Morethan two thirds of population in Duc Trach commune are in working age, mostlyliving on fishery, seafood processing and labour export.
Thecommune is one of the leading localities in terms of compensation supply forvictims of the marine incident caused by Taiwan’s Hung Nghiep Formosa steelplant.
Duringa local working session on August 25, the PM suggested the commune consideringa plan to switch to potential areas, especially tourism and fishery logistics.
Hecalled further attention to compensation for victims of the marine incident inthe central region in line with legal regulations and the government’s policy.
Accordingto him, the government is interested in building a coastal road in the localityand connecting coastal localities together to facilitate socio-economicdevelopment and ensure national defence-security.
Theleader asked the provincial Party Committee, People’s Committee and politicalsystem to continue upgrading infrastructure and fully tapping fisheryprocessing.
Inthe first half this year, the commune collected nearly 4.7 billion VND (204,000USD) for the local budget, or nearly 73 percent of the estimate. It has only 42poor households, accounting for 2.26 percent of the total, and 453 fishingvessels with a total capacity of 155,300 CV, including 229 ones of more than 90CV.
Italso pushed forward new rural construction at a total cost of over 34.2 billionVND, 59 percent of which was sourced from the local budget. Though beingrecognised as new-style rural area last year, it is working to continue meetingmore criteria on cultural and school infrastructure, among others.
Thecommune has so far spent more than 171.3 billion USD on compensation for victimsof the incident. As many as 182 fishing vessels are expected to receive nearly21 billion VND in aid.
Earlierthe same day, PM Phuc attended a ceremony to open Nhat Le 2 bridge to traffic.With a total length of 2,298m, the bridge was built at a total cost of morethan 936 billion VND.
Onthe occasion of the 72nd anniversary of August Revolution (August19) and National Day (September 2), he also visited and presented gifts toheroic Vietnamese mothers.-VNA