Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the conference on master plan announcement and investment promotion of Khanh Hoa (Photo: VNA) Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The central coastalprovince of Khanh Hoa holds unique potential and competitive advantages forrapid, sustainable socio-economic development, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhsaid while addressing a conference on master plan announcement and investmentpromotion of Khanh Hoa on April 2.
Khanh Hoa should be an attractive destination for bothdomestic and foreign investors, especially in services, tourism and maritimeeconomy, the leader noted, asking the locality to promptly complete andimplement planning schemes, especially approved ones.
He used the occasion to call on enterprises andinvestors to put forth long-term, sustainable business strategies, focusing ongreen economy, digital economy, circular economy and climate change response.
The Government will instruct ministries and agenciesto continue studying suitable mechanisms and policies to help Khanh Hoa maximiseresources for development, improve its investment environment, and achieve its strategicgoals, the leader pledged.
At the conference, Chinh and representatives fromministries, agencies and Khanh Hoa inaugurated the province's portal on investmentpromotion, at https://ipa.khanhhoa.gov.vn.
At the inauguration of the province's portal on investment promotion, at https://ipa.khanhhoa.gov.vn. (Photo: VNA) Khanh Hoa also presented 25 decisions approving inprinciple investment plans, along with investment licences, memoranda ofunderstanding and cooperation agreements to domestic and foreign businessesoperating in tourism, urban development, industrial infrastructure, seaports,aviation, education-training, and agro-forestry-fishery product processing, whichare worth tens of billions of Vietnamese dong.
At a working session with the Standing Board of theprovincial Party Committee on April 1, Chinh stressed that with its favourableconditions, Khanh Hoa should create development breakthroughs and become aregion and national growth pole.
The province needs to make further efforts in socio-economicdevelopment in harmony with environmental protection, while strengthening cooperationand linkages with other localities in the region, he said.
The Government leader urged Khanh Hoa to better perform theplanning work, accelerate economic restructuring in tandem with growth modelreform based on science-technology, innovation and digital transformation andimprove personnel quality.
It is a must to effectively implement Resolution No.36-NQ/TW in 2018 on the sustainable development strategy of Vietnam's maritimeeconomy by 2030, with a vision towards 2045, and concertedly roll out solutionsto promote the sea-based economy and protect the country’s sea and island sovereignty, with a focus on high-quality marine tourism and services,industry, seaports, marine transport, aviation, coastal urban development andaquaculture, he said.
The leader asked Khanh Hoa to coordinate withministries and agencies to turn its Truong Sa island district into a national centreof economy and socio-culture at sea, and a solid defence area.
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at a working session with local officials. (Photo: VNA) The province needs to mobilise all resources fordevelopment, improve the effectiveness of investment attraction and use, focuson the three key economic regions - Van Phong Economic Zone, Nha Trang city,and Cam Ranh Bay area, and acceleratethe disbursement of public investment and speed up the progress of essential,key projects, especially the Van Phong - Nha Trang and Buon MaThuot - Khanh Hoa expressway projects.
Chinh listed other tasks for the locality such asreforming administrative procedures, improving the business environment, and payingmore attention socio-cultural affairs and environmental protection, and Party andpolitical stem building.
According to a report presented at the meeting, lastyear, Khanh Hoa fulfilled 20 out of the 22 set targets, with its GDRP growing20.7% year-on-year and export revenue reaching 1.6 billion USD, up 17.2% compared to the plan.
Its state budget collection exceeded 16.5 trillion VND(703.17 million USD), a rise of 37.3% from the plan. Notably, the localityearned more than 13.84 trillion VND from tourism, 5.8 times higher than that in2021.
Also on April 1, the PM attended a ceremony marking 370years of Khanh Hoa’s construction and development (1653-2023) and 48 yearssince the locality’s liberation (April 2, 1975)./.
