The picture with bright colors, along with positive signals after half of the term, has created confidence and new momentum for Binh Thuan to continue to "accelerate" to successfully implement the remaining targets in the second half of the term.

Socio-economic picture

The 14th Congress of the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee (term 2020 - 2025) took place on October 13, 14, 15 and 16, 2020. The Congress identified 23 main targets, 5 key tasks and 3 breakthroughs to help the province develop quickly, sustainably and strongly in marine economy, energy and tourism. With big goals and high determination, when starting to implement, Binh Thuan encountered many difficulties and disadvantages, even unprecedented situations. That was the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing severe impacts. There were times when economic development goals and aspirations had to be put behind the urgent priority task of protecting the health and lives of the people. On the other hand, the province also faces great pressures as a result of external conflicts and inflation, broken supply chains, while investment resources are limited.

"Fire tests gold, hardship tests strength", in the face of these difficulties, Binh Thuan has always been different when it knows how to promote the tradition of dynamism, creativity, daring to think, daring to do, thereby making timely and correct decisions. Binh Thuan has well grasped the direction of the Central and the Government on flexibility in fighting the epidemic and managing socio-economic development. Binh Thuan has also effectively implemented the spirit of turning "danger" into "opportunity", turning difficulties into development motivation. Notably, in the past half term, high-level Party and State leaders have visited and worked in Binh Thuan many times. That not only shows the Central's concern but also suggests and orients short-term and long-term strategies and solutions, while removing "bottlenecks" to help Binh Thuan break through and rise up. Typically, in August 2022, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and worked in Binh Thuan. During the working session, the Prime Minister pointed out that “Binh Thuan must develop a green, fast and sustainable economy. To carry out this task, Binh Thuan must improve the effectiveness of leadership, direction, administration and organization of task implementation; promote strategic infrastructure development; focus on human resource training; build and perfect mechanisms and policies; protect the environment, convert energy, and combat climate change”.

With the support from the Central Government, along with the innovations and creativity in thinking and action of the Party Executive Committee, the Provincial Party Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Standing Committee and moreover, the solidarity, consensus and efforts of the business community and the people, in the past half term, Binh Thuan has achieved many important and relatively comprehensive results in the fields of socio-economy, national defense and security, creating initial changes in social life.

Accordingly, the average growth rate of the province's gross domestic product (GRDP) in the 2021-2023 period is estimated at 5.76% per year. The economic structure is shifting in the right direction. Budget revenue compared to GRDP in 2021 reached 13.41%, in 2022 reached 11.41%, and in 2023 is estimated at 8.75%. Average development investment expenditure reached 38.65% per year. Development investment expenditure compared to the total average annual local budget expenditure in the 2021-2023 period reached 38.65% per year. Attracting total social investment capital compared to the average annual GRDP in 2 years (2021-2022) accounted for 41.47% per year. The growth rate of social labor productivity (at comparable prices) in 2021 reached 5.46%. The poverty rate reduction in 2021 reached 0.28%, in 2022 reached 0.47%, and is estimated to reach 0.52% in 2023. Economic sectors have developed relatively evenly, many potential advantages of the province have been exploited, used and promoted more and more effectively. In particular, the industrial and handicraft sector has increasingly developed. Since the beginning of the term, the province has had 10 more renewable energy power plants, with a total capacity of about 362.6 MW, a total investment of 13,988 billion VND, invested in construction, completed and put into operation. Up to now, Binh Thuan province has 47 operating power plants with a total capacity of 6,523.21 MW, along with a power grid system that is regularly invested, renovated and upgraded to ensure safe, stable and continuous power supply for the socio-economic development, security and defense of the province, contributing to ensuring national energy security.

Services - tourism quickly recovered and developed impressively right after the Covid-19 pandemic, creating many new, quality products and services to attract tourists. From 2021 to the first quarter of 2023, the whole province welcomed 9,578,208 arrivals, an average increase in the period 2021-2022 of 32.27%/year; revenue from tourism activities reached 23,205 billion VND. The average room occupancy rate of the whole province reached about 40-45%. Notably, in 2023, Binh Thuan will host the National Tourism Year with the theme "Binh Thuan - Green Convergence". This is an opportunity for Binh Thuan to be ready to welcome a wave of investment with strategic, large-scale projects, as well as confidently conquer many higher goals to lay a solid foundation for a breakthrough in attracting investment for development.

