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Kien Giang has all it needs to be economically strong province: PM

With its distinctive potential and competitive edges, Kien Giang has all it needs to become an economically strong province, particularly in sea-based economy, and a major tourist centre of the regional and the world, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in a meeting with key leaders of the Mekong Delta province on March 6.
Kien Giang has all it needs to be economically strong province: PM ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has a meeting with key leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March 6. (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – With its distinctive potentialand competitive edges, Kien Giang has all it needs to become an economicallystrong province, particularly in sea-based economy, and a major tourist centreof the regional and the world, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in a meetingwith key leaders of the Mekong Delta province on March 6.

The event, which also saw the presence of leaders of variousministries, discussed the province’s socio-economic development in 2021 andplans and tasks for 2022 and the following years.

As one of the provinces of the Mekong Delta Key EconomicRegion, Kien Giang is strategically important to Vietnam in terms of economicand social affairs, defence-security and diplomacy, Chinh highlighted in hisspeech. The province has a coastline of more than 200km and water area of over63,000 sqkm, and the popular resort island of Phu Quoc, the first island cityof Vietnam.

Kien Giang is among the few provinces blessed with abundantnatural resources and cultural diversity, he said, adding that it hasadvantages in developing agriculture, forestry, fishery, industry, constructionand services.

Kien Giang has all it needs to be economically strong province: PM ảnh 2Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks to key leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in a meeting on March 6. (Photo: VNA)
The PM urged the province to learn from good practices and successstories, strengthen solidarity and uphold self-reliance to accomplish this year’stasks and the socio-economic development plan for 2021 – 2025.

He wanted the province to further promote decentralisation, increaseaccountability and enhance supervision and power control while encouraginginnovation among its officials.

Kien Giang must flexibly live with COVID-19 and effectivelycontrol the pandemic, he continued, requesting the province to accelerateCOVID-19 vaccine rollout, which is deemed to provide a good foundation for the localeconomic recovery.

He ordered the province to stop under-performing projectsand prioritise high-performing ones, develop vocational training centresfor engineers, and put an end to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)fishing for the removal of the European Commission’s “yellow-card” warningagainst Vietnamese seafood.

Kien Giang has all it needs to be economically strong province: PM ảnh 3PM Chinh makes a fact-finding trip to sea encroachment projects in Kien Giang’s Rach Gia City. (Photo: VNA)
Earlier, PM Chinh made a fact-findingtrip to sea encroachment projects in Kien Giang’s Rach Gia City and checked coastalsluices and the power grid supplying electricity to island communes of Kien Haidistrict. These projects reflect the province’s strategy to boost its sea-basedeconomy and tourism./.
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