Prioritize resources, determined to achieve growth targets

The year 2025 is of special importance, the year of acceleration, breakthrough, and reaching the finish line; at the same time, implementing the arrangement and streamlining of the organizational apparatus, conducting Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party. In that context, together with the whole country, the Provincial People's Committee has built a scenario for GRDP growth in the area to reach at least 8%. Of which, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector is expected to increase by 4.93%, contributing 0.73 percentage points to the overall growth rate; the industry and construction sector is expected to increase by 10.06%, contributing 4.35 percentage points to the overall growth rate; the service sector is expected to increase by 7.4%, contributing 2.66 percentage points to the overall growth rate; product taxes minus product subsidies are expected to increase by 4.3%, contributing 0.26 percentage points to the overall growth rate.

People of Muong Khoa commune harvest fresh tea buds.

To successfully achieve that goal, creating a solid foundation to achieve a double-digit growth rate in the 2026 - 2030 period, the Provincial People's Committee directed provincial and local departments, branches and sectors, based on their assigned functions and tasks, to resolutely and effectively implement the Central's resolutions and conclusions on socio-economic development in 2025 and the entire 2021 - 2025 period; focus on effectively implementing the tasks and solutions on socio-economic development in 2025 set out in the resolutions of the Provincial People's Council, plans and directive documents of the Provincial People's Committee.
With the advantage of agricultural land accounting for 70% of the province's natural area, the climate is suitable for growing valuable economic crops such as rubber, tea, macadamia; temperate crops, medicinal plants (Lai Chau ginseng, angelica, panax notoginseng), the province has issued many policies to encourage businesses to invest in development, opening up new economic directions for the people.
Mr. Dinh Van Do - General Director of Pusilung Ginseng Joint Stock Company (headquartered in Pa Ha village, Bum Nua commune) said: Currently, the company is expanding the Lai Chau ginseng garden to 20 hectares in Bum Nua commune. From this raw material area, the unit processes many products: ginseng wine, ginseng honey, ginseng tea... During the operation, we always receive attention and favorable conditions from the Provincial People's Committee and departments, branches and localities in approving investment policies and handling administrative procedures.
Lai Chau is located in the upper Da River area, with high rainfall, so the density of rivers and streams is high, from 5.5 - 6km/km2, with many rivers and streams. This is a large resource for production and daily life, and hydropower development. Therefore, the province promptly removed difficulties and obstacles in ongoing power projects so that investors could speed up progress and soon complete and put them into operation. Review and work with relevant units to increase the power output of factories, striving for the whole province to reach about 8,620 million kWh by 2025. Promote disbursement of public investment capital from the beginning of the year, especially important projects and works, and national target programs. Focus on implementing the Hoang Lien Pass Tunnel project connecting Sa Pa town ( Lao Cai province) with Tam Duong district (Lai Chau province); Closely coordinate with the Ministry of Transport to speed up the progress and complete the project Connecting traffic in the Northern mountainous provinces (the route connecting Lai Chau city with Noi Bai - Lao Cai expressway).
Along with that, continue to implement policies to improve the investment and business environment, enhance provincial competitiveness. Promote reform and simplify administrative procedures, especially administrative procedures related to production and business activities to create favorable conditions for people and businesses. Strengthen promotion and introduction of the province's potential and policy mechanisms to domestic and foreign investors; focus on attracting and accompanying investors in the tourism and service sectors. Promote tourism promotion activities of Lai Chau province in the traditional domestic tourist market and new tourist markets in appropriate forms, especially through the application of digital platforms of 4.0 technology, striving to increase the total number of tourists by about 8.5%.
With many specific solutions, in the first 6 months of 2025, many economic indicators of the province increased compared to the same period in 2024. Notably: total grain output reached 48,220 tons, equal to 21.3% of the plan, an increase of nearly 530 tons; developing 1,666 hectares of concentrated commercial rice using quality rice varieties, an increase of 173 hectares. Budget revenue in the area is estimated at 9,029.2 billion VND, an increase of 21%; industrial production value is estimated at 1,531.1 billion VND, an increase of 2.9%. Total retail sales of goods and service revenue is estimated at 5,228.7 billion VND, an increase of 16.3%; total tourism revenue is estimated at more than 719 billion, an increase of 11%; transportation revenue is estimated at 193.1 billion VND, an increase of 13.4%; Total import-export value is estimated at 27.02 million USD, up 131.8%, of which the value of local goods participating in export reached 5.82 million USD, up 4.3% over the same period...
Talking to us, Comrade Le Van Luong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee expected: With the proposed flexible solutions, mobilizing and integrating the effective use of all resources; maximizing the support resources of the central government for investment and development. At the same time, closely following the Government 's directives and the actual situation to implement tasks and solutions for production development to increase output and value of products and services in all sectors and fields. Combined with the spirit of emulation in labor production of the people in the province, the business community continues to innovate, believing that Lai Chau will achieve the minimum growth target of 8% per year, confidently entering a new era - the era of national development.

Source: https://baolaichau.vn/kinh-te/uu-tien-nguon-luc-quyet-tam-dat-muc-tieu-tang-truong-1399221