "The growth rate of the marine economy in the 2021-2030 period will reach an average of 15%, the contribution of the marine economy to the province's GRDP will reach 22-25% (of which the purely marine economy accounts for about 8-8.5%). However, in the draft Project on "Strengthening the leadership of the Party to improve the effectiveness of implementationsustainable development strategy for marine economyBy 2030, with a vision to 2045, the goal is that by 2030, purely marine economic sectors will contribute about 10% of the province's GRDP. Therefore, it is necessary to research and agree on the goals and development orientations of departments and branches related to the same content.

Regarding the strategy for developing the marine economy, from the reality that the seafood exploitation output of Vietnam in general, Nghe An in particular, has exceeded the exploitation capacity of the sea too much (about 60%), so if the structure of the fleet and the output targets are not adjusted soon (reducing the exploitation output), it will lead to a decline in seafood resources and a decrease in the investment efficiency of the people, life will be difficult and people will no longer stick to the sea. Regarding the offshore fleet, it is necessary to form large seafood exploitation corporations to replace the current cooperatives and cooperatives. There are policies to support fishermen to change their coastal exploitation to services, onshore aquaculture, support young people in coastal areas (or members of cooperatives) who exploit offshore to study at universities and colleges in exploitation techniques, ship mechanics, etc. Prioritize increasing the value of exploitation instead of increasing output. Take coastal aquaculture and marine economic services as alternative sources of livelihood. Special attention is paid to the development of algae and microalgae for medicinal purposes, functional foods, feed for aquatic animals, livestock, fertilizers, and even fuel, etc.

Mr. Truong Cong Anh, former Head of the Propaganda Department of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee:

Putting forest economy into planning

The planning of Nghe An province for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, is extremely necessary to fully exploit the potential and advantages of Nghe An province. It has strategic significance, both as a premise and a driving force for the province's development in the next ten years and with a vision to 2050. Solving the problems, overlaps, inconsistencies and lack of synchronization between the individual plans of each economic cluster, of departments, branches and localities; at the same time, exploiting more effectively the geo-economic and political position, promoting specific strengths, taking advantage of opportunities in the new period, aiming to develop faster and more sustainably to build Nghe An into a fairly developed province of the North Central region.

I think that planning must first ask the question “why is Nghe An still poor” in order to have detailed, practical and realistic plans. I am concerned about the Western Nghe An, especially from Anh Son - Ky Son, Nghia Dan - Que Phong, if these localities are still poor, Nghe An is not rich. At the same time, we must reorganize Nghe An’s economy, because we cannot apply high technology to fragmented agricultural production. Regarding economic zones, there should be no overlap in regional planning, corridors, economic zones and clusters.

In my opinion, we need to have a comprehensive concept of resources: land is a resource, water is a resource, forests are resources, minerals are resources (metallic and non-metallic minerals), climate is also a resource. Just talking about mineral resources is very insufficient. How to exploit and protect land resources (anti-erosion, anti-desertification, anti-soil degradation...) especially how to exploit and protect forest resources? In my opinion, forest resources are the most valuable resource of Nghe An (along with water resources, land resources) and are renewable resources. The better they are exploited, the richer they become. This is the only resource that can "revive" Western Nghe An. If Nghe An wants to develop sustainably, we must put forest resources in the West into strategic perspective, because this area has not been properly evaluated for a long time. Because, for the West, the only resources are land and forests, thereforeForest economy must be included in planning.

The mangrove forest in Tam Dinh commune (Tuong Duong). Photo: Thanh Cuong

From provincial planning to sectoral planning, regional planning, local planning (district, town) to create a unified, synchronous, specific, detailed planning with the highest feasibility. From provincial planning to build 5-year and annual plans. From sectoral and territorial planning to build 5-year and annual plans for each sector and each territory. Organize and direct the implementation of provincial, sectoral and local planning. No matter how good the planning is, it is inevitable to avoid subjectivity when making plans (general and specific for sectors and territories), so it is necessary to stick to reality to promptly supplement and adjust... the planning if necessary (that is, have an open and flexible mindset to avoid being mechanical and rigid).

Mr. Vo Ngoc Hoang - Thu Thuy ward, Cua Lo town:

Planning work is still fragmented, patchy and unsynchronized.

As a resident for decades, I see that the urban face of Cua Lo is slow to change. Cua Lo is a tourist destination of the province and is identified as a growth pole of the province, but many roads are still insuspended planning status. For example, the planning of route No. 2 has been suspended for decades, and has not been cleared. People's houses have deteriorated but they dare not build because they are waiting for the road construction. Every time it rains, people have a hard time traveling. Route No. 3 is damaged. When summer comes, restaurants and hotels use a lot of water, leading to foul-smelling wastewater that affects the town's tourism environment. Meanwhile, the east side of Binh Minh Street, the central road of the town, has a fragmented, patchy, and unsynchronized planning.

