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Binh Phuoc marks 20th anniversary of reestablishment

Update: 04-01-2017 | 18:03:35

On the evening of January 2, Binh Phuoc grandly held a ceremony to mark its 20th anniversary of reestablishment (January 1, 1997-January 1, 2017).

Attending the event were Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member, Prime Minister; Le Kha Phieu, former Party General Secretary; Nguyen Minh Triet, former State President; Truong Hoa Binh, Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister; Tran Van Nam, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Binh Duong province’s Party Committee, Head of Binh Duong province’s National Assembly delegation together with many other leaders from Binh Duong province.

During the past 20 years, Binh Phuoc gained important achievements in all aspects with economic growth maintained and economic structure shifted towards the gradual increase of industrial production and services. In 2016, the province’s total GDP value was VND31.56trillion, 24 times higher than 1997. Export turnover reaches nearly US$1.3billion, 39 times higher than 1997. State budget collection was 24 times higher than 1997 and the average income per capital of locals was also 16 times higher than 1997. As of late 2016, the rate of the local poor households reduced to 5.2% under the province’s new poverty line. The province also well maintained national defense and security.

Addressing the ceremony, Mr.Phuc spoke highly of Binh Phuoc province’s strong development while instructing the locality to build up diversified and smart agriculture, a model of the whole country; promote industrial activities without pollution, especially those for the goal of hi-tech agriculture production. The province should constantly create and experiment new breakthroughs on policies, advanced models in agricultural development. He also asked for the province to be in the vanguard in realizing 2017’s theme “Strengthening decline, heightening responsibility, emulating and creating for sustainable and fast development” put forward by the Government; effectively implement the Resolution of the 4th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee on building and strengthening the Party, curbing the degradation of political ideology, morality and lifestyle along with signs of “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” within the Party…

On this occasion, Binh Phuoc province honored 20 outstanding citizens. Provincial People’s Committee also awarded the emulation banners to 25 collectives with excellent achievements in the local emulation movements during the 1997-2017 period.

Reported by BPO-BDO-Translated by K.T

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