Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the ceremony (Source: VNA)Attending a ceremony on December 11 to mark the 185th foundinganniversary and 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of Hung Yen, the PMsaid he hopes the province will optimise its advantages and enhancecompetitiveness for more rapid and sustainable development.
He asked the province to post a provincial competitivenessindex equal to the average level of the region in the 2017-2018, while mobilisingresources for the building of the socio-economic infrastructure system,promoting production and improving products’ quality, and developing hightechnology agriculture.
Hung Yen should also pay more attention to human resourcesdevelopment and the application of high technology, while ensuring socialsecurity for locals, he said, adding that the province should further boosttourism in line with the conservation and promotion of cultural values.
The PM also requested the locality to strengthen theprevention and combat of corruption and wastefulness, while effectively implementingthe Party’s resolution on Party building and Politburo’s direction onstrengthening the study and following moral example of President Ho Chi Minh.
Located in the left bank of the Red River and the centre ofthe northern delta, Hung Yen, also known as Pho Hien, was a busy urban area anda bustling commercial port of the north after the capital city of Hanoi in the 17thcentury. Its name also attached with the legend of Chu Dong Tu, one of the fourimmortals of Vietnam.
Hung Yen province was founded in 1831 and re-established in 1997.The province, which has long tradition of patriotism, is home to many famous patriots,including Trieu Quang Phuc, Pham Ngu Lao, Nguyen Thien Thuat and Hoang HoaTham.
Realising the Party’s renewal policy, Hung Yen has risen toa locality with economic growth higher than the country’s average. Per capitalincome of the locality has increased 10 times compared to that in 20 years ago.Its economic structure has changed rapidly towards modernisation andindustrialisation. Hung Yen expects to be among 16 localities with highestbudget collection in 2017.
On the occasion, PM Phuc presented Independence Order, firstclass, to the Party Organisation, administration and people of Hung Yen torecognise devotion and contributions of the province to the nationalconstruction and defence.-VNA
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