Enormous development potential for Nghe An

The leader urged Nghe An to mobilize all available resources for the province's development, particularly through public-private partnerships (PPP), with the immediate goals of ensuring macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, and combating the COVID-19 pandemic, especially through vaccination campaigns.

The region should complete its planning for the period 2021-2030 by the end of the third quarter of this year, with a new philosophy and a strategic vision, he said, requesting that the province promote green economy, circular economy, as well as digital economy, and diversify supply chains.

PM Pham Minh Chinh at the session.

The leader noted that more work was required to implement three national target programs, as well as another on socioeconomic recovery and development, and to distribute public investment capital.

He advised Nghe An to keep agriculture, farmers, and rural areas as economic pillars, and to maintain three strategic breakthroughs, including transportation infrastructure.

He noted that the investment processes for the Cua Lo deep-water port, the Vinh airport expansion project, and the expressway linking Cua Lo town and Nam Dan district should be finished this year.

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According to Thai Thanh Quy, secretary of the provincial Party Committee, Nghe An's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) increased by 6.2 percent last year, which is 2.4 times more than the country as a whole.

Its State budget collection exceeded expectations by 44%, coming in at nearly 19 trillion VND (811.79 million USD). The locality's export-import earnings increased by 59.7% year over year.

According to the report, Nghe An's GRDP increased by about 8.44 percent in the first half of this year, placing it 18th out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide and second in the north-central region.