Deputy PM visits Central Highlands Dak Lak
Dak Lak (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked Central Highlands Dak Lak provincial authorities to pay more attention to agriculture promotion, especially in ethnic areas.
During his working visit to the province on July 5-6, Deputy PM Nhan also instructed Dak Lak to improve the living conditions of ethnic people and preserve ethnic cultural traditions.
According to Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Lu Ngoc Cu, despite unfavourable weather and price hike, the provincial gross domestic product value saw a year-on-year rise of almost 21 percent in the first half of 2008, fulfilling over 70 percent of its yearly plan.
The province also attained high outputs in long-term industrial crops, such as rubber, coffee and peppers, helping it earn over 410 million USD from exports, the provincial leader said.
The Deputy PM visited Kram village in Cu Kuin district, 32 Ede ethnic families who are working at the April 30 rubber plantation of the Dak Lak Rubber Company and the Central Highlands Ethnic Youth Vocational Training School.
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