Ha Nam (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong DinhHue has asked the northern province of Ha Nam to work with the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment to promptly complete its development planning to enableits faster growth.

Working with the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Boardon May 14, NA Chairman Hue said that after finishing the planning, the provinceshould make it public and ensure people and businesses can access it, creatingmotivation for investment attraction.

Ha Nam should continue to focus on the building of the Partyand political system, while continuing promoting administrative reform andimproving the local investment environment and competitiveness, as well asenhancing personnel quality, he said.

The locality should optimise its potential and strengths as the southerngateway of the capital city, and promptly complete the construction of Belt Road No.5 connecting with the Capital Region, thus realising its target tobecome a modern city in 2050, said the NA leader.

He urged Ha Nam to develop its agricultural sector towardsecological direction, and commence the building of advanced and model new-stylerural areas.

At the same time, the provincial administration shouldaccompany with local firms and timely remove difficulties facing them, whilepaying greater attention to ensuring social welfare.

Underlining that the country is strengthening the building of a programme to promotecultural development, NA Chairman Hue asked Ha Nam to be well-prepared for theprogramme.

He also reminded the locality to improve the quality ofpeople elected agencies, maintaining security-defence and social order, andstrengthening corruption prevention and control.

After 26 years of establishment, Ha Nam has risen from apoor agricultural locality to a dynamically developing one with many importanteconomic achievements.

In the 2021-2022 period, the average growth rate of the province reached 10.06%per year, while State budget collection increased 13.95% annually. In 2020, HaNam became the fourth province nationwide to complete the new-style rural areabuilding programme.

In the first quarter of 2023, Ha Nam posted a gross regionaldomestic product (GRDP) expansion of 4.05%. The province welcomed more than 3million USD, equivalent to the average number for a whole year in the recentthree years.

The province has so far drawn 10 investment projects,including six foreign-invested projects worth 87.34 million USD and fourdomestically-invested one with total value of 817.5 billion VND (34.84 millionUSD).

Earlier the same day, NA Chairman Hue attended the launching of construction ofthe Phu Thu project that connects Cau Gie-Ninh Binh section of National Highway1 with the Capital Region's Belt Road No.5 expressway parallel route. Healso attended the inauguration of a sports complex of Ha Nam.

Also on May 14, Hue participated in theopening of the Ha Nam Culture-Tourism Week 2023, part of the activities tocelebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Japan diplomaticrelations. The event also drew Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio.

According to Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee,Ha Nam is home to thousands of relic sites, including two special nationalrelic sites and 95 national-level relic sites, along with three nationaltreasures and 12 intangible cultural heritages at national level.

The event includes 12 different activities, including a tourism investmentpromotion conference and a hot air balloon festival.

Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio highlighted the cultural connections betweenVietnamese and Japanese people. He also hailed Ha Nam’s strict implementationof its commitments to Japanese investors.

On the occasion, NA Chairman Hue presented the decisions tocertify the national treasure title to two items of Ha Nam – stone stele ofGiau Pagoda and Tien Noi 1 bronze drum.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also handed overto Ha Nam the decisions to recognise four destinations of Ha Nam as national-level historical relic sites./.