In 2020, the Covid-19 epidemic has had a great influence on the economic development of the country in general and of An Giang province in particular, which has a strong impact on the operation of the Industry and Trade industry. However, under the close leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the drastic direction of the leaders of the Department, the Industry and Trade department has advised and implemented many solutions to maintain and promote in industry production, trade development, market stability to ensure and meet people's consumption needs without shortage of goods and price fluctuations. Although the development targets of Industry and Trade in 2020 did not meet the set targets, the development speed achieved good growth compared to the same period last year. Specifically:
- Index of industrial production was estimated to increase by 4.32% over the same period. Production value in 2020 (at 2010 constant prices) was estimated at VND 35,824 billion, up 4.86% over the same period.
- Total retail sales of goods and services in 2020 was estimated at 130,407 billion VND, up 5.16% over the same period, reached 91.64% compared to the year plan (142,310 billion VND).
- Total export turnover in 2020 was estimated at over 928.15 USD million, up 4.29% over the same period, reached 99.8% of the year plan. Total import turnover in 2020 was estimated at 171.61 million USD, up 7.26% over the same period, reached 95.34% compared to the year plan (180 million USD).
- Total import-export turnover through border gates in the province in 2020 was estimated at more than 1.9 billion USD, down 4% over the same period in 2019.
2021 is the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 11th An Giang Provincial Party Congress, which has an important meaning in creating strong and sustainable growth momentum for the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2021 - 2025. The general goal of socio-economic development in 2021 set by An Giang province is to exploit the province's comparative advantages in regional linkage and international integration. Mobilize all resources, accelerate economic restructuring, develop agriculture in depth, focus on investing in infrastructure, especially transport infrastructure, to create a foundation for tourism and trade development and service. Accordingly, the tasks and development targets of the industry and trade in 2021 are determined as follows:
- For Industry - handicrafts: Restructure the industry according to the policy of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee. In which, there is a policy to focus on supporting industries that have a foundation, competitive advantages and strategic significance for the province's rapid and sustainable growth; select the main products of the key industry to prioritize development support; At the same time, effectively implement policies to support industrial development issued by the Provincial People's Committee, such as: An Giang province's industrial promotion program for the period of 2016 -2020; An Giang province's supporting industry development program from 2017 to 2025; Program to support investment in technical infrastructure of industrial clusters in An Giang province until 2025…
- For trade and export: Promote the consumption of goods in the locality; To encourage the use of domestic goods, to maintain market stability, to develop healthy and sustainable commodity markets; Strengthen support for enterprises to expand their domestic consumption market share, diversify distribution channels; Continue to implement measures to support and promote exports; strongly develop commodity export activities in the direction of both expanding markets and types of products and improving export efficiency in line with sustainable development goals. Agricultural and aquatic products are still the main commodity groups in the export structure of the province, focusing on quality growth, shifting the product structure from low value to high value.
- Major targets of the industry in 2021:
+ Index of industrial production will increase by 7.5% over the same period in 2020.
+ Total retail sales of goods and services will reach VND 145,594 billion, up 11.64% over the same period.
+ Export turnover will reach 965 million USD, up 3.98% over the same period in 2020.
+ Import turnover of the year reached 190 million USD, up 10.46% over the same period.
To achieve the above plan in 2021, An Giang province's industry and trade sector focuses on implementing the following key solutions:
- Planning, Scheme, and Plan: Continue to well implement the plannings and schemes of the sector approved by the Provincial People's Committee and Provincial Party Committee, such as: Implementation plan of the Scheme Border Trade Development and Logistics System Development Scheme; Implementation plan for the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - CPTPP (including: organizing training courses to learn about key markets in the CPTPP, assessing impacts and competitive advantages of An Giang); Implement regulations on formulating, receiving, appraising, approving and implementing projects under the Supporting Industry Development Program in An Giang province; Develop and implement synchronously provincial industrial development policies according to the plan of the Provincial Party Committee on orientations to develop provincial industrial policies to 2030, with a vision to 2045; Plan No.800/KH-UBND dated December 6, 2019 of the Provincial People's Committee on promoting official export of key products of An Giang province in 2020 and the following years; Plan No.116-TU/KH dated July 13, 2020 of the Provincial Party Committee in the good implementation of Resolution 55-NQ/TW dated February 11, 2020 of the Politburo on the national strategic orientation of the Vietnam to 2030, vision to 2045;…
- In the field of Industry - handicrafts: Promote activities to support businesses (especially small and medium enterprises) through industrial promotion, trade promotion...; Review policies and regulations of the province related to development investment; propose adjustments towards creating favorable conditions for enterprises to invest; Focus on implementing solutions to remove difficulties for production and business; well implement policies to support enterprises in technological innovation, production value enhancement, management model innovation to lower costs and increase product competitiveness; Implement the Industry and Trade Plan as approaching Industry 4.0, developing supporting industries; Support the locality in carrying out the appraisal procedures for the establishment, supplementation, adjustment and expansion of qualified industrial clusters in the locality; Support to attract investment in industrial clusters, including investment in industrial cluster infrastructure, prioritizing industries using high technology, being environmentally friendly, suitable to planning and capable of create high economic value; strengthen industrial promotion activities; Develop power sources and power grids to meet energy demand for industrialization and socio-economic development…
- In the field of Trade: For domestic trade, continue to implement activities in connecting, supporting enterprises to develop production and business, expand product consumption markets such as: stimulating consumer demand in the province; Organizing a Food Fair; Organize fairs and shipments to bring Vietnamese goods to the countryside;... Continue to strengthen the invitation for investors to build new commercial infrastructure development projects; Review and categorize markets to develop plans for renovation, repair, relocation or new construction and innovate management and business methods at markets to suit the development situation, needs and characteristics of buying and selling by local people; Developing a system of commercial support services…
- In border trade, import-export: Deploying solutions to develop the processing industry is one of the main driving forces to increase export value and contribute to the growth of the province, such as: Construction formulating and implementing policies to support enterprises to improve product quality, build brands and expand markets; Encourage and support enterprises to apply science and technology, transform and invest in modern and environmentally friendly equipment to improve quality, increase product value, and shift product structure towards increase the proportion of deep processing, high value-added products; Creating favorable conditions for enterprises to access land to build factories, processing facilities and raw material areas; To develop production clusters according to the strengths of each locality; Continuing to implement and perfect the model of linking to build raw material areas between exporting enterprises and a number of farmer households or cooperatives; Speeding up the construction of An Giang and Phu Tan sticky rice brands; Focusing on potential and main markets of An Giang province's products, including the Chinese market. Strengthening international economic integration, deploying plans to implement CPTPP and EVFTA Agreements; Export orientation in the direction of diversifying markets, stabilizing traditional markets, innovating export marketing methods, supporting businesses to expand markets to boost exports to the EU and countries market participated CPTPP Agreement.
- In the e-commerce development: Continuing to implement the E-commerce development plan of An Giang province in the period of 2021-2025, specifically: Improving the state management capacity on e-commerce; Propagating and disseminating knowledge to raise awareness of enterprises about e-commerce; Support businesses and people to access and apply the benefits of e-commerce; Strengthening the promotion through the website angiangexport.com to introduce rice and seafood products, the distribution map of Vietnamese goods in An Giang province, maintaining the e-commerce trading floor of An Giang province (sanphamangiang.com);... Support provincial businesses to connect with international e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Alibaba...
Source: Report to Department of Industry and Trade of An Giang province
Truong Thi Quynh Van
Department of Information, Library and Trade Promotion - VIOIT