The town is focusing all resources on building the Cua Lo tourist urban area to develop rapidly and sustainably, together with Vinh city to become the growth engine, the innovation center of Nghe An and the North Central region in the spirit of Resolution No. 01-NQ/TU on building and developing Cua Lo town to 2025 and the following years, proposed by the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee. When will the urban face of Cua Lo town change?

Mr. Ho Sy Hoa - Former Head of General Planning Department (Department of Planning and Investment):

Building solutions and resources to implement planning

The draft provincial planning aims at the general goal that by 2030, Nghe An will become a fairly developed province of the country, with a dynamic, fast and sustainable economic development, a center of finance, trade, tourism, education, training, science and technology, health care, and high-tech industry in the North Central region; with a vision to 2050, it will become a modern, civilized, and comprehensively developed province of the country, an important development pole of the North Central region. The planning sets out key development orientations including 2 growth engine areas, 3 strategic breakthroughs, 4 economic corridors, 5 development pillars, and 6 urban centers.

The viewpoints, objectives and solution orientations of the planning are consistent with the National Socio-Economic Development Strategy for the 2021-2030 period and the Party's guidance in the Congresses, with a vision to 2050, and the 10-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy for 2021-2030 presented to the 13th National Party Congress. The development orientation and objectives are consistent with the national development strategy and the specific conditions of Nghe An. However, it is necessary to mention the contents that are not consistent with the planning: Developing urban areas beyond the planning. Specialized raw material growing areas have not ensured planning. Planning of some industrial zones and clusters is not consistent... Paying attention to infrastructure development, in which paying attention to mountainous and midland districts to shorten the development gap between urban and rural areas. Regarding the development plan of important sectors and fields; the planning needs to analyze and select Nghe An's strong products.

To carry out the planning work, it is necessary to develop solutions and resources to implement the planning. According to the calculation of the total investment to implement the planning: To ensure the planning scheme requires mobilizing many capital sources, in the 5-year period 2021-2025 about 500,000 billion VND. In the period 2025-2030, the investment capital demand is about 1,000,000 billion VND. Capital in the province ensures about 20% and capital attracted from outside 80%. Therefore, to attract capital, it is necessary to focus on administrative reform to create the most favorable conditions for investors. Develop a plan to develop the stock market in Nghe An. Promote the socialization of career activities such as health, education, vocational training, culture, sports, science and technology... Establish funds such as people's credit funds in places with demand and sufficient conditions, production insurance funds... Through the system of commercial banks to mobilize local investment capital to meet the socio-economic development needs of the province. Develop forms of capital mobilization in the form of stocks and bonds.

Nghe An province is speeding up the progress of provincial planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. Photo courtesy: Nguyen - Thanh Cuong Book

Mr. Le Van Loi, Quynh Lap commune, Hoang Mai town:

Need to quickly overcome the situation of suspended planning

In Hoang Mai town, there is also Dong Hoi industrial park in Quynh Lap and Quynh Loc communes with an area of ​​1,436 hectares, with a total estimated investment capital of 5,388 billion VND. However, up to now, this industrial park has only had a few investment projects such as Hoa Sen Nghe An Factory - Hoa Sen Nghe An One Member Co., Ltd.; Thanh Thanh Dat Port in Dong Hoi seaport - Thanh Thanh Dat Co., Ltd.; Hai Chau II Confectionery Factory... leaving thousands of hectares of land vacant. The industrial park has been invested in a systematic manner on a large scale with the expectation of creating conditions to attract investment, bringing a new look to the local economy. However, after many years of implementation, many industrial parks and clusters have been abandoned, causing waste of land and infrastructure, while the budget is still limited, local workers need jobs. Land is left vacant while people want to produce but cannot, causing waste of land resources, and prolonged planning suspension makes people angry. People want the State to have solutions to attract investment in industrial zones or review all projects that have not been implemented for many years or have been implemented halfway and then stopped, revoke the project, and replace it with another project.

Along with the industrial park suspension planning, currently in the commune there are a number of roads that have been suspended for many years such as rescue roads, resettlement roads that are under construction and have stopped, causing waste of land and making traffic more difficult. People hope that the government will soon resolve the issues related to these projects to promote the efficiency of land use, create favorable conditions for people to trade, and remove difficulties for households living in the locality.