Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 7 led a government delegation to visit the central province of Thua Thien Hue on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. Speaking at a working session with the provincial leaders, PM Dung asked Thua Thien-Hue province to continue promoting its advantages to develop itself into a centre of culture, tourism, science and technology, health, education and training in the central region in particular and the whole country in general. To reach this goal, Thua Thien-Hue province should better urban planning work, invest in infrastructure development and pay attention to developing areas that are its strengths such as tourism, information technology, sea-based economy, he said. The province must focus on developing human resources as well as preserving and promoting traditional cultural values, he added. The Prime Minister also visited and presented gifts to families who tendered great service to the nation in Nam Dong district, which is home to a large number of ethnic minority people but has the lowest poverty rate in the country. On the same day, Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), paid a Tet visit to the central Ha Tinh province while To Huy Rua, Politburo member and Secretary of the CPVCC visited the central province of Quang Ngai . Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai also paid Tet visits to the Mekong Delta provinces of Bac Lieu and Soc Trang from February 6-7./.