Kien Xuong: Efforts to promote economic growth

In 2024, Kien Xuong strives for a total production value increase of 10.50% compared to 2023. However, in the first 9 months of the year, the total production value of the district is estimated at over 10,500 billion VND, an increase of 5.76% over the same period, lower than the increase in the same period last year, reaching 54.8% of the annual plan. Clearly identifying the cause, in the last months of the year, the District Party Committee and the District People's Committee will synchronously implement solutions to achieve the highest goal.

Manufactured at Thai Hoa Sports Equipment Company Limited (Vu Ninh Industrial Park, Kien Xuong).

Difficulties piled up

One of the identified reasons for low growth is that agricultural production faced many disadvantages due to the impact of storm No. 3 and the rain and floods after the storm.

Mr. Dinh Cong Man, Head of the District's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, affirmed: In the first 6 months of the year, agricultural production achieved the set targets, ranking second in the province in terms of growth rate; if that momentum is maintained, the 9 months and the whole year of 2024 will certainly exceed the growth target of 2.35%. However, due to damage from storm No. 3, the growth rate in the first 9 months was low, reaching only 1.73%. Many indicators decreased sharply compared to previous years, such as the estimated rice yield of only less than 50 quintals/ha, plus more than 600 hectares of vegetables, 500 hectares of aquaculture affected, and many other damages to the irrigation system, making it difficult for the agricultural sector to ensure the set targets.

Regarding industrial production, Mr. Pham Van Quang, Head of the District Economic and Infrastructure Department, said: The whole district has more than 400 enterprises, of which about 130 enterprises specialize in textiles, yarn weaving, and leather shoes, these enterprises account for about 70% of the district's industrial production value. In the past 9 months, although the number and value of orders from textile and garment enterprises are higher than last year, many enterprises have had to work overtime, but compared to 3 years ago, the value of orders has still decreased by 30 - 40%. The investment rate in the industrial sector is slow, many enterprises producing leather shoes and garments are still lacking in labor resources. There have not been many changes in industrial clusters (ICs), typically Con Nhat IC, investors really want to build technical infrastructure but do not have a land use plan, Trung Ne IC although the site has been cleared but the infrastructure investor has not built a centralized wastewater treatment plant so there are no secondary investors to invest. Some investors do not have the potential and are not interested in investing, specifically investors in Vu Quy IC, although there was a decision to expand the IC since 2017 but so far it has not been implemented; or Binh Minh IC, although the district is determined to complete the site clearance before the Lunar New Year 2024 but so far has not invested in infrastructure construction. For the above reasons, it is difficult to have a breakthrough in industrial production because from now until the end of the year, there will be no new enterprises investing in the IC.

Nam Cao linen weaving village has been restored and developed again.

Accelerate

Clearly identifying the issues, the District Party Committee and District People's Committee held a meeting to discuss and assign specific tasks to each department, office and locality.

Mr. Hoang Viet Huy, Chairman of the District People's Committee, said: The economic picture is still facing many difficulties. The district has determined that it is difficult to develop strongly in the industrial sector, so in the immediate future, it will focus on investing in agricultural development. Accordingly, it will zone commodity production, invest in the intra-field irrigation system, and plan pumping stations in low-lying areas to avoid prolonged flooding that causes severe damage like the recent storm No. 3. Continue to promote and expand concentrated commodity production areas, effective agricultural models, and key agricultural products of the district such as the rice model in Hong Tien and Tra Giang communes, and organic rice in Binh Dinh commune to invest in building an intra-field irrigation system and develop specific products for each locality. In addition to focusing on overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3, the district will strive to expand the winter crop planting area to 4,500 hectares or more by creating favorable conditions for households to concentrate land, rent, borrow fields for production and support potato and key vegetable varieties with funding from the province and district. Promote livestock development, increase the scale of cattle and poultry; build and develop OCOP products such as Nam Cao jute weaving, hydroponic pennywort, and Binh Dinh organic rice. Continue to restore some aquaculture areas damaged by storm No. 3 in Minh Tan, Vu Hoa, and Vu Binh communes by building embankments and sealing the mouths for people to reproduce. In the industrial sector, Kien Xuong continues to clear land and attract secondary investors to industrial parks. The district will review the investors in the technical infrastructure of industrial parks, create favorable conditions for potential units to call for investment attraction, and at the same time carry out investment supervision, requiring infrastructure investors to build according to the committed schedule, avoiding the situation of holding land without construction, or building at a slow pace, causing waste of land resources, slowing down the development progress of the district. In addition, the district will continue to develop craft villages in the direction of promoting the brand of craft villages so that when talking about silver carving, we must talk about Dong Xam, when talking about linen weaving, we must talk about Nam Cao... Only then will the craft villages not be forgotten and have a solid position in the market.

Mr. Hoang Viet Huy affirmed: Although it is difficult, the district will discuss and do it, not retreat, to strive to achieve the highest goal. Along with promoting infrastructure construction, accelerating the progress of site clearance to build key routes passing through the district, investment revenue in the district will certainly improve in the coming time.