(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the central highlands province of Dak Nong to boost administrative reform and facilitate business growth to sharpen competitiveness.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh met with soldiers at Thuan An border station (Photo: chinhphu.vn)

During his working visit to the province on Saturday, the Deputy Prime Minister praised the province’s role as a gateway linking the central highlands and southern economic region and its potential for economic development thanks to natural resources. He asked to province to review land use plans and promote strategic plants while accelerating the national target program on new rural areas. He urged Dak Nong to focus on vocational training, education and healthcare improvement. On this occasion, the Deputy Prime Minister visited and offered New Year greetings to officers and soldiers in Thuan An and Dak Lao border guard stations.