Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has a working session with leaders of Binh Phuoc province on January 14. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc has asked the southern province of Binh Phuoc to work harder to deal withexisting problems and optimise its advantages and potential, especially in agriculture.
Working with provincial leaders on January 14, the PM suggested the province follow a directionof becoming a pioneering, renovated, and rich locality in the southeast regionbased on diverse, smart, organic and high-quality agriculture withconcentrated production and intensive processing to produce high qualityproducts with high added value.
It should become home to renowned Vietnamese agricultural trademarks, hesaid.
The Government leader underlined that the province needs to focus ondeveloping organic agriculture to produce high added value for its products whilecontinuing to boost its role as aenergy hub of the country, creating abreakthrough in regional connectivity and having a greater part in the neweconomic corridor. It should also further expand its transport infrastructureand settle issues relating to irrigation to ensure water resource security, headded.
He also asked Binh Phuoc to pay greater attention to links in development, regionalconnectivity, and infrastructure connectivity. As an important part of the new economiccorridor, lying in the middle of the southeast and Central Highlands regions andwith Thailand and Cambodia as neighbours, Binh Phuoc should turn its Hoa Luborder gate into a connection point for international tourism routes.
Binh Phuoc should also bear responsibility for protecting the ecosystemof the southeast region, safeguarding and regulating the flow of rivers andsecuring water resources, he emphasised.
The PM also asked it to continue maintaining the unique cultural identityof local ethnic minority groups, creating a solid foundation for dealing with therisk of ethnic conflict, social evils, land disputes, environmental pollution,and the rich-poor gap.
According to provincial leaders, Binh Phuoc surpassed21 out of 24 socio-economic targets in 2020. Economic growth reached 7.51percent while budget collections hit 11.6 trillion VND, equivalent to 169percent of the target.
It targets 8.5-9 percent growth this year, with totalsocial investment reaching 29 trillion VND.
Provincial leaders at the session proposed the Government createfavourable conditions for the province to become a connection point fortransport projects on inter-regional connectivity./.
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