Decision No. 1742/QD-BKHDT approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Con Dao district, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, up to 2020, with a vision toward 2030

Issue nos 04-05/November 2011 (Gong Bao nos 6D7-608INovember 30, 2011) THE MINISTRIES THE MINISTRY OF PLANNiNG AND iNVESTMENT Decision No. 1742JQD.BKHDT of November 15, 2011, approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Con Dao district, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, up to 2020, with a vision toward 2030 THE MINISTER OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT Pursuant to the Government's Decree No.1l612008/ND-CP of November 14, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and Issue nos 04-05JNovember 2011 (Cong Baa nos fj07·60fJlNovember 30, 2011) organizational structure of the Ministry of Planning and Investment; Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP of September 7, 2006, on elaboration, approval and management of socio-economic development master plans; Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 04/2008/ND~CP of January 11, 2008, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 92/ 2006/ND-CP, on elaboration, approval and management of socio-economic development master plans; Pursuant to the Government Office's Document No. 532NPCP-DP of January 25. 2011, on the socio-economic development master plan ofCon Dao district; At the proposal of the People's Committee ofBa Ria-Vung Tauprovince in Report No.109/ TTr-VBND of September 12, 2011, proposing approval ofthe masterplan 017 socio-economic development ofCon Dao district, Ba Ria- Vung Tauprovince, up ro2020, with a vision toward 2030, DECIDES: Article 1. To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of Con Dao district, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, up to 2020 with a vision lOwarcl2030, with the following major contents: 1. Development viewpoints: To develop Can Dao into a high-quality tourist and service economic zone with a breakthrough in the planning and spatial arrangement of industries, with a long-term vision toward modernity and mechanisms for a special territory; To conserve, embellish, and promote historical values and values of the sea and forests of Con Dao national park and historical relic to tum them into original and attractive tourist products; To prioritize development of ecotourism, luxury resort tourism and cultural and historical tourism. To develop other manufacture and service industries just enough to serve tourism development; To build Con Dao to match its outpost position, making active contributions to the coun try's open ing up and international economic integration, maintaining defense and security, and in close association with the development of the southern region, the whole country and the world. 2. Development objectives to 2020: * General objectives: To basically complete the construction of infrastructure and embellishment of historical and cui tural relics to turn Con Dao in to a national and international urban center for marine and cultural tourism, assuring defense and security in the southeastern sea of the country. a/ To restructure the island economy from manufacture to development of high-quality service tourism To develop infrastructure and tourist sites to meet the needs of tourists to Con Dao with the number of arrivals to reach around 64,000/ year by 2015 and l50,000/year by 2020, The domestic income will grow at around 18-22% on annual average during 2011-2020, with tourism and service growing at 27% annually. blTo arrange and restructure the population and labor among industries in conformity with orientations for development of a high-quality tourism-service zone To reach a population of around 15,000 20,000 by 2020, with the urban population accounting for 70%. To develop human resources so that the rate of trained labor will reach 80% by 2015 and 98-100% by 2020. To assure social safety and consolidate defense and security as the basis for stability and economic development. cI Toprotect biodiversity, reasonably exploit and use natural resources and raise the value of the national park, and preserve and embellish historical relics The vovcrage of forests and perennial trees will reach over 85%; 90-100% of solid waste and wastewater will be treated by 2020. 3. Orientations up to 2030: In the next 20 years, Con Duo is set to become: A sustainably developed urban center with a population of around 30,000, including about Issue nos lJ4.05/November 2011 (Gong Bsonos 607·608INovember 30,2011) 10,000 tourists equivalent, economic activities developing in harmony with conservation of historical and cultural relics, protection of the forest-marine ecosystem and maintenance of security and defense. A national and international tourist urban center attractive to domestic and foreign tourists. It is expected to receive around 250,000-300,000 tourist arrivals by 2030, with foreign tourists accoumiug fur around 15-20%. An urban garden with 85% of its land area slated for natural ceo-zones and only 15% for urban development and an ceo-island with multiple central points. each having a natural forest ecosystem and sea areas. To record fast and sustainable economic growth. During 2012-2030, the production value will annually grow at 8.5-9%on average. By 2030, the production value will increase by 2.4-2.6 times the 2020 level and the average income per capita will reach USD 12,000 13,000 (at the actual price of 2030). 