Quang Ninh (VNA) - The northern portprovince of Quang Ninh has introduced new policies in the hope of makingprocessing-manufacturing one of the three key pillars in its industry sector, alongwith mining and power and gas production and distribution.

The new policies were issued in early October at thefirst meeting of the 15th provincial Party Committee in the2020-2025 tenure, which focused on socio-economic development tasks andsolutions.

According to the Secretary of the Quang Ninh PartyCommittee, Nguyen Xuan Ky, in the 2020-2025 period Quang Ninh targets takingthree breakthrough steps in the expansion of the processing-manufacturingsector, including in investment attraction and growth in added value, as wellas breakthroughs in the proportion of processing-manufacturing in theprovince’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) and its budget collections,and another breakthrough in the attraction of high-quality human resources.

To this end, Quang Ninh will focus on four majorsolutions in the period: the planning of production areas; the development ofsynchronised social infrastructure networks; the expansion of human resources;and the reform of administrative procedures and the improvement of the businessand investment environment, as well as the building of a safe, civilised, andfriendly living environment.

The leader said that Quang Ninh aims for rapidand sustainable growth in the processing-manufacturing sector on the basis of promotingthe potential and advantages of the province and its localities, economic zones,and industrial parks, and especially by introducing preferential policies at economiczones, to develop processing-manufacturing projects.

He said the province will prioritise high-technology projectsthat use high-quality human resources, are friendly on the environment, have highadded value, and save natural resources.

Quang Ninh will closely coordinate the rapid andsustainable development of processing-manufacturing with the attraction of high-qualityand skilled human resources, he said.

Expansion of the sector will be conducted in parallelwith the development of industry-urban-service areas with synchronised technicaland social infrastructure networks, providing a modern, safe, and civilisedliving and working environment to residents.

Ky said that Quang Ninh is designing mechanisms andpolicies that are sufficiently strong to attract better human resources to meetdemand for the expansion of processing-manufacturing, in line with improvementsthrough the development of the Ha Long University and the Vietnam-Korea Vocational College,as well as other high-quality vocational facilities.

The province will also pay more attention to the fields ofautomobiles, electronics, information technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals,the fashion industry, and wood and fisheries processing, he said.

It kicked off the constriction of the Thanh Cong - VietHung support complex for the automobile sector in late September, invested by theThanh Cong Group in Ha Long city.

At the breaking ground ceremony, Deputy Prime MinisterTrinh Dinh Dung underlined that the goal of the Government is to makeautomobiles under a Vietnamese trademark, produced in Vietnam and accepted byVietnamese drivers.

He said that in order to encourage the development of theautomobile sector, the Government has changed mindsets from completing localisationgoals to reaching global value chains, with greater attention paid to the supportindustry.

The Thanh Cong - Viet Hung complex covers 340 ha at theViet Hung Industrial Park in Ha Long city and is expected to attract morebusinesses in the support industry for the automobile sector and spare partsproduction.

🐬 The construction of the complex is significant for QuangNinh in implementing its policy to attract processing-manufacturing projects thatuse modern technology and are friendly on the environment, thus creating highadded value projects and contributing to increasing State budget collectionsand boosting Quang Ninh’s economy in a sustainable manner./.