Northern provinces urged to boost local economies
(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged Cao Bang province to tap its agricultural and forestry potential, and encouraged the development of household-based economy to reduce poverty.
Meeting with provincial authorities in Hanoi on January 7, Dung also suggested that the province should boost tourism services and expand trade with neighbouring Chinese localities.
He asked the province to pay attention to sustainable and environmentally friendly mineral mining, and pledged to create favourable conditions for the province to grow further.
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Nguyen Hoang Anh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the committee and local people’s efforts have helped the development of the local socio-economy.
Anh said the province recorded GDP growth of 9.5 percent, achieved a per capita annual income of VND15.2 million and reduced the rate of poor households by 4.6 percent last year.
The material and spiritual lives of local residents have improved, and political security and social order are strengthened, he added.
The same day, at a working session with authorities from the northern Ha Giang province, Dung asked the locality to focus investment on local socio-economic development projects.
He said the province should pay more attention to boosting trade with China in the spirit of cooperation, friendship and mutual benefit to safeguard the border and sovereignty over national territory.
Dam Van Bong, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the province is aiming for a GDP growth of 12.5 percent this year compared to 10.78 percent in 2012 and will try to reduce the rate of poor households to 25.6 percent.
Participants at the working session also discussed how to remove challenges facing border and southern districts, funding water reservoirs, transport and irrigation works, and completing infrastructure facilities for border markets.