Decision No. 1533/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Can Tho city through 2020, with a vision toward 2030

30 Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) THE PRIME MINISTER Decision No. 1533/QD-TTg of August 30, 2013, approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Can Tho city through 2020, with a vision toward 2030 THE PRIME MINISTER Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government; Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP of September 7, 2006, on the © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 31 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) formulation, approval and management of resources to speed up the city's socio-economic socio-economic development master plans; development in which internal resources are and Decree No. 0412008/ND-CP of January 11, a decisive factor and external sources are 2008, amending and supplementing a number impo1tant. of articles of Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP of 4. To align the city's socio-economic September 7, 2006; development with the orientations for socio At the proposal of the Can Tho City People :S economic development in the Mekong River Committee, Delta region; building and developing Can Tho city as a momentum for boosting the region's DECIDES: Article 1: To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of Can Tho city through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, with the following principal contents: I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS 1. To restrncture the city's economy toward indust1y-service-hi-tech agriculture through 2020 and service-indust1y-hi-tech agiiculture after 2020; to focus on conditions to create posture and momentum for development (key infrastrncture facilities, key sectors and products, technologies and human resources). The economic structure gi·ows in a fast, stable and sustainable manner, ensuring social equity and progi·ess. 2. To invest in economic development in width and depth, mainly in depth. To focus investment on a number of the city's sectors with competitive advantages such as services, tourism, hi-tech industries; hi-tech agi·icultural and aquatic products, etc. 3. To mobilize the city's combined str·engths, the centr·al government's suppo1t and external development. 5. To closely combine economic development with the development of social fields, education and training, healthcare, culture and building of a new countryside, gi·adually na1rnw the gap between urban and rnral areas. 6. To closely combine socio-economic development with urban construction and management, development of infrastructure and building of urban civilization. 7. To combine economic development with economical use of natural resources and protection of eco-environment, ensuring sustainable development. 8. To combine economic development with defense and security. To fumly preserve political secmity and social order and safety in all circumstances. To create considerable improvements in managing social order and safety, urban lifestyles, and preventing and combating crimes and social evils. II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 1. Overall objectives: To build Can Tho city into a civilized and modem city imbued with river characteristics © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 32 so as to basically become an industrialized city before 2020; a socio-economic center, an education-training and science-technology center, a healthcare, cultmal and spotts center in the Mekong River Delta region; an impottant hub of regional and international transpo1t; a key area holding a strategic role in the Mekong River Delta region's and the country's defense and security; to play the role as a momentum to boost the strong development of the entire Mekong River Delta region. 2. Specific objectives: al Economic objectives: To attain an annual average economic growth rate of around 16% in the 2011-2015 period, including region III's annual growth of 17%, region II's annual growth of 17 .5%, and region I's annual growth of2.7%; to achieve an annual average economic growth rate of 15% in the 2016-2020 period, including region III's annual growth of 15.3%, region II's annual growth of 16%, and region I's annual growth of 2.5%; an annual average economic growth rate of 10.5% in the 2021-2030 period, including region III's annual growth of 10.9%, region II's annual growth of 10.4%, and region I's annual growth of 2%. By 2015, the propo1tion ofregion III will make up 47 .1 % of the economic strncture, that of region II, 47%, that of region I, 5.9%; by 2020, the propo1tion ofregion III will make up 4 7 .9% of the economic st:rncnire, that ofregion II, 48.8%, that of region I, 3.3%. The average per-capita GDP income will reach USD 3,200 by 2015, USD 6,480 by 2020, Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) and USD 14,200 by 2030. The average export value will increase 16.8% annually in the 2011-2015 period and 16.1 % annually in the 2016-2020 pe1iod. The average per-capita expo1t revenues will reach USD 1,430 by 2015 and USD 2,640 by 2020. The rate of GDP mobilization into the state budget will reach 10-11% in the 2011-2015 period and 12-13% in the 2016-2020 period. b/ Social objectives: The city's population will be around 1.4 million by 2015, around 1.6 million by 2020, and around 1.95 million by 2030. The average population growth will be around 9.76o/oo per year in the 2011-2015 period, and 9.42o/oo per year in the 2016-2020 period. The ratio of hospital beds will be 30/10,000 people by 2015 and 34-35/10,000 people by 2020. The rate of under-five malnourished children will be below 12.8% by 2015 and below 10% by 2020. The rates of kindergartens, primary schools, lower secondaiy schools and upper seconda1y schools meeting national standards will be 50%, 60%, 50% and 33%, respectively, by 2015, and the rates will be 80%, 90-100%, 80%, and 60%, respectively, by 2020. The rate of tt·ained laborers will be more than 65% by 2015, and 75-80% by 2020. The urbanization rate will be 70% by 2015 and 73.5% by 2020. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) c/ Environmental objectives: The rate of mral population having access to clean water will be 60-65% by 2015 and 80 85% by 2020. All households will have access to electricity by 2015. The rate of garbage collected and treated will reach 90% by 2015 and 100% by 2020. The rate of treated wastewater will reach 50-60% by 2015 and 70-80% by 2020. di National defense-security objectives: To combine socio-economic development with strengthening defense and secmity potential and fumly maintaining political stability and social order and safety in the new pe1iod. To continue building and consolidating all­ people defense and people's secmity posture, building a solid defensive zone meeting requirements in the new context. 