Phu Tho needs to focus on human resources training: PM

PM Nguyen Tan Dung urged Phu Tho province to focus on training human resources who are capable of spurring the locality’s growth when it still remains one of poor localities in the country.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urgedthe northern midland province of Phu Tho to focus on training humanresources who are capable of spurring the locality’s growth when itstill remains one of poor localities in the country.

At his working session with Phu Tho’s authorities on November 22, PMDung also asked the province to facilitate the implementation ofinvested projects, especially those use materials available in theprovince and local workforce.

Phu Tho should prioritise strategies to push up agriculturalproduction, forestry and fish farming to fully tap its potential toreduce poverty and achieve sustainable development, PM Dung said.

The Government leader requested that the provincial authoritiesconcentrate on speeding up clearance of land for transport projectswhich are crucial for the development of both Phu Tho and the northernregion as well, including the Hanoi-Lao Cai expressway, and theHanoi-Lao Cai railway.

Home to the Temple of Kings Hung , who were the founders of Vietnam ,Phu Tho should work to promote tourism to serve its development, saidPM Dung.

Phu Tho is expected to register a GDP growth rate of 7.64 percent andits poverty households are likely to drop 4 percent to 13.2 percent in2009.

The province targets to post a GDP growth rate of 10.5-11 percent in 2010.

On the day, PM Dung attended an inaugural ceremony of the Song Thao cement plant in Ninh Dan commune, Thanh Ba district.

Built in April, 2004, the Song Thao cement plant is capable of producing 1 million tonnes of cement a year.

The plant is the first that has its designing, building, installation and operation process entirely done by Vietnamese experts./.

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