Deputy PM urges Ha Giang to accelerate development

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai called upon the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang to be more innovative and proactive in order to speed up socio-economic development in the second half of the year.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai called upon the northernmountainous province of Ha Giang to be more innovative and proactive inorder to speed up socio-economic development in the second half of theyear.

In a meeting with provincial leaders onJuly 22, the Deputy PM praised the province’s achievements made in thefirst six months of this year. However, he asked the province to makethe most of available resources in a bid to develop its infrastructureand push key projects forward.

The province’sinvestment environment should be improved and the economic potentials atborder areas should be fully exploited, while Ha Giang city should beturned into a level-three city, he stressed.

TheDeputy PM requested the province to develop commercial agriculture,focusing on traditional crops, such as Bac Quang orange trees, Shan teaand medicinal plants.

With regard to tourism, HaGiang was advised to develop unique tourism products and services,taking advantage of its natural conditions such as the Dong Van KarstPlateau.

The Government leader urged theprovince to implement poverty reduction programmes and projects in aneffective manner which produces sustainable results and reduces thepoverty rate by at least 3 percent during the 2016-2020 period.

The province was asked to maintain security and defence and develop aborder of peace, friendship, cooperation and development.

Ha Giang, one of the country’s poorest provinces, proposed theGovernment devise policies and provide funding to implement residentialprojects for 5,000 households and forest protection projects in fourmountainous districts in the 2015-2020 period.

The province requested governmental support for infrastructuredevelopment at the Thanh Thuy border gate, environmental protection,mine clearance projects in border communes and road construction forborder patrols.-VNA

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