The province continues to promote restructuring of crops in line with advantages and market demand; forming large-scale agricultural production areas, applying high technology associated with production linkage, product consumption according to value chains. Along with that, developing organic agriculture, applying high technology associated with value chain building. Livestock is expanded to link according to value chains from breeding, processing and consumption of livestock products, food safety. The marine economy continues to develop in terms of exploitation, processing, aquaculture, fishery logistics services, offshore fishing associated with firmly protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland. The output of aquatic products exploited in 2022 will reach more than 231,320 tons, an increase of more than 4.4%. The output of aquaculture will reach more than 12,600 tons, an increase of more than 4.5%. The province has effectively implemented policies to support fishermen in exploiting seafood in offshore areas, policies to support the development of people's livelihoods, and socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas with great efforts; the movement of joining hands and hearts to build new rural areas has been directed and implemented according to the set plan. Resources for development investment continue to be mobilized more, essential infrastructure systems have been invested in strongly, contributing to promoting local socio-economic development. The work of removing difficulties and obstacles, supporting businesses, and promoting and attracting investment has achieved increasingly greater mobilization results.

In addition, the province is focusing on developing the Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, to submit to the National Appraisal Council for approval; has completed the development of the land use planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 at the district level; opening up new development orientations for science and technology, health, education, culture, and information and communication activities with progressive changes. The management of natural resources, natural disaster prevention and control, climate change response, and ecological environment has received attention and direction. Administrative reform has been increasingly effective; the settlement of complaints and denunciations, and the prevention and fight against corruption have been promoted. National defense has been strengthened and security has been maintained.

In particular, building a prosperous and happy life for the people is the goal to strive for, as well as the long-term strategy of the Provincial Party Committee. Since the beginning of the 14th Provincial Party Congress, this goal has received special attention from the leadership, achieving many important results. The Provincial Party Committee has issued many specialized Resolutions, including Resolution 12 on a number of policies and solutions to improve the lives of people in Binh Thuan province by 2025, with a vision to 2030. After more than half of the implementation term, people's material, cultural and spiritual lives have been constantly improved. People are guaranteed security, safety and enjoy social security, progress, fairness and welfare policies. It is estimated that by the end of 2023, the poverty rate will decrease to 2.06%.

Comprehensive close-up in Party building and political system

Party building and mass mobilization work have achieved quite comprehensive results. One of the highlights in the past half term is that the province has directed and guided the organization of a political activity with the theme "Keeping the Party member's oath" at all levels of Party committees, Party organizations, leaders, managers at all levels and Party members throughout the province. Through the political activity, each individual has a fuller and deeper awareness of the honor, pride, dignity and responsibility of cadres and Party members towards the oath before the Party flag, the promise before the organization and the people, contributing to raising the awareness of self-training, self-examination, self-correction, preventing degradation in political ideology, ethics and lifestyle, manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" among cadres and Party members; building the Party and the political system increasingly clean and strong. Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style continues to be widely implemented and spread in society, with more and more typical and advanced models appearing in various fields.

Comrade Nguyen Hoai Anh - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized: “To effectively implement the Resolution of the 14th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025, Party committees, Party organizations, authorities, the Front, and mass organizations need to continue to concretize the goals, tasks, and solutions set forth in the Resolution of the Congress for implementation. Promote the implementation of key tasks and three breakthroughs; regularly inspect and urge the progress of key projects and works of the province; deploy the Binh Thuan Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 immediately after being approved by the Prime Minister. In particular, our Party Committee needs to seriously and effectively implement Conclusion No. 21 of the 13th Party Central Committee on Party building and rectification and the political system. Determined to build and promote the spirit of solidarity, unanimity, and common the efforts of the entire Party Committee for the common goal of building and developing Binh Thuan province quickly and sustainably in the coming time".

