'I went to meet voters in Phu Quoc and found that touching the ground made me get stuck everywhere'

Reporting at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa - Vice Chairman of Hau Giang Provincial People's Committee - said that the province set a scenario of economic growth of more than 10.1% in 2025, with state budget revenue of over VND 8,300 billion (an increase of more than 10%). The province's focus is to continue to develop industrial parks, digital technology parks, high-tech agricultural parks; have preferential policies, attract investment... to promote economic growth.

Working session scene. Photo: CK.

According to the leaders of Hau Giang province, the province currently has 43 investment projects behind schedule, mainly due to land acquisition problems. The province will focus on resolving these problems this year, thereby accelerating progress, unlocking investment resources, and contributing about VND1,900 billion to the total social investment capital this year .

Mr. Hoa proposed that the Government and the Ministry of Construction soon take steps to prepare for investment in the Ha Tien - Rach Gia - Bac Lieu expressway before 2030. Hau Giang also proposed that the Government soon approve the project to upgrade and expand National Highway 61C.

Meanwhile, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nhan - Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee - said that the province has proposed two economic growth scenarios this year, the high scenario will reach more than 10%, the low scenario will be about 8%, along with solutions for implementation. In the first 3 months of this year, Kien Giang province recorded a number of difficulties, such as high input prices, slow consumption; the number of newly registered enterprises decreased in both quantity and capital, the number of enterprises temporarily suspending operations increased...

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long speaks. Photo: CK.

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long emphasized that in 2025, the whole country will do many things at the same time, work will not wait for each other, we will have to "run and queue at the same time". In particular, continuing to arrange the apparatus, whether we want it or not, will affect the general psychology.

Regarding the growth plan and scenario of the two provinces, the Deputy Prime Minister requested to continue to improve. The scenario is not just numbers and bullet points, it needs to be clear about the basis for the scenario, what to rely on, and what is available.

“The numbers, promises, and list of projects in the report seem okay, but they still need to be specific, because this is a business story, talking to the people and society, not simply our wishes. Therefore, there needs to be a basis, even though the reported figures seem reassuring,” the Deputy Prime Minister noted.

In addition to relying on agricultural strengths, the Deputy Prime Minister said that with a growth rate of 8% or 10%, it is necessary to clearly analyze what resources are needed for society, how much and where to get them, how much is the State's share, how much is the local revenue increase, what the province can take care of, what the Central Government takes care of. In particular, resources from projects that are behind schedule are still very large, creating room for the following years, but localities have not yet shown their full determination to do so.

"I went to meet voters in Phu Quoc and saw that land was stuck everywhere, a series of projects were stuck there. There needs to be a focus group to carefully study this issue to resolve it," the Deputy Prime Minister cited.

Regarding local recommendations, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries and branches to update and synthesize to resolve them.

Canh Ky