Decision No. 917 /QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Hoa Binh province through 2020

8 Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) OTHER DOCUMENTS THE PRIME MINISTER Decision No. 917 /QD-TTg of June 11, 2013, approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Hoa Binh province through 2020 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 formulation, approval and management of socio-economic development master plans, and the Government's Decree No. 04/2008/ ND-CP of January 11, 2008, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Government's Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP of September 7, 2006; At the proposal of the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province, DECIDES: Article 1. To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of Hoa Binh province through 2020 (below refened to as the master plan) with the following principal contents: I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS 1. The socio-economic development of Hoa Binh province must confo1m with the overall development of the northern mountainous midland region and the Hanoi Capital region in the context of the countiy's intensive and extensive international economic integration. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) 2. To mobilize to the utmost internal resources in combination with talcing advantage of external resources for rapid development; to raise the growth quality and step up economic restructuring toward quickly reducing the propo11ion of agriculture and increasing the propo11ion of industlies and services in both GDP and labor structure. 3. To associate economic development with social development, eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, create jobs, improve the quality of human resources, narrnw the socio­ development gap between regions, and improve material and spiritual lives of people. 4. To closely combine economic development with rational exploitation of natural resources and protection of the eco-enviromnent, ensllling sustainable development and creating landscape and enviromnent for tomism development. 5. To associate economic development with development of the urban system and modernization of the infrastructure network. 6. To combine economic development with protection of national defense and security and maintenance of political stability and security as well as social order and safety. II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 1. General objectives To stlive for fast and sustainable economic development to tum Hoa Binh into a province which reaches the average development level of the whole country, a gradually modernized economic and social infrastrncture network and a relatively developed urban system. Local people's lives will be hnproved, the enviromnent protected, the special cultural identities of ethnic groups preserved and promoted, and national defense and secmity assured. 2. Specific tar·gets a/ Economically: 9 The GDP growth rate will reach arotmd 13%/year during 2013-2015 and 12%/year during 2016-2020; If including the added value of Hoa Binh hydropower plant, the GDP growth rate will be around 8.9%/ year during 2013-2015 and 9.6%/year during 2016-2020; Economic structure by 2015 and 2020: Agriculture, forest1y and fisheries: 23.6% and 16.4%; industries and constrnction: 39.7% and 45%; and services: 36.7% and 38.6%, respectively; If including Hoa Binh hydropower plant, the economic str11cture by 2015 and 2020 will be: Agriculnire, forest1y and fishelies: 19.5% and 15.8%; industr'ies and constrnction: 50% and 46.8%; and se1vices: 30.5% and 37.4%, respectively; Per-capita average income will reach VND 28-29 million/year by 2015 and around VND 60-61 million/year by 2020 at actual plices (if including contributions of Hoa Binh hydropower plant, per-capita average income will be VND 34-35 million/year by 2015 and around VND 63-64 million/year by 2020); The average gi·owth rate of total retail sales and turnover from consumer se1vices will be 25%/year dming 2013-2015 and around 20%/ year during 2016-2020; The export value will reach USD 100 million by 2015 and around USD 230 million by 2020; The total state budget revenue will be VND 2.2 trillion by 2015 and around VND 4 tlillion by 2020; © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 10 The food output of seed plants will be around 360,000 tons by 2015 and around 37,000-37,500 tons by 2020. b/ Socially: To reduce the natural population growth rate to around 0.88% by 2015 and around 0.84% by 2020. The population will be 832,360 by 2015 and around 870,500 by 2020; To annually create jobs for 15,000-20,000 people during 2013-2015 and 22,000 people during 2016-2020 on average; The rate of trained labor force will reach 45% by 2015 and 55-60% by 2020; To reduce the rate of poor households to below 12% by 2015 and below 4% by 2020 (according to the new pove1ty line); To reduce the rate of underweight malnutrition among under-5 children to below 18% by 2015 and below 12% by 2020; The rate of households having access to the national power