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Lao Cai should strive to be among 15 developed localities nationwide:

Lao Cai should strive to be among 15 developed localities nationwide: PM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recommended the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai to make efforts to be named among top 15 developed localities in Vietnam while meeting local leaders on July 20.
Lao Cai should strive to be among 15 developed localities nationwide: PM ảnh 1PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the working session (Photo: VNA)

Lao Cai (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucrecommended the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai to make efforts to benamed among top 15 developed localities in Vietnam while meeting local leaderson July 20.

At the working session, Dang Xuan Phong, Chairman of the LaoCai People’s Committee, informed the PM on the province’s socio-economic developmentin recent times.

In the first six months of 2019, its Gross Regional DomesticProduct (GRDP) grew 10.02 percent. The province welcomed nearly 3 milliontourists, generating an annual revenue increase of over 20 percent for the localtourism sector. Lao Cai fulfilled 60 percent of its budget collection target.The rate of poor household reduction also reached nearly 60 percent of itsplan.

Participating officials proposed the PM and Governmentdirect the local building of special mechanisms to support investment ininfrastructure as well as expand the Sa Pa urban area and make it aninternational-standard tourism destination.

They recommended the Government continue selecting the LaoCai border gate economic zone to be among key zones of its kind for 2021-2025;build a bridge crossing the Red River in Bat Xat district’s Ban Vuoc commune toconnect Vietnam to China; and invest in building the Lao Cai – Ha Noi – Hai Phongrailway; among others.

Agreeing with a number of such proposals, including thebuilding of the bridge, PM Phuc asked relevant agencies and sectors to assistLao Cai to carry out these projects in line with regulations.

Lauding the province’s socio-economic achievements, headvised local authorities pay attention to environmental protection,particularly the sustainable development of the Sa Pa national tourism site.

Phuc requested Lao Cai to continue boosting its bordereconomy and trade as well as transport infrastructure with a focus on theKunming-Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong economic corridor. He also suggested the localdevelopment of high-tech agriculture.

The same day, the PM toured the Lao Cai international bordergate and Ban Vuoc border gate, while paying tribute at the martyrs' cemetery ofDuyen Hai commune ahead of the upcoming 72th anniversary of War Invalids andMartyrs Day (July 27). –VNA
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