3. Vision for the city's development to 2030: To build and develop Can Tho city into a central urban center of the Mekong River Delta region; a core urban center associated with high-quality se1vices and hi-tech industries of the Mekong River Delta region's key economic region and the whole Mekong Mekong River Delta region's region. By 2030, Can Tho will be a civilized, modem and advanced city. Can Tho will be a clean, green and beautiful urban center with urban economic axes and urban landscape axes and unique 33 architectures of a river and garden urban center which is typical for the Mekong Mekong River Delta region's region's cultural identity. The city's economy will basically be a knowledge-based economy with high-quality and hi-tech industries; science and technology will become a major momentum for the city's socio-economic development. Se1vices and industries will make up more than 98% of the economic stmcture; the city will become a tourist center, a trade and goods distribution center; and have an ecological and hi-tech urban agriculnire. Can Tho city will be an ecological urban center with a harmonious combination of natural, human and social elements in a river urban atmosphere of sustainable development. The city will be a large training and science-technology service center and a specialized medical center providing top quality and prestigious treatment se1vices in the Mekong river delta region. Urban and infrastmcture development: The city's population will be around 1.9-2 million people by 2030, including around 1.6 million inner city dwellers. The urban infrastmcnire will be synchronous and modem. The traffic system linking the inner city and adjacent areas will be convenient with various large-scale transpo1t fo1ms; the info1mation and communications infrastmcture, the electricity and water supply and drainage network, environmental protection works, offices, residential areas, etc., will meet socio-economic development requirements and increasing demands of the city's people. © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 34 Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) The city will be a safe and peaceful city reform, completing institutions, and with a hannonious and friendly community, modernizing administration. To create a assured social order and safety and finnly transparent investment environment attractive maintained defense and secmity. to domestic investment and foreign direct III. BREAKTHROUGHS 1. To focus on completing and modernizing the infrastrucnire system. To collaborate with the central government in early completing city­ related major works such as the Trung Luong­ Can Tho expressway and other expressways, (National Highway 91, Varn Cong bridge linking with Lo Te-Rach Soi route, etc.), Quan Chanh Bo canal and Dinh An challllel into Can Tho po11 cluster, etc.). To upgrade and complete urban infrastructure (transport network, electricity, water supply, wastewater and solid waste treatment, etc.), the infrastructure of industrial parks and clusters, tomist sites and new urban centers, etc. 2. To regard human resource development as a major momentum for development. To increase people's knowledge and hmnan resource quality; to train employees with qualifications and skills meeting the requirements of industiialization and modernization. To build Can Tho city into a center supplying highly skilled workers for the Mekong River Delta and for expo11. To focus on training specialists in order to build up the city's scientific and technological potential; to build and ti·ain cadres and civil servants; to develop training according to different levels and regional-level vocational training. 3. To continue accelerating administrative reform, especially administrative procedure investment. IV. ORIENTATIONS FOR SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT 1. Industiy and construction development a/ Industrial development To quickly form and develop major industries, focus investment on renovating equipment and cutting-edge technologies to create highly competitive products and make great contributions to fast and sustainable economic growth. To continue focusing on fields with comparative advantages to create momentums for development ( agro-forestiy and fisheries processing industry, food-beverages, biotechnology, chemicals and biochemical products, infonnation technology (software, digital technology), energy and new material industry, mechanical engineering, and ship building and repair) along the line of investing in high technologies and clean technologies. To prioritize the development of suppo11ing industi·ies, including manufacturing materials, accessories, spare parts and semi-finished products for the mechanical engineering indust1y, electi·onics-infonnation technology, manufacturing and assembling automobiles, textiles and gannents, footwear and hi-tech industi·ies. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) To speed up planning and investment in building complete infrastrncture for attracting investment in Hung Phu I, Hung Phu II, Thot Not, Bae O Mon and O Mon industrial parks. To adjust the master plan on the Thot Not industrial park in conformity with the Ho Chi Minh Road Plan. To zone off and build an infonnation technology industlial park for info1mation technology (software, hardware) research, development, manufacture, business and human resource training. To plan and invest in building hi-tech incubators and hi-tech parks. To zone off industrial clusters, facilitating the strong development of rnral industiy, and relocate polluting production establishments from residential areas and urban areas. b/ Constrnction To speed up investment in urban areas, residential areas, resettlement urban zones, housing for students, workers and low-income earners, etc. To fo1mulate and manage planning and architecture, and manage lighted, green, clean and beautiful urban centers with civilized urban lifestyles according to criteria of grade-I urban centers. 