National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong emphasised industrialisation in the development strategy of Bac Lieu province during his working session with provincial leaders on December 7.

“There is no other choice than for the province to progress with industrialisation and modernisation and the task should be well combined with agriculture and rural development,” the chief law-maker told local authorities at the end of his two-day visit to the mostly agricultural province.

He also advised the province to fully tap all its potential and strengths as well as to mobilise all available financial resources to develop infrastructure such as electricity and water supply and road systems.

The visit brought him to the Minh Hai Seafood Joint-stock Company which has eight-year SOE equitising experience.

Trong told the managerial board that restructuring and reforming State-owned enterprises (SOEs) is a major policy by the Party and State to improve the efficiency of their operations.

He emphasised in-depth investment, sustainable development and effective use of the State budget and assets.

“Efforts should be made to take care of all aspects of workers’ living conditions,” Trong said.

The legislative leader also visited the Hung Hoi village, Vinh Loi district, where almost 75 percent of the population are Khmer ethnic minorities.

He told local authorities to develop crafts and services as a solution for economic development and diligently implement the Party’s policies on national unity and religious solidarity.

Trong also visited Nha Matward of the Bac Lieu provincial capital, which has led the province in per-capita income by cashing in on its coastal potential and its position in the heart of the province to develop services, tourism and aquaculture.

He told the local administration to review their experience and expand this successful economic model across the province in an effort to speed up socio-economic development and poverty alleviation.

Wherever he went, he called for greater efforts to be made to strengthen the Party and increase its vanguard role in all fields, especially in economic development.

His visit was marked with a stop-over in Chau Thoi village, Vinh Loi district, to pay tribute to Ho Chi Minh at the Temple dedicated to the nation’s first President. Trong left his mark by planting a tree in front of the temple.

The legislative leader had a cordial meeting with two elders, Nguyen Van Khoa and Tran Van Hoac, who had safeguarded the Temple during the war.

He called on Heroic Mother Ngo Thi Dy, 81, who lost her husband and two sons in national defence./.