Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed decisions on the establishment of the coordinating councils for the northern and coastal central region, the southeastern region, the Red River Delta region, and the Central Highlands region.
Nhat Tan Bridge in Hanoi, which is located in the Red River Delta region (Photo: VMA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hassigned decisions on the establishment of the coordinating councils for thenorthern and coastal central region, the southeastern region, the Red RiverDelta region, and the Central Highlands region.
They are inter-sectoral bodies helpingthe PM with considering, directing, coordinating, and handling important andinter-sectoral issues on the connectivity and sustainable development of thefour regions.
According to the decisions, the PM acts as the chairperson ofthe coordinating councils for the southeastern and Red River Delta regions, while Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha chairs the coordinating council for the northern andcoastal central region, and Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang leads thecoordinating council for the Central Highlands.
The councils are tasked with researching and advising the PMabout orientations, solutions, mechanisms, and policies for implementing thetargets and tasks set in the Politburo’s resolutions on socio-economicdevelopment and defence - security safeguarding for the four regions. They alsoassist the Government leader in directing, promoting, and guiding theimplementation of targets, tasks, programmes, projects, and activities ofregional connectivity to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance withlegal rules and approved plans.
An aerial view of Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (Photo: VNA)
Thecouncils coordinate the building, amendment, and implementation of the NationalMaster Plan, the four regional plans, and the plans of localities in theregions for 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.
They alsoconsider and propose regulations, mechanisms, and policies on regionaldevelopment and connectivity; organise investment promotion, resource mobilisation,and investment attraction activities; coordinate the use of public investmentto attract non-state investment (foreign direct investment and capital frombusinesses and the private sector); and facilitate investments in the form the public- private partnership (PPP) to develop strategic, urgent, and importantinfrastructure facilities of the regions.
Besides,the councils coordinate activities for developing socio-economicinfrastructure, with priority given to transport infrastructure; considersetting up regional infrastructure development funds; helping localities in theregions deal with inter-locality issues; and work with other regions insocio-economic development issues concerning different regions./.
The Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on April 15 held a national conference on the implementation of the 13th-tenure Politburo’s resolution on orientations for socio-economic development and defence - security ensuring in the northern midland and mountainous region by 2030, with a vision to 2045.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked central agencies to increase assistance, and localities nationwide to boost cooperation with the Central Highlands provinces to help the region develop faster and more sustainably.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a national hybrid conference on November 29 to disseminate and launch the implementation of the 13th-tenure Politburo’s resolution on orientations for socio-economic development and defence - security safeguarding in the Red River Delta.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Nhat Tan Bridge in Hanoi, which is located in the Red River Delta region (Photo: VMA) 
An aerial view of Buon Ma Thuot city in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak (Photo: VNA) 
