On the morning of January 13, in Vinh City (Nghe An), the Coordination Council of the North Central and Central Coastal Region held a meeting to summarize activities in 2023 and develop a plan for 2024. Comrade Tran Hong Ha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Regional Coordination Council chaired the meeting.
Comrades: Nguyen Chi Dung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Planning and Investment, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Regional Coordination Council; Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province co-chaired the conference.
Attending the conference were comrades of the Party Central Committee: Nguyen Van Hung - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Do Trong Hung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Thanh Hoa province; Hoang Trung Dung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Ha Tinh province; Nguyen Van Quang - Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Da Nang city; Nguyen Hai Ninh - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Khanh Hoa province.
Attending the conference were leaders of the Government Office, central ministries and branches; Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of People's Committees of 13 provinces and cities: Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan.
On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; and comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Party Executive Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and departments, branches, etc.
ACTIVITIES OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATION COUNCIL ARE SUBSTITUTE AND EFFECTIVE
The North Central and Central Coastal regions include 14 provinces and centrally-run cities from Thanh Hoa to Binh Thuan. This is a particularly important strategic area in terms of politics, economy, culture, society, national defense, security and foreign affairs of the whole country; it is the "gateway" to the sea and the "support" for the Central Highlands provinces.
On July 11, 2023, the Prime Minister issued Decision 824/QD-TTg on the establishment of the North Central and Central Coastal Coordination Council. The regional coordination council was established to innovate the regional coordination mechanism, promote rapid and sustainable socio-economic development of the region, protect the environment and ensure national defense and security.
To date, 13/14 localities in the region have had their Planning Decision for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, approved by the Prime Minister. The planning for the North Central and Central Coast regions has been appraised by the State Appraisal Council and is being finalised for reporting to the Prime Minister for approval.
The planning of the North Central and Central Coastal regions for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, is a step to concretize the National Master Plan. The planning helps to "pave the way", create development dynamics, development potential, new development space for the country and the region, and is specifically expressed in the spatial scope of each locality.
The planning of the North Central and Central Coastal regions identifies the marine economic cluster as an important pillar of economic development of the region, especially industries such as tourism and marine services; maritime economy; oil and gas exploitation; aquaculture and seafood exploitation and offshore wind power...
The Regional Coordination Council has coordinated investment promotion activities, mobilized resources; coordinated the use of public investment capital to orient, lead, and activate non-state investment resources, and promoted investment in the form of public-private partnerships in strategic, urgent, and important infrastructure development.
In 2023, the whole region attracted 183 newly licensed projects with a total registered capital of 2.13 billion USD; Nghe An province alone attracted more than 1.6 billion USD in FDI, ranking 8th in the country and leading the Central and Central Highlands regions.
The coordination and linkage in developing the transport infrastructure system has achieved high results, and many key and important national transport infrastructure projects have been implemented in the region. In 2023, the region will complete the expressway sections: Cao Bo - Mai Son, Mai Son - National Highway 45, Cam Lo - La Son, Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet, National Highway 45 - Nghi Son, Nghi Son - Dien Chau.
At the conference, the delegates made additional statements, clarifying the results of the activities of the Regional Coordination Council and the localities in the region; thereby highly appreciating the effective and substantive activities of the Regional Coordination Council, shortening the gap, creating a connection and cooperation for development between localities and central ministries and branches.
Delegates also contributed ideas to the 2024 plan and tasks: strengthening tourism promotion through cinema; creating cultural products using relics and heritages and connecting localities together; mobilizing resources from specific mechanisms and policies to develop transport infrastructure; and forming a regional innovation center.
There should be a mechanism for enterprises to invest in transport corridors under the PPP model; build regional rescue centers; coordinate synchronous linkage activities, accelerate transport infrastructure projects, promptly approve the investment policy for high-speed railways; promptly issue a legal framework and policy mechanism for offshore wind power development.
Speaking at the conference, stating that the North Central and Central Coast regions have many advantages to carry out cooperation activities, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung suggested that immediately after the regional planning is approved, the Regional Coordination Council directs localities to review the contents of the provincial planning to ensure consistency and unity with the regional planning; in addition to regular meetings, it is possible to organize a general investment promotion conference for the region or for sub-regions.
The head of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee also proposed applying some specific mechanisms and policies of some localities to the whole region and should build a specific mechanism focusing on the marine economy; research and develop a set of criteria for selecting projects of regional nature, ensuring harmonious development between localities.
At the conference, the Secretaries of the Provincial and Municipal Party Committees of Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Khanh Hoa and Da Nang requested the Regional Coordination Council to develop mechanisms and policies to link tourism development among localities; connect traffic between the Northwest region and the North Central Sub-region; and review the implementation of tasks of ministries, branches and localities after the meetings of the Regional Coordination Council.
Implement projects in Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated November 3, 2022 of the Politburo 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", especially the Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot expressway project; Da Nang - Thach My - Ngoc Hoi - Bo Y expressway project; Da Nang National University project; linking mechanisms, policies, and thinking about new issues between localities; researching investment in the construction of the Da Lat - Nha Trang expressway project; South Central Region General Hospital.
PROPOSAL TO BUILD SPECIFIC MECHANISM AND POLICIES FOR THE REGION
Speaking at the conference, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung highly appreciated the opinions of ministries, branches and localities in the region; at the same time, he emphasized the important role of regional development and regional development linkage in Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo 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.
Considering that the tasks of the Regional Coordination Council in 2024 are numerous, difficult, and heavy, comrade Nguyen Chi Dung requested that localities determine an implementation roadmap to achieve the planning goals; urgently direct the development of a Provincial Planning Implementation Plan, complete it, and submit it to the Prime Minister for approval.
Based on approved plans, localities coordinate with ministries and branches to immediately identify projects of a linkage and development nature involving at least two localities or more, especially transportation, connecting infrastructure and important projects for regional development; proactively develop policies and specify solutions to implement provincial planning with the view of strengthening linkages according to three sub-regions based on advantageous sectors and fields.
On the other hand, develop a plan to balance resources to implement the planning of budget investment capital sources, mobilize other resources to implement investment programs and projects in the region. In particular, develop specific mechanisms and policies for regional socio-economic development; proactively welcome domestic and foreign investment capital flows.
Concluding the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that currently the North Central and Central Coast regions have extremely important political bases, foundations, and tools in terms of institutions, strategies, and planning for development.
The Regional Coordination Council is responsible for effectively implementing Resolution 26 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, and implementing the Regional Planning.
Emphasizing the tasks of the Regional Coordination Council in the coming time, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment to develop criteria and assign specific tasks to localities and sub-regions.
Localities research and contribute to sectoral planning, especially planning for educational and training facilities, medical networks, sports, tourism, cultural and artistic facilities, etc. In the region, it is necessary to build regional products in a focused and key direction.
Suggesting regional connectivity issues, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha suggested that localities prioritize projects in transport infrastructure, considering connections with other regions; information technology infrastructure; energy infrastructure towards becoming a center for renewable energy industry, specifically offshore wind power; education and training infrastructure; medical infrastructure...
Comrade Tran Hong Ha also assigned 5 localities that currently have specific mechanisms and policies to conduct a preliminary and final review; thereby proposing specific mechanisms and policies for the entire region, such as investment policies, transportation, and connections between localities and with other regions...
In the coming time, the Regional Coordination Council, in addition to regular meetings, can hold thematic meetings on each field and content. In addition, sub-regions will soon form an organizational structure; build a database of information to organize regional activities more effectively.
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