Speaking at the ceremony, Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his joy at the city’s great achievements in the last 20 years, adding that he hopes the municipal administration will try more efforts to turn the city into a home to the talents and a centre of start-ups and creative ideas.
The PM suggested Da Nang strongly promote the internal force of the city's each economic sector, towards becoming one of the country's driving forces for growth in the future.
PM Phuc called for local authorities' greater efforts to develop Da Nang into a wealthy, peaceful, civilized and modern city, an international trade centre, and an attractive destination for investors and tourists.
The Government leader stressed the need for the city to give appropriate policies to flexibly apply special mechanisms on investment, finance, budget and management, streamline the authority apparatus in an effective manner, and improve the quality of civil servants to satisfy the requirement of a serviceable administration.
He urged the city to lead the way in building a smart and start-up city, focusing on improving investment and business climate and developing businesses with a target of between 40,000 and 45,000 enterprises by 2020, thus attracting more investment and creating high-added value products, and deeply joining global production and value chains.
It is necessary to promote regional links, especially with localities in the central key economic region like Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, in producing industrial and agricultural goods, and applying high-technologies, the PM noted.
He highlighted that attention should be paid to comprehensively reforming the education and training, and improving the quality of human resources, in order to meet the locality’s demand of international integration.
The PM emphasised that Da Nang needs to exert its efforts to join the group of globally competitive cities ranked by international organisations.
While congratulating the municipal authorities on its hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2017, PM Phuc said the event will offer a good chance for the city to promote its strengths and potential to international friends.
Addressing the event, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Anh said the tourism has become a spearhead economic sector of Da Nang in the past two decades. The city has so far attracted 5.6 million visitors, up 27 times.
The locality’s infrastructure system has been improved in recent years, including nine modern bridges, which not only serve transport but also are attractive tourism destinations for visitors.
In 2016, Da Nang ranked the first in the Provincial Competitive Index and topped the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Index for seven consecutive years.
Da Nang city reached encouraging achievements in economic growth, with economic scale increased 2.5 times and per capita surged over 14 times over the two decades.
Da Nang was splited from Quang Nam-Da Nang province and become a centrally-run city on January 1, 1997.
On the occasion, 20 individuals were awarded the title “outstanding citizen of Da Nang” for their achievements and contributions to the city’s development over the last 20 years.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the ceremony.
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PM Phuc called for local authorities' greater efforts to develop Da Nang into a wealthy, peaceful, civilized and modern city, an international trade centre, and an attractive destination for investors and tourists.
The Government leader stressed the need for the city to give appropriate policies to flexibly apply special mechanisms on investment, finance, budget and management, streamline the authority apparatus in an effective manner, and improve the quality of civil servants to satisfy the requirement of a serviceable administration.
He urged the city to lead the way in building a smart and start-up city, focusing on improving investment and business climate and developing businesses with a target of between 40,000 and 45,000 enterprises by 2020, thus attracting more investment and creating high-added value products, and deeply joining global production and value chains.
At the ceremony.
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He highlighted that attention should be paid to comprehensively reforming the education and training, and improving the quality of human resources, in order to meet the locality’s demand of international integration.
The PM emphasised that Da Nang needs to exert its efforts to join the group of globally competitive cities ranked by international organisations.
While congratulating the municipal authorities on its hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2017, PM Phuc said the event will offer a good chance for the city to promote its strengths and potential to international friends.
Addressing the event, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Anh said the tourism has become a spearhead economic sector of Da Nang in the past two decades. The city has so far attracted 5.6 million visitors, up 27 times.
The locality’s infrastructure system has been improved in recent years, including nine modern bridges, which not only serve transport but also are attractive tourism destinations for visitors.
In 2016, Da Nang ranked the first in the Provincial Competitive Index and topped the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Index for seven consecutive years.
Da Nang city reached encouraging achievements in economic growth, with economic scale increased 2.5 times and per capita surged over 14 times over the two decades.
Da Nang was splited from Quang Nam-Da Nang province and become a centrally-run city on January 1, 1997.
On the occasion, 20 individuals were awarded the title “outstanding citizen of Da Nang” for their achievements and contributions to the city’s development over the last 20 years.
