Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked southern Hau Giang province to
further tap its potential and overcome weaknesses and shortcomings for
rapid and sustainable development.
Working with
key provincial leaders in the headquarters of the Southwestern Steering
Board in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on March 20, Dung
suggested Hau Giang focuses its resources on effectively building new
rural areas. At the same time, it should pay attention to infrastructure
investment, especially in transport, power, clean water and medical
stations, with a priority given to planning.
The PM
asked the province to pay heed to education and training, from
pre-school to university and technical vocation training levels, take
effective measures to ensure social welfare and poverty reduction, and
generate jobs to improve local people’s material and spiritual lives.
Dung requested that local leaders stand side-by-side
with businesses by taking concrete measures to clear obstacles,
especially for those working in agro-fishery for export.
He praised the locality for its socio-economic achievements last year.
Its gross domestic product rose by over 14 percent year-on-year,
agriculture grew by 4.1 percent, 24,500 jobs were created and the rate
of poor households reduced by nearly 4 percent.
Dung and ministry and department leaders gave their opinions on the
construction of a hi-tech agriculture area and funding for several key
transport projects in the region.
Tran Cong Chanh,
Chairman of the Hau Giang provincial People’s Committee, said the
locality strives to have nursery schools in every town and commune,
apply science-technology in production, trading, agriculture and rural
areas, and improve the quality of law dissemination this year.
Chanh added that in the first two months of this year, the province’s
total social development investment hit nearly 2 trillion VND (100
million USD), a year-on-year rise of 22 percent. Outbreaks of plant and
animal diseases are put under control, and social order and safety have
been maintained.-VNA