(VOVworld) – President Truong Tan Sang urged Kon Tum province to boost the industrialization of agriculture and improve planning for agricultural production during a visit over the last two days. He asked the province to recalculate forest acreage in order to work out measures to ensure social welfare, develop the economy, and protect the environment:  “In addition to protecting specialized forests, the province should reserve land to develop long-term cash crops and short-term agricultural plants. Forest planning requires close cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the locality. Relevant agencies should be involved to devise necessary policies fore forest development. Ineffective forest management and plantation should be retracted and allocated to more capable agencies to ensure higher economic efficiency.”

Concerning the important position of the central highlands, the President asked Kon Tum to ensure political security and social order by improving socio-economic development and consolidating the grassroots political system. The province was also urged to increase international cooperation to build a border of peace, friendship, cooperation, stability, and development.

On this occasion, President Truong Tan Sang visited Sa Loong commune and Kon Plong district where he presented cows to 50 poor and social beneficiary families. He also conducted a fact-finding tour of Bo Y international Border Economic Zone between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, visited Kon Tum’s police force, and attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the National Center for Ngoc Ling Ginseng Research and Development in Dac To district.