Prime Minister: Tay Ninh has enough 'heavenly time, geographical advantage, and human harmony' to make a breakthrough

On the afternoon of December 8, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh worked with Tay Ninh province on the results of socio-economic development, national defense and security in 2025 and orientations for the coming time.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh works with Tay Ninh province. Photo: TT

Growth rate top 8 nationwide

Tay Ninh belongs to the Southeast region, a dynamic economic region, the economic locomotive of the whole country; is a border province with an important geopolitical position in terms of national defense, security and foreign affairs of the country, is the "fence" to the Southwest of the Fatherland; plays an important role connecting the Southeast with the Central Highlands, the Mekong Delta and the trans-Asian economic corridor.

Tay Ninh breaks through from strategic gateway advantage. Photo: TT

Tay Ninh has great potential for developing border gate economy , logistics, expanding industrial development space; plays an important role in protecting water resources, forest ecosystems and biodiversity in Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeast region.

The province currently has 04 international border gates (Xa Mat, Moc Bai, Tan Nam, Binh Hiep) and 01 international port; at the same time, 59 industrial parks with an area of ​​16,800 hectares and 03 border gate economic zones (Long An, Moc Bai, Xa Mat) with a planning area of ​​over 68,500 hectares; especially favorable for the development of industry, logistics, border trade and high value-added service sectors.

Tay Ninh has a temperate climate, is almost free from natural disasters, storms and floods, has abundant fresh water resources; has relatively large land space for industrial and agricultural development and has potential for tourism development; Tay Ninh people have a revolutionary tradition, are industrious, creative, hard-working, simple, loyal, and have a young labor force.

Delegates attending the conference contributed solutions for Tay Ninh's development. Photo: TT

Regarding socio-economic development results, Tay Ninh's growth rate in 2025 is estimated at 9.52%, ranking 2nd in the Southern region (after Ho Chi Minh City) and 8th in the country. State budget revenue for 11 months is estimated at over 47.7 trillion VND, equivalent to 128.3% of the central budget estimate; the whole year is estimated at over 49 trillion VND, an increase of 33.7% compared to 2024.

Agricultural output achieved good growth (main crop was rice with an output of 4.13 million tons, equivalent to 109.5% of the plan); industry and construction continued to be bright spots (industrial production index increased by 14.74% over the same period).

Trade and services were vibrant and maintained a good growth rate. Total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue were estimated at over VND206 trillion, up 15.65% over the same period. Of which, import and export continued to flourish (total turnover reached 25.67 billion USD, up 11.9% over the same period; of which, exports were 14.59 billion USD, up nearly 10%, imports were 11.08 billion USD, up 14.6%). Tourism activities grew strongly (welcoming 7.1 million visitors, up 14.5%; total revenue reached 4,400 billion VND, up 40.5%).

Tay Ninh has all the "heavenly time, geographical advantage, and human harmony" to make a breakthrough. Photo: TT

The disbursement of public investment capital has changed positively, the progress of key works and projects has been ensured (disbursement has reached 70.9% of the plan, striving to reach 100% of the plan by the end of the year). Attracting foreign investment has achieved positive results; there are currently over 1,900 FDI projects with a total registered capital of 24.39 billion USD.

Converging advantages, opening the future

Speaking at the working session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that Tay Ninh has many distinct potentials, outstanding opportunities, competitive advantages, is an important gateway of Vietnam to the Southeast Asia region, connecting the trans-Asian economic corridor, has a strategic position connecting two very important regions: the Mekong Delta and the Southeast, connecting with Ho Chi Minh City.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the working session. Photo: TT

According to the Prime Minister, this is a position and advantage that few localities have. At the same time, Tay Ninh people have a tradition of revolution and hard work. Thus, the province has enough "heavenly time, favorable location and harmony of people" and still has much room for breakthrough development in the coming time.

On behalf of the working delegation, the Prime Minister acknowledged, commended the efforts and congratulated the results achieved by the Party Committee, government, army and people of Tay Ninh, making an important contribution to the overall achievements of the whole country.

In addition to the achieved results, the Prime Minister pointed out that Tay Ninh still has limitations in strategic infrastructure, agricultural product consumption, site clearance, lack of high-quality human resources; application of science and technology, digital transformation has not met requirements; security and order are potentially complicated.

The Prime Minister asked the province to promote its tradition, exploit its advantages, accelerate economic development quickly but sustainably, strive for double-digit growth, improve people's lives; at the same time, pay attention to social housing, the disadvantaged, thoroughly handle backlogs, strengthen cooperation with Cambodia, and develop border gate economy.

The province was assigned the target of GRDP 2026 reaching 10-10.5%, focusing on stabilizing the macro economy, promoting science and technology, innovation; effectively implementing the Central Resolution; accelerating energy projects, disbursing public investment and key traffic works such as Ring Road 3, Ring Road 4 and Ho Chi Minh City - Moc Bai Expressway.

Source: https://nongnghiepmoitruong.vn/thu-tuong-tay-ninh-co-du-thien-thoi-dia-loi-nhan-hoa-de-but-pha-d788283.html