Long An: GRDP growth in the first quarter of 2025 reached 7.2%

Long An Provincial People's Committee held a regular meeting to assess the socio-economic situation in March and the first quarter of 2025, and deploy tasks for the second quarter of 2025 - Photo: VGP/HC

Positive signals in many fields

According to the report at the meeting, in the first quarter of 2025, the province's economic situation still faces certain difficulties and challenges. However, with the strong leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and Provincial People's Committee, along with the efforts of all sectors and levels, the socio-economic situation has recorded many positive signals in most areas.

Specifically, the estimated growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first quarter of 2025 is 7.2%. This is the highest economic growth rate in the first quarter since 2021, higher than the whole country (up 6.93%). Long An is the 5th province out of 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region.

Agricultural production maintained positive growth momentum, with rice output reaching 0.8 million tons, up 0.12% over the same period, and aquaculture output increasing by 11.74%. Long An also recognized 6 more communes meeting new rural standards and 2 communes meeting new rural model standards.

In the industrial sector, production recovered strongly, with a growth rate of 10.27%. Investment promotion and business support were stepped up, with 511 newly established enterprises and 54 projects (25 domestic and 29 FDI) newly licensed.

As of early April, public investment disbursement reached VND1,130 billion, equivalent to 11.71% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, higher than the national average rate (9.53%). Total state budget revenue by the end of April 2 reached VND7,864.4 billion, equivalent to 32.07% of the province's estimate.

Trade and service activities continued to grow strongly, with total retail sales of goods and service revenue in the first quarter increasing by 13.73% over the same period last year. Import and export activities also recorded many improvements, with exports reaching 2.03 billion USD, up 17.61%, while imports reached 1.27 billion USD, up 13.59%. These results show a positive recovery and development in the trade sector. The credit institution system in the area operates smoothly, and the bad debt ratio is under control.

In the first quarter, cultural and social tasks were implemented according to the set plan. Diseases were strictly controlled; dangerous diseases generally decreased; medical examination and treatment, and public health care were given attention and implemented well; food hygiene and safety were ensured, with no cases of poisoning.

In addition to the achieved results, in the first 3 months of 2025, the socio-economic situation of Long An province still faced some limitations and difficulties. That is, the consumption of agricultural products was not favorable compared to the same period; prices of most agricultural products (crop products) tended to decrease compared to the same period; the rate of public investment disbursement and budget revenue was still lower than the same period.

At the meeting, departments, branches and localities focused on assessing and analyzing these shortcomings and proposing solutions to implement key tasks for the second quarter of 2025.

Chairman of Long An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut speaks at the meeting - Photo: VGP/HC

Focus on resolutely implementing assigned tasks

Concluding the meeting, Chairman of Long An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Ut highly appreciated the sense of responsibility, leadership and direction of leaders of departments, branches and localities in the past time, who have strived to rise up in difficult and challenging conditions to achieve many positive results.

Mr. Nguyen Van Ut emphasized: The tasks of April, the second quarter of 2025 are very heavy, requiring the determination of departments, branches and localities. It is necessary to resolutely carry out the tasks, ensuring that they follow the economic growth scenario set out by the province.

Accordingly, departments, branches and localities focus on implementing assigned key tasks; speed up the disbursement of public investment capital, especially for projects and transitional portfolios, striving to achieve a disbursement rate of over 50% in the second quarter of 2025. At the same time, highly focus on the collection of the State budget, achieving the set resolution.

The Chairman of the Long An Provincial People's Committee also emphasized the need to strengthen support activities, develop enterprises, promote production and business... In particular, it is necessary to focus on thoroughly removing barriers to investment and business activities; deploy effective solutions to improve the business environment, enhance the competitiveness of the whole province; monitor the implementation progress, promptly propose the Provincial People's Committee to direct the removal of difficulties and obstacles of key investment projects, strengthen investment promotion and support.

In particular, he requested that sectors and localities urgently review and immediately synthesize important projects and major works of the province that meet the conditions according to regulations to start construction and inaugurate in April, simultaneously on one day with the whole country according to the direction of the Government, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day.

Besides, it is necessary to carry out tasks to strive to successfully complete the arrangement of administrative units and implement the "2-level" local government model.

Leading the Mekong Delta provinces in administrative reform

At the meeting, representatives of the Department of Home Affairs of Long An province reported on the results of the administrative reform index (PAR INDEX) and the people's satisfaction index with the service of state administrative agencies (SIPAS) in 2024.

According to the PAR INDEX assessment results in 2024, Long An reached 89.68%, an increase of 0.46% compared to 2023 (89.22%). The province ranked 16/63 provinces and cities nationwide and ranked first in the Mekong Delta region.

Regarding the SIPAS index in 2024, Long An reached 82.71%, ranking 41/63 provinces and cities nationwide. This index increased by 16 places compared to 2023 (57/63) and increased by 4.05% compared to 2023 (78.66%), ranking 8/13 provinces in the Mekong Delta region.

Huu Chung

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/long-an-tang-truong-grdp-quy-i-2025-dat-72-102250410082952094.htm