grid will reach 97% by 2015 and 99% by 2020; There will be around 7.57 and 8.5 medical doctors per 10,000 people by 2015 and 2020, respectively. All commune-level administrative units will have medical doctors by 2015. c/ Enviromnentally: To maintain forest coverage at 46%; By 2015 and 2020, 80-85% and 100%, respectively, of production establishments will treat wastes up to environmental standards; Garbage will be collected in Hoa Binh city and all townships in the province; by 2015, around 94% of solid waste will be collected and 77% of hazardous waste will be treated; by 2020, 100% of garbage will be collected and treated; Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) To supply hygienic water for 93% of rnral population by 2015 and 100% of the population by 2020. di National defense and secmity: To link socio-economic development with strengthening of national defense and secmity potential, maintenance of political stability and social order and safety in the new period; To fu1ther build and consolidate the all­ people defense posnire and people's secmity and build the province into a finn defensive zone to meet the requirements in the new situation. III. SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATIONS 1. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector To develop agriculture toward building a highly intensive, specialized cultivation and sustainable agriculture; to raise the quality, value and competitiveness of agricultural commodities and develop a hi-tech agriculnire after 2015. The growth rate of the agriculnire, forestry and fisheries sector is expected to be around 4.2%/year during 2013-2015 and around 3.8%/year during 2016-2020. To intensify the application of sciences and technologies to production, research and hybridization to create new varieties and breeds and at the same time conve1t areas under inefficient plants and unstable one-crop rice cultivation into areas under plants with higher value and outlets in order to increase incomes for farmers. To expand areas under sugarcanes. To grow tea, especially snow tea. To invest in new varieties of groundnut and soybean. To develop fruit tree zones suitable © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) to local conditions. To develop bonsai, flowers and aromatic trees for urban areas and indust1ial parks. To step by step reduce small-scale and scattered animal husbandly; to develop animal husbandly toward commodity production on an industrial or a semi-industiial scale, ensuring epidemic safety; to raise the quality of animal breeds; to apply advanced breeding process for increasing productivity, quality and efficiency. To multiply the model of medium- and small­ sized breeding farms. To properly implement the program on forest protection and sustainable development. To further attract, and create conditions for, investment in planting raw-material forests and eco-forests. To develop fishelies through diversifying aquatic products and taking full advantage of water surface areas; to apply advanced aquaculture technologies for increasing productivity, quality and efficiency. To combine ti·aditional aquatic breeds with specialty aquatic species. 2. Industiy and constmction sector To mobilize to the utmost resources and advantages for accelerating effective industrial growth and developing industries toward modernization in association with eco­ environmental protection. To prioritize the development of industries having competitive edge, labor-intensive, and hi-tech and export production industi·ies. To develop industi·ies with a view to creating breakthroughs in the province's growth and economic restructuring through increasing the proportions of industries and services, ensuring fast and sustainable development and 11 increasing state budget revenues. To sti·ive for the growth rate of added value of the indust1y and construction sector at 18%/year dming 2013-2015 and around 15%/year dming 2016 2020. To concenti·ate all resources on developing spearhead industries with natural resource advantages ( const111ction material production and agricultural and forest product processing), industi·ies with labor and market advantages (in areas adjacent to Hanoi Capital), such as electronics, textiles and ga1ments, assembly of automobile and motorcycle components, production of liquor, beer and beverages, etc., and hi-tech industi'ies in the future. To develop also pharmaceutical industiy and small-scale hydropower generation (while satisfying enviromnental requirements), and cottage and handicraft industlies, etc. To expeditiously build and complete infrastiucture for industiial parks and complexes, fo1mulate mechanisms and policies to promote and attract investinent as well as production in industifal parks and complexes, and create a favorable environment for investors in the locality. To prepare human resources with professional qualifications and skills for industrial development and attract highly qualified human resources and expe1ts to work in the province. 