Tourists at Dinh Cau Beach on Phu Quoc Island in Kien Giang province. (Photo: VNA) During the period, the province's economic revival has shown signsof broadening.
The province’s index of industrial production (IIP) in the first ninemonths surged 25.5% over the same period last year, driven by strong growth ofthe processing and manufacturing industries.
Manufacturing and processing saw 26% year-on-year growth duringthe period.
In the first nine months of the year, export turnover of goodsreached more than 621 million USD, up 19.2% year-on-year, and fulfilled 79.6%of the target for the whole year.
During the period, the border trade value at the border gates of HaTien and Giang Thanh in the province reached more than 146 million USD, up 74.2%year-on-year.
Nguyen Van Hoang, Director of the provincial Department ofIndustry and Trade, said policy measures for supporting businesses hit byCOVID-19 and the provincial Socio-economy Recovery and Development Programmehelped businesses restore production and export activities.
New orders in seafood processing, and textiles and footwear surgedduring the period, Hoang said.
The province planned to step up trade promotion activities as wellas stimulate consumption and expand export markets, he said.
The retail sales of goods and services and export turnover weretargeted to reach 26.9 trillion VND (1.12 billion USD) and 159 million USD,respectively, in the fourth quarter of this year, he added.
Le Huu Toan, Deputy director of the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, said the area cultivating high-quality riceaccounted for more than 95% of the nearly 700,000ha under rice production inthe province.
High-quality rice output reached 3.92 million tonnes or 90% of thetarget for the whole year, Toan said.
Seafood farming volume totalled 230,000 tonnes during the period,up 10% year-on-year.
The tourism sector exceeded nearly 10% of the target set for thisyear by welcoming more than 6.1 million visitor arrivals in the first ninemonths of the year, including 126,000 international visitor arrivals.
Tourism turnover was estimated at 7.73 trillion VND, up 219%year-on-year.
The province hoped to receive more than 7.4 million domestic andinternational visitor arrivals this year.
Lam Minh Thanh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee,said local authorities would accelerate the Socio-economy Recovery andDevelopment Programme for the rest of the year.
The authorities would focus on implementing policies to supportbusinesses to restore and expand production and step up attraction ofinvestment as well as speed up the implementation of projects at industrialparks in the province./.
VNA
