PM urges central, Central Highlands provinces to speed up public investment disbursement
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 18 urged 12 cities and provinces in the central and Central Highlands key economic region to push ahead with public investment disbursement.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA)– Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 18 urged 12 cities and provinces inthe central and Central Highlands key economic region to push ahead with publicinvestment disbursement.
During a meeting in Da Nang with representativesof the localities, the leader said greater efforts are needed to removedifficulties faced by the existing projects, and attract new projects.
He also ordered measures to promote domestictourism, digital transformation, administrative reform and online publicservices, along with breakthrough solutions to spur regional connectivity andairport, seaport and logistics infrastructure, including coastalexpressways.
No locality in the central, Central Highlandsregion is allowed to experience negative growth, he requested, suggesting localauthorities and people put forth specific action programmes in order tocomplete socio-economic targets at the highest level.
Apart from promoting the private economic sectorand improving the business environment, the localities should utilise theEU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and new-generation free tradeagreements to include major products in major global value chains.
The Government will accompany the localities inovercoming difficulties, he pledged, assigning the Ministry of Planning andInvestment to supervise their public investment disbursement.
The ministry reported that the gross regional domesticproduct (GRDP) of the region contracted some 3.22 percent in the first half ofthis year.
According to the State Treasury of Vietnam, asof June 30, public investment disbursement of the seven central localitiesreached only 34.2 percent of the target, lower than the national average. /.
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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
