President Sang made the instruction during aworking session with the Steering Committee for Southwestern Region inCan Tho city on July 29, as part of his tour of Mekong Delta localities.
He was told that that the delta’s economy expandedby 9 percent in January-June. Rice output in the last two crops reached13.5 million tonnes while aquatic products totaled 1.4 million tonnes,up 3.7 percent.
Also in the period, industrialproduction rose 6.6 percent to 223 trillion VND (10.4 billion USD),while exports grew 11.4 percent to 5.4 billion USD.
Total social investment hit 99.6 trillion VND (4.68 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 12 percent.
The committee is preparing for the 2014 Mekong Delta EconomicCooperation Forum (MDEG) scheduled for late this year in Soc Trangprovince.-VNA