At the working session. (Photo: VNA) For the forest economy, the PM pointedto the three spearheads of carbon credit trading, biomass electricity andpharmaceutical industry.
Meanwhile, tourism development should be based on theprovince’s beautiful, majestic landscapes and traditional culture, he said.
The PM lauded Bac Kan’s performance in economic development,infrastructure development, national defence and security, and especially inimproving living standards of ethnic minority groups.
He, however, noted that its gross regional domesticproduct (GRDP) growth still remains modest, and its industry-construction and serviceshave failed to meet growth targets, along with other shortcomings in the planningwork, production and business, natural resources management and environmentalprotection.
Chinh asked the province to mobilise all resources fordevelopment, stressing development should go in tandem with social equality andprogress.
Bac Kan needs to make better performance in planningand infrastructure development, considering this a key, priority politicaltask, he said, urging the locality to quickly complete and submit itsprovincial planning scheme for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050.
More attention should be paid to transportinfrastructure, public investment and the construction of industrial parks andclusters, the leader continued.
He also asked the province to boost the agriculturalsector effectively and sustainably, utilise science-technology to raise thevalue chain and accelerate new-style rural area building, saying agriculturaland forestry development should go in parallel with tourism.
Chinh emphasised the need to step up investment attraction,push ahead with the implementation of public investment projects, furthersupport enterprises and cooperatives in promoting their products, expanding themarket and improving their production and business capacity.
He suggested the locality build community-based touristsites, organise more cultural, sport and tourism events to promote its culturalheritage, and boost smart tourism development.
He spoke of other tasks for Bac Kan likereforming administrative procedures, improving the local investmentenvironment, intensifying digital transformation, ensuring social welfare,preserving and upholding cultural values, and turning them into resources fordevelopment, and ensuring national defence and security, as well as socialorder and safety.
Later the same day, the PM visited the suspended non-cokesmelter of Material and Complete Equipment Export - Import Corporation(Matexim) to examine hindrances to its operation.
Bac Kan reported a growth rate of 5.02% in the2021-2022 period, and its GRDP stood at 5.7% in the first six months of thisyear, ranking 34th out of the 63 cities and provinces nationwide,and sixth among the 14 northern midland and mountainous localities.
In the first half, the province welcomed 571,000tourists, 2.5 times higher than the figure recorded in the same period lastyear, and fulling 74% of the yearly target./.
VNA
