President Triet inspects construction
of a steel plant in Vung Ang Economic Zone.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has told the central province of Ha Tinh to work up its favourable conditions for industrial development for faster growth.

Meeting with provincial authorities on July 4, President Triet highlighted the fact that Ha Tinh has led the country in terms of foreign investment attraction in the year’s first half with a single project whose first phase costs US$7.78 billion.

Besides the giant Vung Ang Steel Complex project, which is slated to kick off construction on July 6, the province also houses the country’s several key projects, such as the Vung Ang Economic Zone, the Thach Khe iron ore mining project, the Vung Ang thermo power centre, the Cau Treo international border economic zone and the Ngan Truoi-Cam Trang hydroelectricity-irrigation work.

The President also urged the coastal province to make the best use of its seafood resources as Ha Tinh is among 11 localities in the country with remarkable potentials in the field.

He asked the provincial leaders to pay more attention to reducing poverty as 89% of the province’s population is living in rural and remote areas and GDP per capita is only half the national average.

In the first half of the year, Ha Tinh province posted a GDP growth rate of 9.07%. It obtained rises of 15.1% in industrial production value, 9.2% in food output, 9.1% in aquatic product output, and 22.5% in export earnings.

During his three-day visit, President Triet had a working session with the provincial judicial reform steering committee on July 3, at which he required the province to adopt preferential treatment and organise re-training courses for its judicial staff to enable them to meet requirements arising from international integration. (VNA)