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State President Luong Cuong addresses the meeting. |
At the meeting, President Cuong highlighted the great support that the Party Central Committee, National Assembly and Government have provided to Thanh Hoa to help the province unleash its development potential through numerous key policies, mechanisms and guidelines.
To realize the province's development goals and strategic vision, the President stressed the need to build a clean, strong, streamlined and effective Party organization, administrations and political system, with a contingent of officials with integrity, competence and innovative thinking.
He urged the province to step up decentralization, delegation of authority, and accountability along with building capacity for public officials and civil servants.
The State leader asked Thanh Hoa to prioritize preparations for upcoming Party Congresses at all levels and the 19th provincial Party Congress for the 2025-2030 tenure, with a focus on outlining major orientations for socio-economic development, national defense-security, Party and political system building and rectification so as to create breakthroughs in the new term. He also required a meticulous, prudent, and objective approach to personnel work in the preparation process.
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A view of the working session (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
The province should further capitalize on its geopolitical, geo-economic, and strategic position in national defense and security; effectively follow its master plan for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2045, with priority given to four key economic hubs, 5 growth pillars and 6 economic corridors, he said, stressing that the effectiveness and efficiency of state management must be improved while a truly open, transparent, and low-cost business environment must be created to draw new investment projects and generate more jobs.
The President said it is necessary to effectively combine economic, cultural, social, and diplomatic activities with national defense and security, toward building a robust all-people defense and a borderline of peace, friendship, cooperation and sustainable development.
Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Do Minh Tuan reported at the meeting that Thanh Hoa expects a growth rate of 11.72% in gross regional domestic product this year, ranking second nationwide. During 2021-2024, a total 14,643 new enterprises were established in the province, placing seventh across the country. The province is housing 173 valid foreign-invested projects worth 15 billion USD, ranking first in the North-central and eighth nationwide in FDI attraction.
Source: VNA