Dak Lak should give top priority to Buon Ma Thuot-Nha Trang expressway: NA leader
Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to give top priority to the Buon Ma Thuot-Nha Trang expressway project in its plan for the next five years.
Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresss the working session (Photo: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) – Politburo member and NationalAssembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to give toppriority to the Buon Ma Thuot-Nha Trang expressway project in its plan for thenext five years.
At a working session with the provincial Party Committee's Standing Board on June 30, the NA leader said that Dak Lak should give highpolitical determination to the implementation of the project, thus creating amotivation for its development.
Along with speeding up preparations for the project, Dak Lakshould actively build its regional and provincial planning, especially on transport, he asked.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen DinhTrung proposed that the Government add the Buon Ma Thuot-Nha Trang to the Vietnamroad planning in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050 and allocate about10 trillion VND (433.7 million USD) from the central budget to the 19.5-trillion-VNDproject.
He also suggested the addition of three expressways to theplanning – Kon Tum - Gia Lai- Dak Lak - Dak Nong - Binh Phuoc, BuonMa Thuot-Lien Khuong, and Buon Ma Thuot-Phu Yen, togetherwith a number of other infrastructure projects.
Deputy Minister of Finance Ta Anh Tuan said that the Buon Ma Thuot-NhaTrang expressway project can be implemented in the form of public-privatepartnership.
NA Chairman Hue lauded Dak Lak for successfully organisingthe May 23 general elections and its socio-economic achievements in the firstsix months of this year.
In the first half of 2021, Dak Lak posed 9.11 percenteconomic growth, 1.61 times higher than the average figure of the country. Ithas completed 60 percent of its yearly plan for budget collection, while thenumber of newly-established companies also rose 59 percent year on year.
The top legislator reminded the province to work harder tostrengthen COVID-19 prevention and control and make careful preparations forthe allocation of the upcoming support package, while showing stronger performancein land management and security-defence protection as well as crime combat.
At the working session, the Vietnam Fatherland Front CentralCommittee presented Dak Lak 1 billion VND, while the Ministry of Healthgifted the province with medical supplies worth 5 billion VND, and the LongThanh Golf Investment and Trading JSC also handed over 5 billion VND to thelocality to build schools.
Also on June 30, NA Chairman Hue visited and presentedgifts to poor workers in Alumin Nhan Co Company in neighbouring Dak Nong, andvisited the Alumin Nhan Co Complex./.
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Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresss the working session (Photo: VNA) 
