Thua Thien-Hue urged to work harder towards centrally-run city status by 2025
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue urged the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to complete important planning schemes and projects, towards the status of a centrally-run city by 2025 at a working session with the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee in Hue city on July 16.
At the working session between NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Standing Board of the Thua Thien-Hue province Party Committee. (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – National Assembly (NA)Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue urged the central province of Thua Thien-Hue tocomplete important planning schemes and projects, towards the status of acentrally-run city by 2025 at a working session with the Standing Board of theprovincial Party Committee in Hue city on July 16.
The top legislator hailed the province’s performancein socio-economic development, with its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) inthe first half of this year growing 6.51% year-on-year, higher than thenational average, and ranking 25th out of the 63 cities andprovinces nationwide.
Notably, the number of international tourists to Thua Thien-Hue,home to the UNESCO-recognised Complex of Hue Monuments, increased nearly 27times than in 2022.
Hue lauded the locality’s efforts ininfrastructure development, administrative reform, digital transformation, socio-cultural-educationaldevelopment, and social welfare, among other spheres.
He highlighted the target of building Thua Thien-Hueinto a safe, friendly destination, and a land of happiness with full energy by2050.
Thua Thien-Hue should work harder to raise theefficiency of the management, exploitation, mobilisation, allocation and use ofresources to achieve its development targets, he said, stressing the need forthe province to remove its A Luoi district from the poverty list.
The Standing Board was asked to revamp its leadershipand improve the operational quality of the province’s delegation of NA deputiesas well as all-level People’s Councils.
At the same time, Thua Thien-Hue needs to better performits tasks in national defence and security, and maintaining political stability,and social order and safety in the locality, Hue said.
🦂 On this occasion, the Vietnam National Petroleum Group(Petrolimex) presented a financial package to help the province build a medicalcentre in Binh Thanh commune, Huong Tra town./.
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At the working session between NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Standing Board of the Thua Thien-Hue province Party Committee. (Photo: VNA) 
