The socio-economic development needs to focus on the main and breakthrough targets

On October 16, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Khang presided the Conference on Setting up a plan of socio-economic development and public investment plan of medium term in 5 years from 2016 to 2020.

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According to Director of the Department of Planning - Investment Planning Tran Van Dung, it is necessary to identify the task, orientation and solution development of fields, sectors and economic structure. The socio-economic development of the province need to focus on promoting the main and breakthrough targets: continuing administrative reform, improving the investment environment and business; forming growth poles, key areas (industrial construction sites are concentrated on the southeast of Tan Phuoc district, Go Cong area; milling processing agricultural products industry in Cai Be district; developing ecological tourism in My Tho city, Go Cong, etc...); developing synchronous and modern infrastructure, enhancing infrastructure investment, especially in infrastructure to serve development zones and industrial key areas; promoting urbanization, developing 3 urban center of three regions consist of My Tho city, Go Cong town, Cai Lay town and forming, developing new urban center such as Binh Phu, Long Dinh, Vinh Kim, Thien Ho, Ben Tranh, etc…; renovating and upgrading of developing urban center of districts; developing human resource to meet the requirements of socio-economic development, etc…

It is necessary to base on the basic principles when planning public investment of medium term in 5 years from 2016 to 2020. It aims at implementing targets and orientation of the strategy for socio-economic development in 10 years from 2011 to 2020; Plan of socio-economic development in 5 years from 2016 to 2020 of the country, of the fields, sectors and localities.

The investment plan must be consistent with the ability to balance public capital investment and attract capital investments from other economic sectors; ensuring macroeconomic balances, priority of debt security. The allocation of investment capital have to comply with the principles, criteria and norms for allocation of public investment period 2016 - 2020; concentrating on allocation capital to complete and accelerate the implementation of programs and important projects, etc...

By Thai Thien - Translated by Hoang An