Decision No. 05/2009/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Bac Giang province till 2020

16 ,-- . . ------,-- . OFFICIAL GAZETTE Issue nos 11·121JanualY 2009 (GOng Baanos 79-82fJanuary 26, 2009) THE PRIME MINISTER Decision No. 05/20091QD-TT2 of January 13, 2009, approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Bac Giang province till 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 the formulation, approval andmanagementofsocio economicdevelopment masterplans;and Decree No. U4/2UUlJ/ND-CP of January 11, 2UU8, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP of September 7, 2006; At theproposalofthe presidentofBac Giang province Peoples Committee in Report No. 42/ ITr-VBND ofAugust 18.2006. and the Minister of Planning and Investment in Document No. 4022/BKH-TD&GSDT ofJune 4,2008, DECIDES: Article 1. To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of Bac Giang province lill2020 (below referred ro as the master plan), with the following principal contents: I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS AND OBJECTIVES 1. Development viewpoints aJ To mobilize to the utmost all resources for accelerating the development and raising the economic growth quality; to efficiently tap the economic potential and advantages, bOOSI the economic restructuring towards industrialization and modernization; to strive for the target that the province's economy by 2020 will be restructured mainly with industry and service; bl To highly concentrate on the development of industries, cottage industries, handicrafts and rural trades; to prioritize the development ofkey products with advantage and hi-tech content value, step by step strongly directing towards export, raising the efficiency and competitiveness of commodities and the entire economy; cl To develop agriculture and rural areas towards industrialization and modernization; to strongly restructure the agricultural economy, developing commodity production in association with the processing industry and meeting the market demands; to raise the productivity, quality and production value per unit of cultivated area; to restructure labor towards reducing agricultural labor while increasing industrial and service labor; dJ To associate economic development with social development, eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, create jobs, n/UTOW the living-standard gaps between regions, constantly raise the material and spiritual life of people; to pay attention to cultural development, environmental protection and maintenance of security and defense as well as social order and safety. 2. Major objectives aI Economically: The average annual economic growth rate will reach 10-11% in the 2006-2010 period; 12% in the 2011-201.') period; and lZ% in the 2016 2020 period; By 2010, the industry-construction proportion will be 35%; services, 3-1.5%; agriculture, forestry and fishery, 30.5%; which e VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM Issue nos 11·121JaMJary 2009 (DOng Bao nor; 79-8:!IJtmuary 26, 2009) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 17 ,----, will be 44.7%, 35.1% and 20.3% by 2015, then 49.2%.37.1% and 13.7% respectively by 2020: To strive to gradually reduce the per-capita GDP gap with the national average and surpass the targets set in Resolution No. 37-NQITW of July 1, 2004, of the Political Bureau, for the northern midland and mountainous region. bl Culturally and socially: To create substantive qualitative improvements in culture, healthcare, education, training and people's intellectual level; to constantly raise the people's Jiving standards, quickly reducing the poverty rate (on average by 3.3%/year in the 2006-2010 period; 1.8-2%/ in the 2011-2015 period and 0.S-0.8%/year in the :to1o-lUlO period), strivingfor the target that theprovince's povertyrate will equal thenational average by 2010; The secondary education universalization rate will reach 80% by 2010 and 100%by 2015. The number of permanently built schools will represent 90% by 2010 and 100% by 2015; To reduce the urban unemployment rate to about 4.5% by 2010; 4.3% by 2015 and 4% by 2020.Toincrease the working time in rural areas to 90% by 2010 and 93-95% by 20Z0; to increase the rate of trained laborers to over 30% by 2010 and over 50% by 2020; To strive for the targets that by 2010. 82% of localhouseholds wi11 reach the culturedfamily standards; 60% of villages, hamlets and street quarters will be recognizedbydistrict authorities as having reached the cultural standards, which will correspondingly rise to 87%, 70% by 2015, then 90%, 80% by 2020; and 85% of agencies and units reach the cultural standards by 2010, which will reach over 90% by 2020, cl Environmentally: Tocreate substantive improvement in people's awareness abouf environmental protection, stepby stepestablishing habitsand a life stylefor a green, clean and beautiful environment To prevent and restrict environ-mental pollution, degenerationand incidents, Toincreasethe forest coverageto40.5% by2010and43%by 2020(including fruittree areas on forest land); To protect and sustainably exploit natural resau rces, to conserve bi0-di versity, environmental beauty and ecological-balance; Urban and industrial-park wastes must be treated up to Vietnam's environmental quality standards; To strive for the targets that by 2010, 95% of urban populationand 85% of rural population will have access to clean water, which will rise ro 99.5% and 95% by 2020; and 75%offamiUes will have hygienic latrines, which will rise to 85% by 2015 and 100%by 2020. dJDE-fense and security To bringinto full playthe integratedstrength of all levels, branches and people, building the all-people defense and the people's security disposition. To closely combine defense and security with economic development, maintaining political stability, social order and safety, creating a favorable environment for socio-economic development; ~ To consolidate the political system at all levels, raising the capacity to detect and handle law violations, fully meeting the requirements set in the administrative reform program and the legal system building and improvement strategy already promulgated by competent authorities. II. BRANCH AND DOMAIN DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATIONS I. Industry-construction development orientations To strive for the industry-construction productionvaluegrowthrate of21 % in the 2006~ e VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORU 18 OFFICIAL GAZETTE Issue nos 11·121January 2Q09 (rA"Jno Ban nn.