3. Service sector To develop the service sector to better satisfy socio-economic development requirements as a lever for the development of other industi·ies. To gradually increase the propo1tion of the se1vice sector in GDP, ensuring ha1monious development between the production and © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 12 service sectors, actively contributing to economic restructming and labor distribution in the province. To develop the province's service sector conesponding to its potential and exploit to the utmost advantages of different areas in the whole province. To identify types of service and commodities in which the province has competitive edge for prioritized development investment. To strive for the growth rate of added value of the se1vice sector at 14 .2%/year dming 2011 2015 and around 12.2% during 2016-2020. To complete infrastructure and technical systems se1ving trade in the province along the line of combining the development of urban trade with the development of rural markets; to develop wholesale marketplaces for buying products from fa1mers, and create favorable conditions for the development of supe1markets and trade centers in Hoa Binh city and district centers and townships. To plan and upgrade rural marketplaces. To fo1m trade-se1vice complexes in areas with favorable transpo1t conditions for linking with centralized agiicultural commodity production zones or industlial parks and complexes. To adopt mechanisms and policies to develop impo1t and export and create conditions for enterplises to expand expo1t markets. To develop tourism into an important industry in the province. To prioritize the development of culniral and ecological tourism with a view to bringing into play the province's potential and advantages and prolonging the stay duration of tourists. To associate tomist development with maintenance, conse1vation and promotion of cultural identities of ethnic Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) minority groups. To facilitate the development of transpo1t, finance-banking, health care and education se1vices and se1vices for industrial parks and complexes and urban areas. 4. Social sectors a/ Education and training: To develop education and training in association with socio-economic development tasks. To increase the trained labor force and raise the quality of human resources to meet socio-economic development requirements in the coming period; To consolidate and maintain the results of primary education universalization among children of prescribed age and strive for seconda1y education universalization; To continue building schools up to national standards so that by 2020, over 70% of preschools, 100% of primary schools, over 70% oflower secondary schools and over 7 5% of upper seconda1y schools will reach national standards; To invest in and upgrade physical foundations and equipment of schools, continuing education centers, secondary schools, colleges and job training centers, and encourage all economic sectors to invest in vocational training; To improve the quality and qualifications of teachers and cooperate with universities and research institutes in training and scientific research. To adopt policies to attract talented scientists and technicians to pe1manently work in the province. To step up socialization of education and training activities. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) b/ Health: To develop the health system of Hoa Binh province to be step by step modem, complete and synchrnnous from provincial to grassroots level to provide good health care for the people in Hoa Binh province and adjacent provinces; By 2015, over 60% of communes will be recognized as reaching national health standards and 100% of commune health stations will have medical doctors. By 2020, 90% of communes will be recognized as reaching national health standards; To further improve physical foundations and medical equipment of hospitals and build specialized hospitals. To encourage the development of non-public health establishments and socialization of health care activities. To improve qualifications of, and apply a preferential treatment regime to, medical doctors and workers, especially those working in disadvantaged areas, in order to attract them to work in these areas; to adopt policies to suppo1t training of medical workers who are ethnic minority people in deep-lying and remote areas. To properly and effectively implement national target programs on health care. c/ Culture and spo1ts: To conserve and develop the national t raditional culture . To raise cultural characteristics in all political, economic and social activities and people's daily-life activities. To increase the level of info1mation and cultural enjoyment for ethnic minority people. To properly cany out the movement "All the people unite to build a cultured life." By 2015, to maintain 80% of families and 70% of hamlets, villages and population quarters 13 reaching cultural standards. By 2020, these figures will be 85% and 75%, respectively. To fmther implement the movement "All people do physical exercise," organize various physical training and sp01ts activities