4. Orientations for development of key industries: 4.1. Orientations for tourism development: To develop sea and island tourism, eco tourism and cultural and historical tourism. To change thinking about tourism from exploitation to conservation of the nature and development of high-quality tourism up to international standards. Tourism activities should adhere to a number of principles: a/ Tourism activities outside Con Dao Issue nosQ4.05/November2011 (CongBaa nos 607-6081November 30,2011) national p:lrk' To invest in and build lodging establishments (luxury horel s, motels and resorts) and leisure and recreational services for visitors in Dam Tre, Suoi Ot, An Hai and Lo Voi beaches and most of Ben Dam area; To develop tourist tours and destinations on the way leading to Dam Tre beach; the prison relic, other historical relics and residential areas. b/Tourism activities inside Con Dao national park: To organize sight-seeing tours and picnics in Dam Tre and Ong Dung bays, Con Dao national park area around Ben Dam; the entire area of the bay south east of Ben Dam, and Con Son, Hon Tai and Han Trac bays; the road leading to Ong Dung bay of the land area outside Dam Tre; most of the area of Bay Canh, Cau and Ba islets. Not to build large and permanent tourist lodging establishments but only some tourist stops; Tourism activities inside the national park should strictly meet requirements on biodiversity protection, especially in such sensitive areas as Dam 'Ire and Ong Dung bays, Con Dao national park area round Ben Dam and Thanh G ia mountain; Bay Canh and Cau islets; the sea and coastal areas ofTroc, Tre and smal I Tre islands, etc. 4.2. Orientations for development of other industries: To build supermarkets and expand retail services; to form a modern trade center in 47 combination with sight-seeing and shopping walks in Co Ong area and the Center; banking services, including payment for trading transactions and money exchange for tourists, etc. To develop telecommunications infrastructure facilities in the three post offices (the Center, Ben Dam and Co Ong). To develop healthcare services tu meet the needs of locals, business people and tourists. During 2016 2020, to consider and build in Con Dao an international standard hospital providing high quality healthcare services for tourists and locals, To develop general education and gradually introduce a Vietnamese-English bilingual teaching program up to international standards. To consolidate schools and classrooms up to national standards. To provide distance training and vocational training, 5. Orientations for infrastructure development: To upgrade and build trans-island roads and roads within in the Center, Ben Dam and Co Ong and roads linking tourist zones and sites. To repair, maintain and upgrade roads; to build belt roads on major islands; to build eco-tourism roads in the national park, the main island and other islands, forming different ceo-tourism routes to areas and points with peculiar terrains to create special tourist products. Studies should be conducted to adapt technical infrastructure projects in Can Dao to climate change and sea level rise; To upgrade Hen Dam into a general port, to build some tourist ports in Can Son and Ong Dung bays. To develop high-quality passenger 48 Issue nos 04-Q5fNovember 2011 (Cong BaD nos 607-60B/November 30,2011) ships on Con Dao-Vung Tuu and Con Dao-Bac Lieu routes and routes linking other provinces for development of Can Dao's tourism; To completely build mooring and storm shelter areas for fishing ships and the regional search, rescue and salvage center to ensure safety for fishermen and vessels; Tocontinue upgrading Con Son airport up to ICAO'6 (International Civil Aviation Organizaiion) 3C standards and resume flights from VungTau to Con Dao.To increase flights from Ho 4;hi Minh City to Con Dau and vice versa. Dming 2021-2030, to expand and upgrade Con Son airport lip to lCAO's 4C standards.with a special and impressive design; To cowplete P.Xi~ting freshwater reservoirs and burid reservoirs in the Center (An Hai reservoir and Quang Trung reservoirs I and 2); and Co (Jug area (Co Ong reservoirs 1 and 2, Suoi Ot reservoir). To build water pipelines for . the development of the port cluster, Ben Dam area,Co Ongairport area and tourist spots; '10 renovate the water drainage system in the Center and build water drainage systems for Ben Dam and Co Ong areas. To improve the water drainage system in Can Dao township and concurrently build rainwater and wastewater drainage Systems; Initially, to upgrade the diesel-operated power plant, to soon build solar and wind mills and possibly generate tidal power. To increasingly develop solar power sources. To develop electricity supply networks, starting from the Center Lu Bell Dam and Cu Dug areas; to link electricity networks along thc tourist route on the island; To build systems to