Chairing a meeting of the Coordinating Council for the Red River Delta Region, the Government leader said the region should also lead the way in developing the digital economy, green economy, circular economy, sharing economy, knowledge-based economy, and night-time economy, as well as in administrative reform, decentralization associated with resources allocation, and in the improvement of enforcement capacity, inspection, and supervision.
At the same time, the region should put people and businesses at the center of development, and take the lead in mobilizing social resources, especially public-private partnerships, for sustainable development, ensuring social equality and progress and protecting the environment, said Chinh, who is also Chairman of the council.
He asked the region to review the implementation of set targets and tasks with a view to identifying which targets can be realised and which cannot, so as to work out suitable solutions.
For the operation of the council, the PM said it should pay more attention to connectivity between the Red River Delta and its adjacent regions, and propose specific institutions, mechanisms, and policies to enhance regional connectivity and development and optimize its unique potential, opportunities, and advantages.
He requested ministries, agencies, and localities to quickly work out a plan to implement the regional master plan with a clear policy, concerted infrastructure, and smart administration.
Chinh said the region should follow the orientation of forming a national growth driving zone encompassing Hanoi and the areas along National Highways 5 and 18 running through the provinces of Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, and Quang Ninh, and Hai Phong City; two sub-regions – the north and south of the Red River; four growth poles - Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, and Hai Phong; and five domestic economic corridors and international connections, comprising the economic corridors of Bac Ninh - Hanoi - Ha Nam - Ninh Binh, Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh, Hanoi - Thai Nguyen - Bac Kan - Cao Bang, coastal Quang Ninh - Hai Phong - Nam Dinh - Ninh Binh, and Dien Bien - Son La - Hoa Binh - Hanoi.
The region needs to restructure its economic sectors, and reform its growth model towards modernity, promote cultural industries, science-technology and innovation services, education-training, and health care, and develop high-tech, organic, circular agriculture in association with new-style rural area building, he continued.
The PM emphasized the need to prioritize major projects that would directly impact socio-economic development, along with inter-regional and international connectivity, develop new and renewable energy, and upgrade irrigation infrastructure.
He pointed to other tasks regarding human resources development, climate change response, tourism development, administrative reform, investment environment improvement, trade promotion, and FDI attraction.
According to a report presented at the meeting, the region’s economy expanded by 7.21 percent in the first half of this year, higher than the national average.
Its total State budget contribution in the first seven months exceeded VND521 trillion (US$20.79 billion), the highest nationwide, making up 41 percent of the combined State budget revenue. During the period, the region’s export was valued at over US$80 billion, accounting for 35 percent of the country’s total export turnover.
The region attracted US$5.7 billion in newly registered foreign investment capital with 645 projects in the January-July span.