~ 79-R21lammry Jfl, ;l(l{l!l) 2010 period; 18% in the 2011-2015 period and about 14,5% in the 2016-2020 period, turning Bac Giang from a largely agricultural province into one with an economic structure of mainly industries and services; To concentrate great efforts on the developmelllof industries, cottage industriesand handicrafts, boost the economic growth and restructuring and create prerequisites for labor restructuring. Todetermine industrial parks and complexes as important economic zones, focusing on the development of industrial parks and cump1t:xt:~ 018 moth'!: [orct:~ [Ul ecinunuu: growth and urban center and service development; The export v::llue wi II reach some usn) 'ill 500 million by 2020; the industry-construction labor will rise from 8.86% to nearly 22% by 2020; Industrial parks will be arranged in associationwithservicesand urbandevelopment along key development spatial axes, including the North-South axis linked with national highway lA, the Southwest-Northeastern axis with national highway 31, the West-South axis with national highway 37 and the Northwest Southeastern axis with provincial road 398 linkingtoNoiBai-HaLong expresswaycorridor. 2. Agriculture, forestry and fishery dlVVlVlupllll;;lll orientations aJAgriculture: Toseive for the average production value growth rate ofaround 4%/ycar in the 2006-2010 period: 3.8%/year in the 2011-2015 period and 3.5%/year in the 2016-2020 period; To ensure food security. boosting the commodity production on the basis of development ofadvantageous plantsandanimals, including4 kindsof plants (fruit tree, food plant, foodsruff plam and. tndusrrial plant) and 2 kinds of animals (pig and cow); to raise the production value per cultivated land area unit, striving to earn around VND 45 million by 2020; the agricultural commodity proportion will reach around40% in the 2006-2010 periodand around 50% in the 2011-2020 period; To form ecologically dean and hi-tech agricultural commodity production zonesto serve domestic consumption find export. To p'xp:lnrl areas under winter crops, intensifying the application of bio-technology and technical advances to production, developing the growing of safe vegetables, flowers and ornamental trees in outlying areas of urban cities, townships and townlets; To quickly raise the husbandry proportion to around 45% of the agricultural production value, to reduce the cultivation proportion to around 49% and raise the agricultural service proportion to 6% during the planning period; The average agricultural labor productivity will rise about 5.5%/year in the 2006-2020 period; [Q stably maintain [he areas under fruit trees and raise the quality of fruit trees, with around 45,000 ha, including some 35,000 ha of excellent-quality litchi. To practice intensive farming, raise the quality and restructure plant varieties in order to spread out the harvesting; at the same time, to apply bio-technology to safe and high-yualily litchi furprocessing ami t:xpun. bl Forestry: To develop forestland with three types of forests, striving to raise the forestry proportion to about 3% of the GDP by the end of the planning period; . It is expected that by 2020. the total forestland area will be 145,974.5 ha, including 15,411.3 ha of special-purpose forests; 18,803 ha of protection forests and 111,760.4 ha of production forests. © VIETNAM LAW &LEGAL FORUM Issue.nos 11·121Jamlllary 2009 (C6nf} Ran nn.~ 79-821January 26. 2009) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 19 cl Fisheries: To strive for the target that by 2020. 90% of the total aquaculture area will be tapped (nearly 13,000 ha). To apply new technologies in order to raise the aquacultureproductivity to 2.5-3 tons! na throughindustrial and semi-industrial rearing; to raise the province's reared fish output to 25,000-30,000 tons by 2010 and 38,000-40,000 tons by 2020; the average fishery growth rate will approximate 15%/year. 3. Service development orientations To strive for the annual service growth rate ofabout9.9%in the 2006-2010period; over 12% in the 2011-2015 period and some 13.6% in the 2016-2020period. To focus on the development of service trade and tourism into important economicbranches;toprioritizethedevelopment of trade, transport, store houses and yards, post and telecommunications, banking, finance and credit, insurance, real estate and tourist sectors, strongly directing the economy towards export for the target that the export turnover will averagely rise 15 16%/yeaT in the 2006-2020 period; The service labor force will represent 18% by 2010 and 27% by 2020; to step by step invest in building civilized and modem service and trade infrastructure, 4. Cultural and social development orientauons aJEducation-training and vocationaltraining; To create substantively qualitative improvements in education towardsapproaching the advanced level. To build and develop contingents of teachers and educational administrators, sufficientin quantityandrational in structure; 100% of teachers will meet the prescribed standards and raise the percentageof higher-standard teachers; To intensify investment in school material foundations, striving for the target that by 2020, 100% of general education classrooms will be permanently built; 100% of