in the province and pa1ticipate in large-scale spo1ts activities. By 2015, 28% of the population will regularly do physical exercise, 18% of households will reach sports family standards; by 2020, these figures will be 35% and 25%, respectively; To prioritize investment in cultural institutions serving the community such as museums, libraries, cinemas, artistic monuments, and ente1tainment and recreation centers. To implement preferential policies for building a culnired life in disadvantaged, deep-lying and remote areas. To study and preserve the cultural quintessence of the 5 ethnic minority groups of Muong, Thai, Tay, Dao and H'Mong. To step up socialization of investment in the development of cultural and info1mation activities; To further build physical facilities for physical training and spo1ts activities serving professional competitions at regional, national and international levels. To mobilize more social resources for physical training and spo1ts activities; to develop sports facilities at district and commune levels so that all districts and Hoa Binh city will have district-level stadiums. di Science and technology: To develop science and technology as a motive force for promoting industrialization and modernization. To enhance the application of scientific and technological advances to renew technologies and raise the productivity, quality and competitiveness of products; © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 14 To socialize activities of scientific and technological research and application and adopt policies to attract and encourage non­ state economic sectors to develop science and technology; To adopt mechanisms and policies to attract talents in scientific research and improve qualifications of scientific researchers in units in the province; To step up the application of appropriate scientific and technological advances in all sectors and fields. To invest in info1mation technology infrastrncnire for different levels so as to gradually apply inf 01mation technology to management and administration work. dd/ Hunger elimination and poverty reduction: To tap potentials and mobilize to the utmost resources for socio-econo1nic development; to effectively manage, use and integrate capital sources for infrastrncture constiuction, production support and people's life stabilization in exti·emely disadvantaged communes, communes covered by Program 229, communes in the Hoa Binh rese1voir area and poor communes in the province; to improve mate1ial and spirin1al lives of people so as to avoid relapse into poverty; to properly implement policies on medical, educational and social protection suppo1ts and incentives for poor households. 5. Infrastlucture To bu i ld a complete and modern infrastructure system for long-term socio­ economic development. To concentrate investment in Hoa Binh city, towns and motive­ force areas; in the immediate future, investment in other areas will be made under centrally suppo1ted programs. Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) To upgrade national highway 6 to grade-III road standards, particularly Xuan Mai-Hoa Binh section to reach grade-II road standards with 4 lanes; to build Hoa Lac-Hoa Binh city road to reach expressway standards with 4-6 lanes, and national highways running through the province and some provincial roads to reach grade-III or grade-IV road standards. To build some new roads and bridges to facilitate transport. To upgrade power grids to ensure unintem1pted supply of electiicity for production and people's life. To concentrate investment in power supply networks for industrial parks and complexes, urban areas and tourist zones, etc. To improve and upgrade rural power networks. To provide basic telecommunications se1vices, prioritizing fast development of new and added-value se1vices. To apply inf01mation technology in all state management agencies; all communes, wards and townships will have broadband internet access points. To upgrade existing irrigation works and build new ones. To ensure stable water sources for 92% of fa1ming areas; to properly implement flood drainage and water logging conti·ol. By 2020, 100% oflocal population will have access to hygienic domestic water. To build and upgrade rainwater and wastewater drainage systems in Hoa Binh city, Luong Son and other urban centers in the province. To treat industrial and hospital wastewater before discharging it into the common water drainage system. To step by step separate rainwater and wastewater drainage systems and build household wastewater treatment stations in urban centers. To attach impo1tance to investment in water drainage © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) and wastewater treatment systems in rnral areas, especially in craft villages, densely populated areas and industrial-scale animal rearing areas. To exploit and economically and effectively use water and mineral resources. To formulate and implement specific programs and measures to limit adverse impacts of fl.ashfiood, landslides and cracks, especially plans to remove people out of landslide-prone