Mr Dung praised the district Party Committee, administration and people for their efforts to overcome difficulties and make sound achievements in development, with the GDP growing at a rate of 14 percent.

He noted that asphalted roads have been built from the district centre to communes and residential areas; 99 percent of its households have been supplied with electricity and clean water, and the poverty rate has fallen to 9 percent.

He asked the district Party Committee and administration to make full use of its advantages, including land, natural resources and labour force, to develop agriculture, forestation and livestock breeding.

At the same time, the district must draw up vocational training programmes for its residents to help them get steady jobs, have stable incomes and improve their living conditions, said Mr Dung.

He agreed with local authorities’ proposal to speed up the Ho Chi Minh National Highway’s section project encompassing Nam Dong district, to facilitate local economic development.

He also supported a proposal to build a cultural-sport centre for young people in Nam Dong to improve the spiritual life in the locality.