On the morning of February 21, the Government Conference with localities implementing the conclusions of the Central Government, Resolutions of the National Assembly, and the Government on economic growth was held online.
Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; Deputy Prime Ministers co-chaired the Conference. Attending were leaders of ministries, branches and 63 localities at all online levels.
This is the first conference between the Government and localities after the Government was completed after the 9th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly (which just closed on February 19).
At this session, the National Assembly voted to pass the National Assembly Resolution supplementing the socio-economic development plan for 2025 with a growth target of 8% or more. The GDP scale in 2025 will reach about 500 billion USD.
Previously, at the Conference held on January 23-24, 2025, the 13th Party Central Committee basically agreed with the content of the Project on socio-economic development in 2025 with a growth target of 8% or more and the tasks and implementation solutions submitted by the Government Party Committee.
Today, the Government held a conference with all localities to review and promote tasks and solutions to ensure achieving the growth target of 8% in 2025, creating a premise for double-digit growth in the coming period.
On February 5, 2025, the Government issued Resolution No. 25/NQ-CP on growth targets for sectors, fields and localities to ensure the national growth target of 8% or more in 2025.
In addition, Resolution No. 25/NQ-CP also sets a double-digit growth target for 2025 of provinces and centrally run cities, in which the Government sets a double-digit growth target for 18/63 provinces and cities:
The Red River Delta has 6/11 provinces and cities: Quang Ninh (12.0%), Hai Duong (10.2%), Hai Phong city (12.5%), Ha Nam (10.5%), Nam Dinh (10.5%), Ninh Binh (12.0%);
The Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region has 2/14 provinces, including: Bac Giang (13.6%); Dien Bien (10.5%).
The North Central and Central Coast regions have 6/14 provinces and cities, including: Thanh Hoa (11.0%); Nghe An (10.5%); Da Nang City (10.0%); Quang Nam (10.0%); Khanh Hoa (10.0%); Ninh Thuan (13.0%);
The Central Highlands region has Kon Tum province as the only locality assigned by the Government to have a growth target of 10% in 2025.
The Southeast region has 3/6 provinces and cities: Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ba Ria - Vung Tau both at 10.0%
The Mekong Delta has no province with double-digit growth.
