Also attending were former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung; Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; leaders and former leaders of the Party and State; leaders of departments, ministries, branches, agencies of the National Assembly, provinces and cities; representatives of a number of embassies and international organizations in Vietnam; leaders of localities of Laos and Thailand, and domestic and foreign investors.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and delegates attending the conference. Photo: LAM HIEN

On the side of Ha Tinh province, there were Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Ha Tinh province Hoang Trung Dung, leaders and former leaders of Ha Tinh province...

The conference was jointly organized by the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province and the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Ha Tinh realizes potential and aspirations

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province Vo Trong Hai said that in recent years, Ha Tinh has achieved encouraging results in many fields. From a poor province with a low starting point, Ha Tinh has become one of the better-off provinces in the region. The investment and business environment has been increasingly improved; the provincial competitiveness index has continuously improved over the years; it is currently one of the 10 localities attracting the largest foreign investment capital in the country.

In particular, Ha Tinh always determines that planning work must be one step ahead, as an important tool for planning strategies and socio-economic development plans, allocating and effectively using resources.

National Assembly Chairman and delegates attending the conference. Photo: LAM HIEN

With the theme “Ha Tinh - Realizing Potential and Aspiration”, the conference provided basic information on the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050; introduced and promoted the province’s potential, advantages, preferential policies, and priority project lists to investors. Thereby attracting investment and mobilizing resources to realize the Provincial Planning.

At the conference, representatives of partners, international organizations, experts and investors presented papers highlighting the potential and advantages of Ha Tinh; suggestions and recommendations for Ha Tinh to promote its potential and advantages, attract investment more strongly, thereby realizing the goals stated in the Provincial Planning...

Speaking at the conference, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that planning plays a very important role, determining vision, scenarios, development plans and organizing development space, creating new opportunities, production capacity and new values ​​for the development of the country, region and locality during the planning period.

The National Assembly has institutionalized the Central Government's policies, promulgated the Planning Law and promulgated the National Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050; the National Land Use Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 and the 5-year National Land Use Plan for 2021-2025. On that basis, the Government and the Prime Minister have issued many Resolutions and Directives, and organized many online meetings with ministries, branches and localities to remove obstacles and speed up the planning process.

National Assembly Chairman speaks. Photo: LAM HIEN

The National Assembly Chairman especially commended Ha Tinh province for its good performance, taking the lead in planning work and being the second province in the country to have its Provincial Planning approved by the Prime Minister. This planning is the basis for Ha Tinh to continue implementing strategic development orientations, closely linking with other provinces in the region according to Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated November 3, 2022 on socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security in the North Central and Central Coast regions to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Building Ha Tinh into a development pole of the North Central region

The provincial planning has identified the goal: To build Ha Tinh province into one of the development poles of the North Central and Central Coast regions, striving to become a fairly developed province by 2030; to develop the fields of culture, society, national defense, security, social order and safety, and foreign affairs stably and sustainably.

To successfully achieve the above goal, the National Assembly Chairman requested Ha Tinh to continue to thoroughly grasp and institutionalize the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW, Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, and resolutions of the Central Committee, National Assembly, and Government.  

Emphasizing that the construction and planning of the plan is difficult, the implementation is even more difficult and requires great urgency, the National Assembly Chairman quoted the famous saying of General Vo Nguyen Giap during the resistance war: "Time is force", saying that in peacetime, building and developing the country must also follow that spirit. Ha Tinh needs to be extremely urgent, quickly focusing on solutions to effectively implement the goals, targets, tasks, programs and projects in the approved provincial plan.

Conference scene. Photo: LAM HIEN

The National Assembly Chairman also requested the province to continue with solutions to achieve socio-economic, defense and security targets; to remove market bottlenecks; to rekindle the spirit of the Government and localities in creating, developing, accompanying people and businesses, considering the development of people and businesses as the work of local authorities. It is necessary to find the root cause and have solutions to overcome the situation where a number of cadres and civil servants avoid, shirk responsibility, and are afraid of responsibility. Strengthen the improvement of the investment and business environment; promote digital transformation.

On this occasion, the National Assembly Chairman requested the Government and central ministries and branches to urgently review, update and specify the contents of the National Master Plan into national sectoral plans, regional plans and provincial plans, ensuring the synchronization and unity of planning levels; promoting the role of people, businesses, domestic and foreign investors to create consensus, participate in the implementation and supervision of the planning process. Continue to advise on perfecting institutions and laws to remove difficulties, promptly support production and business for people and businesses, create new growth spaces and drivers...

In particular, the National Assembly Chairman emphasized the spirit of "not sacrificing progress and social justice to pursue mere economic growth".

The National Assembly Chairman visits the exhibition booths in the conference hallway. Photo: LAM HIEN

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the partners and investors who have chosen Ha Tinh as a destination for cooperation, investment and business. The National Assembly Chairman hopes that investors will comply with the law; build a long-term and sustainable business strategy; promote awareness and responsibility in environmental protection; implement well the regime and policies for workers; and always accompany the province in implementing policies to ensure social security.

In his closing speech at the conference, Ha Tinh Provincial Party Secretary Hoang Trung Dung stated: “To implement the Provincial Planning, Regional Planning, and National Master Planning, Ha Tinh province pledges to do its utmost to awaken potentials and advantages, and build a healthy investment environment.”

The Secretary of the Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee requested that businesses and entrepreneurs work together with the province to synchronously and effectively implement the planning; when encountering problems and difficulties, promptly inform the province and businesses to resolve them.

* At the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung presented Decision No. 1363/QD-TTg approving the Planning of Ha Tinh province for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050; presented flowers to congratulate Ha Tinh province.

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