areas. To enhance capacity for environmental management systems at all levels. Investment projects must strictly comply with environmental impact assessment regulations and environmental protection commitments. To intensify examination and certification of environmental protection works and measures before officially commissioning the projects in accordance with law. 6. Combination of socio-economic development with national defense and security maintenance To increase secmity and national defense potential and maintain political stability and social order and safety. To fiuther consolidate and improve physical foundations and effectively use capital for investment in infrastrncture for the former safety zones (under Program 229). To properly perform local military tasks and launch the movement "People protect the Fatherland's security in the new situation". To properly implement the movement of crime prevention and combat and restrict and gradually reduce traffic accidents. IV TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION ORIENTATIONS 1. Development based on sub-areas Sub-area 1 ( embracing Hoa Binh city and Ky Son, Luong Son and Bae Lac Thuy districts): 15 This is an urban-industrial area serving as a motive force for the province's socio-economic development, in which investment will focus on urban, industrial, trade and service development to tum this area into a leading one to support other areas. Sub-area 2 (to the east and south of the province, embracing Kim Boi, Nam Lac Thuy, Yen Thuy and Lac Son districts): To build industr·ial parks and complexes along Ho Chi Minh road. To pay attention to the development of commodity agriculture in combination with the development of processing, small and cottage industries, traditional craft villages and rural trades. To develop trade, services and tourism and form tr·ade centers in townships and townlets as a motive force for the development of each area. Sub-area 3 (to the west and northwest of the province, embracing Mai Chau, Da Bae, Tan Lac and Cao Phong districts): To concentrate on the development of agriculture and forestry, especially growing specialty plants such as sugarcane, orange and tea, and forestation, in combination with exploitation of aquatic products and development of tourism, waterway tr·ansport and traditional trades and occupations. 2. Urban development orientations To accelerate urbanization, upgrade and expand a number of existing urban centers and build new urban centers and areas in association with trade centers and transport hubs, and develop industrial parks and complexes, ensuring a long-term vision for the master plan. To plan and expand Hoa Binh city into an industr·ial, tourist and tr·ade city up to grade-II © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 16 urban center standards. To plan and prepare conditions for turning Luong Son township into a grade-IV urban center by 2020. To upgrade a number of townlets into grade-V urban centers. 3. Development of mral, deep-lying, remote and extremely disadvantaged areas To increase investment in infrastrncture, giving priority to transport and agriculture sectors, support the development of traditional trades and occupations, associate agricultural production with small and cottage industries, suppo1t the preservation, processing and sale of agricultural food products. To properly implement centrally supported programs, restructure agriculture toward commodity production, step by step improve people's lives, and maintain secmity and national defense. V. PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY (See the attached Appendix). VI. SOLUTIONS FOR THE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 1. Raising investment capital The total demand for investment capital is estimated at VND 154,110 billion (at acn1al prices) during 2013-2020, including VND 45,290 billion for the 2013-2015 period and VND 108,820 billion for the 2016-2020 period. To satisfy the demand, it is necessary to apply policies and measures to raise to the utmost different capital sources. To ask for central supports for large infrastructure facilities; to further attract ODA and NGO sources; to increase investment in fo1ms of Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) BOT, BTO, BT and PPP for accelerating infrastmcnire development; to effectively use capital from land; to improve the investment environment, create advantages in attrncting foreign investment and attach impo1tance to attracting capital from non-state economic sectors, and step up socialization of health care, education, culture and spo1ts activities. 2. Stepping up administrative refo1m and building strong administrations at all levels To accelerate administrative reform for creating a favorable environment for development investment and production and business activities in the province. To review existing processes and procedures, annul unnecessaiy, overlapping and cumbersome procedures, and revise procedures to be simple, easy-to-implement, compliant with regulations and suitable to local conditions. To improve capacity of state management agencies and their sense to serve people, intensify discipline, fight bureaucracy and com1ption, ensure transparency and justice in dealing with matters related to organizations, enterprises and citizens in the province. 