2. Service development a/ Orientations for overall development of se1vices: To develop Can Tho city into a large regional trade center. To focus on developing ti·aditional se1vices, prioritize the development of large potential and high value-added services, especially services in which the city has strengths and advantages, such as trade-import-export, tourism, finance, 35 banking, insurance, logistics, transpo1t, post­ telecommunications, real estate business, stock exchange development, public science and technology se1vices. To promote international cooperation with large cities in ASEAN and the Asian-Pacific region. To promote the relationship between Can Tho city and Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong River Delta provinces so as to make the best use of comparative advantages and for mun1al development. The total goods retail and se1vice turnover will increase 20.5-21% and 19-20% annually in the 2011-2015 period and 2016-2020 period, respectively. b/ Orientations for development of service: Trade: To modernize trade infrastructure. To continue consolidating and investing in developing wholesale and retail networks (supermarkets, wholesale markets and traditional markets in districts and communes, wards and townships), facilitate the city's trade development toward raising the role of the region's trade center. Tomism: To bring into play the potential and advantages of the city's centi·al position, strongly attract internal and external resources for tourism development to nun tourism into the city's impo1tant industry, and the city into a tourism center of the Mekong River Delta region. To develop garden and river eco­ tourism fo1ms. To build the Phong Dien eco­ tomism urban center. To continue investing in and early completing a number of tourism © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 36 infrastrncture works and large tourist sites, integrated ente1tainment zones, and build Con Au, Con Khuong, and Tan Loe eco-tourist sites. To open new tourist routes and spots, inter­ regional and international tours and develop tourism along the Mekong river. 3. Agiiculture, fisheries and new countiyside building: To invest in completing the iITigation and embankment systems along the rivers to prevent erosion and landslide and create landscape. To focus investment on preventing landslides in Xom Chai, and along Tra Nien, 0 Mon, Tra Noc rivers, embank Can Tho river and Xa No canal; and dredge Thot Not canal. a/ Orientations for overall development: To fonn typical agi·icultural sub-regions, including food and foodstuff production belts sunounding hi-tech application urban centers, specialty fruit zones associated with tourism, high-quality rice cultivation zones, centralized aquaculture and husband1y development zones and zones producing seedlings for the city and provinces in the region, etc. To collaborate with local scientific research establishments in taking the lead in research and application of hi-tech agiiculture, conti·ibuting products and providing hi-tech agricultural services for the provinces in achieving agiicultural development targets in the Mekong River Delta region and the whole countiy. To combine agiiculn1ral development with building a new countiyside and the industiialization and modernization process, realizing social equity, Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) ensming security and defense, and stabilizing the society and rnral envfronment. b/ Orientations for sectoral development: Cultivation: To increase the proportion of the effective production sectors' value such as high-quality rice for expo1t, clean vegetables, flowers, bonsai, fruit and industi·ial trees. To expand the production of varieties of rice, fiuits, vegetables and flowers, etc. Husbandly: To promote the development of centralized large-scale fanning of pigs, cows and chicken, relocate husbandly from urban areas and rnral residential areas, reduce the number of anhnal raising households and expand the animal-raising scale of each household. Aquaculture: To maintain high growth rate based on the diversification of freshwater aquaculture models suitable to eco-conditions with such major products as pangasius catfish, blue-legged prawn and fishes. Hi-tech agiicultural development: To build three hi-tech agricultural zones at the city's agricultural breeding center in Thoi Thanh commune (Thoi Lai disti·ict), and the Hau River and Co Do agi·iculnire companies. To build hi­ tech agriculnire stations into satellites of the hi-tech agi·icultural zones in Vinh Thanh, Thot Not and Phong Dien distiicts, and hnplement projects of the hi-tech agi·icultural progi·am. Building a new countiyside: To speed up the building of a new countiyside, with pa1ticularly special focus on planning work. The rate of communes meeting new-count1yside criteria will be 30% by 2015 and 70-80% by 2020. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) 4. Social and science and technology development: a/ Education and training: Preschool and general education: To combine the expansion of training scale at all levels with improving quality in a comprehensive manner. To review, adjust and supplement the master plan on the preschool and general school networks associated with residential area development master plans. To focus on developing the school network, building physical facilities and schools toward standardization and socialization. Colleges and universities: To promote the planning and building of a number of colleges and universities such as the Technique-Technology University, the Foreign Languages University, the Law University, the University of Architecnire and Constrnction, and the Maritime University, the International University (high-quality university), the Economics-Agliculrure Technology University, the Mekong River Delta University, the Convalescence-Medical Techniques University, the Culture University, etc. Vocational training: To build Can Tho into a training center supplying highly skilled workers for the Mekong River Delta region and for expo1t. To speed up the development of the vocational training network with a focus on training hi-tech professions. To upgrade Can Tho vocational college to reach high-quality standards. b/ Science and technology: To develop science and technology into a 37 major momentum for the city's socio-economic development. A number of key scientific and technological fields will possibly develop faster than the economic growth. To form and develop hi-tech parks. To build Can Tho city into a regional science and technology center; to master advanced technologies