President Tran Dai Quang at the event (Source: VNA) Nghe An (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang advised the centralprovince of Nghe An to shift towards organic agriculture using biological andhigh technology during a working session with local authorities on April 29.
Recalling his impressions when visiting Nghia Dong commune in Nghe An’sTan Ky district, a model of new-style rural area, the President recommendedthat the province considers switching to growing other crops of higher economicvalue on land unsuitable for rice cultivation, while encouraging the accumulationof land for large-scale production.
He also said Nghe An can develop tourism as a spearhead sector, as theprovince has advantages in geography and cultural traditions.
The provincial administration reported that several concentrated farmingareas have been formed for tea, rubber and sugarcane and forests in connectionwith processing factories. Animal husbandry is also shifting to large scale. Atotal of 152 communes have been recognised as new-style rural areas.
On the occasion, Nghe An presented several proposals to the Government,asking for allocation of Official Development Assistance capital to build seadykes and dredging sea ports, and of foreign grants to upgrade medicalinfrastructure in the province. The province also called on the Government toback its participation in the second phase of the tourism infrastructuredevelopment project for the Greater Mekong sub-region.
The President instructed the province to draft detailed projects for theproposals, noting that some of them require thorough study as they need hugeamounts of investment.
The same day, President Quang attended the technical opening for the HoaSon-Nghi Thiet section on the National Road 7, the inaugural of Song Lam cementgrinding facility of The Vissai group in Nghi Loc district, and the opening ofthe Vinpearl Cua Hoi resort and entertainment complex in the well-known Cua Lobeach town.-VNA
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