Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the northeastern province of Quang Ninh devise a strategy to develop tourism as its spearhead economic sector, especially in the remaining months of this year and during the new tenure of the provincial Party Organisation.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the session (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – Prime Minister
Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the northeastern province of Quang Ninh devise a
strategy to develop tourism as its spearhead economic sector, especially in the remaining
months of this year and during the new tenure of the provincial Party Organisation.
During a working
session with provincial leaders in Quang Ninh on May 24, the PM lauded the province for drastically and effectively following the Party and State's guidelines on
COVID-19 prevention and control though the province has a long borderline and
hosts a large number of foreigners.
The province was
also hailed for making breakthroughs in urban development, reaching over 65
percent, and becoming the first locality nationwide to set up a public administrative
service centre.
PM Phuc expressed
his impression on its tourism reboot following the COVID-19 as well as infrastructure development with a number of major works, especially expressways under the public-private
partnership (PPP) model.
On the occasion, he
asked Quang Ninh to continue taking the vanguard in becoming a development hub not
only in the northeastern region but also in the whole northern region, contributing to the country's socio-economic development.
About specific
moves, the PM proposed that the province should pay attention to developing businesses, continuing with modern urban development and new-style rural
building, as well as human resources training from school to university levels to meet demand for socio-economic development.
He noted that the
province should thoroughly prepare for the Congress of the provincial Party Organisation, towards
the 13th National Party Congress, in combination with the Party building
work.
According to the
Provincial Competitiveness Index rankings announced by the Vietnam Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID)
on May 5, Quang Ninh still maintained its top position for the third
consecutive year.
On May 19, the Government
Steering Committee for Administrative Reform announced that Quang Ninh ranked
first in the Public Administration Reform Index 2019
(PAR INDEX) and the Satisfaction Index
of Public Administration Services (SIPAS) 2019.
As
one of the top five contributors to the State budget, Quang Ninh achieved a
gross regional development product (GRDP) growth rate of nearly 11 percent from
2016-2019. The average income per capita topped 6,100 USD in 2019, doubling the
country’s average.
With tourism
gradually becoming a spearhead economic sector, local hotels and resorts of three stars
and above now offer 7,500 rooms, up 68 percent from 2015. The province served
14 million visitors last year, 5.75 million of them were foreigners.
It was also among
the best performers nationwide in terms of budget collection with nearly 163
trillion VND (7 billion USD) during 2016-2019, and PPP investment attraction
with 44 projects worth 47 trillion VND.
Recently, Quang Ninh
launched a tourism stimulus package worth 200 billion VND to revive domestic
tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled.
On this occasion, PM
Phuc also cut the ribbons to inaugurate several works in Quang Ninh province./.