in the fields of information technology, biotechnology, processing and preservation technology, mechanical engineering and construction m aterial technology; to initially lay scientific foundations for automation and new material technologies. To accelerate the research of social sciences and humanities with a focus on the issues of state and urban management and development of economic sectors under Can Tho city's practical conditions. To socialize scientific and technological activities, especially investment sources for science and technology. c/ Healthcare: To fo1mulate a synchronous healthcare network from the municipal to grassroots levels. To build and develop the grassroots healthcare system for all people to enjoy an equal and effective healthcare and hi-tech healthcare services. To focus on developing specialized health establishments, building hi-tech quality health services for people in the city and region as one of the prioritized orientations in the development of services in the city. To build and upgrade the Can Tho City General Hospital, the Tumor Hospital, the Heart Hospital, the Obstetrics Hospital, the Pediatrics © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 38 Hospital, the Odonto-Stomatology Hospital, the Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases Hospital, the Traditional Medicine Hospital and the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Center. To collaborate with the Minist1y of Health in adjusting and supplementing the master plan on and accelerating investment in the hi-tech health center, the Can Tho Medicine and Pharmacy University and the regional center for testing medicines, cosmetics and food in Can Tho city to better meet the needs of people in Can Tho city and the Mekong River Delta region for medical examination and treatment. To consolidate and complete the grassroots health network and increase people's accessibility to quality health services. To invest in developing the preventive medical network that is capable of forecasting, supe1vising, detecting and controlling diseases; controlling food hygiene and safety; actively and proactively controlling epidemics to prevent the outbreak oflarge epidemics; putting under control dangerous diseases and infectious diseases, especially new emerging ones. d/ Culture: To increase the quality of the implementation of the "All people unite to build a cultured life" campaign. The number of communes and wards meeting cultural standards will be more than 5 5% by 2015 and more than 70% by 2020. To build a cultured lifestyle and urban civilization. To build the "knowledgeable, dynamic, compassionate, generous and elegant" Can Tho people. To complete the system of cultural institutions from the municipal to grassroots Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) levels. To complete the const r nction of the Tay Do Culture Center. To invest in building the Khmer Nam Tong Buddhist Institute and the Mekong River Delta Culture Institute. To establish a cinematographic center in the Mekong River Delta region (the Can Tho cinematographic and cultural se1vice center). To complete and develop the exhibition-fair center into a center specialized in organizing national and international fairs and exhibitions. To build the city's library basically into a modem one, meeting the standard of class-I libra1y. To invest in upgrading the physical facilities for and improve the display at the Can Tho Museum. To build a general aits theater and a Mekong river delta fine arts conservation and development center. dd/ Spo1ts and physical training: To develop spo1ts and physical training so as to fo1m in the city a strong sports and physical training center of the Mekong River Delta region and the whole country. To synchronously develop and create strong changes in mass sports and physical training activities, especially public spo1ts and physical u·aining at communes, wards and townships, and physical and spo1ts education in schools. To develop various fo1ms of spo1ts and physical training, restore and develop ethnic peoples' spo1ts as well as modem and ente1taining sports. To expand regional culture and sports activities, properly organize spo1ts events and competitions; to continue professionalizing high achievement spo1ts. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) To build and complete the city's spo1t talent training system, and mechanisms and policies to attract sp01ts talents. To pay attention to recrniting and training gifted athletes. To invest in the national spo1ts training center and the Mekong liver delta region spo1ts center. To build sports and physical training facilities in districts and standard spo1ts and physical training institutions in communes, wards and townships meeting local needs. e/ Labor, employment: To focus on human resource training, adopt policies to attract talents, build a contingent of leaders, specialists and outstanding professionals meeting the requirements of industrialization and modernization. To fmther speed up labor restrncturing associated with economic restrncturing. To create 50,000-55,000 jobs per year in the 2011 2015 period and 57 ,000-62,000 jobs per year in the 2016-2020 peliod. The unemployment rate will be under 4% by 2015 and less than 3.5% by 2020, of the total working-age urban people. g/ Poverty reduction: To implement pove1ty reduction programs and projects in a synchronous, comprehensive and effective manner. To encourage poor households to get rid of pove1ty by themselves through such suppo1t policies as investment in building infrastrncture for production, product consumption, preferential credits, vocational training, job placement, etc. To promote vocational training, especially vocational 39 training for rnral laborers; provide poor people with production knowledge and skills. To reduce the rate of poor households 1 % per year in the 2011-2020 period (according to the c1ite1ia for the 2011-2015 and 2016-2020 five-year period). h/ Combination of socio-economic development and defense and security: To combine the strengthening of defense and secUiity in Can Tho city with the industrialization and modernization process, build the city into a solid defensive zone with a focus on building a su·ong grassroots political system and solid people's posture, beco1ning an area of strategic defense and secUiity significance in the Mekong River Delta region and the whole country. 