Phu Yen (VNA) – Politburo member and NationalAssembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a ceremony in the southcentral province of Phu Yen on June 29 marking the 30th anniversaryof the province’s re-establishment.

Speaking at the event, Ngan lauded Phu Yen for its many achievementsover the past three decades.

She asked the province to tap natural advantages andpotential and effectively mobilize external resources for development. Shesuggested Phu Yen make drastic efforts to change economic structure while ensuringgrowth quality, with attention paid to restructuring agriculture and carryingout the national target programme on new rural development.

On behalf of Party and State leaders, Ngan presented the IndependenceOrder, first class, to the provincial authorities and people.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Huynh Tan Viet presentedan overview of the development of Phu Yen since it was separated from Phu Khanhprovince on July 1, 1989. He reported that the province has maintained anaverage growth rate of 9 percent a year during 1990-2018. Revenue to the Statebudget increases by 21.8 percent each year, reaching over 4.5 trillion VND(195.6 million USD) last year, a 150-fold increase from 1990.

The province is now to home to five concentrated industrialparks and several industrial clusters. In particular, the Nam Phu Yen EconomicZone is one of the country’s eight key coastal economic zones. Tourist arrivalsto the locality have risen over years, reaching 1.7 million in 2018.

All communes have roads while all villages have connectedwith the national grid. The household poverty rate has been reduced to 5.8percent.-VNA