At the working session (Source: http://baosoctrang.org.vn)SocTrang (VNA) - Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on August 7 askedthe Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to pay attention to promoting Party andadministration building and administrative reform, and ensuring security andorder.
During a working session with provincial officials, the Vice President also urgedthe local authorities to do well the work related religions, the promotion of greatnational unity, and social welfare in the coming time.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Chuyen briefed Thinh on Soc Trang’s socio-economic developmentachievements in the first six months of 2018.
Thelocality’s economic growth hit 6.11 percent in the period, with the industrialproduction value reaching 12.3 trillion VND (nearly 527.7 million USSD), up 7 percentyear-on-year.
Export turnover was 390 million USD, 23 percent higher than that of the sameperiod last year.
Theprovince’s State budget collection stood at over 2 trillion VND and about over19,000 jobs were generated for local labourers.
Soc Trang has attracted nearly 50 domestic andforeign investors with total registered capital hitting 123 trillion VND inthe period, while over 60 other investors have registered to implement 72projects in the locality.
Theprovince also successfully held an investment promotion and startup conference in2018, he added.
Chuyen asked for support from the State to the locality in adapting to climatechange, building transport infrastructure and seaports, and in education-trainingdevelopment.
Speaking highly of the local authorities’ efforts and achievements, VicePresident Thinh said she will recommend the Government, ministries and sectordto prioritize investment capital for Soc Trang in the above-mentioned fields.
Duringher visit, Thinh and a number of donors presented three houses, 200 sholarshipsand gifts totaling over 400 million VND to disadvantaged households and students in thelocality.-VNA
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