3. Human resources development To increase investment in education and training, health care and cultural sectors for improving people's intellectual standards and health and increasing the rate of trained labor force. To encourage all economic sectors to take part in vocational training. To properly organize fonns of job promotion, suppo1t and placement. To upgrade and expand professional and vocational schools. To promulgate regimes and policies to attract talents and skilled laborers to pe1manently work © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) in the province; to accelerate training to suit the province's socio-economic strncture, avoiding surplus of laborers who work in the fields they are not trained in. 4. Science and technology development and environmental protection To take measures to associate science and technology development with production; to rapidly apply scientific, technical and info1matics achievements to production and other fields such as management, administration, agricultural and aquatic product processing and other manufacturing industries. To adopt incentive policies for enterprises that apply new and advanced technologies to production. To step up the application of plant varieties and animal breeds which are highly productive, disease-resistant and suitable to the province's naniral conditions. To take measures to manage and encourage enterprises and craft villages to build facilities for treating solid, liquid and gaseous wastes before discharging them into the environment. To refrain from impo1ting obsolete equipment and technologies and equipment that cause adverse impacts on the environment. To promulgate regulations and apply measures to prevent and handle acts of destroying or polluting the environment, especially in Hoa Binh city, townships, industrial parks and complexes, craft villages, concentrated population areas, entertainment and recreation centers, tourist sites, hospitals, car parks, etc. 5. Coordinated development of Hoa Binh province and other localities in the region To fo1mulate and implement mechanisms for coordination and cooperation between 17 Hoa Binh province and ministries, sectors and localities in the region in specified fields and tasks for expanding markets and linking production and business activities of enterp1ises. To coordinate with localities in the region in infrastructure construction, investment promotion, trade, tourism, socio-cultural affairs (higher education cooperation; construction of regional hospitals to meet health care demands of people in the provinces in the region; promotion of cultural and sports exchanges between ethnic groups to build relationship and solidarity in the no1thwestem region). VII. ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 1. After the master plan is approved by the Prime Minister, Hoa Binh province should publicize and disseminate it to Party committees and administrations at all levels, sectors, mass organizations, enterprises and people in the province and at the same time formulate specific action programs for implementation of the master plan. 2. To concretize the master plan's objectives and tasks into 5-year and annual plans for effectively implementing the master plan. To annually assess the implementation of the master plan as a basis for reviewing and proposing according to the province's competence adjustments and supplementations to the master plan to suit the province's socio­ economic development conditions in each subsequent peliod. 3. All levels, sectors, socio-political organizations and people shall examine and © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 18 supervise the review and adjustment of the master plan. Article 2. The master plan serves as a basis for the fonnulation, adjustment, appraisal, approval and implementation of sectoral development master plans (the master plan on construction and master plans on the development of sectors, fields and products), socio-economic master plans of districts and Hoa Binh city and investment projects in the province. Article 3. Based on the province's socio­ economic development objectives and olientations mentioned in the master plan, the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province shall assume the plime responsibility for, and coordinate with related ministlies and sectors in: 1. Directing according to regulations the fo1mulation, adjustment, appraisal, approval and implementation of master plans on socio­ economic development of districts and Hoa Binh city; the constmction master plan; and master plans on the development of sectors, fields and products to ensure comprehensive and synchronous development. 2. Formulating medium- and short-term plans, key socio-economic development programs and specific projects in order to rationally focus and prioritize investment. 