Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held a working session with officialsfrom the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak in Hanoi on November 24,requesting them to undertake maximum efforts to tap into their potentialin agriculture and forestry.
The Cabinet leader highlightedthat the province had not yet succeeded in maximising the benefits ofits land, forestry and agricultural production resources. For example,the province’s coffee products have failed to gain a foothold ininternational markets, while its forests are not providing a stablesource of income for local residents.
He urged the province towork harder to attract domestic and foreign investments to coffeecultivation and processing, and build a strong trademark for its coffeeproducts on the global market.
Meanwhile, the locality alsoneeded to mobilise resources to develop forest-based economic activitiesin ethnic minority communities; upgrade its socio-economicinfrastructure, particularly traffic and irrigation systems; ensuresocial welfare; and accelerate the building of new-style rural areas,the PM said.
During the session, Secretary of the provincialParty Committee Nie Thuat reported that local socio-economic conditionshad been improved in recent years, fostered by the development of BuonMa Thuot City, which was designated a key city of the Central Highlandsregion.
Buon Ma Thuot maintained a growth rate of 13.84 percentbetween 2010 and 2013, and its per capita GDP is expected to top 47million VND (nearly 2,240 USD) in 2014. The household poverty rate alsodecreased by 1.55 percent a year in the 2010-2013 period, he added.
DakLak officials suggested the Government provide 100 percent of thecorresponding capital for ODA-funded projects and invite major State-runenterprises to open agricultural processing factories in the locality.
Coveringmore than 13,000km2 of land in the heart of the Central Highlands, DakLak is home to approximately 1.8 million residents, with more than 1.3million people living in rural areas and more than 30 percent of thepopulation being ethnic minorities.
The province boasts more than202,500ha of coffee plantations, accounting for 40 percent of coffeecultivation areas in the Central Highlands and 30 percent of coffeeplantations in all of Vietnam, with an annual yield of more than 412,000tonnes. Dak Lak’s coffee beans are exported to 80 countries andterritories worldwide.-VNA
The Cabinet leader highlightedthat the province had not yet succeeded in maximising the benefits ofits land, forestry and agricultural production resources. For example,the province’s coffee products have failed to gain a foothold ininternational markets, while its forests are not providing a stablesource of income for local residents.
He urged the province towork harder to attract domestic and foreign investments to coffeecultivation and processing, and build a strong trademark for its coffeeproducts on the global market.
Meanwhile, the locality alsoneeded to mobilise resources to develop forest-based economic activitiesin ethnic minority communities; upgrade its socio-economicinfrastructure, particularly traffic and irrigation systems; ensuresocial welfare; and accelerate the building of new-style rural areas,the PM said.
During the session, Secretary of the provincialParty Committee Nie Thuat reported that local socio-economic conditionshad been improved in recent years, fostered by the development of BuonMa Thuot City, which was designated a key city of the Central Highlandsregion.
Buon Ma Thuot maintained a growth rate of 13.84 percentbetween 2010 and 2013, and its per capita GDP is expected to top 47million VND (nearly 2,240 USD) in 2014. The household poverty rate alsodecreased by 1.55 percent a year in the 2010-2013 period, he added.
DakLak officials suggested the Government provide 100 percent of thecorresponding capital for ODA-funded projects and invite major State-runenterprises to open agricultural processing factories in the locality.
Coveringmore than 13,000km2 of land in the heart of the Central Highlands, DakLak is home to approximately 1.8 million residents, with more than 1.3million people living in rural areas and more than 30 percent of thepopulation being ethnic minorities.
The province boasts more than202,500ha of coffee plantations, accounting for 40 percent of coffeecultivation areas in the Central Highlands and 30 percent of coffeeplantations in all of Vietnam, with an annual yield of more than 412,000tonnes. Dak Lak’s coffee beans are exported to 80 countries andterritories worldwide.-VNA
