The southern province of Dong Nai has made improving roadinfrastructure the top priority in its list of measures to achieve itseconomic goals for next year, including an economic growth rate from11.5 to 12.5 percent.

According to Dinh Quoc Thai,chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, a complete transportinfrastructure system will create a breakthrough for the province’sdevelopment besides boosting production and business activities as wellas accelerating the restructure of economic sectors.

The province will improve transport links between urban areas,industrial zones and highways together with expanding rural roads, Thaisaid, adding that Dong Nai will work closely with neighbouring provincesand cities to accelerate the construction of key regional routes suchas the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay and Ben Luc-Long Thanh highways.

At the same time, the province will undertake a seriesof measures to stimulate and facilitate production and businessactivities.

The provincial leader noted that in theindustrial sector, the province will strongly shift to greenindustries, giving priority to attracting high-tech, energy-saving andenvironmentally-friendly projects as well as investment in the supportindustry.

To boost export, one of the province’sstrengths, Dong Nai will expand investment and trade promotionactivities while exerting efforts to consolidate its foothold intraditional markets.

According to the provincialPeople’s Committee, in 2014, the province completed 16 out of 17economic and environmental goals. The Gross Regional Domestic Product(GRDP) rose by 11.5 percent to 168 trillion VND (8 billion USD) and GRDPper capita reached 59.5 million VND (2,800 USD).

Dong Nai attracted 1.6 billion USD in FDI this year and collected nearly 36.4 trillion VND for the State budget.-VNA