He commended theprovince on keeping up its achievements in the field of agriculture suchas building trade marks for some local farm produce, adding that ThaiNguyen should seize the chances offered by the increasing flow ofinvestment into agriculture at present.
ThePresident also recognised the local efforts in land management,environmental pollution mitigation, and investment attraction.
He said Thai Nguyen, which was the main revolutionary base during theresistance war, has advantages to promote tourism and develop a majoreducation-training centre in the northern region.
The provincial authorities proposed that the government assists theprovince in infrastructure, particularly transport, to help it grow intoan economic hub of the northern region.
During hisworking tour, the State leader inspected the implementation progress ofan investment project by Samsung group in Thai Nguyen. The Samsungfactory in Thai Nguyen employs 57,000 workers and produced more than 10million mobile phone parts in the first six months of the year, earning6.2 billion USD from exports.
On the occasion,President Sang presented the Friendship Order to CEO of the SamsungElectronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen (SEVT) Yoo Young Bok in recognition ofhis contributions to the friendship between Vietnam and the Republic ofKorea.-VNA