Attending the seminar were Mr. Nguyen Chi Dung - Minister of Planning and Investment; Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai; Nguyen Hong Son - Deputy Head of the Central Economic Commission; Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc - Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - Former Director of Vietnam Economic Institute, Member of Government Economic Advisory Group.

On the local side, there were comrades: Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Thai Binh Provincial Party Committee - Ngo Dong Hai, Secretary of Nam Dinh Provincial Party Committee - Pham Gia Tuc, Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee - Tran Van Thang and leaders. People's Committees of Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam..., representatives of businesses, corporations, corporations, industry associations, experts, scientists, managers and news agencies solstice.

The workshop is an activity towards concretizing the implementation of Resolution No. 30-NQ/TW (November 23, 2022) of the Politburo on socio-economic development and assurance of national defense and security. Red River Delta region to 2030, vision to 2045; Resolution No. 14/NQ-CP (February 8, 2023) of the Government promulgating the Government's Action Plan to implement Resolution No. 30-NQ/TW. This is a forum for ministries, branches, localities and businesses to exchange and discuss in order to come up with solutions as well as advise and propose mechanisms and policies to the Government to implement programs and projects. investment is important to the socio-economic development of the Red River Delta.

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said: Developing regional linkage is a consistent and consistent policy of our Party and State in the development process in order to exploit and promote highly Maximize the potentials and advantages of regions and localities throughout the country to serve socio-economic development, ensure national defense and security, and improve the people's material and spiritual life. In particular, the Resolution of the XIII Party Congress has defined "synchronous development and creating linkages between regions and regions". At the same time, the development orientation of the Regions is in the direction of: "To better exploit and bring into play the advantages of each region in terms of infrastructure, natural conditions, geo-political-economic position, human resources, etc. efforts and strengthen intra- and inter-regional linkages to participate in global value chains, creating new development spaces..."

With the Red River Delta, this is a particularly important area in terms of politics, economy, culture, society, national defense, security and foreign affairs with the core being Hanoi capital; plays the role of one of the two economic "leaders", the leading development engine of the country with three growth poles: Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh.

The region's average economic growth in the period 2005-2020 will reach 7.94%/year, higher than the national average and account for 29.4% of the country's GDP; attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) accounted for 31.4% of the total FDI capital of the country. The economic structure of the region has shifted relatively quickly in the direction of increasing the proportion of industry - construction and services (in 2020 respectively 40.62% and 40.64%); key industries develop in the direction of modernity.

Practice shows the necessity of focusing on attracting investment and developing logistics networks, wholesale markets, transshipment centers and modern and intelligent logistics associated with seaports, airports and border gates. in Hanoi, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh to maximize regional advantages: being a traffic hub, a transitional gateway between the Hanoi Capital region and the Northern Midlands and Mountains, creating a flow of goods, promote intra-regional, inter-regional and international trade. At the same time, it is necessary to have solutions to promote e-commerce development, form commodity trading floors and large-scale clusters and exhibition areas; make the most of the opportunities of signed free trade agreements to attract investment, build product brands, diversify supply chains, transform exports, and meet growing requirements. market high.

At the Workshop, the delegates discussed and focused on the following topics: Attracting infrastructure investment in the Red River Delta to create a driving force for development; strengthen linkages and promote trade in the Red River Delta; solutions to develop the domestic market, from the perspective of intra-regional linkages; solutions to link provinces in the Red River Delta to develop a logistics network for export... The discussions and exchanges also focused on proposing some solutions to promote trade and service linkages serving the domestic market. local and export; experience in developing regional trade, services and tourism; strengthen the connection of supply and demand, promote the consumption of agricultural and industrial products in rural areas; supporting businesses to consume regional agricultural products into the distribution system.

Speaking at the seminar, on behalf of Thai Binh Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Quang Hung, Vice Chairman of Thai Binh Provincial People's Committee said that Thai Binh has the advantage of a large and well-trained young workforce; Thai Binh people are dynamic, friendly and easy to get along with; identified as potentials and competitive advantages of the province in socio-economic development. Over the past time, Thai Binh has focused its investment resources on building socio-economic infrastructure systems, especially infrastructure of economic zones, industrial parks and key inter-regional transport infrastructures, overcoming gradually recover the separation due to geographical characteristics. The province also actively identifies and focuses on removing "bottlenecks" and "bottlenecks" in attracting investment; efforts to improve business investment environment and enhance competitiveness; drastically direct the site clearance work, speeding up the implementation of investment projects; focus on solving difficulties and obstacles for businesses, especially problems with investment procedures, land, construction...

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also said that at present, Thai Binh province is focusing heavily on completing the task of formulating the provincial master plan for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 and submitting it to the Prime Minister for approval. In particular, it sets out tasks and solutions to strengthen regional connectivity and linkage between Thai Binh province and localities in the region in order to promote socio-economic development of Thai Binh province in particular and the river delta region. Pink in general. The enthusiastic opinions of the delegates proposed from this Workshop will be a very valuable and practical reference, helping the People's Committee of Thai Binh province to develop strategic solutions to focus on promoting joint activities. region in order to attract investment resources, promote commercial activities, services, produce goods, create linkages between businesses and localities in the Red River Delta.

In the coming time, Thai Binh province wishes to continue to receive the attention, support and effective assistance of central ministries and branches; investors and business community. Along with the highest political determination of the Party Committee, government and people, we believe that Thai Binh is an ideal destination for businesses and investors not only in the present but also more attractive in the future. next time.

Source: socongthuong.thaibinh.gov.vn