During a meeting with provincial authorities on December 29, President Triet asked them to focus on developing human resources with proficiency in foreign languages to help boost local developments.

He advised the authorities to bolster its local industries, services and restructure its economy, especially in agriculture, which remains its core sector, to gain a higher economic value.

The leader praised Tay Ninh for posting a GDP of 10.7 percent in 2009, which is higher than the national GDP average and reducing its number of poor households to 5.2 percent, half of the national average.

Also at the meeting, President Triet spoke of justice reforms, underscoring the need to employ professionally qualified officials who can better serve the people.