General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen PhuTrong has asked the northern province of Quang Ninh to focus onevaluating its achievements and shortcomings in the implementation ofsocio-economic development tasks and in Party building.

Trong on April 7 had a working session with the province’s leaders,where he made suggestions on Van Don special administrative-economiczone and Mong Cai border gate economic zone projects.

The province’s leaders reported that in the last two years, its GDPgrowth recorded an annual rate of 9.53 percent, while average per capitaincome was more than 2,600 USD per annum, 1.7 times higher than thenational level.

The province’s economic structure ismoving in the right direction and it is always among the top fivelocalities nationwide with the highest State budget revenues.

Local people’s living conditions have been improved, with the rate ofpoor households decreasing rapidly and now standing at only 3.52percent.

Quang Ninh’s leaders directed thecompletion of cultural and social welfare projects in Ha Long city basedon local people’s expectations.

The province alsotook back 179 breached land use projects, and implemented measures tocrack down illegal coal mining and trade, as well as dealt with currentpressing issues, including environmental pollution, corruption andmedical ethics.

In terms of Partybuilding, the province has focused on directing the strictimplementation of the fourth CPV Central Committee’s Resolution andevaluates itself and allows for grassroots to provincial levelappraisals.

The task of Party development has alsobeen strengthened and a number of disciplinary cases have been carriedout. In the 2010-2012 period, more than 7,500 new members were admittedto the Party in the province, while 381 Party cells and 37 grassrootsParty organisations were established.-VNA