Provincial People’s Committee holds press conference on socio-economic development in first 6 months of 2024

Participants attend the press conference.

Participants at the press conference were leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors; leaders and reporters, journalists of central and local news agencies and press.

In the first 6 months of the year, Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) increased by 2.32% compared with same period in 2023; the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased by 1.5%; total retail sales of goods and services were estimated at VND 49,964 billion, up 8.5%. State budget revenue reached VND 17,688 billion, reaching 56.6% of the estimate, up 19.5%.

Investment promotion, attraction, and business development activities were promoted. Many working groups were established to promote investment and seek development cooperation opportunities in many countries, such as China and some European countries.

The cultural and social fields have developed comprehensively; cultural, artistic, and sports activities have been organized in a diverse and effective manner, meeting the people's cultural and spiritual needs; and the quality of key education continues to affirm its leading position in the country.

Bac Ninh ranked 3rd nationwide and first in the Red River Delta in terms of the Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI). Political security, social order, and safety are ensured and so on.

In the coming time, Bac Ninh province strives to achieve the estimated target for the whole year of 2024, with 02/17 targets exceeding the plan, 12/17 targets meeting the plan, and 3/17 targets reaching the plan. In particular, GRDP strives to reach 5% to 6.29%; the attraction of new FDI capital to industrial parks reaches USD 1.2 billion; the urbanization rate reaches 60.3%; the trained labor rate reaches 79%, etc.

At the press conference, Standing Vice Chairman Vuong Quoc Tuan and leaders of functional departments and sectors informed and clarified some contents including the work of direction and management and solutions to help Bac Ninh grow positively in the first 6 months of the year; the work of fire prevention and fighting in the province; the evaluation of the effectiveness of implementing the model "Traffic safety province", etc.

He also expressed his gratitude to the team of reporters, journalists, news agencies, and Central and local press in the past time with a sense of responsibility and constructiveness, always accompanying and promptly propagating the province’s events and socio-economic development activities.

The Standing Vice Chairman hoped that reporters and journalists would continue to pay attention, support, and accompany the province to create new marks in information and propaganda work.