(AG Provincial E-Portal) - On the afternoon of April 01, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Van Phuoc, Head of Group 2 (Working Group 297) in charge of monitoring and directing the field of industrial development and public investment, chaired a meeting with the Department of Industry and Trade and members of Group 2 and related units on industrial development targets to serve the province's growth mission in 2025.

The year 2025 is of key significance to bring our country into a new era, requiring double-digit growth in the period 2026 - 2030. Therefore, An Giang province, together with the whole country, needs to strive for breakthrough growth to reach the target of the 5-year plan 2021 - 2025, creating momentum for growth in the next period. In particular, effectively implementing activities of the industry and trade sector in 2025, striving to achieve the targets according to the province's growth scenario and contributing to achieving the province's economic growth plan in 2025 of 10% or more.

Specifically, the industrial production index needs to increase by 14.48% over the same period. Total retail sales of goods and service revenue strives to reach 140,000 billion VND, up 26.29% over the same period. Total export turnover of goods strives to reach 1.23 billion USD, up 0.65% over the same period. Total import turnover of goods strives to reach 240 million USD, up 1.87% over the same period; Public investment capital strives to reach 9,807 billion VND of disbursement, at the same time, effectively deploy the results of the Conference on introduction of investment potential and promotion for typical products of An Giang province to focus on attracting investment in projects inside and outside economic zones and industrial parks to ensure the set goals.

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Van Phuoc praised and highly appreciated the results in industrial development and public investment in recent times; it is required to continue promoting industrial development and public investment for the province's growth mission in 2025, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Provincial People's Committee Office to soon advise on supplementing and perfecting the team members. There should be a detailed plan for developing public investment and industry according to each content, task, each industry, each locality, each quarter, 6 months, and year for effective implementation.
He also assigned the Department of Finance to coordinate with relevant departments and branches to unify growth figures; Unblock public investment projects that are facing difficulties and obstacles; increase investment calls, create favorable conditions for enterprises to expand their investment scale. The Provincial Economic Zone Management Board shall develop and issue guidelines and public procedures for enterprises; promptly remove current difficulties and obstacles of enterprises in industrial parks. The Department of Agriculture and Environment shall review and advise on material sources for public investment projects in the province. The Department of Industry and Trade shall strengthen its grasp of the development situation, plans, and orientations of enterprises, and encourage enterprises to respond with the province to promote the industrial sector growth rate./.
News by Trong Tin
Translation by Hoang Oanh