Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Jan. 30 witnessed the inauguration ofkey projects in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.
The newly completed projects are the Ca Mau fertiliser plant, Dam Cung bridge and a memorial complex to President Ho Chi Minh.
The Ca Mau fertiliser plant officially turned out its first products on the same day, after 40 months of construction.
Theplant, built at a cost of 780 million USD, is a part of the complex ofCa Mau Gas-Electricity-Fertiliser. It is a key national project and isexpected to ensure a stable supply of fertiliser for the country by2025.
The plant has a capacity of 800,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser a year, meeting about 40 percent of the country’s demand.
Theplant is the final component of the Ca Mau Gas-Electricity-Fertilisercomplex, contributing to generating a combined industrial value of over34 trillion VND and nearly 1,200 jobs.
Prime Minister Dungstressed the significance of the plant to the country’s agriculturalsector. He asked Ca Mau province, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group and theManagement Board of the industrial complex to continue to care for localpeople’s lives, especially the more than 1,400 households which had torelocate to make way for the fertiliser plant.
Speaking at theinauguration ceremony of Dam Cung bridge, PM Dung said the bridge isvery important to the province and the southwestern region as it linksthe south and the north of the province and is the last point to accessHo Chi Minh Highway from the southernmost parts of the country.
The bridge has a length of 668 metres and a width of 12m. It was built at a cost of over 350 billion VND (16.6 million USD).
Meanwhile,a memorial complex to President Ho Chi Minh was inaugurated as a placefor local people, especially young people, to learn about revolutionarytradition.
The complex includes a worship room, a movie house,and a showroom of documents, photos and objects relating to President HoChi Minh./.