Dien Bien to boost investment attraction, tourism development
The north-western mountainous province of Dien Bien is planning to intensify efforts in investment attraction to industry and tourism development so as to boost local growth next year.
Visitors to Hill A1, part of the Dien Bien Phu relic complex, in Dien Bien province (Photo: VNA)
Dien Bien (VNA) – The north-western mountainousprovince of Dien Bien is planning to intensify efforts in investment attractionto industry and tourism development so as to boost local growth next year.
The province targets a 7.2-percent increase inits gross regional domestic product (GRDP) for 2019.
It aims at an average annual per capita incomeof 30.45 million VND (1,310 USD), an industrial production value of over 3trillion VND – up about 13 percent, and a reduction in the household povertyrate of 3.49 percent from this year.
To that end, Dien Bien will step up agriculturalrestructuring and new-style rural area building to develop key farm produce andimprove production effectiveness, according to provincial authorities.
It will work to attract investment to industry,especially manufacturing and processing, and to industrial clusters. Moreconcerted measures will be taken to improve the local business climate, thuspromoting its Provincial Competitiveness Index in 2019 and the following years.
The province is set to exert more efforts indeveloping services so as to turn tourism into an important economic sector andbecome a key destination.
Authorities said special attention will be paidto connecting Dien Bien with other localities and diversifying tourismproducts.
Notably, it will celebrate the 65th anniversaryof the Dien Bien Phu victory over the French colonialists and 110 years sincethe province’s establishment in 2019. Dien Bien expects to welcome over 830,000visitors and earn more than 1.3 trillion VND in tourism revenue, up 10.6percent and 17.7 percent year on year, respectively.
According to the provincial People’s Committee,Dien Bien has fulfilled and surpassed 32 of the 37 socio-economic targets setfor this year. It records a GRDP growth rate of 7.15 percent while improvementhas been seen in the business environment, investment attraction andadministrative reforms. –VNA
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Visitors to Hill A1, part of the Dien Bien Phu relic complex, in Dien Bien province (Photo: VNA) 
