Danang endeavours to become major socio-economic hub

Le Hong Anh, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, made the statement at a working session with Danang city’s Party Committee on July 28 regarding the socio-economic situation in the first half of the year and preparations for the upcoming Party Congresses at the grassroots level.

During the first six months of the year, the city’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached VND20,000 billion, up 9% on-year while total state budget collections hit nearly VND7,000 billion. There have been across the board positive developments in fields such as trade, service, import-export and tourism.

During the session, Anh praised the excellent results made by the municipal party committee and local residents in recent times but pointed out some limitations in the city’s management.

He suggested that in the short term, Danang should put forth a concerted effort to disseminate information on the city’s socio-economic development advantages and disadvantages among party members.

The ultimate goal should be to fully identify available resources and opportunities and optimum strategies to fully modernize and industrialize the city and region before 2020.

Promoting the City’s image as a luxury travel destination as well as establishing international and national level tourism centres should also be top priority in as the city’s development strategy.