Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has emphasised the necessity for theCentral Highlands province of Lam Dong to make the most of itspotential and advantages such as its temperate climate and naturalresources to quickly achieve sustainable development.
The PM stated this while meeting with the province’s leaders in Da Lat City on July 22.
For the past five years, Lam Dong’s GDP has recorded an annual averageincrease of 14 percent. Its per-capita income is estimated at 19million VND this year, an increase of 2.8 fold over 2005 and its povertyrate has fallen to less than 5 percent.
However, the PM pointed out the province’s low competitiveness and poor infrastructure.
He went on to say that a number of pressing social issues, includingunemployment and environmental pollution, have not been dealt with andthe poor state of rural ethnic people’s living conditions has remained.
There also remains weaknesses in a number of Partyorganisations, including the quality of some leaders and Party members,he noted.
According to the PM, the province has thepotential and strengths to develop agro-industries, tourism andservices. The province has a temperate and subtropical climate which issuitable for tourism and services. Tourism should be turned into theprovince’s spearhead sector, he said.
He suggestedthat Lam Dong focus on forest protection and management, maintain andincrease its forest coverage, promote rubber plantations in poorabandoned land, tap into its mineral resources and develop a large-scaletea and coffee processing industry.
The provinceshould also invest into health care, education, hunger eradication andpoverty reduction for ethnic people, he said.
The PMasked the provincial Party committees and authorities to fulfil theirtargets to increase the people’s confidence in them.
Lam Dong should pay more attention to central regulations to makeprovincial and district Party congresses more successful and focus oncapable young people, women’s cadres and the province’s socio-economictargets for the next five years, he said./.
The PM stated this while meeting with the province’s leaders in Da Lat City on July 22.
For the past five years, Lam Dong’s GDP has recorded an annual averageincrease of 14 percent. Its per-capita income is estimated at 19million VND this year, an increase of 2.8 fold over 2005 and its povertyrate has fallen to less than 5 percent.
However, the PM pointed out the province’s low competitiveness and poor infrastructure.
He went on to say that a number of pressing social issues, includingunemployment and environmental pollution, have not been dealt with andthe poor state of rural ethnic people’s living conditions has remained.
There also remains weaknesses in a number of Partyorganisations, including the quality of some leaders and Party members,he noted.
According to the PM, the province has thepotential and strengths to develop agro-industries, tourism andservices. The province has a temperate and subtropical climate which issuitable for tourism and services. Tourism should be turned into theprovince’s spearhead sector, he said.
He suggestedthat Lam Dong focus on forest protection and management, maintain andincrease its forest coverage, promote rubber plantations in poorabandoned land, tap into its mineral resources and develop a large-scaletea and coffee processing industry.
The provinceshould also invest into health care, education, hunger eradication andpoverty reduction for ethnic people, he said.
The PMasked the provincial Party committees and authorities to fulfil theirtargets to increase the people’s confidence in them.
Lam Dong should pay more attention to central regulations to makeprovincial and district Party congresses more successful and focus oncapable young people, women’s cadres and the province’s socio-economictargets for the next five years, he said./.
