President asks Dong Nai to create changes in mindset, action
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 2 urged the southern province of Dong Nai to create changes in both mindset and action, and help to spur development in adjacent localities.
Dong Nai (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phucon August 2 urged the southern province of Dong Nai to create changes inboth mindset and action, and help to spur development in adjacent localities.
At a working session with provincial leaders, thePresident stressed the important role of Dong Nai and some localities in thesouthern key economic region in national industrialisation and modernisation.
Dong Nai was one of the first two provinces nationwidethat completed new-style rural area building in 2019, he said.
The President also pointed out challenges to DongNai regarding growth sustainability, infrastructure, investment environment, urbanisationand human resources.
Given this, the province should set out a newvision, strive to become a worth-living and worth-working locality, seek newmomentum and growth models, and focus on agricultural restructuring withtechnologies, innovations and digital transformation.
Apart from luring foreign direct investment, DongNai should facilitate the private economic sector, further upgrade infrastructureand create infrastructure connectivity in the region, Phuc went on.
He asked the provincial Party Committee to raisetheir leadership capacity, and step up the fight against corruption and othernegative phenomena.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and delegates at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
According to a report presented at the workingsession, Dong Nai counts 1,500 foreign-invested projects worth more than 303trillion VND (12.97 billion USD). It is among the six provinces with thebiggest contribution to the central budget.
The province’s per capita income reached 118 millionVND last year and its economy grew over 7% so far this year./.
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At the working session (Photo: VNA) 
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and delegates at the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
