Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh pays Tet visit to Long An province
Long An (VNA) – Permanent
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and former President Truong Tan Sang
visited the Mekong Delta province
of Long
An on January 24 on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
They wished local authorities, armed forces and
people health, success and new accomplishments in the new year.
Binh asked the
province to focus on developing transport system at key economic areas, and
attracting domestic and foreign investment.
He also suggested building new urban areas and smart
cities in association with environmental protection, and applying
waste-to-electricity treatment technology.
The Deputy PM requested the province to
pay more attention to administrative reform to build a friendly administrative
system, continuously safeguard border security and take care of people in
remote and border areas, as well as develop services, trade, tourism and
finance.
In 2019, Long An recorded economic
growth of 9.41 percent and annual per capita gross regional domestic product
(GRDP) of nearly 73 million VND (3,139 USD), said Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Pham
Van Ranh.
The local economic structure continued
to shift towards industry-construction,
trade-service, and agro-forestry-fishery, he said, adding that the total state
budget collection in 2019 was estimated at 18 trillion VND (773.9 million USD). The rate
of poor households was reduced to 1.5 percent and nearly-poor, 2.7 percent./.