During a Tet visit to the province on January 31, the Prime Minister hailed the locality’s efforts to overcome the consequence of the maritime environment incident to recover its sea-based economy and asked the province to shift to smart and high-quality agriculture to help improve the lives of people in rural areas.

The province was also requested to make stronger economic reform, while mobilizing resources for tourism growth and enhancing ties with central localities such as Danang and Quang Nam to boost tourism.

“I believe that with its revolutionary tradition and major achievements in the past few years, particularly in 2016, Thua Thien Hue province will gain further success this year," the government leader said.

He asked the province to improve its investment environment and strengthen the political system to better serve the public and businesses.