Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to focus on developing hi-tech agriculture and sea-based economy.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the working session in Bac Lieu (Photo: VNA)
Bac Lieu (VNA) - Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong has asked the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to focus on developing hi-techagriculture and sea-based economy.
During a working session with local key officials on February 20 as part of hisongoing three-day visit to Bac Lieu to examineits Party building and socio-economic development, the Party chief highlightedthe province’s great potential for developing wind and solar energy, tourism, andoff-shore fishing, urging the local authorities to give priority to the sectors.
He requested the locality to protect the environment and natural resources, workto mobilise all social resources for development, promote regional links andcreate a favourable business climate to attract investment.
To effectively implement socio-economic and cultural development and defence-securitytasks, Bac Lieu needs to well perform the Party building duty and strictlyimplement of the 12th National Party Congress’sResolution on building and revamping the Party.
He emphasised the need to better criticism and self-criticism to find outlimitations and shortcomings for timely solutions.
The Party leader expressed his hope that Bac Lieu will continue fully tappingits potential and strengths to achieve a stronger development in the future.
Last year, Bac Lieu’s gross regionaldomestic product increased 5.38 percent from the previous year. The localityrecorded positive development in agricultural production, with food productivityhitting over 1 million tonnes per ha. It welcomed 1.24 million visitors,earning 1 trillion VND in revenue.
The rate of poor and near-poor households fell 3.31 percent and 1 percentrespectively, surpassing the set targets.
The day earlier, Party Secretary Trong visited a super-intensiveshrimp farming model in glass houses in Vinh Thinh commune, Hoa Binh district,which applies environmentally friendly technologies in production.
He also made a tour of the Bac Lieu wind-power plant in Vinh Trach Dong communein Bac Lieu city, which includes 62 turbines with a combined capacity of 99.2 MW.-VNA
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the working session in Bac Lieu (Photo: VNA) 