5. Infrastrncture: a/ Transport network: Roads: For centrally managed projects:To implement the constrnction of the Ho Chi Minh City-Can Tho-Ca Mau national highway, the Tnmg Luong-Can Tho section leading to Ca Mau; the Soc Trang-Can Tho-Chau Doc expressway and consider and study the linkage of the section of the national highway I-Vong Cung-national highway 80 in Can Tho city to the expressway; the Ho Chi Minh Road (N2 section). To speed up investment procedures and the implementation of projects to link Varn Cong bridge with the Lo Te-Rach Soi section, upgrade roads to the southern industlial parks and the second phase of the Cai Cui po1t. To build new bypasses on national highways. © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 40 For municipally managed projects: To expand the Quang Tnmg-Cai Cui road, the second phase of the section linking Vi Thanh city of Hau Giang province and Can Tho city (section in Can Tho city); to call for investment in the section linking national highway 91 and south em Hau river road and invest in provincial roads 917, 918 and 923 (the Phong Dien-Ba Se-national highway 91 section), roads to the centers of communes, wards, etc. The percentage of communes and wards having roads leading to their centers will be 85% by 2015 and 100% by 2020. To plan and build a bridge crossing Tan Loe island, a Y-shaped bridge linking Cai Khe islet, Au islet and Xom Chai, Tran Hoang Na bridge, Xom Chai bridge, and provincial road 922. To quickly develop the system of inter­ district roads meeting the delta roads' grade-III standard and district roads meeting the delta roads' grade IV or higher standard. Wate1ways: Can Tho City will collaborate with the Minist1y of Transport in effectively tapping inland waterway routes under the management of the Ministry of Transport, including the Hau River, Can Tho River, Xa No canal, Rach Soi canal-Hau Giang, 0 Mon River, and Thi Doi canal. To effectively plan, manage and exploit inland wate1way routes under the city's management (the Ba Lang and Can Tho Rivers, Cau Nhiem inigation ditch, Tra Noc River, and That Not and Ba Dam canals), and plan to dredge and upgrade inland wate1way routes managed by districts meeting the grade-5 standard. To complete the constrnction and upgrading of the Can Tho port system - a national integrated and regional po1t (grade I). Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) To build and upgrade the po1t system serving the transport of farm and seafood products, tr·ade, processing industry, logistics and tomism in line with approved plans. Railways: To invest in building the Ho Chi Minh City-My Tho-Can Tho railway and the inner city railway system. Airways: To expand domestic and international air routes, first of all within the ASEAN region. b/ Electricity supply network: To speed up investment in completing and putting into operation the O Mon Electr·icity Center, the lot B-0 Mon gas pipeline and the gas distribution center. To upgrade the electricity system and renew medium- and low-voltage power lines; to ensme safety and reduce losses on the network. To ensure most households (around 99.8% of households) have access to electricity by 2015. To raise the average commercial power target to 2,100-2,200 KWh/person by 2015 and more than 3,100-3,200 KWh/person by 2020. cl Inf01mation and communications: Post: To increase service quality, diversify services, maintain the growth rate of basic post services and added post se1vices, and develop new se1vices. To build the regional central post office in Can Tho city with modem facilities. To upgrade district post offices. To consolidate and pe1fect a pilot model of commune cultural post office. Telecommunications: To build and develop the telecommunications infrastrncture with © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) modern technologies, large coverage and capacity, and the supply of high-quality and efficient multiple services. To turn telecommunications and Internet into an important economic sector, making farther contributions to economic growth and creating more jobs for the society. To increase switchboards' capacity and the number of Internet subscribers to 7-8 per 100 people by 2015 and around 13-15 per 100 people by 2020. Info1mation technology: To speed up the application of info1mation technology in all socio-economic fields with a focus on prioritizing the application and development of e-govemment and e-commerce in the locality. To introduce and attract investment together with the promulgation of incentive policies to attract investment in info1mation technology enterplises. To fo1m and develop at least one centralized info1mation technology zone and one info1mation technology business incubator so as to create favorable land conditions for activities and development of the info1mation technology industiy in the area. To pliolitize the development of software industry and digital content to create a premise for the fhture development of hardware industiy. Press, publishing, broadcasting-television: To suppo1t and develop local press agencies, striving to have a press agency ofregional and national caliber by 2020. By 2020, 100% of residential areas in the city will have access to cable television. To plan and develop the system 41 of publication distiibution establishments from the city center to communes. cl/Water supply and drainage, environmental hygiene: Water supply: To increase the capacity and complete the water distribution system in disti·icts. To build new water supply systems for new urban areas, a number of townships, satellite urban centers, centi·alized clean water supply systems in the centers of communes and concenti·ated residential areas and closed water supply systems in residential areas. Basically all households will have access to hygienic water by 2015. Water drainage: To speed up the constmction of the wastewater treatment zone and pump stations and soon put into use the wastewater treatment and drainage system in Cai Rang and Ninh Kieu districts. To build water drainage systems and wastewater treatment systems in industi·ial parks and new urban areas. Waste collection and treatment: To complete the construction of a solid waste treatment plant in Phuoc Thai ward, 0 Mon distlict. To invest in the regional-level medical and hazardous waste ti·eatment plant. By 2015, more than 90% of solid waste will be collected and ti·eated, 100% of medical waste will be properly collected and ti·eated in accordance with regulations; all solid waste will be collected and treated by 2020. 