Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the Mekong Delta provinceof Vinh Long to speed up economic restructuring by focusing onindustrial development, while tapping agricultural strengths.
The Government leader gave the advice during his working session withthe provincial administration on September 6. He said Vinh Long shouldcash in on its temperate climate and fertile land which is ideal forfruit specialties such as grapefruit and freshwater products like Traand Basa fish.
He asked provincial authorities to workout policies in favour of agricultural production on an industrialscale in harmony with rural development and improvement of farmers’living conditions.
Dung called on the province toincrease GDP growth to over 13 percent annually in the next five yearsfrom 11.19 percent in the 2006-10 period and per-capita incomes to 1,850USD by 2015 from 1,000 USD at present.
The povertyrate should drop by two percent in each of the next five years while allindustrial and medical facilities should have their waste collected andproperly treated.
All this should be done in aneffort to join the national industrialisation and modernisation cause,the Government leader emphasised.
In this regard,Prime Minister Dung and provincial leaders shared a view on intensifyinginvestment in traffic infrastructure, irrigation projects, healthcare,education, rural vocational training and employment promotion./.
The Government leader gave the advice during his working session withthe provincial administration on September 6. He said Vinh Long shouldcash in on its temperate climate and fertile land which is ideal forfruit specialties such as grapefruit and freshwater products like Traand Basa fish.
He asked provincial authorities to workout policies in favour of agricultural production on an industrialscale in harmony with rural development and improvement of farmers’living conditions.
Dung called on the province toincrease GDP growth to over 13 percent annually in the next five yearsfrom 11.19 percent in the 2006-10 period and per-capita incomes to 1,850USD by 2015 from 1,000 USD at present.
The povertyrate should drop by two percent in each of the next five years while allindustrial and medical facilities should have their waste collected andproperly treated.
All this should be done in aneffort to join the national industrialisation and modernisation cause,the Government leader emphasised.
In this regard,Prime Minister Dung and provincial leaders shared a view on intensifyinginvestment in traffic infrastructure, irrigation projects, healthcare,education, rural vocational training and employment promotion./.
