Determining 2019 is an accelerating year to complete the targets of five - year socio-economic development plan 2016 - 2020, right from the beginning of the year, the Provincial People's Committee (PPC) has implemented early and synchronously the proposed solutions, so the provincial socio-economic situation in the first quarter of 2019 continues to be stable and developed.

According to reports of sectors, units and localities in the province, the cultivated area of Winter-Spring crop reached 54,594 ha; the area of planted forest to be cared was estimated at 4,600 ha; fishery production reached an estimate of 12,613 tons, up 9.3% over the same period. Industrial production index is estimated to increase by 5.3% against the same period; industrial production value at constant prices was at an estimate of VND 2,783.3 billion, a rise of 6.6% over the same period. Total retail sales reached VND 5,592 billion, an increase of 9.1%. The number of tourists coming to Quang Binh estimated at 895,000 visitors, an increase of 12.6%, of which international visitors were estimated at 56,100, up 18.6%. State budget revenue was estimated at 994 billion VND, reaching 22.1% of the plan.

In addition, credit institutions continue to promote capital mobilization and lending for local socio-economic development with a total mobilized capital of VND 37,700 billion, up 11.6%; outstanding loans reached VND 49,080 billion,18.5% increase. Disbursement rate of development investment capital plan by the end of March 2019 reached 36.7%. In the first quarter of 2019, the PPC approved the investment policy for 10 projects with a total investment of over VND 2,522 billion; granted business registration certificates to 140 enterprises with registered capital of VND 1,905 billion ... Besides, the activities in the field of culture - society, natural resources and environment continue to be focused and show many progressive changes; defense and security are strengthened; social safety order is maintained.

Speaking at the conference, the Chairman of PPC highly appreciated the achievement in the first quarter of 2019 and emphasized some tasks that all levels, sectors and localities should focus on implementation in the second quarter of 2019, that is to continue reviewing the assigned targets and tasks to steer drastically, striving to fulfill the socio-economic development plans and the State budget estimates; strengthen surveillance of diseases, strictly control animals and animal products in the area, take measures to prevent diseases, increase information and propagate about the nature and severity of epidemics as well as sign of disease identification to enhance responsibility for prevention and control, do not allow African Swine Fever spread to the province; promote propaganda, create consensus in implementing Rao Nan Irrigation System Project; focus on directing industrial production, creating favorable conditions, regularly grasping and removing difficulties for large industrial production establishments and newly invested projects to go into production stably and efficiently; urgently review the progress of projects to recover projects without implementation on schedule to avoid waste of land; focus on implementing solutions to improve CPI in order to enhance the investment and business environment ...

Along with that, he asked all levels, sectors and localities synchronously implement solutions to increase budget revenue, build a roadmap to collect budget by month, by subjects to ensure the achievement and exceeding the set plan; drastically and strongly implement the collection of tax arrears, resolutely handling cases of prolonged budget debts and preventing revenue losses; promote land fund development; strengthen management of State budget spending, ensuring strict, economy and efficiency; continue to focus drastically to create favorable conditions for investors to implement key projects to ensure progress; well implement administrative reform, improve business investment environment, attract domestic and foreign investors to invest in key projects and areas in the locality; effectively implement poverty reduction and job creation; improve the quality of the health network; well implement inspection, reception of citizens, settlement of complaints and denunciations.

In addition, the Chairman of PPC also asked the branches and localities to develop mechanisms and policies to stimulate tourism development; promote the development of specific tourism products, associated with typical values of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park; attach importance to the protection of the environment and landscape, maintaining order and culture at tourist sites; direct tourist establishments, accommodation establishments, hotel restaurants to repair and embellish to welcome tourists; check and propagate about service attitude, ensure safety, security, reasonable prices to satisfy tourists; strengthen the inspection and control of the price market, fight against speculation, smuggling and trade fraud, counterfeit goods, intellectual property violation, food safety, ensure balance of supply and demand, stabilization of market; consolidate and build a fresh, rich and diverse cultural environment ...

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