(MPI) - Carrying out the tasks assigned by the Government, the Ministry of Planning and Investment has presided over and coordinated with relevant ministries, branches and localities to report reviewing a number of specific mechanisms and policies for regional development. Highlands. To complete the Draft report to competent authorities according to regulations, on the afternoon of March 22, 3, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong chaired a meeting with localities in the Region and ministries and branches. concerned to get comments on this Draft.
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| Deputy Minister Tran Duy Dong chaired the meeting. Photo: MPI |
According to the draft report presented for comments at the meeting, the Central Highlands region has a particularly important strategic position in terms of economics, politics, defense, and foreign security of the whole country and the Indochina region; located at the border junction of Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia, adjacent to the Central Coast and Southeast regions; The region has many potential advantages in terms of basalt red soil and yellow red soil resources; has a temperate climate favorable for the development of industrial crops, fruit trees, medicinal plants, vegetables, and flowers associated with processing; rich forest resources.
Although the Party and the Government have always been concerned, during the development process of the Central Highlands region, many limitations and weaknesses have been revealed; The gap between rich and poor between ethnic groups is slowly narrowing; The number of poor and near-poor households is large and the risk of falling back into poverty is still high; The rate of communes meeting new rural standards is still low; Intra-regional and inter-regional links are not tight; Regional and inter-regional infrastructure networks are lacking and weak, especially strategic infrastructure (transportation, healthcare, education) has not met the requirements for development...
On that basis, through reports of ministries, branches and localities, the Ministry of Planning and Investment reviewed policy groups in 4 sectors and fields, including: Policy group on infrastructure investment development traffic connection; Policy group for forest and water resource development management; Social security policy group; Policy group on health, education and training. These are important policy groups for development that harmoniously combine economic, cultural, social development, protection of natural resources and environment closely linked with defense, security and foreign affairs.
Participating in comments at the meeting, representatives of the People's Committee leaders and leaders of the Department of Planning and Investment of localities in the Central Highlands region expressed high agreement with the contents of the draft Report; At the same time, additional emphasis is placed on specific mechanisms and policies belonging to groups of mechanisms and policies.
Vice Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thien Van emphasized that the Politburo issued Resolution No. 23-NQ/TW dated October 06, 10 on socio-economic development directions and ensuring national defense and security. security of the Central Highlands region to 2022, with a vision to 2030, which has set very clear goals, opening up new development opportunities for the Region. This is also an important basis for reviewing mechanisms and policies to create favorable conditions for the Region to promote and exploit maximum potentials and advantages, overcome difficulties and challenges, and create transitions. Strong changes in socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security.
The draft report has proposed solutions, mechanisms and specific policies to remove bottlenecks; Over time, mechanisms and policies will have a strong impact, exploiting full potential and advantages, overcoming shortcomings and limitations for further development in the coming time; At the same time, we hope to continue to receive attention and support in prioritizing the allocation of resources to localities in the Region, including Dak Lak province, to well implement the tasks to achieve the set goals, Mr. Nguyen Thien Van emphasized.
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| Overview of the meeting. Photo: MPI |
Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Anh also expressed high agreement with the mechanisms and policies of the draft report; Emphasizing the issue that Gia Lai and localities of the Region are areas with a large area, in the current context, support resources are limited. Therefore, we hope to continue to receive attention and support, especially for strategic transport infrastructure, highways and national highways; airport expansion. Along with that, allocate support resources in the fields of health and education.
At the meeting, representatives of ministries and branches such as the Ministry of National Defense, Public Security, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance, Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Construction, Justice, Committee Ethnicity,... also expressed agreement with the draft Report. The content of the Draft closely follows the goals, shortcomings and limitations in recent times and the orientations and solutions for regional development proposed by the Politburo in Resolution No. 23-NQ/TW; National master plan and plans of provinces in the Region have been approved; Central Highlands planning for the period 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050 is being submitted to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval; Current legal documents and in the process of being developed. In addition, representatives of ministries and branches have clarified the opinions proposed by localities according to their functions and tasks; At the same time, emphasizing the specific mechanisms and policies of the Draft.
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Minister Tran Duy Dong highly appreciated the delegates' working spirit, enthusiastic opinions, responsibility, close adherence to the Party's policies, and development orientations in related documents on development of the Central Highlands region. Opinions of ministries, branches and localities also show high consensus and believe that the basic mechanisms and policies will meet the development needs of the Region in the coming time.
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| Deputy Minister Tran Duy Dong made a concluding speech. Photo: MPI |
Deputy Minister Tran Duy Dong hopes that after the meeting, ministries, branches and localities in the Region will have specific comments in writing and send them to the Ministry of Planning and Investment; which adds an assessment of mechanisms and policies and proposes specific recommendations. At the same time, it is recommended that the unit assigned to preside over the preparation of the report based on the comments, continue to comprehensively review and evaluate the current policy mechanisms according to the Party's policies and regulations. State laws on development of the Central Highlands region; closely follow the goals, tasks and solutions stated in Resolution No. 23-NQ/TW of the Politburo; Resolution No. 152/NQ-CP dated November 15, 11 of the Government promulgating the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 2022-NQ/TW and newly issued regulations on economic development - society in the Central Highlands region.
Deputy Minister Tran Duy Dong also emphasized and further analyzed and clarified policy groups on developing connected transport infrastructure; forest management and economic development, including economic development under the forest canopy; forestry economic development; carbon credit pilot; mechanisms and policies on water resource management and development; about security and society; healthcare, education and training. In addition to the mechanisms and policies mentioned in the Draft, it is necessary to continue to focus on a number of policy mechanisms and policies suitable to the potential and advantages of the Region such as the economy under the forest canopy; policies on cultural development; developing renewable energy; consuming and processing agricultural products; Invest in irrigation systems, water reservoirs;...
Policies must be effective, correct and appropriate to resources; truly unique, in order to best exploit the potential and strengths of the Region, remove bottlenecks in the region's development to achieve the goals set by the Politburo; create a breakthrough in development to best exploit the potentials and advantages of the Central Highlands region while overcoming difficulties, obstacles, and inadequacies in the current development situation of the Region to achieve the goal of harmonious combined development. harmony between economic, cultural and social development, protection of natural resources and environment closely linked with national defense, security and foreign affairs, Deputy Minister Tran Duy Dong emphasized./.