The personnel work aspects are focused on synchronization, connection between stages, enhancing publicity, transparency, controlling power, and preventing the abuse of positions and power. The province has also focused on amending, supplementing, and perfecting the system of regulations and rules. Summarizing the implementation of a number of regulations on personnel work and concretizing the system of new directives of the Central Committee on personnel organization. The organization of the Party, government, and mass organizations in the political system from the province to the grassroots level continues to be improved, streamlined, and operate effectively and efficiently. The leadership capacity and fighting strength of grassroots Party organizations are increasingly improved. The quality of Party cell activities has many positive changes. The results of developing new Party members have met and exceeded the set targets. Directing the successful organization of the election of National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies at all levels; Party cell congresses under grassroots Party organizations for the 2022-2025 term. The review, assessment and classification of the quality of grassroots Party organizations, Party members, collectives, individuals, leaders and managers at all levels are carried out seriously and increasingly substantively.

The work of inspection, supervision and enforcement of Party discipline has been carried out seriously; the quality of inspections and supervisions has been improved, the content of inspections and supervisions has been increasingly closely following the requirements of Party building work and the tasks of each Party committee and organization; the inspection of Party organizations and Party members when there are signs of violations has been focused on. In addition, the work of preventing and combating corruption, practicing thrift and combating waste has been focused on with high determination; many outstanding and outstanding cases have been focused on and resolved with results. Mass mobilization work has been strengthened, the strength of the great national unity bloc continues to be promoted, patriotic emulation movements have been maintained regularly and spread widely.

Breakthrough and rise up

In fact, although the province has achieved many important achievements, there are still many results that are not really as expected and have certain limitations. Therefore, the period of 2023 - 2025 is even more important, a turning point of in-depth and quality decisions and work in promoting the implementation and striving to complete the goals of the 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plan 2021 - 2025.

Accordingly, inheriting the important results, all levels and sectors continue to closely follow and seriously implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the resolutions and directions of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Central Party Secretariat, the National Assembly, the Government, the Prime Minister, the Resolution of the 14th Provincial Party Congress at all levels and 6 thematic Resolutions issued by the Provincial Party Committee. In particular, focusing on strategic solutions to restructure the economy associated with innovation of the growth model towards improving productivity, quality and competitiveness, focusing on developing 3 pillars associated with high technology application, building value chains: Industry - Tourism and Agriculture.

Regarding Party building work, Binh Thuan will continue to closely follow the Resolution of the 14th Provincial Party Congress to continue to focus on successfully completing the set tasks and targets. Lead, direct, propagate, thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the specialized resolutions issued by the Provincial Party Committee (14th tenure). Continue to strictly implement Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW, dated May 18, 2021 of the Politburo (13th tenure) on continuing to implement Directive No. 05-CT/TW of the Politburo (12th tenure) on continuing to promote the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle" in conjunction with Resolution of the 4th Central Committee (11th and 12th tenures), Conclusion No. 21-KL/TW of the Party Central Committee (13th tenure) on promoting Party building and rectification and the political system, resolutely preventing, repelling and strictly handling cadres and party members who have degraded in political ideology, morality, lifestyle, and manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation". At the same time, Party committees and Party organizations at all levels in the province must be proactive, creative, highly determined, make great efforts and take drastic actions; take full advantage of and promote opportunities, advantages and other favorable conditions; effectively overcome shortcomings. institutions and shortcomings. Implement the motto of action "Solidarity - Democracy - Intelligence - Innovation - Development". Continue to strive, create stronger changes in the work of Party building and rectification, determined to complete and over-complete all the targets of Party building work that have been set.

We believe that the results of the first half of the 14th Congress will continue to be the driving force for the entire Party, people and army in the province to continue to unite and strive with greater determination and effort; to be more proactive and creative to successfully complete the goals, targets and tasks set out in the Resolution of the 14th Provincial Party Congress. Only then will the goal of a green Binh Thuan with strong development in marine economy, energy and tourism soon become a reality.

Achievements do not come naturally. To achieve them, many factors are required, including the desire for innovation and development, determination to overcome all difficulties with a high spirit of solidarity and unity from the Party Committee, government, business community, entrepreneurs and each citizen in the province.