The legislative leader made the recommendation while meeting with local authorities on the province's socio-economic and budget tasks and its construction of a 161-km road section that runs through the locality.

Kon Tum boasts potential for development and is an important location regarding defence and security. However, it is facing various difficulties, with low tax revenues and a large number of poor households, the NA chairman said.

Regarding the construction of the

Kon Tum province was designated to have a 161 km segment of the

Mr Trong also praised the province for its efforts to ensure political security and social order, and to boost socio-economic development. He said the Party, administration and people of ethnic groups in Kon Tum have continuously heightened their vigilance against hostile forces’ plots to divide unity.

Kon Tum registered a GDP growth rate of 13.8 percent, with average annual per-capita income of nearly VND6 million (US$375). So far, 92 percent of its local population has had access to the national electricity grid and 86 percent to TV programmes.