A view of Ca Mau city. (Photo: camau.gov.vn)Preliminary figures from the provincial Statistics Office showeconomic growth in the first six months was 4.23% year-on-year.
The agricultural, industrial and services sectors recorded growthof 6.41%, 0.61% and 7.03%.
Exports grew by 53% to nearly 728 million USD, with seafoodexports rising by 38% to 605 million USD and fertiliser exports by 229% to 122.5million USD.
Huynh Quoc Viet, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee,said solutions to fulfill the socio-economic development targets for this yearwould be reviewed and supplemented, including the economic growth target of 7%.
The People's Committee would finalise the provincial plan for2021-2030 and submit it to the Government for approval and focus on urban andrural planning and developing three key townships, he said.
It would also seek to boost industrial production and trade, andpromote exports to markets that have free trade agreements with Vietnam, hesaid.
Ca Mau planned to strengthen trade promotion for agriculturalproducts, especially those made under the ‘One commune-One products’ programme,and solicit investment in its agro-forestry and fisheries sector, he said.
Provincial authorities would closely monitor price movements tohead off black marketeering, he added.
He called on all government agencies to step up administrativereforms to improve the province’s investment environment and position in theProvincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) andthe Public Administration Reform Index (PAR-index).
The province would also strive to effectively implement a projecton improving its business environment and enhancing its competitiveness in 2021- 2025 to improve its ranking in the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) andprovide better support to enterprises, especially small and medium-sized andprivate firms who face difficulties due to COVID-19, he added./.
VNA