6. Environmental protection and adaptation to climate change, natural disaster mitigation © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 42 Prioritized fields in the orientations on response to climate change and sustainable development include: Building and expanding automatic observation stations in districts so as to observe enviromnental impacts due to climate change in the city. Raising the efficiency and scientific and technological and clean technology content in production, economically using natural resources, and improving the environment. Shifting to environment-friendly consumption models based on economical use of non-recyclable natural resources, minimizing hazardous and indispensable waste, maintaining a lifestyle in harmony with nature. Studying changes in the structure of cultivation, crops, plants and livestock adaptable to climate change and its impacts in the upstream areas of the Mekong river. Protecting water environment and using water resources sustainably. Studying the constiuction of the regional and sub-regional dike system in each different area together with flood control dikes. Combining river dredging with the exploitation of river sand in a scientific manner and flow regulation, taking into consideration the impacts on the landslide of river embankments and banks, etc. Studying, warning and proposing solutions to natural disaster prevention and conti·ol (such as building embankments, relocating residents, planting trees to protect liver banks, etc.) in areas highly prone to landslide along the rivers, canals and ditches. Dividing passages for large Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) and high-speed vessel routes; focusing on routes with landslide warnings. Promoting public info1mation work and raising awareness through environmental protection education for all local people, and cooperation in research and prevention and control of climate change impacts in the whole locality and region. V. FUNCTIONAL ZONES AND ORIENTATIONS FOR ZONES' DEVELOPMENT 1. Functional zones and orientations for the development of the city's inner areas: Establishing the following functional urban zones: The central urban zone (Ninh Kieu disti·ict and expansion to Binh Thuy). The Cai Rang urban zone (industdal-po1t urban zone). The Tra Noc old industi'ial-urban zone and the O Mon new urban zone. The Thot Not industrial-service urban zone. 2. Developing rnral areas and green belts: To fo1m a system of satellite urban centers of central urban centers ( suburban areas) by upgrading Thach An, Co Do, Thoi Lai and Phong Dien townships to grade-IV urban centers; establishing new urban centers of Song Hau, Dong Binh, Trnong Xuan and Trnong Thanh, etc. These centers will have spillover effects to drive up the development of adjacent rnral areas. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) To develop industrial parks and clusters. To invest in cattle and poultry processing and slaughter and frnit and vegetable processing industry; to expand the trade and se1vice system directly serving production and business, organize effective operation of wholesale markets, anange the system of rnral markets, combine the restoration and expansion of tt·aditional craft villages with the development of craft village tourism. To develop garden and river eco-tourism. To build the Phong Dien garden eco-tourist center. To upgrade and expand the infrastrncture system and create a rational link between the inner city and suburban areas, focusing on the tt·affic, water supply and drainage and waste tt·eatment networks. To plan and build roads linking the southern and southwestern rnral areas with new expressways and roads along the Hau River. To improve rnral people's living conditions and income. To gradually improve housing conditions. To increase the management of rnral constrnction planning and architecture in line with the urbanization process; to haimoniously combine the villages' traditional beauty and urban modernity. To develop green belts between urban zones and the lines of tt·ees along the Hau River, other rivers and canals and ditches. V. LIST OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY (See the enclosed Appendix) 43 VI. MAJOR SOLUTIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE MASTER PLAN 1. Mobilizing investment sources: fuvestment capital demand for the 2011 2020 period will be around VND 699.8 trillion (equivalent to USD 29.4 billion), including VND 206.8 trillion (USD 9.6 billion) for the 2011-2015 period and VND 493 trillion (USD 19.8 billion) for the 2016-2020 period. It is necessa1y to effectively and synchronously implement various groups of solutions to mobilize the abovementioned capital amount. fuvestment capital from the state budget, including the centr·al and city budget, will be ea1marked mainly for economic and social infrastructure development. To improve investment efficiency, prevent waste and losses in investment from the state budget. To use financial sources of national programs and internationally funded projects to create a combined strength of capital sources and improve investment efficiency. To continue removing difficulties faced by enterprises in input factors and product sale. To speed up socialization of non-business activities such as healthcare, education, vocational tr·aining, social insurance, scientific research, etc. To continue improving the investment environment to attract direct and indirect foreign investment. To focus on investment promotion work. To properly plan and prepare investment projects and clear land areas to call for investment. © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 44 To continue taking advantage of ODA and NGO aid p1imaiily for technical infrastructure construction and environmental protection such as water supply and drainage, wastewaste and solid waste treatment. To effectively use land through properly fo1mulating the land use master plan; making public and transparent the land use master plan and land fund. To create a "clean" ( cleared and compensated) land fund for land use right auction and creating revenues for development of infrastructure and social welfare facilities. To increase the mobilization of investment capital in BOT, BTO, BT, PP investment fonns. 