PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the working session with Phu Yen leaders on January 8 (Photo: VNA)Phu Yen, (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged the southcentral province of Phu Yen to turn its potential and advantages into resourcesfor development during a working session with key officials of the locality onJanuary 8.
He highlighted the province’s outstanding advantages such as animportant geographic location, convenient transport, a long coastline and deepsea, and rich minerals.
However, Phu Yen is weak in organizing the implementation of development tasks.Its economic scale remains small, its rankings in competitiveness and administrativereforms are low, thus failing to attract investment projects. Disbursement ofpublic investment is slow.
The PM showed approval of the development motto that theprovince has set recently, and required Phu Yen to take measures to implementresolutions, conclusions and programmes of the Party, National Assembly,Government and its own.
At the same time, PM Chinh reminded the province to pay specialattention to the harmony between economic growth and social-culturaldevelopment and environmental protection.
Besides socio-economic development, Phu Yen should also attachimportance to the building of the Party and political system, he said.
He suggested Phu Yen make tourism a spearhead economic sector,while building infrastructure for industry and transport, and acceleratingadministrative reforms to improve business and investment environment as wellas its competitiveness.
It was reported at the meeting that Phu Yen fulfilled 13 out of17 yearly targets in 2022, including a 7.46% GRDP growth, and export valuesurpassing target by 14% to 236 million USD.
The province is striving towards the goal of becoming a place worthyof living for residents and worthy of visiting for tourists by 2050. It aimsfor a yearly growth rate of 9 – 10% led by tourism development./.
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