Vinh Long urged to be more drastic, decisive to tap potential
Vinh Long (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
has asked the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long to be more drastic and
decisive to fully tap its potential and effectively perform socio-economic
development tasks.
During a working session with standing board of the provincial Party
Committee in Vinh Long on November 23, PM Chinh urged the province to grasp and
fully realise the Resolution adopted by the 13th National Party
Congress, and other resolutions on sustainable socio-economic development and
national defence-security in the Mekong Delta in tandem with climate change.
In the immediate future, he said Vinh Long needs to continue
fighting COVID-19 effectively, create the best conditions for socio-economic
recovery following the pandemic via stepping up the disbursement of
preferential credits for the right persons in an open and transparent manner.
Lying in the centre of the Mekong Delta, Vinh Long boasts a favourable geographical location and climate, a convenient transportation system
and an abundant workforce. Therefore, focus should be given on sustainable
agriculture and rural development, cultivation, animal husbandry, fisheries and
forestry, particularly hi-tech agriculture with switch to more processed
produce.
The PM suggested building more industrial clusters to develop
industries with branded and competitive products and join the value chain. At
the same time, the province needs to diversify tourism products to catch new
market trends and use modern technology in tourism activities, he said.
He called for attention to completing upgrade of infrastructure,
especially transport, tourism, urban infrastructure and climate change response
infrastructure; pooling social resources to promote public-private partnership
model and effectively using State investment for synchronous infrastructure
development.
In his opinion, it is necessary to accelerate sci-tech
application to fuel innovations and start-ups, develop economic sectors and
offer all possible support to production and trade.
With planning as a key task, Vinh Long was assigned to complete
its provincial master plan for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050,
contributing to perfecting national and regional planning system.
The PM asked the province to effectively manage and use
natural resources, actively fight natural disasters and cope with climate
change while effectively implementing national target programmes and strengthening
national defence-security, social safety and order.
About Party building, he tasked the locality with building a strong
and clean political system, building a streamlined apparatus with effective and
efficient operation in service of businesses and people, and cracking down
corruption and negative phenomena.
PM Chinh also promised to direct ministries and agencies to
consider the provincial authorities’ proposals related to infrastructure
building.
Earlier, he inspected the ongoing construction of several works
in the province.
This year, the province's gross regional domestic product growth
is estimated at 8.2% while the industrial production index is also expected to
increase by 25%. The total FDI reached 18.7 million USD, up 9%. There are 450
newly-established firms, up 45% and 91 others resumed operations./.