collect, and plants to treat, daily-life waste and plants to treat daily life wastewater and medical waste: to collect. sort and transport 100% of solid waste. To build an environmental observation station for Con Dao area; To select a number of typical relics for conservation, to use other relics for economic development. To regularly repair and upgrade relics; By 2020, to basically build and repair primary and lower secondary schools in Con Dao, ensuring 100% of schools reaching national education standards; To upgrade the military-civil health center and Co Ong health station and build Ben Dam health station. During 2016-2020, to consider building a 1oo-bed quality hospital; To build cultural houses in residential areas; to build tourist information and cable television centers; to build a public square and an environmental observation, rescue and salvage center; To permanently conserve Con Dao historical relic-evidence in a complete space, restoring the past li vingspace of the island and usiug most construction works [or tourism; To properly manage and protect Can Dao national park dUU build a marine reserve in the sea area of the island; To develop markets in Con Dao township Issue nos 04-05/November 2011 (Gong Bao nos(J07·(J08INovembe( 30,2011) and Ben Dam and Co Ong areas. To build zones for reserve of food, food stuffs, petrol and other essential commodities in Ben Dam area, and filling stations; . To implement e-govemment. To develop diversified forms of telecommunications and wireless Internet in urban centers, resorts and urban parks; To closely combine economic development with maintenance of security and defense, To build, upgrade and consolidate infrastructure works for defense and security, meeting requirements for control and protection of the southeastern sea and continental shelf of the country. 6. Spatial organization of the territory of Can Dao: The Center' Administrative agencies, relics, tourist-service zones, greeneries and parks and residential areas; Co Ong area: Airport services, commercial aviation services, finance and banking services; Co Ong tourist center; residential areas; parks and a public square; Ben Dam, Hon Ba and Hon Trac areas: Tourist services, port, maritime, rescue, mooring and sturm shelter services; public greeneries and urban centers; security and defense zones; Dam Tie area and other satellite islands: Luxury tourist, service and leisure and recreational zones, to keep small i slands in natural conditions to minimize tourism activities' impacts on the environment; To arrange monuments in Hang Duong cemetery relic and Thanh Gia mountain peak and the Flame of Liberty in Con Son bay. To build in Ben Dam area a symbol in memory of fallen heroes escaping from the island. To study a plan to build an eternal torch on an island and a monument at pier 914 in front of Con Son bay. 7.A list of prioritized investment projects is enclosed. 8. Preferential and special mechanisms and policies are adopted under thePrime ~inister's separate decision. Article 2. To assign the People's Committee of Ba Ria- Vung Tau province to proactively coordinate with related ministries and sectors in: Making public this master plan after its approval; Directing the elaboration, modification, supplementation and approval of the land use master plan and plan and other master plans related to Con Dao district; Studying and considering adjusting and supplementing the socio-economic development master plan, land use master plan and plan, construction master plan and master plans of sectors, industries and key products of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province to ensure their uniformity and consistency and balance and harmony between socio-economic development and defense and security and submitting them 50 to competent authorities for approval; Formulating long-, medium- and short term plans, key socio-economic development programs and specific projects to concentrate investment and prioritize funding sources rationally. Accelerating investment in and implementing programs and projects of important size and nature in the sector-based priority order to boost socio-economic development of Con Dao district; Assuming the prime responsibility for organ j zrng ill ve s l ure n L pr omut i on am! dissemination activities to attract domestic and overseas investors and economic sectors to participate in the master plan implementation; supervising and examining the implementation of development investment projects in the locality according to its assigned and decentralized tunctions; and reporting to the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Planning and Investment; Adopting specific, reasonable and feasible solutions and plans to raise funds for investment; reducing funds raised from the state budget (centra] and local) suitable to its capital balancing capacity, and mechanisms and policies to raise appropriate resources to ensure the masterplan's feasibility; Studying and promulgating or submitting to competent state agencies for promulgation (for issues beyond its competence) specific mechanisms and policies to effectively raiseand use resources, and mechanisms and policies on