2. Completing the institutional and policy system: The city will coordinate with ministries and sectors in studying and proposing specific mechanisms and policies on finance, budget and hi-tech agriculniral development. To accelerate judicial and administrative refo1m and institutional building. To build a network of legal service organizations in the city to create conditions for organizations and individuals to easily access laws. To implement solutions to supervise law enforcement. To review legal documents promulgated by the city, identifying those consistent and inconsistent with new requirements and planning the improvement of the city's system of legal documents. To increase solutions to develop ente1p1ises. To adopt policies to support enterprises in ground clearance, human resource training, Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) application ofnew technologies, environmental protection, etc. To fo1mulate policies to honor, encourage enterplises' business spilit and create equal oppo1tunities for all economic sectors for development. 3. Science and technology: To build and develop a science and technology market, support policies for science and technology ente1prises, policies to attract science and technology research, application and training organizations, science and technology enterprises to open offices, invest and operate in the city. To study the mobilization of capital sources so as to increase spending on science and technology. To enhance international and regional cooperation to receive ODA sources, especially in healthcare, envfromnent, energy and labor policy. To build capacity for the science and technology management apparatus; to adopt mechanisms to facilitate and coordinate activities of provincial-level departments' science and technology sections; to jointly organize the deployment of scientific and technological activities among ministries, sectors and the city. To promulgate and implement policies on training, attracting and using human resources in science and technology. 4. Hu man resource t rain ing and development: To continue increasing investment in education and training, healthcare and culture © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) to increase people's knowledge, raise the rate of trained laborers and improve health for laborers. To increase training for ente1prise managers. To reanange state managers and raise their professional qualifications, properly planning, standardizing and rotating managers. To focus on developing skilled and qualified human resources for production and business. To focus investment on professional education and vocational training. To develop mechanisms to promote development of vocational training establishments, expand vocational training in various suitable fom1s and promote high-quality vocational training. To adopt vocational training policies for people who change to non-agricultural occupations. To properly organize fom1s of job promotion, suppo1t and placement. To promulgate specific regimes and policies to attract talents and technical workers to work pennanently in the city. 5. Collaboration and cooperation with ministties, sectors and localities in and outside the region To fo1mulate and implement mechanisms for collaboration and cooperation among the city and ministries, sectors and localities in specific fields and tasks, facilitate market expansion and production and business linkage among ente1prises. Can Tho will collaborate with ministries and sectors in planning and building works under the latter's management in the city. 45 To coordinate with localities in the region in the fields of investment promotion, trade and tourism; to jointly fo1mulate investment incentive mechanisms and policies to prevent unnecessa1y and lmfair competitions. VIII. ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 1. After the master plan on socio-econo1nic development of Can Tho city through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, is approved by the Prime Minister, Can Tho city should widely disseminate it to local Party committees at all levels, authorities, sectors, mass organizations, ente1prises and people; concunently fo1mulate a specific action program to implement the master plan. 2. To concretize the targets and tasks set in the master plan with five-year and annual plans for effective implementation. To annually assess the implementation of the master plan so as to propose according to its competence adjusttnents and supplements to the master plan in confo1mity with the city's socio-economic development situation in each subsequent period. 3. All levels, sectors and socio-political organizations and people shall examine and supervise the review and adjustment of the master plan. Article 2. The master plan on socio­ economic development of Can T ho city through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, is © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 46 Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) the foundation for formulating, adjusting, the socio-economic development situation of appraising, approving and implementing the city and the country in each period. sectoral master plans ( constrnction master plan, land use master plan and plans and sectoral and product master plans), distiicts' socio­ economic master plans and investment projects in Can Tho city. Article 3. To assign the Can Tho City People's Committee, based on the city's socio­ economic development targets and olientations, to collaborate with related ministries and sectors, in guiding under regulations the fo1mulation, adjustment, appraisal, approval and implementation of: 1. Socio-economic development master plans of districts; constmction master plan; land use master plan and plans; the master plan on development of sectors and products to ensure overall and synchronous development. 2. Mid- and short-te1m plans, key socio­ economic development programs, and specific projects for rational concentrated and p1101itized investment. 3. Studying, fo1mulating and promulgating according to its competence or submitting to competent authorities for promulgation mechanisms and policies suitable to the city's development requirements and the State's laws in each period in order to attract and mobilize resources to implement the master plan. 4. Submitting to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision timely adjustments and supplements to the master plan suitable to Article 4. Related ministries and sectors within their functions, tasks and powers shall: 1. Guide and assist the Can Tho City People's Committee in formulating specific plans; study, fo1mulate and submit competent autholities for promulgation mechanisms and policies meeting the city's socio-economic development requirements in each period in order to effectively tap resources and promote and attract investment according to the socio­ economic development targets and tasks set out in the master plan. 2. Study, review, adjust, and supplement sectoral development master plans and plans to invest in related works and projects mentioned in the approved master plan. Support Can Tho city to arrange and mobilize domestic and foreign investment capital sources to implement the master plan. Article 5. