Upholding determination, proactiveness, and innovation

Recently, Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan, Chairman of the Thai Nguyen Provincial People’s Committee, chaired the 8th conference of the Provincial People’s Committee to review the province’s socio-economic development, identify key tasks for the final month of 2025, and give opinions on several issues.

Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan chairs the 8th session of the Thai Nguyen Provincial People’s Committee.

According to assessments at the conference, the province’s socio-economic situation in 2025 continued to remain stable despite adverse impacts from natural disasters, epidemics, and market fluctuations. Agriculture was heavily affected by flooding, resulting in a 8.7% decline in food production.

Industry maintained its role as the main growth driver, with the industrial production index rising 9.4% over the first 11 months. However, several sectors such as cement, construction materials, and tungsten products faced difficulties due to reduced market demand; employment in industrial enterprises fell by more than 3%.

Trade and services showed strong improvement, with total retail sales and service revenue reaching 94 trillion VND over 11 months, up 13.9%.

Import–export activity remained at a high level, with turnover for the first 11 months reaching 46.32 billion USD; the trade surplus hit 10 billion USD, keeping the province among the leading localities nationwide. Budget revenue reached more than 21.7 trillion VND, equivalent to 81.9% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People’s Council; budget expenditure reached 85% of the estimate. Credit grew strongly, with outstanding loans reaching 159.3 trillion VND; the bad-debt ratio stood at 1.66%.

In terms of investment attraction, over the first 11 months, the province approved investment policy for 100 domestic projects with total capital of 40,561 billion VND; granted registration for 16 new FDI projects totaling 169.8 million USD; and recorded 1,796 newly established enterprises.

Concluding the meeting, the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee requested the entire system to make the utmost effort to improve growth in the remaining months of 2025, creating momentum for 2026. Departments, sectors, and localities were instructed to promptly develop detailed plans; clearly define tasks by sector and by week; and enhance the responsibility of leaders.

Regarding investment attraction, the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee emphasized the need to create new growth drivers, giving priority to supporting enterprises in expanding production and increasing capital. Projects currently under implementation must be strictly monitored in terms of progress; procedures for selecting investors must be carried out transparently to avoid delays.

For key projects and site clearance work, the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee assigned the Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People’s Committee to closely oversee their respective areas and actively expedite progress; he also requested a study on establishing a provincial task force to support localities in resolving obstacles.

The Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee also requested the immediate implementation of urgent social-welfare tasks. Regarding flooding in the central area, the province has issued an emergency order and directed construction units to work continuously, striving for completion before December 15. Concerning traffic congestion during peak hours, the Provincial Police were instructed to increase traffic-regulation forces while mobilizing grassroots forces to coordinate, ensuring order and safety.

Affirming that the overarching requirements are responsibility, discipline, and efficiency, using task performance results as a key measure in evaluating officials, the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee called on the entire system to uphold determination, proactiveness, and innovation, “finishing the work, not just the working hours,” and to create clear improvements in achieving socio-economic development goals.