3. Elaborating and promulgating according to their competence or submitting to competent authorities for promulgation mechanisms and policies to meet the province's development requirements and comply with state laws in each peliod with a view to attracting and mobilizing resources for implementation of the master plan. Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) 4. Promptly submitting to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision adjustments or supplementations to the master plan to suit socio-economic development conditions in the province, the region and the whole country in each period. Article 4. Within the ambit of their functions, tasks and powers, related ministlies and cenn·al sectors shall: 1. Guide and assist the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province in fo1mulating specific master plans; elaborate and submit to competent authorities for promulgation mechanisms and policies to meet the province's socio-economic development requirements in each period for effectively using resources; promote and atn·act investment based on the socio-economic development objectives and tasks set out in the master plan. 2. Study, review, adjust and add plans on investment in the relevant approved works and projects mentioned in the master plan to sectoral development master plans. Assist Hoa Binh province in allocating and mobilizing domestic and foreign investment capital sources for implementation of the master plan. Article 5. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing. Article 6. The chairperson of the People's Committee of Hoa Binh province, 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 06-07/June 2013 19 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) Appendix LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY IN HOA BINH PROVINCE DURING 2013-2020 (To the Prime Minister's Decisfon No. 917/QD-TTg of June 11, 2013) I. Centrally invested projects in the province 1 Building Hoa Lac-Hoa Binh city expressway 2 Upgrading national highway 6 and building bypass routes for Hoa Binh city and Luong Son township 3 Upgrading national highway 12B 4 Upgrading national highway 15 5 Upgrading national highway 21B 6 Project to embank the lower section of Hoa Binh hydropower dam (phase 2) Building Trong reservoir (Tan Lac), Lang reservoir (Yen Thuy), Mong and Nganh 7 reservoirs (Luong Son), and Can Thuong reservoir (Cao Phong) (transitional project) 8 Building and upgrading Thuong Tien, Song Seu and Ngoc Luong reservoirs 9 Reservoir safety project, phase II 10 Day river flood diversion project, phase II 11 Building and upgrading inigation systems of Cau Duong, Luong Son, Yen Thuy and southwestern Lac Son ( outside Cong Hoa area) 12 Hoa Binh-Phu Minh 110 kV electric line and station (transitional project) 13 Hoa Binh-Thanh Nong 110 kV electric line and station (transitional project) II. Projects managed by Hoa Binh province 1 Upgrading and expanding road 433 from Da Bae district to Phu Yen district (Son La) 2 Upgrading provincial road 434 3 Upgrading provincial roads in association with economic, tomist, national defense and security development programs 4 Upgrading roads in the fo1mer safety zone (under Program 229) and road 12C 5 Roads in inner Hoa Binh city and townships 6 Bo township belt road 7 Asphalting and concreting motor roads to communal centers 8 Upgrading infrastructure systems of Hoa Binh city to reach grade-II urban center standards © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) Upgrading infrastmcture systems of Luong Son township to reach grade-IV urban center standards Water drainage and wastewater treatment systems for Hoa Binh city Waste treatment system for Hoa Binh city Building infrastmcture facilities for new urban centers in Hoa Binh city Building infrastmcture facilities for new urban centers in Luong Son Building 2 bridges crossing Da river in Hoa Binh city Project on Thinh Lang lake park and Tuoi Tre park (Hoa Binh city) Upgrading a number ofreservoirs in Huu Nghi and Tan Hoa wards, Hoa Binh city Building domestic water supply systems in townships Project on cultural buildings of the provincial Party Committee and its departments Building technical infrastmcture for Hoa Binh province's administrative center zone (transitional project) Project on administrative-political center zone of Hoa Binh city (transitional project) Supplying domestic water for communes in highland areas and areas frequently lacking domestic water Program on building a new count1yside (including investment projects to build a new count1yside on a pilot basis) Population anangement in natural disaster-stricken and disadvantaged areas Upgrading physical foundations of the province's pedagogic college into a university Establishing a new private university in the province Upgrading the province's economic-technical seconda1y school into a college Upgrading the province's secondary medical school into a college Building vocational training centers in districts Project on the vocational college (phase II) Building more boarding general schools for ethnic minority pupils Project to build do1mitories