During the work program in Dien Bien province, on April 9, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Government’s Delegation worked with the Standing Board of Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee on the socio-economic development situation in 2022 and the first 3 months of 2023; directions and tasks for socio-economic development in 2023 and in the future; answer the proposals and recommendations of the province for Dien Bien to develop quickly and sustainably.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered a speech concluding the meeting with the Standing Board of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee – Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac |
Attending the meeting were Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang; Secretary of Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee Tran Quoc Cuong; leaders of central ministries and branches and Dien Bien province. Reported at the meeting, Mr. Tran Quoc Cuong – Secretary of Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee said that in 2022, despite many difficulties and challenges, Dien Bien province has strived and achieved positive results. positive, quite comprehensive in all fields, in which reaching and exceeding 48/51 key targets, GRDP increased by 10.19%.
In the first quarter of 2023, the province’s socio-economic situation continued to have many positive bright spots, GRDP increased quite well, reaching 6.7%, higher than the national average of 3.32%, ranked 24th out of 63 provinces and cities. . Tourism has prospered, the total number of tourists increased by nearly 10 times, of which international visitors increased by more than 11 times over the same period.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that Dien Bien is a province with distinct potential, outstanding opportunities and competitive advantages. The locality has the “treasure” of Dien Bien Phu, the ability to develop renewable energy and a culture imbued with national identity, the border with Laos and China is nearly 456km long associated with a large consumption market. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also assessed that the province has diverse mineral resources, especially large reserves of coal and mineral water; There are many potential natural tourist sites, many historical sites…
The head of the Government recognized that Dien Bien had great potential but limited policies; hard and soft infrastructure is still difficult, per capita income is less than half of the country; Therefore, the Prime Minister proposed that Dien Bien should focus on developing key infrastructure, especially transport, culture, education and social infrastructure. associations, healthcare, telecommunications, electricity; strongly mobilize social resources through public-private partnerships.
The Prime Minister requested Dien Bien to do well the planning work; urgently complete the provincial planning for the period of 2021 – 2030, with a vision to 2050, to be completed in September. Besides, focusing on investment in infrastructure development, especially traffic infrastructure to ensure connectivity. continuous connection within the province, with other provinces in the region, between the region and the whole country and internationally.
“Concentration on completion Dien Bien airport in November and build a route connecting key economic areas in the province’s dynamic economic zone”, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh understands. Dien Bien is also oriented to focus on developing tourism into an economic sector. spearhead economic development; building high-quality and unique tourism products associated with cultural traditions, identity and beauty of nature and people of Dien Bien; promoting investment, building revenue collection mechanisms and policies. attract investment to develop border gate economy.
In addition, at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also gave his opinion on the proposal to build the Son La – Dien Bien – Tay Trang border gate in phase 1; to renovate and upgrade national highway 279, section Dien Bien – Tay Trang border gate (with Laos); National Highway 4H connects with A Pa Chai opening (with China) and upgrading A Pa Chai opening to become a border gate, in the spirit of strongly mobilizing social resources, strengthening public-private cooperation.