Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue presented the decision to recognize Ha Tinh City as a type II urban area.

During a meeting with voters before the 7th session of the 14th National Assembly in Ha Tinh province, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony in Ha Tinh city on the evening of April 20.

Join the conversationn were Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long; representatives of central departments, ministries and branches; leaders of the provinces: Binh Dinh, Bac Ninh, Nghe An, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh; delegations of Bolikhamxay province (Lao PDR), Nakhonphanom (Thailand), leaders and many people of Ha Tinh city.

This is an event of profound political significance, recognizing the efforts and determination of the local Party Committee, government and people in the construction and development of socio-economic infrastructure and urban construction.

Ha Tinh city is recognized as a type II urban area, which is a great source of motivation to encourage and motivate the city's Party Committee, government and people; from here, the city is raised to a new position, new momentum, new spreading power, which is a particularly important premise for the stage of building Ha Tinh city to develop in the direction of civilization, modernity, and sustainable development...

It is known that in 3 years of implementing the Project on socialization of urban construction type II, the city has mobilized 6,800 billion VND, exceeding the plan by 38%. Socialized resources account for nearly 80% of the total mobilized resources. At the same time, the work of building the Party and the political system at all levels has also been taken care of; the locality has also effectively deployed and implemented the Resolution of the 6th Central Committee, Session XII and the policies of the Central and the province on streamlining the organization of the political system apparatus, operating effectively and efficiently.

After 12 years of striving and developing from a type III urban base, Ha Tinh city is now proud to be one of 29 type II urban areas in the country. The average annual growth rate is 12.16%; budget revenue in the area is high, accounting for 1/3 of the total budget revenue of districts and towns in the whole province; per capita income is 47.3 million VND, 3 times higher than in 2006.

Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province Dang Quoc Khanh requested the Party Committee, government and people of the city to continue to effectively promote potential advantages, diversify and mobilize all resources to invest in and develop urban infrastructure, and develop socio-economic development. Improve the capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of urban governments at all levels, pay attention to investing in comprehensive development of the cultural sector on par with socio-economic development.

Earlier in the afternoon of the same day, Ha Tinh city also held the inauguration ceremony of the project to renovate the Square of Ha Tinh city./.