for sn1dents of colleges, professional secondary schools and vocational schools in Hoa Binh province Program to build pe1manent schools and classrooms Project to upgrade public health services in Hoa Binh province (funded by the Belgian Government) Building specialized hospitals in the province ( endocrinology hospital, obstetrics hospital, n1berculosis hospital and traditional medicine hospital, phase II) Upgrading the regional general clinic © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 21 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) 36 Building or upgrading preventive medicine centers in districts and Hoa Binh city 37 Building commune health stations up to national standards 38 Building the provincial museum-park 39 Building Hoa Binh province's ethnology theater 40 Embellishing histolical and cultural relics 41 Building ente1tainment and recreation centers and sites 42 Project on FM and ethnic minority-language radio broadcasting 43 Project to procure special-use television equipment 44 Project on Tay Bae spo1ts complex 45 Hoa Binh province's stadium 46 The province's multifunctional competition hall 47 The province's spo1ts center 48 Building stadiums and competition halls in districts and Hoa Binh city 49 Supporting production, building infrastmcture and stabilizing production and life of people in communes covered by Program 229 50 Supporting production, building infrastmcture and stabilizing production and life of people in the Da river's reservoir area III. Production and business projects 1 Developing technical infrastmcture of Luong Son industrial park 2 Developing technical infrastmcture of Yen Quang industiial park 3 Developing technical infrastmcture of Nam (South) Luong Son industiial park 4 Developing technical infrastmcture ofNhuan Trach industrial park 5 Developing technical infrastmcture of Da River's Left Bank industifal park 6 Developing technical infrastmcture of Mong Hoa industifal park 7 Developing technical infrastmcture of Lac Thinh industi·ial park 8 Developing technical infrastmcture of Thanh Ha industrial park 9 Developing technical infrastmcture of industrial complexes in districts and Hoa Binh city 10 Building a fmit juice processing plant 11 Building a plant producing particle boards, fiberboards and laminated bamboo boards 12 Building a cement plant 13 Fonnulating and completing investment projects on development of small- and medium sized hydropower stations © Vietnam Law & Legal Fornm . 22 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) Building new establishments for producing electronic items and components in Hoa Binh city and Luong Son dist:Iict Building an establishment for producing household elect:1·ic appliances Restoring traditional t:1·ades and learning new crafts Investing in new vaiieties for intensive faiming of raw-material sugai·cane zones Developing snow tea, a high-quality new variety, building the brand name "Hoa Binh snow tea" and renewing expo1t processing technologies Developing raw-material pineapple zones in Lac Thuy, Yen Thuy, Lac Son and Kim Boi dist:1·icts Building zones for growing safe vegetables and flowers in Hoa Binh city and Ky Son, Luong Son, Tan Lac, Cao Phong and Mai Chau districts, etc. Planning and developing grass zones for cattle husband1y in Lac Son, Tan Lac and Cao Phong dist:I·icts Managing the exploitation of aquatic resources in Hoa Binh reservoir and other reservoirs and dams in the province Investment projects to grow raw-material forests such as new-variety bamboo, acacia and indigenous plants Expanding land areas for agricultural production in places with favorable water sources Program on epidemic safety for plants and animals Building areas where local people are engaged in the production of plant varieties and animal breeds Building infrastrncture facilities for aquaculture areas Building infrastrncture facilities for and developing rnral craft villages Building and upgrading marketplaces (Luong Son and Ky Son cent:I·al marketplaces, agriculniral product marketplaces in Luong Son, Kim Boi, Lac Son, Tan Lac and Ky Son, etc.) Building a fair, exhibition and t:1·ade zone in Hoa Binh city Building trade centers and supe1markets in Hoa Binh city and Luong Son Building Bo Trai t:1·ade zone (Hoa Binh city) Ennancmg pubhc mtonnat10n work to adve1t1se tounsm for bmlctmg and explo1tmg Hoi:i Rinh hrnnrl ni:imP. Building tomist physical and technical foundations and tourist infrastrncture facilities for fast development of Hoa Binh reservoir tourist zone (a national key tourist zone) Bo waterfall tourism Bo Temple festival center Building tomist infrast:Iucture facilities in Kim Boi township, Ha Bi and Sao Bay © Vietnam Law & Legal Forom . Issue nos 06-07/June 2013 23 (Cong Bao nos 341-342/June 22, 2013) 38 Developing waterway tourism, transpo1tation and loading/unloading from Hoa Binh to Son La 39 Planning and building an inland container depot in Hoa Binh city Note: The locations, land areas, total investment amounts and investment capital 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 period. © Vietnam Law & Legal Forum