Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a working session with An Giang Province's leaders on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang

AN GIANG — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Saturday asked the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to mobilise resources to develop infrastructure for cross-border trade.

During his working session with provincial leaders, Chính said that An Giang shares a 104-km borderline with Cambodia and has two international border gates, which are favourable conditions for developing border trade with Cambodia and connecting with ASEAN.

"An Giang must build a border of peace, friendship and development, develop a solid defensive area in terms of national security, and promote economic cooperation," Chính said.

Provincial leaders must drastically and synchronously implement solutions to promote the three growth drivers - export, consumption, and investment, as well as focus on infrastructure planning and development, he added.

PM Chính also noted that An Giang Province should focus on developing digital infrastructure, digital transformation, and an innovation ecosystem; continue to effectively implement the strategy for sustainable agriculture and rural development and the strategy for cultivation, animal husbandry, fisheries, and forestry; accelerate industrial restructuring towards increasing the proportion of processing and manufacturing industries; continue to develop industrial production and gradually create more branded competitive products.

An Giang must promote import and export activities and diversify tourism products to meet new market trends, he went on.

PM Chính asked the province to strengthen the management of natural resources, environmental protection, and climate change responses.

Besides further investment in healthcare, education, and training, the province would need to effectively implement the National Target Programme on socio-economic development and social welfare for people of ethnic groups, he said, requesting the province to improve its governance and public administration performance indicators (PAPI) and administrative reform index (PAR Index), and strengthen anti-corruption work.

Earlier the same day, PM Chính ordered simultaneously beginning the construction of four components projects of the first phase of the 188km Châu Đốc-Cần Thơ-Sóc Trăng Expressway.

The same day, the leader visited An Giang Ethnic Minority Boarding High School and the family of a wounded soldier in Châu Đốc City. — VNS