Developing Tien Giang with "1 focus, 2 enhancements, 3 promotions"

On the morning of March 24, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and spoke at the Conference to announce the Planning of Tien Giang province for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, and promote investment in the province.

The Prime Minister asked Tien Giang to strive to develop into an industrial and service province; a growth pole of the Mekong Delta region, where people increasingly have a prosperous, civilized and happy life.

Also attending the conference were: Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang; Secretary of Tien Giang Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Danh; leaders of central departments, ministries, and branches, a number of provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta and Southeast regions; representatives of diplomatic agencies, international organizations in Vietnam, leaders of business associations, economic groups, and enterprises inside and outside the province.

Gateway connecting the West with Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeast

According to the Decision approved by the Prime Minister, the general goal by 2030 is that Tien Giang will basically become an industrial province with a synchronous and modern infrastructure system, dynamic regions, economic centers of industry, tourism, marine economy and urban areas.

Tien Giang is a province that plays an important connecting role between the Mekong Delta region with Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeast region. National defense, security and social order and safety are guaranteed.

To achieve this goal, the Plan sets out many specific targets for the 2021 - 2030 period, in which the economic growth rate (GRDP) reaches 7 - 8%/year. The proportion of industry - construction in GRDP accounts for 41.5 - 43.5%; services account for 29.5 - 30.0%; agriculture, forestry and fishery account for 21.5 - 23.5%. Total budget revenue increases by an average of 9 - 10%/year. By 2030, the province strives to balance its own budget revenue and expenditure. The urbanization rate reaches 45 - 47%.

Vision to 2050, Tien Giang becomes a modern industrial province, with a fairly developed level of the country, with a synchronous and modern infrastructure system. Tien Giang becomes a livable place, cultural values are preserved and promoted...

The planning has oriented and prioritized the development of Tien Giang with "one strip, three centers, four economic corridors, three development breakthroughs", including one strip along the Tien River; the three centers are My Tho city, Chau Thanh district and Cho Gao.

The four economic corridors include: the economic corridor along the Trung Luong - My Thuan expressway; the economic corridor along National Highway 1, National Highway 50B; the economic corridor along the coastal road and National Highway 50; the economic corridor along the Tien River connecting urban - industrial areas with the Mekong Delta.

Three development breakthroughs are: Infrastructure; Administrative reform; Improving investment environment and human resources.

At the Conference, Tien Giang province introduced its geographical location; revolutionary historical and cultural traditions; potentials, advantages, and development orientations. The province announced a list of 40 projects calling for investment in the following areas: urban and residential development; trade, services, tourism; industry; infrastructure for health, education, culture, environment; agriculture, with a total investment of nearly 53,000 billion VND. These projects will concretize the Planning and promote socio-economic development of Tien Giang.

In particular, Tien Giang granted investment approval decisions and investment registration certificates to 14 projects with a total capital of nearly VND 17,000 billion; and granted investment research decisions to 10 other projects with a total capital of about VND 37,000 billion.

Speaking at the Conference, the Prime Minister clearly analyzed the position, role, importance, viewpoints, and tasks of planning work, the situation of planning construction in the whole country, and emphasized that planning construction and approval is an important step, which must be well implemented according to the planning, ensuring stability, and minimizing unnecessary adjustments.

"Implementing good planning will be the compass for rapid, sustainable and comprehensive development," the Prime Minister emphasized.

Tien Giang province's planning has been carefully, systematically and scientifically prepared; on the basis of promoting distinct potentials, outstanding opportunities, competitive advantages, overcoming shortcomings and limitations. The planning has provided viewpoints, visions, key development goals, development breakthroughs; development plans, solutions, and resources for implementation in the coming time. The planning opens up a new direction and development space for Tien Giang in the overall picture of the whole country.

The Prime Minister was particularly impressed with the planning that has oriented and prioritized the development of Tien Giang with "1 focus, 2 enhancements, 3 promotions."

One focus is to mobilize and use all legal resources to promote traditional growth drivers such as export, investment, and consumption; and to break through into new growth drivers such as digital transformation, green transformation, circular economy, sharing economy, knowledge economy, and combating climate change.

The two enhancements include enhancing human factor development in the direction of improving people's knowledge, nurturing talents, improving human resource quality, ensuring social security, leaving no one behind; enhancing regional, area and international connectivity, through traffic connectivity, production chain connectivity and supply chain connectivity.

