State President and Party Politburo member Nguyen Minh Triet has
commended the Party’s Committees and people of six southern provinces on
their important achievements in socio-cultural development, education,
healthcare, security-defence, Party building work and other fields.
President Triet made the appraisals at working sessions between the
Politburo and Secretariat of the Party Central Committee with the
provinces of Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Tay Ninh, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai
and Binh Phuoc in Hanoi on August 14, 16 and 17.
The people’s lives continue to be improved together with a fast
decrease in the number of poor households, he said, adding that their
GDP growth surpassed targets and the proportion of industries and
services increased while agriculture focused on key products with high
economic value.
All investment sources have been
mobilised to develop sea tourism, services, industry and the border
economy to full potential, he said.
President Triet
took the occasion to highlight draft documents and personnel schemes
prepared for the provincial Party Congress by the six provinces for the
2010-2015 term.
Although there remain difficulties,
the number of female, young and ethnic cadres has been ensured for the
congress, he said.
The President also asked the
Party’s Committees to increase their leadership capability, bring into
play Party members’ exemplary roles and expand the movement, “Study and
follow President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example” to consolidate the
people’s confidence in the Party leadership.
On
orientations for future development, the State leader suggested Binh
Thuan and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces bring into play high-value sea
tourism services and combine marine development with ecological and
environmental protection.
As a locality with a high
industry and service competitiveness index, Binh Duong should continue
developing value-added and hi-tech services and industries and focus on
training high-quality human resources, said the President.
He emphasised the necessity for the southwestern province of Tay
Ninh to speed up the construction of the Moc Bai and Xa Mat border
economic zones and increase exports of rubber, handicrafts and other
highly competitive products, and reduce exports of raw materials.
The President asked Dong Nai province to restructure its industry to
ensure its effective and sustainable development and strictly inspect
the implementation of environmental protection regulations.
Binh Phuoc’s agricultural proportion is making up more than 47 per
cent of its economy, its per capita GDP income is lower than the
country’s average and its forest destruction remains complicated, he
noted.
Triet said Binh Phuoc should promote industry
and service development, exploit economic advantages at the border,
reform administrative procedures, and create a favourable investment
environment.
The province should also expand rubber
planting and large-scaled breeding while paying attention to forest
protection and exploitation, he said./.
