Bac Ninh works harder to become industrialised

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called on Bac Ninh province to step up industrialisation and urbanisation so as to become an industrialised locality by 2015.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen PhuTrong has called on Bac Ninh province to step up industrialisation andurbanisation so as to become an industrialised locality by 2015 and acentrally-governed city in the next decade as planned.

Workingwith key local officials in the northern province on August 22 toreview its socio-economic development and Party build-up, Party leaderTrong praised the province for its across-the-board successes.

From 2011-2013, the local economy grew by an average of 16.1 percent per year, exceeding its target.

Its industrial scale ranked fifth and second in the country and thenorthern region respectively. Foreign direct investment hit 5.6 billionUSD with 407 projects.

Infrastructure, especially in ruralareas, has been ramped up to serve production and improve local lives.Cultural and social welfare fields have also seen significantachievements.

CPV chief Trong said while developing thelocal economy sustainably, Bac Ninh must heed social issues, includingenvironmental protection, employment and local well-being.

In order to develop high-quality farming and industry, the provincemust overhaul production, especially the processing and marketingstages, he said.

Lying to the north of Hanoi, Bac Ninh shouldlink closely with the capital city and develop tourism and services onthe back of its potential and strengths.

Switching to theParty build-up, the leader suggested the locality develops a strongpolitical system by renewing its way of working and persistentlyimplementing the Resolution on Party build-up set at the fourth sessionof the CPV Central Committee.

The same day, he visited thecompanies Samsung Electronics Vietnam and DABACO, and the nationalstandard Phuong Anh nursery school.-VNA

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