On the morning of August 20, in Vinh City, Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee received and worked with the working delegation of the Vientiane Capital Party Committee led by Comrade Anuphap Tunalom - Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Region I, Vientiane Capital.
Attending the reception were comrades: Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Dinh Hung - Chief of the Provincial Party Office. Also attending were representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors.
Secretary of the Vientiane Capital Party Committee Anuphap Tunalom thanked the leaders of Nghe An province for their warm, respectful and thoughtful welcome. He also emphasized that this visit aimed to further strengthen the solidarity, friendship and cooperation between the two localities. At the same time, he wished to exchange and learn from Nghe An province's experiences in a number of fields.
Expressing his joy at welcoming Comrade Anuphap Tunalom, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong informed about some highlights of the characteristics, socio-economic development situation, Party building work and political system of the province.
Notably, up to now, the economic scale ranks 10th in the country, the GRDP growth rate in 2022 reached 9.08%, the first 6 months of 2023 reached 5.79%. Budget revenue in 2022 reached 21,805 billion VND (equivalent to nearly 919 million USD), the first 6 months of 2023 is estimated to achieve nearly 8,500 billion VND (equivalent to nearly 358 million USD).
Investment attraction has achieved positive results, in 2022 FDI attraction reached approximately 1 billion USD, ranking in the top 10 nationwide; in the first 6 months of 2023 reached over 725 million USD, ranking 8th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.
The new rural development program has achieved positive results, changing the face of the countryside and people's lives. Up to now, the whole province has 309/411 communes, equivalent to 75% of the total number of communes meeting the new rural standards; 9 district-level units have completed the construction task and met the new rural standards.
Infrastructure serving socio-economic development has been invested in relatively synchronously, in which education, healthcare, finance and banking are assessed to have converged, clearly affirming the central factor of the North Central region.
Party building and political system work are given attention, national defense and security are maintained.
In particular, recently, on July 18, 2023, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW on building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045. This is the basis for Nghe An province to have more motivation, resources, mechanisms, and additional policies to promote development in the coming period.
The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized that Nghe An considers foreign affairs as one of the key tasks, especially strengthening friendly and cooperative relations with Lao localities.
This is demonstrated by concrete actions in protecting border security between the two countries, especially the three provinces of the Lao People's Democratic Republic that share a border. Regarding economic development, the province always pays attention to and creates favorable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises, individuals and organizations to work, invest, produce and do business in Laos and for Lao enterprises to work, invest, produce and do business in Vietnam.
In addition, the province also cooperates and shares with other provinces of Laos, especially those that share the border, such as building socio-economic infrastructure, health care, and education. Currently, there are more than 600 Lao students studying in Nghe An.
Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong also emphasized that Nghe An is a locality that is highly appreciated by the Central Government in carrying out foreign affairs with Laos. The province will develop a specific annual cooperation program, direct all levels and sectors to implement it, in which, select appropriate contents and forms to maximize advantages and traditions in cooperative relations with localities of Laos.
Through this, the Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee hopes that the cooperation between the two sides will become increasingly close and tight; together learning from each other's experiences to develop in the fields of: Party building and rectification, cadre training, urban development, investment, tourism, etc.
Comrade Anuphap Tunalom respectfully sent his best wishes to the leaders of Nghe An province; expressed his gratitude for the thoughtful and warm welcome given to the delegation; congratulated the new development steps of the province; and thanked Nghe An for its sharing and support in the past time for the capital Vientiane and localities of Laos in various fields.
At the meeting, the two sides also exchanged experiences in Party building and government apparatus building, thereby contributing to the political, economic and social development of the two localities in particular and Vietnam and Laos in general.
Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary visits and works in Vientiane province (Laos)
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