Participants at the meeting listened and discussed the reports about the leadership and management of provincial people's committee on socio-economic situation of the locality in October this year. Reportedly, provincial people's committee continues its leadership and management on carrying out comprehensively and effectively the targets and solutions for socio economic development. As a result, the socio-economic situation has made positive changes; socio-cultural situation and national defense and security have been maintained.
In the coming time, sectors of all levels in the province are requested to strictly follow the financial regulations; the equitisation of state owned enterprises shall be implemented as planned; the small and medium sized enterprises and the start-up ones will be given with favorable conditions to access to capital sources for production and business development; the investment for public works is to furthered; dialogues and meetings with enterprises will be held and investment attraction will be promoted.
Inspection on traffic infrastructure in the locality is strengthened
The delegates have passed the adjustment for development plan on agro-forestry and fishery sector up to 2020 and the supplement for the sector's development up to 2025. The target of adjusting the development plan is to develop comprehensively and sustainably agriculture with many different economic components, to build up a hi-tech agriculture, to further restructuring the agricultural sector in line with urban farming, hi-tech and eco friendly agriculture.
Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, Deputy Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Chairman of provincial People's Committee concludes the meeting
Concluding the meeting, the Chairman of Binh Duong provincial People's Committee urged authorities of departments, sectors, districts, towns and the city to focus carrying out their tasks so as to complete and exceed the plan of socio economic development in 2017. He added that the Planning and Investment Department should hasten the investors to speed up the projects of capital construction and pay much attention to preparation for public investment plan in 2018. The Chairman also asked the Transportation Department to cooperate with relevant sectors to reduce the numbers of traffic accidents, and to inspect the transportation works in the locality. Sectors of all levels should strengthen their supervision on paying salary and year-end bonuses to workers, guarantee food hygiene and safety, and social welfare policies on the lunar year.
Key socio-economic targets achieved in October, 2017
- Industrial
production index is estimated to increase 6.8% over the previous month and up
16.8% over the same period of 2016;
- Estimated
total retail sales of goods and services reached VND 14,293 billion, up 0.6%
over the previous month and up 18.3% over the same period last year;
- Export
turnover is estimated at USD 2,579 billion, up 2.8% over the previous month and
up 18% over the same period;
- Import
turnover is estimated at USD 2 billion, up 3.8% over the previous month and up
20.2% over the same period last year;
- Domestic
investment attraction reached VND 2,920 billion; 10-month accumulation is VND
38.026 billion;
- Foreign
investment attraction reached USD 227 million; 10-month accumulation is USD
2.197 million, reaching 157% of the year plan;
- New
collection to the state budget is estimated at VND 4,220 billon, 10-month
accumulation is VND 37,000 billion, up
11% over the same period last year;
- 5,000
laborers receive new jobs.