Thanh Hoa asked to strive for rapid, sustainable growth
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the north central province of Thanh Hoa to continuously improve its strength and competitiveness, and strive for rapid and sustainable growth.
Thanh Hoa (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the north centralprovince of Thanh Hoa to continuously improve its strength and competitiveness,and strive for rapid and sustainable growth.
Attending the province’s 990th anniversaryon May 8, PM Phuc suggested Thanh Hoa should employ its heroic past and richtraditions as the basis of its impetus to grow into a prosperous, modern andcivilised locality.
He said that Thanh Hoa has been the originof several Vietnamese feudal dynasties, as well as the hometown of renownednational heroes who were still revered by Vietnamese people today such as TrieuThi Trinh, Le Hoan and Le Loi.
In modern history, late President Ho ChiMinh called Thanh Hoa the “capital of the revolutionary movement”, whichmanaged to balance both critical missions of building socialism in the northernregion and supplying resources to the battles against the Americans in thesouthern region, contributing significantly to the final victory in April 1975.
He also said 30 years since Doi Moi(renewal), Thanh Hoa has made impressive strides with many large-scale projectstransforming the province either finished or underway.
In the future, the province should focus onthe five pillars of growth – manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, healthcare,and urbanisation – and upgrades of local infrastructure with the Nghi SonEconomic Zone at its heart, Phuc stated.
The Government leader urged the province tospeed up the process of key projects that have major implications tosocio-economic development, including coastal roads, highways, tourism andairway infrastructure.
The province was asked to maintain effortsto step up administrative reform, improve its business and investmentenvironment and increase provincial competitiveness with the aim to enter top15 localities in terms of provincial competitiveness index.
At the ceremony, Secretary of theprovincial Party Committee Trinh Van Chien said that the province is strivingto obtain middle-income status by 2020 to balance its own expenditure-revenue,and then the province can contribute more to the State budget.
Chien also stated Thanh Hoa is expecting toclimb into the group of economically strong provinces by 2030.
Within the framework of his working visitto Thanh Hoa, PM Phuc visited an exhibition themed “Thanh Hoa – Past andPresent” on May 8 morning.-VNA
A bronze drum casting contest using traditional crafting methods was launched in Yen Dinh district on April 29 in celebration of the 990th founding anniversary of the north-central province of Thanh Hoa (1029-2019).
More than 10,000 photos, documents and objects are on display at the “Thanh Hoa - Past and present” exhibition, which was opened on May 5 as one activity to mark the 990th anniversary of the province’s naming.
The central province of Thanh Hoa launched a Humanitarian Month on May 7 with many activities designed to support vulnerable groups on the occasion of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (May 8).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a dairy farm project developed by large dairy producer TH in Nong Cong district, the central province of Thanh Hoa, on May 8.
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The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Source: VNA) 
