Quang Ngai City is making every effort to improve the investment climate and attract strategic investors with an accompanying and sharing spirit and approach. The central goal of the city is to develop an innovative, green and smart city and become an attractive destination for investors.
The 3,700m long cable-stayed Co Luy bridge spans over the Tra Khuc river
Comprehensive development
2022 was the second year of executing resolutions of the 20th Quang Ngai Provincial Party Congress and the 16th Quang Ngai City Party Congress. With the effort of the Party and the people, the city has achieved positive results, with 15 out of 16 socioeconomic development targets reached. The total production value (constant price in 2010) was VND37,648 billion, equal to 100.34% of the given plan and up 11.36% year on year. Production and business recovery support policies for local companies, cooperatives and business households were appropriately applied. Total budget revenue was estimated at VND4,017 billion, equal to 85.9% of the province's target, 81.3% of the city's target and 155.58% of the value in 2021. Policy beneficiaries, food safety and hygiene, disease prevention and medical service for the people were also focused.
With a high urbanization rate, the urban look of Quang Ngai City has been much improved in recent years. Enabled by the central and provincial investment fund, many important and influential projects to the city's development have been completed and put into operation, including Da Nang - Quang Ngai Expressway, Co Luy Bridge, Dung Quat - Sa Huynh Road, expanded National Highway 1 (the section across the city), Thach Bich Bridge, An Phu Bridge, and Hung Nhon Bridge. The city's technical infrastructure has been prioritized for investment, with 27 new roads with a total length of 15km put into use, Eastern traffic connectivity projects completed and put into use; and existing roads and sidewalks of main streets upgraded.
Besides, the robust development of industry, trade, services and tourism has helped increase budget revenue. In 2022, the industrial production value reached VND19,786 billion. The city currently has over 2,777 industrial and handicraft production facilities which are employing more than 16,472 workers. The service value was VND15,241 billion, accounting for 49.86% of the city's GDP.
Importantly, the city has effectively launched and implemented the State Public Administration Reform (PAR) Master Program for the 2021-2026 period, with a focus on administrative procedure reform, in a bid to reduce administrative costs and simplify administrative procedures. The city has successfully carried out the Technology Application Project in administration in the period of 2021 - 2025 and launched the Digital Transformation Plan to facilitate e-government and data digitization among governmental agencies at all levels, creating breakthroughs in building e-government and digital government.
Upholding distinctive identity
"Basing on the distinctive identity to seek outstanding opportunities and competitive advantages, in the coming time, the city will focus on two main areas: Developing and improving service quality, especially those with high added value; and developing industry and handicraft in couple with environmental protection," said Mr. Tra Thanh Danh, Chairman of Quang Ngai City People's Committee. Specifically, the city will encourage and call for investors to increase added value and ensure environmental protection. Apart from dynamic urban development goals, the city gives priority to transport infrastructure investment, especially traffic connections to the downtown, central parking lots, bus stations and logistics service centers. Quang Ngai City will mobilize all available social resources, take advantage of central and provincial funds, ODA fund, credit fund and private fund; propose the Provincial People’s Council and the Provincial People's Committee to have a mechanism specific to the city to increase resources for development investment.
One urbanization development goal of Quang Ngai City is moving towards a "green city". Therefore, to create leverage for development, the city is focusing on key planning solutions, carrying out solutions for urban construction and management like conducting technological research and application to specialized management, giving priority to pilot reforms in State administration of the construction industry, operating on application systems and geodatabases, managing planning, infrastructure and urban development. granting construction permits and developing a digitized urban management database system. The city will utilize social resources as well as central and provincial financial support for this cause.
With favorable conditions and good opportunities, Quang Ngai City will gradually become a key economic center of the region. Beside economic leverage from tourism, services, and especially industry in the past time, the decision to expand the city's boundary towards the sea has endowed the city with outstanding resources to step into a new period of development. “Quang Ngai City will always actively support investors and businesses, and consider supporting them as an obligation of the government. That is an important factor for the city to develop stronger, optimize available advantages, become an economic center and a smart, sustainable and developed city for everyone in the future,” Mr. Tra Thanh Danh said.
By Cong Luan, Vietnam Business Forum
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