Binh Thuan needs to become constructive administration: Deputy PM
The south-central province of Binh Thuan should pay due attention to building a constructive administration which is able to handle challenges for both locals and investors, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said on September 22.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh addresses the investment promotion conference in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province. (Photo: VNA)
Binh Thuan (VNA) – The south-central province of Binh Thuanshould pay due attention to building a constructive administration which isable to handle challenges for both locals and investors, Deputy Prime MinisterTruong Hoa Binh said on September 22.
Attending the province’s investment promotion conference in Phan Thiet city,Deputy PM Binh ordered the locality to continue building a good investmentclimate and outlining attractive policies to lure more strategic investors,aiming to create a driving force for local sustainable development.
To do so, good planning management should be made in thethree core sectors of clean energy, tourism, and high-tech agriculture, hesuggested, stressing the importance of planning for coastal urban.
Deputy PM Binh said as Binh Thuan province possesses huge potential to developrenewable energies such as wind and solar power, and green tourism, it shouldwork to attract key investments, and branch out tourism in tandem withhigh-tech agriculture so as to create standout tourism products.
He urged the province to make full use of its resources to accelerate andimprove quality of economic growth in order to turn itself into a well-developedlocality in the south-central coastal area, and the Central Highlands region.
At the event, Binh also expressed his hope that the investors will havelong-term business strategy, and exercise their corporate responsibility whilelanding investment in the province.
The province has attained significant advancement in the economic developmentsince it organised the first investment promotion conference in 2017. It hasgranted investment licenses for 264 projects with a combined registered capitalof over 53 trillion VND (2.28 billion USD).
At this year’s conference, Binh Thuan introduced its strengths, potential, andpriority projects in tourism, high-end entertainment complexes, urban areas,processing industry, renewable energies and smart agriculture to the investors.
Under the witness of the Deputy PM and leaders of ministries and sectors, BinhThuan province presented investment intention decisions to 11 projects valuedover 23 trillion VND. Meanwhile, the provincial People’s Committee signed aMemorandum of Understanding on registering investment for 14 projects worth20.32 billion USD in various sectors./.
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