Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Thua Thien - Hue (VNA) - Industrial parks (IP) in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue have so far attracted 143 investment projects with a total registered capital of nearly 92 trillion VND (3.94 billion USD), generating jobs for nearly 25,000 labourers, according to insiders. To lure more investment, local authorities have focused on upgrading and developing IP infrastructure, and applying incentives to investment to hi-tech and added value sectors, and those not labour intensive but environmentally friendly. Attention has been paid to accelerating administrative reforms to facilitate investors’ operation, providing advice to investors, and training human resources serving the demand of enterprises in IPs. Amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the province gives top priority to developing information technology workforce, high-tech agriculture and bio technology. It will also prioritise investors with major brands, … [Read more...] about Thua Thien – Hue looks to lure more investment to IPs
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Thua Thien-Hue to boost repatriation of martyrs’ remains in Laos
The meeting of Thua Thien-Hue's steering board for the search, repatriation and identification of martyrs’ remains on June 13 (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue plans to search for and repatriate martyrs’ remains in Laos even in the rainy season if it has sufficient information. Additionally, the search and repatriation across the province will also be stepped up, said the province’s steering board for the search, repatriation and identification of martyrs’ remains at a meeting on June 13. To prepare for the work in the 2019-2020 dry season, the board said it will accelerate dealing with the collected information about martyrs’ graves, making martyrs’ dossiers, and building the database for the search and repatriation at the communal, district and provincial levels. The board said it will propose the Ministry of National Defence continue working with the Vietnam Veterans of America to gather … [Read more...] about Thua Thien-Hue to boost repatriation of martyrs’ remains in Laos
Thua Thien-Hue asked to mobilise resources for infrastructure
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 10 asked the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to mobilise all resources for infrastructure projects in order to speed up local development. At a working session with provincial leaders in Hanoi, the PM pointed out that the efficiency of public administration of Thua Thien-Hue has yet to match its position as one of the leading localities in administrative reform. He asked the province to review its planning to meet new development requirements, saying the work should go in tandem with cultural development and the improvement of locals’ living standards. Besides, more attention should be paid to personnel training and education in service of economic and tourism development, he said, stressing the need to increase English teaching in the community. PM Phuc urged the province to complete the project reviewing the ten-year implementation of the … [Read more...] about Thua Thien-Hue asked to mobilise resources for infrastructure
Thua Thien-Hue attracts over 2 million visitors in five months
A view of Hue ancient citadel by night (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue welcomed 2.11 million visitors in the first five months of 2019, including more than 1 million foreigners, up 14.46 percent year-on-year. The Republic of Korea was the largest market of the provincial tourism sector in the period, accounting for 27-29 percent of the total visitors to the province, followed by France, Thailand, the UK, and Germany. Total earnings of the sector in five months reached over 1.93 trillion VND (82.99 million USD). According to the provincial Department of Tourism, the rise in the number of tourists to the locality in the period was due to a number of special cultural and tourism events, including a Hue Traditional Craft Village Festival; a Lang Co Bay festival; and a cultural, sports, and tourism festival of ethnic minority groups along the Vietnam-Laos border, in the central and Central Highlands regions in 2019. The Hue Traditional … [Read more...] about Thua Thien-Hue attracts over 2 million visitors in five months
Singaporean Deputy PM visits Thua Thien-Hue
(Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean on March 23 visited the central province of Thua Thien-Hue as part of his ongoing official visit to Vietnam. Secretary of the Party Committee of Thua Thien-Hue Le Truong Luu welcomed the Singaporean Deputy PM, briefing him on the local socio-economic situation, as well as cooperation between the locality and Singapore. Currently, Thua Thien-Hue is hosting four Singaporean-funded projects, including a 2 billion USD Laguna Hue resort invested by Banyan Tree in Chan May-Lang Co economic zone, he noted. Luu said that Thua Thien-Hue and Singapore’s Akitek Tenggara have once cooperated in tourism planning development. A large number of Thua Thien-Hue students are studying in Singapore, he added. The provincial leader expressed his hope that in the future, Singapore will continue supporting the province by encouraging its businesses to seek … [Read more...] about Singaporean Deputy PM visits Thua Thien-Hue