The three priorities are to promote the construction of strategic, comprehensive, synchronous and inclusive infrastructure (transportation, healthcare, education, social security); promote industrial development, serving processing and manufacturing, especially agricultural products with strengths; promote the application of science and technology, innovation in the 4th industrial revolution in production and business, creating jobs, creating livelihoods for people, creating stability and development...

The Prime Minister informed about the country's development foundation after nearly 40 years of renovation; lessons learned and orientation of modern growth model which is digital transformation and green growth, and affirmed that this is an inevitable trend, the goal of every country and Tien Giang must change its growth model according to this trend...

Enterprises promote their mission in the spirit of "three together"

The Prime Minister requested Tien Giang to ensure compliance and synchronization in the organization and implementation of the planning; in accordance with the national master plan, regional planning, and sectoral planning. The long-term vision is associated with the overall development orientation, regional linkage, promoting potential and advantages, strongly developing the socio-economy, protecting the environment and adapting to climate change.

The Prime Minister pointed out that Tien Giang must always innovate its development thinking, exploit its internal resources to the maximum, promote its historical and cultural traditions; promote public-private cooperation, use public investment to lead private investment, and effectively utilize all development resources. The province focuses on investing in strategic infrastructure, especially completing transport infrastructure and urban development to exploit its central position in the Mekong Delta with a road system connecting the entire region.

Tien Giang focuses on building and effectively promoting economic dynamic zones; prioritizing the allocation of resources to synchronously and effectively implement development space. The province focuses on developing marine economy, agricultural economy, and tourism towards green economy, digital economy, and circular economy associated with potential, strengths, outstanding opportunities, and competitive advantages.

Along with that, the province updates and perfects mechanisms and policies to pave the way for development and attract investment; develop key economic sectors and fields (agricultural, aquatic, food processing, medical - biological - chemical - pharmaceutical, processing, manufacturing, construction, renewable energy).

On the other hand, the province focuses on investing in education and training, developing high-quality human resources, digital human resources, especially in high-tech agriculture, organic agriculture, and processing industry.

Tien Giang needs to enhance its capacity to adapt to climate change, manage resources and protect the environment; promote administrative procedure reform, and improve the investment environment. The province should complete specialized technical planning, prepare projects, and fields calling for investment to welcome investors, especially large and potential investors; at the same time, promote internal resources to better exploit potentials to make breakthroughs and rise up.

Welcoming businesses and investors who have chosen Tien Giang to implement projects, the Prime Minister asked businesses and investors to promote their mission in the spirit of "three together" - "listening and understanding together," "sharing vision and action together," "working together, enjoying together, winning together and developing together."

Enterprises build long-term, sustainable business strategies, properly implement investment commitments and cooperation agreements; follow the right direction and priorities according to the province's planning; pioneer innovation, green transformation, digital transformation, technology transfer, improve business management capacity; train human resources; contribute opinions and advice on administrative procedure reform, contributing to reducing compliance costs; perfecting institutions, improving the investment and business environment.

The Prime Minister reminded enterprises to conduct business and invest in accordance with the law; strictly implement business culture and social responsibility; ensure policies and regimes for employees; actively contribute to ensuring social security; always accompany, support and actively contribute to the development of the province...

Ministries and branches must promptly and effectively resolve recommendations and proposals from Tien Giang, the people and businesses; closely coordinate to assess the current situation, find solutions to improve the investment environment, create favorable conditions to reduce costs...

The Prime Minister requested the business community, investors, ministries, branches and leaders of Tien Giang province: if you say something, you must do it; if you commit, you must carry it out; if you carry it out, you must have real results, be able to weigh, measure, count and quantify them, creating new momentum, new motivation, new confidence, and new victories for Tien Giang.

On the other hand, Tien Giang must disseminate and thoroughly implement the planning so that people understand and grasp the information, thereby supporting, following the planning, supervising the implementation of the planning and benefiting from the spirit of "People know - People understand - People believe - People follow - People do - People benefit."

The Prime Minister believes that with its revolutionary tradition, development momentum, and the support of central ministries, sectors, investors, businesses, and people, Tien Giang will develop in line with its vision, thinking, and innovation as per the announced Plan.../.

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