investment incentives to attract investment in !ssue nos D4-0S/November 2011 (GOng Baa nos 60T-608INovember 30, 2011) order to fulfill socio-economic development objectives, tasks and orientations of Con Dao district. Article 3. Related ministries and sectors shall, within their functions and tasks, perform the state management in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in general and Con Dan district in particular: coordinate with and assist the People's Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in elaborating and supplementing regulations, plans and master plans mentioned in Article 2 ot mrs Decision; and in studying. formulating and submitting to competent state agencies for promulgation specific mechanisms and policies applicable to Con Dao district; boost investment in and implementation of works and projects important to the development of Con Dao district, investment in which has been decided; and study and consider adjusting and supplementing sectoral development master plans and plans on investment in related works and projects [0 be invested in Con Dao district Article 4. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing. Article 5. The chief of the Ministry Office, the chairperson of the People's Committee of Ba Ria- Vung Tau province, and heads of related agencies, units and organizations shall implement this Decision Minister ofPlanning and Investment BUI QUANG VlNH Issue nos 04-05,November 2011 (Gongeeo nos 607·608INovember 30, 2011) Appendix Prioritized investment projects during 2010-2020 (To the Planning and Investment Minixtn's Decision No. 1742IQD-BKH of November 15, 20II ) L CENTRALLY [NVESTED PROJECTS TO 2020 51 Unit of calculation: million VND Work Investment Dbase No. Project'S value 2010-2015 2016-2020 Total 3,650.000 2110.000 1.540.000 1 Expansion and upgrading of Con Dao airport 600,000 200,000 400,000 (for 150-Dassenger aircraft) 2 Northeastern Con Dao rome (combination of 940,000 440,000 500,000 waterway and road) J Upgrading; of the road from Co Onj; to Ben Dam 150,000 150,000 4 Building of technical infrastructure of 3 urban 600,000 300,000 300,000 centers: the Center,l~ep ~,-!!1} (j.I}d Co QrlR 5 Con Dao passenger ship port 85,000 85,000 6 Large passenger ships (two 200-03SSenger ships) J30,OOO 60,000 70,000 7 Mooring and storm shelter area in Ben Dam 100,000 100,000 8 Diesel-operated power plant 250,000 250,000 9 Daily-life water supply plant with a daily 170,000 100,000 70,000 capacity of 6,000 mJ 10 Wastewater treatment system 300,000 300,OfXJ 11 Waste treatment plant 70,000 70,000 12 Svstern of freshwater reservoirs IOO}lOO lOO,fJ()() 13 Conservation, embellishment and promotion of 100,OOO 100,000 values of the prison relic and relics of the Corvee Department 14 Maintenance and embellishment of Hang Duong 50,000 50,000 cemetery evidence and supportins;: works 15 Information and communication development 5,000 5,O(x) project 16 Investment projects of Con Dao national park The development investment master plan on Con Dao national park to 2020: VND 187.28 billion. 52 Issue nos O4-G5INovember 2011 (Gong BaD nos 607-608/November 30,2011) II. PROVINCIALLY AND DISTRICT-INVESTED PROJECfS TO 2020 Unit ofcalculation: million VND No. Projects Work Investment uhase value 2010-2015 2016·2020 Total 210,000 160.000 50,000 1 Expansion and upgrading of Con Dao port 30,000 30,000 in Vung Tau 2 'Phase-Il construction of the cultural and 30,000 30,000 "sport-physical training center 3 -Construcnon of an environmental 20,000 20,000 observation center for Con Dao area 4 ("onstmction of the central square (2 ha) ~(),OOO 30,000 5 Construction of semi-boarding primary 30,000 30,000 schools 6 Construction of infrastructure for 20,000 20,000 handicraft villages 7 Health station in Bell Dam area 10,000 10,000 8 Construction of a search and rescue center 20,000 20,000 for Con Dao area 9 Center for cable television relay and 20,000 20,000 transmission network m. PROJECTS INVESTED BY DOMESTIC AND OVERSEAS ENTERPRISES TO 2020 Unit ofcalculation: million VND No. Projects Investment phase Work value 2010-2015 2016-2020 Total 10,049,700 2369,700 7,680,000 I Projects having obtained investment 1,119,700 1,119,700 certificates 1 Vietnam-Russia tourist resort (under 90.000 90,000 construction) 2 Wind mill (under construction) 330,300 330,300 3 Bai Nhat tourist site 445,000 445,000 4 Bai Duong tourist site 204,000 204,000 Issue nos ()4.05lNovember 2011 (Gong Bao nos 607-608INovcmbor 30,2011) 53 5 Culture and transplanrarlon of pearls by 50,400 50,400 new technology (under construction) II Proiccts approved for investment 6,580,000 1,250,000 5,330.000 6 Con Dao Resort Regency Hyatt Hotel 1,080,000 500,000 580,000 (small Dam Trau) 7 Han Cau ceo-tourist site 500,000 500,000 8 Infrastructure of Ben Darn industrial 200,000 200,000 duster 9 Tourist site on Can Ngua (Horse) 4,500,000 500,000 4.000.000 peninsula W Tide (waver-operated power plant 300,000 50,000 250,000 III New projects 2,350,000 0 z,JSO.OOO 11 Co Onz tourist site 450,000 450,000 12 Central tourist site 450,000 450,000 13 Ben Dam tourist site 450,000 450,000 14 Dam Ire tourist site 500,000 500,000 15 Central trade center 500,O{){) 500.000