What are guidelines of the orientations and objectives in formulating economic development policies in the land border area?
Economic context in the land border area
The border area is an important area, acting as the "rooster" of the country, with a land border stretching over 5,000 km including many border gates with neighboring countries, so the development of Economic, commercial and social security in this area are very important and necessary for socio-economic development, fulfilling the task of hunger eradication and poverty alleviation, narrowing the gap between regions, thereby creating conditions for the economy of a region, a locality as well as the economy of the whole country to develop, contributing to strengthening, expanding and further enhancing the economic and trade cooperation between our country and neighboring countries (China, Laos, Cambodia) and other countries in the region.
In the context of our country's economic difficulties, the Party and State always pay attention to leading, directing and taking care of construction investment, supporting socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security in the border area. As a result, the socio-economic situation in the border area has made many remarkable changes, many areas have a higher growth rate than the national average. In 2020, the economy of border provinces and border areas will continue to maintain positive growth, many areas have higher growth rates than the national average, especially agricultural production in the border area has contributed together with the national agriculture industry to show the role of the "supporting platform" of the economy in difficult times, ensuring the supply of food, food and essential goods, which is an important basis for implementation of security and safety during the pandemic, border trade turnover reached 30 billion USD, accounting for 5.5% of total trade turnover of the country in general and 21.5% of total trade turnover with China and Laos Cambodia in particular. Up to now, 26 border-gate economic zones have been established on all three border lines with Laos, Cambodia and China; border provinces and border areas have had 267 operating industrial clusters, accounting for 36.6% of already operating industrial clusters of the whole country; hydropower, thermal power and renewable energy plants in border areas have contributed up to 44% of the total electricity output of the country, contributing to strengthening energy security, ensuring production and improving living standards for the citizen; national defense, security and social order and safety in the border areas have been consolidated and maintained. The system of borders and landmarks has been basically planned. The relationship between the people and the land border guard force of our country and neighboring countries has been strengthened, contributing to building a border of peace and friendship.
However, with the disparity in development level and opportunities, the socio-economic development in the border area is still slow compared to the common level of the border province and the whole country and trade in services is generally underdeveloped, no key products are available, competitiveness is weak, small-traffic trade is still the mainstay, trade infrastructure is limited, etc. Therefore, in order to make good use of these potential and advantages in the border area in order to develop border economy, it is necessary to continue to study and review policies, master plans and development plans to adjust and have solutions suitable to the actual situation.
What are the guidelines of perspectives, orientations and goals in the development of mechanisms and policies for economic development in the land border area according to the Government's latest Resolution in 2022?
Perspectives and orientations on economic development in land border areas
According to Section I of Resolution 23/NQ-CP of Vietnam in 2022 on economic development in land border areas, viewpoints and orientations in the formulation of mechanisms and policies for economic development in land border areas are mentioned as follows:
- Economic development in border areas ensures the constitutionality, lawfulness and conformity with international treaties related to border trade, border management regulations, border gate regulations of which Vietnam is a member.
- In line with the goal of sustainable socio-economic development in border areas, narrowing regional disparities is a key task in the socio-economic development plan associated with the process of accelerating industrialization, modernization and urbanization of the whole country and of bordering localities, strongly applying science and technology, promoting innovation, especially achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , creating a strong impetus for fast and sustainable development.
- To bring into play all resources, exploit the potentials and available advantages of regions and regions. Diversify and strengthen the mobilization, attraction and socialization of resources for investment in rapid and sustainable development of border areas, of which the State budget plays an important role in leading and activating other resources, giving reasonable priority to public investment capital in line with the ability to balance the local budget so that investment has a focus, focus, and investment in really urgent projects and works. , essential for health, education, transport infrastructure suitable to planning and pervasive, creating a driving force for socio-economic development.
- Proposed socio-economic development mechanisms and policies create strong development opportunities for border areas; and at the same time have the effect of arousing the will of self-reliance and self-reliance of the people, the desire to rise to build a prosperous and well-off life, develop with the community and with the country.
- Socio-economic development of land border areas associated with preserving and promoting cultural identities, protecting landscapes and ecological environment, conserving biodiversity, enhancing potentials and ensuring sustainability national defense, security, sovereignty and territory. Create fundamental changes in economy, culture, society and people's life in border areas.
- Focusing on leading and thoroughly directing the implementation of decentralization and delegation of powers, clearly defining and attaching responsibilities of all levels, branches, organizations, individuals and people in the drastic implementation of policies, policies, sustainable socio-economic development in a comprehensive way, creating strong development opportunities for border areas; improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management of ethnic affairs, implementation of ethnic policies and border trade policies.
Objectives in economic development in the land border area
According to Resolution 23/NQ-CP of Vietnam in 2022 on economic development in land border areas, the objectives in formulating mechanisms and policies for economic development in land border areas are mentioned as follows: :
- Sustainable socio-economic development in border areas associated with job creation and income increase; ensure social security, improve social welfare; sustainable poverty reduction, narrowing regional and regional disparities; significantly improve and improve the quality of life and health of the people.
- Step by step perfecting the synchronous, interconnected, comprehensive and modern socio-economic infrastructure system in border areas, especially the transport system connecting with countries sharing the same land border through border gates.
- Comprehensively develop health care, education and training, preserve and promote the value of good cultural identity, self-reliance, the will to actively rise out of poverty, get rich legitimately and endogenous resources of ethnic minorities in border areas.
- To bring into play the potential, specific and distinctive advantages of the border area to develop economic fields, especially community-based tourism, border trade, investment attraction, and appropriate reorganization of production appropriately and effectively.
- Building a clean and strong grassroots political system, strengthening the great national unity bloc, consolidating and maintaining the people's faith in the Party and government; firmly ensure national defense and security in border areas; solidarity and border cooperation with neighboring countries.
- To synchronously arrange the population, to completely solve the urgent need for housing, residential land, production land, daily-life water and jobs for poor and disadvantaged ethnic minorities in border areas.
- Promote the application and transfer of technology to serve the development of fields in socio-economic life for people in border areas.
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