Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (standing) has a working session with Gia Lai province. (Photo: VNA) Gia Lai (VNA) –Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has hailed the CentralHighlands province of Gia Lai for its good socio-economic performance in 2018,particularly a growth rate of 8 percent, during a working session with theprovince’s senior officials on March 19.
The NA leader noted that the province’s per capita Gross Regional Domestic Product in 2018 came to 45.36 million VND,higher than the figures of other ocalities in the region, and the householdpoverty rate dropped to 10.04 percent.
She also recognised Gia Lai’sefforts in building new rural areas, with 60 out of the total 184 communeshaving earned the new-style rural area title.
Ngan basically approved the keytasks that Gia Lai had set for itself in the time ahead, and urged the provinceto build on what it had achieved to further reduce the poverty rate among ethnicminority people and build more new-style rural areas.
She suggested the province tostrive to attract investment for essential transport infrastructure, thusimproving its connectivity with other localities.
The NA leader recommended GiaLai to call for investment in farm produce processing and restructure its agriculturalstructure towards products of higher value based on the local potential interms of land and climate, such as fruits for export, and medicinal herbs.
Mentioning Gia Lai’s role in the overalltourism development plan for the Central Highlands region to 2020, ChairwomanNgan advised the province to pay attention to developing transport links withKon Tum province and the coastal province of Binh Dinh via National Road 19.
On the occasion, she noted the province’sproposals that the Government consider building a highway connected withNational Road 19 and investing in an irrigation work in Kbang district, which isthe only district in Gia Lai selected as the model for new-style rural area buildingduring 2011-2020.
The same day, the NA Chairwomanattended a conference of village patriarchs from Central Highlands province,which was held to review 10 years implementing a letter of Central Highlandsvillage patriarchs, which expressed the resolve to work for the comprehensivedevelopment of the Central Highlands and contribute to national constructionand defence. The letter was issued at a conference in March 2009 to honouroutstanding village patriarchs in the Central Highlands.-VNA
VNA
