Ha Giang (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucappreciated the presence of investors in an investment promotion conference ofHa Giang on November 27, noting that they will greatly help to develop thenorthernmost province of Vietnam into a well-off locality.

In his speech, the Government leader expressedhis belief that investors will overcome every challenge and reap the rewards inHa Giang.

“What you have done today will not only help improve livelihoods and livingstandards of local ethnic people and but also create breakthrough developmentin this remote border region in the future,” he said.

Good business models and inclusive investmentprojects that can create sustainable jobs and income for locals are what localauthorities target as they are also key to the development of the wholenorthwestern region, including Ha Giang, in the time ahead, he added.

He asked provincial authorities to persist inbuilding an incorruptible and growth-enabling administration that supportbusinesses. They need to minimise unreasonable business expenses so as to helpenterprises increase labour efficiency and gain sustainable profits, therebyenhancing Ha Giang’s attractiveness to investors.

“Ha Giang’s competitiveness ranking must bepromoted in the coming time, which is an urgent requirement for the province’spolitical system and public employees,” PM Phuc said.

With regard to tourism, he said the province iscompletely able to attract tourists all year round. To do that, it needs tostep up popularising local images and identities, develop community-basedtourism, and revive and bring into play cultural values of traditionalfestivals. Ha Giang should also boost manpower training to meet demand forexploration tourism, leisure, agriculture and herbal farming.

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He suggested the province expand ecological andclean agricultural production, apply high technology in agricultural productionand processing, and build and upgrade agricultural brand names.

The Government will do its utmost to providefavourable conditions for Ha Giang to develop strongly, PM Phuc promised.

Ha Giang, which is home to Dong Van KarstPlateau UNESCO Global Geopark and 19 ethnic groups, aims to become a keytourism area by 2020.

Secretary of the provincial Party CommitteeTrieu Tai Vinh said Ha Giang is determined to have active and effectiveintegration in the fourth industrial revolution. It has also offered someincentives for businesses investing in the province such as supporting amaximum of 15 billion VND (662,500 USD) for each herbal material processingfactory and 10 billion VND (441,700 USD) for each feed factory.

At the conference, the local administrationintroduced 26 investment projects worth 16.1 trillion VND (711.1 million USD)in total. It pledged to work to enable investors to quickly launch theseprojects soon.-VNA