An Giang province held a planning announcement conference

Mr. Le Van Phuoc, Standing Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People’s Committee, said: An Giang province’s planning was approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1369/QD-TTg, dated November 15, 2023. The planning scope and boundaries include the entire administrative boundary of An Giang province with a natural area of ​​3,536.7 km2, belonging to the Mekong Delta region. The Northwest is adjacent to the Kingdom of Cambodia, the East and Northeast are adjacent to Dong Thap province, the Southeast is adjacent to Can Tho City, the South and Southwest are adjacent to Kien Giang province.

The planning perspective of An Giang province for the period 2021 – 2030, vision to 2050 closely follows the policies, development guidelines, and Resolutions of the Party, National Assembly, and Government; the country’s socio-economic development strategy, the national strategy on green and sustainable growth; Ensure compliance with national planning and master plan, Mekong Delta regional planning and planning, national sector planning and planning and related planning and plans.

The general goal of the plan is that by 2030, An Giang will be a well-developed province in the Mekong Delta region; have a dynamic, harmonious and sustainable economic development; is a center for research and development of breeds and agricultural production, aquaculture, and medicinal materials using high technology; the region’s ecotourism center; focal point for trade and cooperation with the Kingdom of Cambodia; have a synchronous socio-economic infrastructure system that adapts to climate change; Traditional cultural values ​​are preserved and promoted; Defence and security is maintained; stable social order and safety; Social security is guaranteed, people’s lives are prosperous and happy.

To realize this general goal, the province focuses on implementing 3 groups of goals: Economy; Society and environment are set with 13 specific goals, including economic goals with an average growth rate of gross regional product (GRDP) of 7%/year; GRDP per capita (current price) reaches over 157 million VND/year; Digital economy reaches over 20% of GRDP.

In particular, the breakthrough is to build and promulgate policy mechanisms to attract domestic and foreign resources and investors into breakthrough development fields such as high-tech agriculture, food processing industry, food, services, tourism, logistics and digital transformation. Focus on mobilizing maximum resources to invest in building synchronous and modern infrastructure, especially transportation infrastructure, and promote investment in developing economic corridors, with a focus on economic corridors. Chau Doc – Long Xuyen; Tinh Bien – Chau Doc – An Phu – Tan Chau border economic corridor (An Giang province border gate economic zone), industrial zones, clusters, and dynamic urban areas; High quality commercial and service infrastructure network.

Promote administrative reform, focusing on reforming administrative procedures and improving the business investment environment; applying science and technology and digital transformation, at the same time, developing high-quality human resources, attracting training, appreciating and rewarding talents to meet the requirements of rapid and sustainable development of the province.

Vision to 2050, An Giang is a comprehensively developed, modern, civilized, ecological and sustainable province; is the region’s focal point for trading goods and services with the Cambodian market and other ASEAN countries; cultural identity unified among the diversity of ethnic groups in the province and imbued with the river culture of the Mekong River watershed region. Strong national defense and security, stable social order and safety, and people living a prosperous and happy life.

At the ceremony, An Giang province awarded investment cooperation agreements to 9 investors in the fields of agriculture, construction, technology…