Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong addresses the conference on October 14. (Photo: VNA) He made the request at a national conference held on October14 to disseminate and launch the implementation of the 13th-tenurePolitburo’s Resolution 23-NQ/TW on orientations for socio-economic developmentand defence - security safeguarding in the Central Highlands by 2030, with avision to 2045.
Participants in the event, held both in person and viavideoconference, included Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, PresidentNguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and National AssemblyChairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
In his remarks, General Secretary Trong underlined theimportance of building an advanced culture deeply imbued with the nationalidentity in the Central Highlands while respecting cultural differences ofethnic groups and considering this as a driver and foundation for developmentand international integration.
He ordered stepping up the building of new-style rural areas, thoroughlyresolving residential and farm land issues, and unceasingly improving people’smaterial and spiritual life.
To effectively implement Resolution 23-NQ/TW, issued onOctober 6 this year, he stressed that it is necessary to promote all-levelauthorities, sectors, people, and the business community’s awareness of theregion’s role, position, and importance; and reform the development mindset,mechanisms and policies, resource allocation, as well as human resources tomaximise the potential and advantages of the whole region, each sub-region, andeach province.
An overview of the national conference (Photo: VNA) He underlined the necessity for speeding up the building andperfection of regulations, mechanisms, and policies for regional development;properly implementing the regional development planning for 2021 - 2030, with avision to 2050; promoting administrative reforms and the business climate improvement;optimising every resource for development investment; andcomprehensively developing the region in terms of economy, culture, and societyin tandem with defence - security safeguarding.
In particular, the General Secretary requested the stronger buildingand rectification of the Party and political system, describing this as theleading and decisive factor in implementing Resolution 23. He also stressed the importance of trainingpersonnel, especially female and ethnic minority ones; properly carrying outgrassroots democracy; building up solidarity among ethnic groups; and enhancingcooperation and friendship between local people and border residents ofneighbouring countries.
The Central Highlands region comprises five provinces – Kon Tum,Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong. It covers more than 54,641 sq.km.of land, equivalent to 16.8% of Vietnam’s area, and has a population of about6.2 million, of which 37% are ethnic minority people.
In Resolution 23, the Politburo stressed that the Central Highlands is a strategic region of special importance in all terms from economy, society, environment, defence-security and external relations. Developing the region in a fast and sustainable manner is a major policy of the Party and the State, and an important task of the entire country.
The Party chief instructed that after the conference, Party committees and organisations at all levels should urgently build action plans and programmes to implement the resolution in tandem with carrying out the resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and their respective Party congresses.
The government is required to early finalise and promulgate a development master plan for the Central Highlands to 2030 with a vision to 2045 to create the basis for localities in the region to build their own development plans./.
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