On the afternoon of October 6, a high-level delegation from Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, led by Comrade Athsaphangthong Siphandone, Member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Mayor of Vientiane, had a working session with the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province.
Receiving and working with the delegation were comrades: Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Song Tung, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Cao Son, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of a number of departments, branches and sectors.
Expressing his joy at welcoming Comrade Athsaphangthong Siphandone and the delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Quang Ngoc informed about some highlights of the province's socio-economic development situation.
Accordingly, the consistent viewpoint of the province in socio-economic development is to develop "Fast and Sustainable", taking the preservation and promotion of the value of cultural and historical heritage, the fine traditions of the people, the land of the Ancient Capital and the global value of the World Cultural and Natural Mixed Heritage as the foundation, resources and driving force for development, to build the province into a national cultural - historical and tourist center of international significance.
Ninh Binh focuses on developing clean, environmentally friendly industry; developing agriculture towards organic and circular agricultural production; promoting service development, especially tourism development; developing civilized and modern urban and rural areas with a focus on "Ancient Capital - Heritage Urban Area".
With that perspective and orientation, in recent years, the province's economy has always maintained a fairly high growth rate. Since 2022, Ninh Binh has been self-sufficient in budget and has been regulated by the central budget. Ninh Binh tourism has become a bright spot on the tourism map of Vietnam and the world, ranked in the top 15 destinations in the world, in the top 10 provinces with the highest number of visitors in the country, creating a driving force to promote the development of many other industries and fields of the province.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also emphasized that the friendly cooperation activities between Ninh Binh province and localities of the Lao People's Democratic Republic have been constantly consolidated, expanded and developed, notably the friendly cooperation between the two provinces: Ninh Binh and Udomxay. In addition, Ninh Binh province always promotes the search for cooperation and exchange opportunities in many fields with other localities of Laos such as Vientiane Capital, Luang Prabang Province, and Hua Phan Province. The cooperative and friendly exchange activities are increasingly in-depth, substantial and effective, becoming one of the important driving forces to promote socio-economic development, bringing benefits to the people of the localities.
He believed that the official working trip of the Delegation would contribute to further tightening the friendship, solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, closeness and trust between the two Parties, two States and people of Vietnam and Laos in general, and between Ninh Binh province and the capital Vientiane in particular.
Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Athsaphangthong Siphandone , Member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Mayor of Vientiane Capital expressed his gratitude for the thoughtful and warm welcome that the leaders of Ninh Binh province gave to the delegation and congratulated the development of the province in recent years. This shows that the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee have led and directed resolutely and flexibly through each period with the right viewpoints, orientations, and strategies in socio-economic development.
Summarizing the situation of the capital Vientiane, comrade Athsaphangthong Siphandone emphasized: The capital Vientiane has an important position in the socio-economic development of the whole country, so economic activities are quite vibrant. In 2017, the capital Vientiane's economy continuously grew at 10.09%, the local budget revenue reached a high level, accounting for 40% of the national budget revenue. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2022, Vientiane's economy grew at only 4.83%, the average income per capita reached more than 5,500 USD.
With the orientation of building Vientiane as a livable and sustainably developed capital, Vientiane is focusing on exploiting the strengths of each locality in developing industry, agriculture, and tourism, striving to achieve an average income per capita of 7,000 USD by 2025.
He also affirmed that this visit aims to further strengthen the solidarity, friendship and cooperation between the two localities. At the same time, the capital Vientiane wishes to exchange and learn from Ninh Binh province’s experiences in a number of areas for mutual development.
In the spirit of openness, frankness and cooperation, Ninh Binh exchanged and shared experiences in socio-economic development of the province, especially the viewpoint and orientation of economic development from "brown to green", development coupled with conservation; experience in tourism recovery and development after the COVID-19 pandemic; exchanged political and cultural cooperation to support and promote development between the two localities.
At the meeting, Ninh Binh province and Vientiane capital signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation and presented gifts reflecting the cultural characteristics and strengths of the two localities.
On this occasion, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee also held a solemn reception to welcome the delegation of the capital Vientiane who visited and worked in Ninh Binh.
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