Quang Ninh (VNA) - Party General Secretary To Lam on January 27 urged the northern province of Quang Ninh to maintain its position as one of Vietnam’s most dynamic localities and gradually become a model of green development, modernity, innovation and international integration, deserving the trust of the Party and the people nationwide.
Addressing a working session with the provincial Party Committee, General Secretary Lam commended the Party organisation, authorities and people of Quang Ninh for the achievements recorded in recent years. He stressed that these were not short-term gains, but the outcome of a sustained, consistent reform process marked by bold thinking, decisive action and a strong sense of responsibility for the common good.
Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global and regional environment and Vietnam’s aspiration to become a high-income developed country by 2045, the Party chief noted that Quang Ninh still faces a number of strategic constraints. If not promptly identified and addressed, these could undermine its leading role and growth momentum. He underlined that the province’s task is not only to pursue rapid and sustainable development, but also to proactively assume a pioneering, pilot and leading role in selected strategic areas, thereby contributing practical experience to the refinement of policies of the Party and State.
He called on the provincial Party organisation, authorities and people to thoroughly grasp the spirit of the 14th National Party Congress and translate it into a clear, effective action programme for rapid and sustainable development, in which stakeholders, roadmaps, resources and targets must be clearly defined, with concrete assignments, timelines, deliverables and monitoring mechanisms.
The Party leader stressed that Quang Ninh should avoid spreading efforts thinly, and instead focus on a number of nationally significant tasks where the province has a solid foundation and the potential to set benchmarks. These include data-driven development governance, a green and digital marine and island economy, cross-border economic cooperation, and high-quality tourism and heritage development. The key, he emphasised, lies in elevating these areas into complete, well-executed models with strong spillover effects, thereby advancing provincial development while providing valuable input for nationwide implementation of the 14th National Party Congress Resolution.
General Secretary Lam highlighted the need for Quang Ninh to continue asserting its pioneering role through proactive initiatives and bold action. He encouraged the province to pilot special mechanisms in land management, finance, investment, science and technology, the marine and border economies, and urban development, with a view to expanding growth space and creating breakthroughs.
Emphasising discipline in implementation, he stated that responsibility must be tied to concrete outcomes, which should serve as the primary basis for assessing officials’ capacity. The Party leader also called for restructuring development space in an integrated manner, linking marine and island areas, border zones, heritage sites and urban centres into a complete ecosystem. Development planning, infrastructure investment and urbanisation should be organised within a regional connectivity framework, enabling rapid growth while reinforcing Quang Ninh’s national leading role.
The Party chief also stressed that science, technology and digitalisation must be placed at the core of governance and key sectors, advising the province to adopt new development criteria based on technology, environmental standards, productivity and value-chain participation, ensuring that long-term sustainability is not sacrificed for short-term gains.
He underscored that sustainable growth breakthroughs must be underpinned by breakthroughs in human development. Quang Ninh, he said, should position itself as a regional hub for high-quality human resources, fostering an ecosystem of training, research, innovation and start-ups, alongside policies to attract, nurture and retain talent and to enhance the quality of the civil service.
The General Secretary reaffirmed the principle of the private sector as a key driver of growth, calling for deeper, more substantive institutional reforms that effectively remove bottlenecks. He encouraged the locality to boldly pilot special mechanisms, particularly in Van Don and the Mong Cai–Dongxing cross-border economic cooperation zone, as policy laboratories that both energise the local private economy and contribute to national institutional improvement.
He further stressed that economic development must be balanced with environmental protection, heritage conservation and improvements in people’s quality of life. Green and sustainable development should be regarded as Quang Ninh’s long-term competitive advantage, with Ha Long Bay and the province’s ecosystems and heritage serving as inviolable development boundaries.
The province should proactively and actively pursue international integration and deepen its participation in regional and global value chains, step up economic diplomacy, and promote its image and investment climate, thereby gradually positioning Quang Ninh as a destination for strategic investors and a regional hub for tourism, services and innovation, he added./.
