Striving to Complete the 11% Growth Target in 2026

On the morning of October 9, the Provincial People’s Committee organized the September 2026 administrative conference. Attending and co-chairing the conference were comrades: Pham Dai Duong, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Head of the Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Deputies; Tran Duy Dong, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee; and Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council.

Provincial leaders co-chair the conference.

Also attending were leaders of the Provincial People’s Committee, the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Committee Party Committee, alongside leaders of provincial departments, boards, branches, and relevant units.

The conference was connected online to 148 communes and wards across the entire province.

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Pham Dai Duong delivers directive remarks at the conference.

Delivering opening remarks, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Tran Duy Dong emphasized: The conference aims to evaluate the socio-economic development situation in Q3 and the first 9 months of 2026; determine directions and tasks for Q4/2026 and socio-economic development targets for 2027. The overarching spirit is to objectively and comprehensively assess achieved results, accurately identify challenges, and agree on solutions to strive for completing the 11% growth target in 2026.

Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Tran Duy Dong delivers opening remarks at the conference.

In the first 9 months of 2026, the province’s socio-economy achieved many positive results, with numerous key indicators reaching higher levels year-on-year. 9-month GRDP growth reached a good level of over 10.1%, ranking 2nd among the 9 provinces in the Northern Mid-Land and Mountainous Region.

State budget revenue increased by 9.5% year-on-year, reaching over 48.0 trillion VND. Investment attraction, particularly foreign direct investment (FDI), remained a bright spot with registered capital reaching over 2.4 billion USD, 2.1 times higher than the same period last year.

Credit balance increased by 10.1% compared to the end of 2025 and 17.5% year-on-year. Export turnover reached over 39.3 billion USD, up 48.9%. Import turnover grew nearly 2.8 times over the same period.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Phan Trong Tan speaks at the conference.

Administrative reform, digital transformation, and administrative procedure reform were implemented decisively. Operations of the 2-tier local government system gradually stabilized, ensuring service to citizens and businesses.

Cultural, educational, healthcare, labor, employment, and social welfare fields continued to receive attention. Policies and regimes were fully and promptly executed, maintaining stable living conditions for the people.

National defense was fortified; security, order, and social safety were guaranteed; while foreign affairs, regional linkages, and development cooperation were expanded.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Vu Viet Van moderates the discussion session.

Concurrently, the province actively directed the removal of difficulties for projects under Group 751 alongside key structures and projects.

Regarding public investment, all levels, sectors, and localities focused on close, timely, decisive, and synchronized leadership and direction across multiple tasks and solutions. As of September 30, the entire province disbursed 12,098.4 billion VND, reaching 65.1% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, higher than the national average.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Khac Hieu speaks at the conference.

Regarding the review and arrangement of redundant public assets following administrative unit restructuring, the Provincial People’s Committee directed departments, branches, and localities to resolve difficulties, striving to complete the processing and exploitation of redundant housing and land facilities in 2026.

At the conference, delegates heard reports and offered opinions on implementation results for tasks assigned by the Provincial People’s Committee and its Chairman, while evaluating administrative procedure settlement in September 2026.

Leaders of the Department of Finance report at the conference.

Leaders of the Provincial People’s Committee Office report several important contents at the conference.

Discussing at the conference, delegates unanimously agreed with the presented reports, focusing assessments on socio-economic development, macroeconomic indicators, and growth forecasts for Q4 and the entire year of 2026.

Analysis centered on state budget collection, identifying obstacles and proposing anti-loss collection measures; evaluating industrial and commercial growth; power supply guarantees and market management in the remaining months; public urban service provision; street lighting in urban centers; implementation progress of tasks under Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW; and progress of public investment projects in education and healthcare...

Leaders of the Department of Construction speak at the conference.

Delivering directive remarks, Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong emphasized: For Phu Tho Province, the Q4 scenario requires 13.5% growth to achieve the full-year target of 11%, while striving to disburse 100% of the public investment plan.

To fulfill the 2026 economic growth target, the Party Secretary requested the Provincial People’s Committee, departments, branches, and localities to construct detailed operational scenarios with clear tasks, solutions, schedules, and assignments down to each agency, unit, and individual. Focus must rest on removing obstacles to support enterprise expansion; concentrating on public investment disbursement to reach 100% of assigned plans; accelerating key projects; and clearing backlogged projects to unlock development resources.

Regarding redundant housing and land, he required agencies and localities to urgently review and categorize each facility, proposing appropriate handling options to ensure efficient usage and prevent loss or waste of public assets.

The Party Secretary requested continued organizational stability, upholding the principle of avoiding large-scale commune and ward mergers; perfecting job position schemes and appropriate payroll allocations. The Education and Training sector alongside localities must evaluate the current school network status and proactively report emerging issues to competent authorities.

Leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade discuss key tasks for the coming period.

The Party Secretary requested accelerating planning work, social housing development, and land database construction; removing bottlenecks in national target programs; and raising healthcare effectiveness.

He requested the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism to lead and coordinate with relevant agencies to carefully prepare and organize Vietnam Culture Day on November 24 in a practical, effective, and meaningful manner, adhering to the spirit of Politburo Resolution No. 80-NQ/TW on Vietnamese cultural development.

The Party Secretary demanded departments, branches, and localities to strengthen discipline, concretize tasks, and tie leadership responsibility directly to results. Members of the Standing Board and Executive Committee of the Provincial Party Committee must increase grassroots visits, grasp ground realities, urge public investment disbursement and key project execution, and promptly resolve difficulties, determined to achieve the highest socio-economic goals for 2026.

Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment speak at the conference.

Echoing Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong’s directions, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Tran Duy Dong requested departments, branches, and localities to focus on executing key tasks decisively, striving to achieve the highest 2026 goals while preparing development conditions for 2027 and subsequent years.

The Provincial Chairman required departments and branches to clearly identify growth room, indicators at risk of underperformance, and corrective measures to reach the full-year 11% GRDP growth target. Efforts must aim for 100% public investment disbursement in 2026. Key industrial and transport projects must be accelerated, alongside resolving obstacles in land, planning, and transport infrastructure — specifically speeding up land database cleanup, measurement, registration, and cadastre compilation, while finalizing urban and commune-level general master plans.

The province will continue leveraging the “Green Lane” mechanism, the “Entrepreneur Coffee” model, and business dialogues, shifting strongly from receiving petitions to thoroughly resolving issues within authority.

Overview of the conference.

The Provincial Chairman called for driving science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation in a more substantive manner; focusing on major problems linked to business needs; and accelerating preparation for 2027 digital transformation projects.

Departments, branches, and localities must strengthen coordination, enhance the operational effectiveness of the 2-tier local government system, step up administrative reform, and synchronously develop culture, education, healthcare, social housing, and social welfare.

Localities must proactively grasp ground situations, exploit potentials and resources, handle tasks within authority, and focus on successfully fulfilling 2026 socio-economic development tasks.

Duc Anh