During his tour of the Central Highlands province on August 18-19, PM Dung met with key local officials, hailing the province’s efforts to fulfill the 2006-2010 socio-economic targets this year. 

The province strives for a 12.5-13.5 percent growth in GDP, a per capita income of VND16.5 million, and a rate of poor households under 8.5 percent.

In the first seven months of this year, the province’s GDP growth was 10.7 percent, and exports rose 11 percent.

The Government is willing to allocate capital in advance for the implementation of urgent projects, Mr Dung said, asking the province to create all necessary for attracting investment, particularly in tourism.

The province needs to quickly apply science and technology and improve the quality of development in high-tech agriculture, such as flowers, vegetables, fruit, tea, coffee and cold-water fish.

Blessed with a temperate climate and an abundance of natural resources, Lam Dong should focus investment on turning the tourism and services sectors into its flagship industries, the PM said.