Since the establishment of the province, this locality has always strived to create income-linked jobs, improve livelihoods and improve the quality of life of the poor. Recently, the Provincial People’s Committee had a meeting with investors on circular economy development projects with an investment of nearly 40,000 billion VND.

Since its establishment (2004), Hau Giang has been the poorest province in the Mekong Delta. Specifically, the province has a large rural area, the majority of farmers, and the majority of poor households. In 2004, the poverty rate of the province was nearly 24%.

In the period 2004-2021, the poverty rate of the province is about 11.74%. In 2021, the rate of poor households will decrease to 2.23%, the margin of decrease by 1.23%, exceeding 0.23% of the year plan. After 17 years, the poverty rate decreased by 21.7%, from 24% in 2004 to 2.23% in 2021.

According to the People’s Committee of Hau Giang province, poverty reduction is always concerned by the province. In the past 17 years, generations of leaders of Hau Giang province have always believed that the people are rich and the province is rich.

Accordingly, Hau Giang continues to strive to reduce the poverty rate from 1%/year; communes with special difficulties in ethnic minority areas reduced from 2%/year; poor ethnic minority households reduce 2%/year according to the multi-dimensional approach poverty line applied for the period of 2021 – 2025.

At the same time, the province improves the quality of human resources for the poor, creates jobs associated with income, improves livelihoods and improves the quality of life of the poor, and ensures the per capita income of poor households. by the end of 2025 to increase 1.5 to 2 times compared to 2021.

In 2021, despite the complicated situation of the epidemic, the province has implemented appropriate solutions to minimize the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, overcome difficulties and challenges, and boost production and business. business, early recovery and socio-economic development.

Specifically, the size of the economy in 2021 is estimated at 39,726 billion VND (at current prices), the GRDP per capita for the whole year in 2021 is estimated at 54.43 million VND/person/year, an increase of 2.5 million VND/person compared to the current price. by 2020, ranked 48th out of 63 provinces and cities.

Hau Giang is located in the center of the western sub-region of the Hau River in the Mekong River Delta with an interlaced system of rivers and canals, about 80% of the population is engaged in agriculture, 70% of the population is of working age. Therefore, Hau Giang has many favorable conditions for agricultural development.

According to the People’s Committee of Hau Giang province, the agricultural sector is the strength of the province, but Hau Giang will develop in the direction of restructuring the sustainable agricultural industry. Specifically, the province shifted from wide-ranging and spontaneous development to large-scale development of high-quality commodity production, through agricultural cooperative models, forming production and consumption chains. harvesting, processing and processing.

The development strategy orientation of Hau Giang province in the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, focuses on five components: industrial development, agriculture and rural development, building key clusters and urban development.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment of Hau Giang province, Hau Giang will focus on developing the fields of industry, agriculture, urban areas and tourism. In particular, in the period of 2021-2025 and the following years, the development strategy of Hau Giang province in the period of 2021-2030 is expected to attract domestic and foreign enterprises, creating a driving force for socio-economic development.

Along with that, Hau Giang province aims to restructure the agricultural industry, develop agriculture in a sustainable way, prioritize resources to support businesses and cooperatives, and develop the circular economy.

Recently, the Secretary of the Hau Giang Provincial Party Committee has just had a meeting with businesses on two projects of agricultural production and processing zones focusing on developing the circular economy, with a total investment of nearly 40,000 billion VND.

Agricultural product processing and production zone project focused on developing circular economy (AGINE) invested by THD Vietnam Project Development Joint Stock Company, in Nhon Nghia A commune, Chau Thanh A district, with total investment is nearly 21,700 billion VND.

In addition, the project of the agricultural and aquatic product processing and production zone focusing on developing circular economy (GREENDEVI) is jointly run by THD Vietnam Project Development Joint Stock Company and the Mechanical Construction Joint Stock Company. THD Vietnam’s agricultural community is the investor, in Tan Phuoc Hung commune, Phung Hiep district, with a total investment of more than VND 18,000 billion.

These are two project complexes on cultivation – animal husbandry – closed and circular processing. In which, the main products are organic food, microbiological fertilizers, high-quality livestock products and renewable energy, the output of this component is the input of other components, so there is no waste. solid, wastewater is treated to ensure environmental sanitation.

It is estimated that the total revenue from these two project complexes is nearly 24,000 billion VND/year, over 1,000 billion VND/year paid to the state budget, creating jobs for about 3,000 workers, with an income of about 180 million VND/year. .

The Secretary of the Hau Giang Provincial Party Committee said that these are two large-scale projects not only of Hau Giang, but also of the region and the whole country, in line with the current status of the province’s agricultural land use planning. Hau Giang.

The scale of the project is completely consistent with the new orientation and policy of the Central Government on the development of ecological agriculture, agricultural economy and circular economy of the Government.

At the same time, the project is also consistent with the policy and orientation of Hau Giang province on four-pillar economic development, in which the agricultural pillar is the pillar of the economy. Thereby, the province has also determined preferential policies for investment to attract processing and production of agricultural, forestry, aquatic products and raw materials in the area.

Minh Tien

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