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing. Article 6. The chairperson of the People's Committees of Can Tho city, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and heads of government-attached agencies shall implement this Decision. Prime Minister NGUYEN TAN DUNG © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) Appendix LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY IN CAN THO CITY IN THE 2011-2020 PERIOD (To the Prime M;nister :S- Dedsion No. 1533/ QD-TTg of August 30, 2013) A.DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 1. A program on infrastiucture development 2. A program on human resource development 3. A program on se1vice development 4. A program on industifal development 5. A program on hi-tech agricultural development 6. A program on enviromnental protection and biodiversity conse1vation B. DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT PROJECTS I. Centi·ally invested projects in the city 1. Building the Trung Luong-Can Tho expressway 2. Building Soc Trang-Can Tho-Chau Doc expressway 3. Upgrading and expanding national highway 91 4. Upgrading and expanding national highway 80 5. Upgrading and expanding Can Tho port 6. Building Can Tho 2 bridge 7. Building Varn Cong bridge 8. Upgrading the Can Tho University to a 47 national key university with multi-discipline training 9. The University of Architecture and Constrnction 10. The International University (high­ quality university) 11. Setting up the Region IV Institute of Politics and Public Administi·ation 12. The Regional Vocational College 13. The Mekong River Delta region's Tourism Secondary School 14. The Biotechnology Instin1te 15. The Mekong River Delta region's Orthopedics and Functional Rehabilitation Center 16. The Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy 17. Hi-tech Medicine Center II. Projects managed by Can Tho city 1. Upgrading national highway 91 (section KmO-Km 7). 2. Building a bridge to Tan Loe island 3. A Y-shaped bridge linking Cai Khe islet­ Au islet-Xom Lung 4. Building and upgrading provincial road 922 5. The Bon Tong-Mot Ngan traffic route 6. Roads to the centers of communes and wards, including T1uong Thang and Tan Thanh communes (Thoi Lai disti·ict), Tan Loe ward (Thot Not district) and Giai Xuan commune (Phong Dien district) © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 48 7. Building a route linking national highway 91 with Nam Song Hau road 8. Building road linking provincial road 918 9. Expanding Quang Trnng-Cai Cui road 10. Upgrading roads to the southern industrial park and the Cai Cui po1t in the second phase (the section from the intersections of Can Tho bridge to Cai Cui under the Southern Hau River national highway project). 11. Building provincial road 917 (Tra Noc­ Lo Buc-Thoi An Dong) 12. Embanking Xom Chai, Tra Nien river, 0 Mon river and Tra Noc river 13. Dredging Thot Not canal 14. Embanking Can Tho river 15. The Can Tho City General Hospital ( 500 patient beds) 16. The Can Tho Tuberculosis and Puhnonaiy Diseases Hospital 17. The Can Tho Heait Hospital 18. The Can Tho Obstetrics Hospital 19. The Can Tho E ar-Nose-Throat Hospital 20. The Can Tho Pediati·ics Hospital 21. The Can Tho Odonto-Stomatology Hospital 22. The Can Tho Tumor Hospital 23. The C an Tho Central Preventive Medicine Center 24. The Hi-tech Medicine Center 25. The Traditional Medicine Hospital Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) 26. Schemes to build distiict and regional general hospitals 27. The regional center for testing medicines, cosmetics and food 28. The HIV/AIDS prevention and control center 29. The Tay Do Culture Center 30. The Mekong River Delta Technique and Technology Application Center 31. The Quality Standard and Technology Transfer Center 32 . The C an Tho Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Center 33. The Can Tho City Job Placement Center 34. The Mekong River Delta region shooting range 3 5. The Mekong River Delta regional vocational seconda1y school 36. The Tay Do Center for training and testing road motor vehicle drivers under Mekong River Delta regional vocational secondaiy school 3 7. The World Bank-funded urban upgrading project in Can Tho City 38. The World Bank-funded water drainage and wastewater treatment project in Can Tho City 39. The Thoi Thuan-Thanh Loe road (WB5) 40. The Law University 41. The Foreign Languages University 42. The Techniques-Technology University © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 07-09/September 2013 (Cong Bao nos 567-568/Septemher 14, 2013) 43. The Economics-Agiiculture Technology University 44. The Mekong River Delta University 45. The Can Tho Convalescence and Medical Techniques University 46. The Can Tho General Publishing House 47. The Hau River Park 48. The O Mon Reservoir 49. Infrastrncnire of new urban centers and zones 50. To build the Tran Hoang Na bridge 51. To build the Xom Chai bridge 52. To build provincial road 923. III. Business and production projects 1. The Thot Not, 0 Mon, and No11h O Mon industrial parks' infrastiucture 2. Industifal clusters' infrastrncnire 3. Agricultural hi-tech parks 4. Centralized information technology zones and info1mation technology business incubators 5. An oil refine1y with an annual capacity of two million tons 6. The O Mon Electricity Center, the Lot B-0 Mon gas pipeline and the gas distiibution center 49 7. The seafood wholesale market 8. The regional level trade center 9. The storage system, the regional level disti·ibution center 10. The Son islet tourism zone 11. The Au islet eco-tourism zone 12. The Tan Loe island tourism zone Note: The locations, sizes, land areas and total investment amounts and sources for the above programs and projects will be calculated, selected and specified in the stages of fo1mulation and submission of investment projects, depending on the demand for and capacity of balancing and raising investment capital in each peliod. © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm