PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA) Vinh Long (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhhas asked the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long to be more drastic anddecisive to fully tap its potential and effectively perform socio-economicdevelopment tasks.
During a working session with standing board of the provincial PartyCommittee in Vinh Long on November 23, PM Chinh urged the province to grasp andfully realise the Resolution adopted by the 13th National PartyCongress, and other resolutions on sustainable socio-economic development andnational defence-security in the Mekong Delta in tandem with climate change.
In the immediate future, he said Vinh Long needs to continuefighting COVID-19 effectively, create the best conditions for socio-economicrecovery following the pandemic via stepping up the disbursement ofpreferential credits for the right persons in an open and transparent manner.
Lying in the centre of the Mekong Delta, Vinh Long boasts a favourable geographical location and climate, a convenient transportation systemand an abundant workforce. Therefore, focus should be given on sustainableagriculture and rural development, cultivation, animal husbandry, fisheries andforestry, particularly hi-tech agriculture with switch to more processedproduce.
The PM suggested building more industrial clusters to developindustries with branded and competitive products and join the value chain. Atthe same time, the province needs to diversify tourism products to catch newmarket trends and use modern technology in tourism activities, he said.
He called for attention to completing upgrade of infrastructure,especially transport, tourism, urban infrastructure and climate change responseinfrastructure; pooling social resources to promote public-private partnershipmodel and effectively using State investment for synchronous infrastructuredevelopment.
In his opinion, it is necessary to accelerate sci-techapplication to fuel innovations and start-ups, develop economic sectors andoffer all possible support to production and trade.
With planning as a key task, Vinh Long was assigned to completeits provincial master plan for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050,contributing to perfecting national and regional planning system.
The PM asked the province to effectively manage and usenatural resources, actively fight natural disasters and cope with climatechange while effectively implementing national target programmes and strengtheningnational defence-security, social safety and order.
About Party building, he tasked the locality with building a strongand clean political system, building a streamlined apparatus with effective andefficient operation in service of businesses and people, and cracking downcorruption and negative phenomena.
PM Chinh also promised to direct ministries and agencies toconsider the provincial authorities’ proposals related to infrastructurebuilding.
Earlier, he inspected the ongoing construction of several worksin the province.
This year, the province's gross regional domestic product growthis estimated at 8.2% while the industrial production index is also expected toincrease by 25%. The total FDI reached 18.7 million USD, up 9%. There are 450newly-established firms, up 45% and 91 others resumed operations./.
