Quang Binh (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc laid stress onthe significance of tourism for socio-economic development in the centralprovince of Quang Binh during a meeting with the locality on August 26.

Praising achievements made by the province in the past year, PM Phuc urged thelocality to pay due attention to sustainable development of tourism which willhelp create jobs and increase local budget.

Preservation of local culture, and greater efforts to eradicate poverty andimprove living conditions should be made in tandem, he underlined.

PMPhuc said that in just one year, the province has demonstrated high resolve toattract investment, renew the way of thinking and apply new measures to boostdevelopment. In addition, its social order and security have been improved.

A report by the province at the meeting said it had enjoyed robustsocio-economic development in the first half of the year, with the GrossRegional Domestic Product (GRDP) growth reached 6.29 percent.

The production value of agriculture, forestry and fishery increased by 4.3percent, while industry and service posted rises of 6.9 percent and 6.8percent, respectively.

In particular, the fishery sector made a good recovery after theFormosa-related environmental incident, with total fishing catches of 34,145tonnes, up 12 percent as compared to the same time last year.

During the period, the province welcomed 1.83 million visitors, a year-on-yearhike of 16.3 percent.

The Government leader also hailed efforts made by local people and authoritiesin overcoming damages caused by natural disasters and environmental impacts.


Earlier,he visited the plant of waste treatment and production of biogas and organicmineral fertiliser in Bo Trach district.

The plant was built at a cost of nearly 1.4 trillion VND and started operationin March. It has a capacity to treat 245 tonnes of domestic garbage per day,generate 10MW of electricity, produce 10,000 tonnes of mineral fertiliser peryear.

Working with the plant’s leaders, PM Phuc stressed that protection of ruralenvironment should be given focus, adding that equipped with advancedtechnologies, the plant will help tackle waste classification in the locality.

He ordered the provincial leaders to continue support for the plant’s operationwhile asking the Ministry of Science and Technology and relevant ministries andbranches to make evaluation on the plant’s technological and environmentalstandards as well as production chain to decide whether its electricity can beconnected with the national grid.

On August 27, the Prime Minister is scheduled to attend the province’sinvestment promotion conference with the participation of 500 delegates who areleaders of ministries, sectors and localities, economic experts, and domesticand foreign investors.-VNA