Hai Phong urged to tap potential   Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits the northern Hai Phong City's Cat Hai island district yesterday. - VNA/VNS Photo Tri Dung HAI PHONG (VNS)- Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called on northern Hai Phong City's Cat Hai island district to focus on exploiting its potential and strengths in tourism and services, especially port services, to secure sustainable development. Trong made a working visit to Cat Hai yesterday to check implementation of targets related to socio-economic development, defence, security and Party building work. He advised the district's authorities to adopt concrete measures that can encourage the private sector to join hands in improving the development of the locality and Hai Phong City. Regarding Party building, Trong said the district should give due attention to personnel planning and resolutely translate into deeds the resolution on Party building issued at the fourth conference of the Party Central Committee. Cat Hai people and authorities should work together to make their district deserve its position as a gateway to Hai Phong city, a tourism and service centre and a stronghold to defend the fatherland, Trong said. Cat Hai, one of the two island districts of Hai Phong, has 366 islands in total covering nearly 345sq.km with a population of around 30,000. It has great potential for tourist development and seafood production. In 2011, more than 1.2 million tourists visited Cat Hai. The figure was 1.33 million in 2012 and 654,000 in the first half of 2013. The district is also famous for fish sauce brands such as Cat Hai and Cat Ba. On the same day, Trong visited Cat Ba national park, Cat Ba border station, Hai Phong port and Dinh Vu port. He also visited and offered gifts to several social policy beneficiaries in Hai Phong City. - VNS