Phu Tho province planning - Vision and strategic thinking

Phu Tho has a natural area of 3,534.6km2, a population in 2023 of about 1.53 million people with 13 administrative units at district, city and town levels. On December 5, 2023, Phu Tho province planning for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 was approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1579/QD-TTg.

A corner of Viet Tri city planning until 2040.

The planning is elaborately built, ensuring regulations

Implementing Decision No. 490 dated April 9, 2020, of the Prime Minister, the Provincial People’s Committee has focused on directing all levels and branches, the focal point is the Department of Planning and Investment to coordinate with the implementation consulting unit. the task of preparing Provincial Planning. Phu Tho province’s planning is built in accordance with the Planning Law, under the direction of the Government and Prime Minister, in accordance with the national master plan, regional planning, and planning of sectors and fields nationwide. .

Inheriting the core values of the Master Plan for socio-economic development of Phu Tho province to 2020 in Decision No. 99/2008/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister and outstanding economic results - society after half the term implementing the Resolution of the 19th Phu Tho Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025. During the implementation process, the province organized two central-level workshops, 48 conferences and seminars provincial level; Consulted with 19 ministries, branches, 15 provinces and cities with 423 opinions... Provincial planning was approved by the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Provincial Party Executive Committee, Provincial People’s Council, and submitted to the National Appraisal Council according to regulations, clearly demonstrating vision and strategic thinking.

To maximize the potential, advantages, and resources, arrange space for effective socio-economic development, helping the province develop quickly and sustainably during the planning period 2021 - 2030, in the Planning took into account the reasonableness, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Planning Law on the content of planning appraisal; Integrating proposed contents of departments, branches, branches, and district-level People’s Committees into planning content; requirements on planning content and regulations on provincial planning.

Along with that, consider choosing key tasks and breakthrough stages; Development orientation and spatial organization in each industry; the issue of adding five industrial parks and many industrial clusters; about services; brand positioning and effective exploitation of spiritual tourism associated with the province’s unique characteristics; focus on urban economic development and green urban development, ecological rural areas, associated with tourism; labor and human resources issues; orienting resource allocation, allocating breakthrough projects, creating motivation for the development of Phu Tho.

Phu Tho province planning has been organized and implemented in accordance with the procedures of the Planning Law; There is coordination between agencies in building a database for provincial planning; with the participation of relevant agencies, organizations and district-level People’s Committees. In particular, regarding the provincial development perspective, there are all the contents as prescribed as “Building a perspective on provincial development, organization and spatial arrangement of socio-economic activities, national defense, security, infrastructure development, resource use and environmental protection in the province during the planning period”. Research to more clearly define viewpoints, general goals and visions commensurate with potential and advantages; position and role towards resolving development bottlenecks; Consider and add perspectives on green growth, transform the use of technology in a climate-friendly and energy-saving direction, proactively respond to climate change, and contribute to implementing net emissions commitments. zero by 2050, which the Prime Minister committed to at COP26.

Perspective of cultural-house works in Viet Tri city.

Fast and sustainable development during the planning period

Phu Tho province clearly identifies five main development perspectives:

Firstly, effectively promote the potential and strengths of the ancestral land and the nation’s roots; consistent with the orientation and strategy of socio-economic development, national master plan, regional planning, and planning of sectors and fields of the whole country; Strengthen links between localities in the Northern Midlands and Mountains region and Hanoi Capital region.

Second, transform the growth model towards improving efficiency and added value associated with green growth; Take digital economy, sharing economy, and circular economy as key factors to ensure sustainable development.

Third, restructure production industries and transform development models in depth; Prioritize the development of high-tech agriculture, processing and manufacturing industries and key service and tourism industries. Fourth, maximize human factors, science and technology, and innovation; Attracting high-quality human resources associated with increasing the size and quality of the population to increase labor productivity. Fifth, closely combine socio-economic development with ensuring national defense and security; building the all-people defense posture associated with the people’s security posture, building a solid defense area, maintaining political stability, social order and safety...

The development goal by 2030 is to be the leading developing province in the Northern Midlands and Mountainous region, with a synchronous socio-economic infrastructure system. Forming a chain of dynamic regional links in the region of Bac Giang - Thai Nguyen - Phu Tho, gradually forming development centers for tourism, health, education - training, trade and logistics of the region. Northwest subregion. Developing science, technology, innovation, improving the quality of human resources; creating a sustainable living environment and good quality of life for people associated with sustainable use of resources and ecosystems. Preserving and promoting the cultural values of the Land of the Patriarchs with two representative intangible cultural heritages of humanity. Develop Viet Tri city to become a festival city returning to the roots of the Vietnamese nation.

Development vision to 2050, will be a developed province in the Northern region, in the group of developed provinces in the country; one of the leading industrial, service and tourism centers of the Northern Midlands and Mountains region; is a place worth living, worth visiting, safe and prosperous. To achieve the above goals, Phu Tho province identifies strategic tasks and breakthroughs, including: One center - Two economic corridors - Three development breakthroughs - Four key tasks...

Comrade Pham Quang Minh - Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Investment said: During the process of developing the Provincial Plan, the province has closely followed the planning tasks approved by the Prime Minister as well as other documents. related issues have been issued, in accordance with the views and goals of the country and region on socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security. At the same time, inheriting the achievements in socio-economic development of the province in the period 2011-2020. Phu Tho province’s planning has clarified the strengths, weaknesses, role and position of the province in the Northern Midlands and Mountains region; Organize, spatially distribute and restructure economic sectors, mobilize resources to realize development goals, and promote the province’s capabilities and opportunities to link with the Capital region and the River Delta region. Hong, especially linking economic development, trade, health, education, culture, tourism...

Khanh Thy