PM: Soc Trang should work out proper measures to fulfill growth target
PM: Soc Trang should work out proper measures to fulfill growth targets
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to work out proper measures to fulfill its set growth targets, especially gross domestic product (GDP) and provincial competitiveness index (PCI).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) speaks at the working session with leaders of Soc Trang province (Photo: VNA)
Soc Trang (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged theMekong Delta province of Soc Trang to work out proper measures to fulfill itsset growth targets, especially gross domestic product (GDP) and provincialcompetitiveness index (PCI).
PM Phuc made the request at a working session with provincial leaders onJune 19 after attending the investment promotion conference in Soc Trang.
A reported delivered at the working session showed that in the first sixmonths of 2018, Soc Trang collected 2 trillion VND (88 million USD) for theState budget, equal to 55 percent of the estimates. However, the province’s economicgrowth only reached 6.11 percent, lower than the figure of 6.47 percentrecorded in the same period last year.
In recent years, the province has carried out a number of projects onagricultural production with high-yielding rice varieties and large-scale dairycows.
Particularly, Soc Trang reported the highest output of brackish watershrimps in the country.
PM Phuc recognised Soc Trang’s achievements gained over the past timeand noted that the province is encountering an array of difficulties in termsof credit capital, environment, and production connectivity and other socialissues, which need to be addressed in the time to come.
The province needs to make greater efforts to improve its investmentclimate and develop urban areas towards bettering the residential planningscheme in association with adapting to climate change, he said.
Stepping up the building of new-style rural areas and improving theliving environment for people are also major tasks of the province, he said.
He suggested Soc Trang develop Tran De port to serve socio-economic developmentof the province and the whole Mekong Delta as well.
The PM reminded the province to not neglect the maintenance of politicalsecurity and social order and safety. It is necessary to enhance legalknowledge for local residents and raise high vigilance over the incitement ofhostile forces, while promoting solidarity among ethnic groups in the province,he said.
Soc Trang should pay more attention to supporting start-ups,particularly young generations, PM Phuc recommended.
During his working visit to Soc Trang, PM Phuc visited a hi-tech shrimpbreeding area of Khanh Sung Co., Ltd. in Lieu Tu commune, Tran De district.-VNA
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