PM asks Kon Tum to boost industrial crop planting

VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to concentrate on developing the plantation of coffee and rubber trees as a way to help local people, especially ethnic minorities, thrive.

January 06, 2014 2:19 PM GMT+7

Photo: VGP

He highly valued Kon Tum's socio-economic achievements in 2013 and its contributions to national development during his working session with the provincial authorities on January 5.

The PM said he hoped that the province brings into full play its advantages to serve developmental goals, especially making the best use of land and forestry, and improves further people’s physical and spiritual lives.

The province needs to promote health, culture and education development, accelerate the administrative reform, effectively build new style rural areas, protect the ecological environment, and reinforce national defense and security and social order and security.

The province's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was estimated at 12.4% in 2013 and a GDP per capita wad increased by 15.8%, reaching VND25.75 million.

In 2014, the province indentifies a GDP growth of 13% and a GDP per capita of VND29 million, an export turnover of US$86 million and a decrease of 4-5% in the proportion of poor households.

Besides, the province will strengthen relations and cooperation with Lao and Cambodian border provinces.

By Thuy Dung