According to Ca Mau Electronic Information Portal, on the afternoon of November 17, the Central Working Group led by General Secretary of the Party Central Committee To Lam had a working session with the Standing Committee of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee. Accompanying the delegation were Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia; Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien and leaders of a number of central ministries and branches.
Speaking at the meeting, General Secretary To Lam emphasized: Ca Mau province needs to accelerate the completion of key socio-economic development goals; at the same time, build Ca Mau into a fairly developed province in the Mekong Delta region to work with all levels and sectors to bring the country into a new era, an era of national growth.
General Secretary To Lam suggested many important issues for the leaders of Ca Mau province to focus on leading and directing the implementation of key tasks in the coming time; in which, it is necessary to review the targets and tasks of this term to have specific solutions, remove bottlenecks and bottlenecks, strive to complete the highest level of targets and tasks of the Resolution of the 16th Provincial Party Congress, especially targets that are forecast to not be achieved or difficult to achieve.
Successfully implement the resolution and focus on leadership and direction to prepare well the content and conditions for organizing Party congresses at all levels and the 17th Ca Mau Provincial Party Congress, term 2025 - 2030. Promote administrative reform, promote digital transformation, develop new production sectors, green transformation, strongly improve the investment environment, production and business, enhance provincial competitiveness, effectively attract investment projects, especially investment capital from the private economic sector.
Comprehensively develop the cultural and social fields; take the cultural values and people of Ca Mau as the foundation for sustainable development; give special priority to resources for the development of healthcare, education, and housing for poor and disadvantaged households; effectively carry out the movement to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses. Continue to thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the guiding viewpoints on combining economy with national defense and security, firmly protecting the sovereignty of seas and islands; ensure political security, social order and safety; strengthen the work of preventing and combating corruption, waste, and negativity; thoroughly grasp the new spirit in preventing and combating waste, creating a new atmosphere and strong changes in this work.
General Secretary To Lam emphasized: The key issue is to do a good job in Party building; the political system must be truly clean and strong to meet the requirements of new tasks.
At the meeting, Secretary of Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Tien Hai pointed out that the province's major bottlenecks are infrastructure development and human resources, which have affected the province's development.
Investment in infrastructure development of the province is very difficult and slow, while local budget revenue is extremely difficult. Despite great efforts, Ca Mau province's budget revenue is only half of the total expenditure, the rest must be compensated by the Central Government.
Regarding human resource development, the province is very interested in implementing training and development programs and projects, but with the province's difficult conditions, it is difficult to attract highly qualified human resources.
Representatives of the Central Ministries and branches discussed and clarified a number of issues related to the proposals and recommendations of Ca Mau province on the prevention and control of riverbank and coastal erosion; infrastructure construction, especially related to the construction of Ca Mau Airport, Hon Khoai seaport; upgrading and expanding National Highway 1, Ca Mau - Nam Can section and Ho Chi Minh Road, Nam Can - Dat Mui section. Representatives of the Central Ministries and branches said that Ca Mau province needs to focus on developing the marine economy; green energy, renewable energy; focusing on investment resources to soon have a district that meets new rural standards; re-planning planting and farming areas... to contribute to improving people's lives.
Previously, on the morning of November 17, General Secretary To Lam attended the National Great Unity Day in Mui Hamlet, Dat Mui Commune, Ngoc Hien District, Ca Mau Province.
