Cat Hai island district should focus on exploiting its potentials and strengths in tourism and services, especially port services, to secure sustainable development, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has told authorities of the district which is in the northern city of Hai Phong.

The Party leader made a working visit to Cat Hai on July 10 to check its implementation of targets related to socio-economic development, defense, security and Party building work.

He advised the district’s authorities to adopt concrete measures that can encourage the private sector to join hands in improving the development of the locality and Hai Phong city as well.

Regarding the Party building, he said the district should give due attention to the work of personnel planning and resolutely translate into deed the resolution on Party building issued at the fourth conference of the XI Party Central Committee.

Cat Hai people and authorities should work together to make their district deserve its position as a gateway to Hai Phong city, a tourism and service centre and a stronghold to defend the fatherland, the Party leader emphasised.

Cat Hai, one of the two island districts of Hai Phong, has 366 islands in total covering nearly 345 square kilometers with a population of around 30,000. It is bestowed with many comfortable conditions for tourist development and seafood production and processing.

In 2011, more than 1.2 million tourists visited Cat Hai. The figure was 1.33 million in 2012 and 654,000 in the first half of 2013. The district is also famous with fish sauce brands such as Cat Hai and Cat Ba.

The same day, the Party leader visited Cat Ba national park, Cat Ba border station, Hai Phong port and Dinh Vu port.

He also visited and offered gifts to several social policy beneficiary families in Hai Phong city.-VNA