Government assigns double-digit GRDP growth target to 17 provinces and cities

(PLVN) - The Government assigned a double-digit GRDP growth target in 2025 to 17 provinces and cities. Of which, Bac Giang has the highest at 13.6%; Hai Phong 12.5%; Ninh Binh, Quang Ninh 12%; Thanh Hoa 11%; Da Nang 10%...

The Government has issued Resolution No. 25/NQ-CP on growth targets for industries, sectors and localities to ensure the national growth target in 2025 reaches 8% or more.

The Resolution clearly states: 2025 is of special importance, a year of acceleration, breakthrough, and finishing, the final year of implementing the 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plan 2021-2025, carrying out the revolution of streamlining the organizational apparatus, holding Party Congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of the Party and preparing and consolidating fundamental factors, creating a premise for our country to confidently enter a new era - the era of striving for strong and prosperous development of the nation, towards successfully implementing the goals of the 10-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2021-2030.

Meanwhile, the world and regional situation is forecast to continue to develop very complicatedly and unpredictably; the global economic recovery is slow, uneven, unstable, and risks are increasing. Our country's economy is forecast to maintain positive growth momentum, with opportunities, advantages, difficulties, and challenges intertwined, but the latter are more difficult and challenging, especially from unfavorable external factors and internal limitations and shortcomings that have lasted for many years, storms, floods, droughts, saltwater intrusion, etc.

In that context, in order to successfully achieve the national growth target of 8% or more in 2025, creating a solid foundation to achieve double-digit growth in the 2026-2030 period, the Government requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, and Government agencies assigned to preside over monitoring and evaluating the indicators in Appendix I of this Resolution, and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to focus on directing the implementation of the following tasks:

Firstly, closely monitor and grasp the situation, closely coordinate, synchronously, comprehensively and effectively implement the tasks and solutions set out in all fields; promote the spirit of solidarity and unity in direction and management; have innovative and breakthrough thinking, high determination, great efforts, drastic actions, organize timely, flexible and effective implementation, successfully complete the goals and growth targets of sectors, fields and local GRDP growth in Appendix I and Appendix II of this Resolution.

Second, urgently develop monthly and quarterly growth scenarios for sectors and fields; for the GRDP growth target, direct specialized agencies to closely coordinate with statistical agencies, based on the published GRDP data in 2024, review and develop GRDP growth scenarios by sector level 01 and 03 economic sectors and product taxes minus product subsidies on a quarterly basis to serve leadership, direction and administration. Ministries, sectors and localities send growth scenarios to the Ministry of Planning and Investment in February 2025 for synthesis and monitoring.

Third, proactively carry out tasks and solutions within authority and research and propose specific mechanisms, policies, tasks and solutions in cases beyond authority, send them to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for synthesis and reporting to the Government and Prime Minister to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles.

Fourth, report on monthly and quarterly implementation status, update growth scenarios (if any) and recommend and propose solutions to achieve growth targets, and send to the Ministry of Planning and Investment before the 25th of each month.

For the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, the Government requests to urgently direct the research and review of new resources, driving forces, capacities for growth and implementation solutions, and report to the People's Councils at the same level in February 2025 to adjust the local GRDP growth target in case the People's Council has decided on a lower growth target than the target in this Resolution in order to thoroughly grasp and organize synchronous, comprehensive and effective implementation.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is assigned by the Government to preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to synthesize, monitor, evaluate the implementation situation and make recommendations and proposals (if any), and report to the Government at the regular monthly Government meeting.

The Ministry of Information and Communications shall preside over and coordinate with the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, news agencies, press, central and local ministries and branches to widely disseminate and propagate this Resolution.

GRDP growth target in 2025 of provinces and centrally run cities: