Press conference on socio-economic situation in the first 9 months of 2024 and socio-economic development tasks in the fourth quarter of 2024

View of the press conference.

 At the press conference, on behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Comrade Le Ngoc An - Chief of the Provincial People's Committee Office informed about the socio-economic situation in the first 9 months and key tasks in the fourth quarter of 2024.

2024 is a very important year in promoting the implementation and striving to complete the goals of the 5-year socio-economic development plan for the period 2021-2025 and the development orientation in the coming time. In order to strive to complete and exceed the targets of the socio-economic development plan for 2024, from the beginning of the year, the Provincial People's Committee issued a Decision to assign detailed plan targets to departments, branches, sectors and People's Committees of districts, towns and cities and specific orientations to the commune level;  At the same time, the collective leadership of the Provincial People's Committee organized a meeting with the collective leadership of departments, branches, districts, towns and cities to promptly direct and orient tasks for 2024. Accordingly, the socio-economic situation of the province in the first 9 months of 2024 maintained stability and recovered and developed. Gross local product (GRDP) increased by 7.53% over the same period (ranked 25th/63 provinces and cities nationwide; 5th/14 provinces and cities in the North Central and Central Coast regions and 1st/5 provinces and cities in the Central Central Sub-region), of which: Agriculture, forestry and fishery increased by 2.97%; industry and construction increased by 10.94% (industry alone increased by 12.32%; construction increased by 8.11%); services increased by 8.11%; product taxes minus product subsidies increased by 8.15%.  Cultural and social activities continue to have positive changes; social security is ensured; national defense and security are maintained. Right from the beginning of the year, the Provincial People's Committee has focused on directing the implementation of key measures to manage the local budget estimate for 2024 in the province, focusing on implementing solutions to remove difficulties for production and business, developing enterprises, creating stable and solid revenue sources for the budget. The total state budget revenue in the province in the first 9 months of 2024 reached 10,354.4 billion VND, reaching 69% of the annual estimate and increasing by 25.4% over the same period.

Regarding key tasks and solutions in the coming time, all levels, sectors and localities in the province continue to focus on implementing the 2024 plan tasks, especially the main targets, solutions and tasks to implement the socio-economic development plan and the state budget in 2024 according to Decision No. 4647/QD-UBND dated December 15, 2023 and Official Dispatch No. 9495/UBND-TH dated December 15, 2023 of the Provincial People's Committee and the concluding comments and directions of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of the Provincial People's Committee at conferences and working sessions with agencies, units and localities, striving to complete and exceed the main socio-economic development targets in 2024. Closely monitor the practical situation, promptly handle arising issues; continue to innovate management and operation methods with specific and practical actions.  

Vice Chairman of Lam Hai Giang Provincial People's Committee spoke at the press conference.

At the press conference, the Vice Chairman of Lam Hai Giang Provincial People's Committee answered questions raised by reporters such as: Prevention, response and damage recovery work during the storm season in the province to cope with the current extreme weather and minimize damage caused by natural disasters; orientation for tourism development in the province in the coming time; inspection, review and repair of damage to the local road system by contractors constructing key projects in the province, etc.

On behalf of the provincial People's Committee, the Vice Chairman of Lam Hai Giang Provincial People's Committee thanked the contributions of news agencies and newspapers in promptly reporting important events of the province; as well as supporting and propagating the province's socio-economic development policies, decisions and solutions in the past time.  At the same time, comrade Lam Hai Giang hopes that news agencies, newspapers, and reporters will continue to responsibly accompany Binh Dinh province, contributing to the overall socio-economic development of the locality in the coming time./.