general education schoolswill reach the national standards;and the secondary education universaIization will be completed by 2015, To encourage the development of various forms of vocational training towards xocializarion To build modem and high-quality vocational-training universities aIU1 schools meeting the labor demands of the prmtince and the region; to intensifyon-spot training and raise the percentage of trained laborers to 50% by 2020. bl Healthcare, population, family and children: To renew and perfect the healthcare system towardsequality, efficiency anddevelopment. To raise the operational quality of publiehealthcare networks and develop non-public healthcare services. To well implement social policies in the field of caring for and protection of people's health, with regard to medical examination and treatment for poor people and disadvantaged children; To ~lep up the appllcarlou uf scientific aud technical advances and combine traditional medicine with modern medicine; to further consolidate and develop grassroots healtheare, accelerating theformulation of nationalstandards healthcare commune and striving for the target that by 2020, 100%of communes willreach the national hcalthcare standards; To fruitfully realize the population strategy, stabilizing the population at 1,840,000 by 2020 and trying to achieve and maintain the replacement birth rate. To attach importance to child care and protection, trying to reduce the malnutrition rate among under-five children to around 10% by 2020. © VIETNAM LAW &LEGAL FORUM 20 OFFiCiAL GAZETTE Issue nos 11·121January 2009 (C6no BaD nos 79-821January 26, 2009) c! Culture-information, physical training and sports: To raise the quality and efficiency of the movement "The entire population unites to build a cultured life". To strive for the targets that by 2020, 90% of households, 80% of v i llagc.s, hamlets and wards and over 90% of agencies and units win be recognized as having reached the prescribedcuitural standards. To further build and consolidate grassroots culture and information institutions. To preserve and promote the value of traditional culture of local inhabitants; To sh'Ongly step up the mass movement for physical training and sports in combination with socializing physical training and sport activities. To attach importance to comprehensive and synchronous investment in sports which the province has strengths, trying to obtain national achievements in a number of these sports. d! Science-technology and post telecommunications: To prioritize research, application and development in technological renewal with a multi-level structure, approaching directly to modem technologies that help accelerate the industrialization and modernization process, ensuring high economic growth rates. To increase the receipt of suitable technologies for socio economic development; to be able to supply plant varieties and animal breeds of high yield and high quality; ~ To speed up the development of post and telecommunication networks, ensuring non interrupted communication, striving for the targets that by 2010, 80-90% of communal post and cultural spots will provide Internet services and an a veruge of 3S 40 telephone sets for every 100 inhabitants which will rise to 70 sets/lOa inhabitants by 2020. To complete the subscriber optical fiber cable networks in the provincial city and most communes and townships, satisfying people's information needs. e! Implementation of social policies and employment generation: To fruitfully realize the national target programs on employment while raising the quality ot local tabor, 'Io try to annually create jobs for 18,()()()"20,OOO laborers, including 3,000 4,000 to be sent abroad to work as guest workers; To further direct the materialization of poverty reduction programs, mobile resources through socialization, speed up hunger elimination and poverty alleviation activities; to properly carry out gratitude activities, assist social-policy beneficiaries and disadvantaged children; To strongly develop production, create IIIUIc jobs and step by step raise the people's living standards. fl Defense and security: To closely combine socio-economic development with defen se and security maintenance, firmly maintaining political stability, social order and safety, thus creating an environment conducive to socio-economic development; To build up the all-people defense. attach importance to building up strong. regular and incrementally modem local military forces. To build up zone-based defense, strategic mobility roads and military high positions and properly implement the defense education program. gI Environmental protection: To protect and sustainably develop the environment and natural resources; to rationally tap and thriftily and efficiently use natural re sou rres with in permi rred e.('o)ogi r~ I snd environmental protection limits; to efficiently treat and control environmental pollution and redress the environmental degeneration. 5. Urban spatial development orientations I • ISSue nos11-121January2009 (Cong Baa nos7082/Januory 26, 2000) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 21 aJ To rationally develop and arrange urban networksandpopulation quarters in theprovince: to associate the development of industrial parks with the development of urban centers and services. To create a balanced development between delta, midland and mountainous areas; to harmonize urban development with the building of new rural areas, trying to achievethe average housing space of 16m2 per person by 2010 and 21 m2 by 2020; hIThe centralurban centers willbe developed alongrational highway lA fromNenhto Kep. This is the province's key economic zone embracing Bac Giang city as a politico-economic center to be built toward modernization, higher urban quality and broaden..-d. urban space after ?OI0: satellite industrial or serviceurhan zones such as Dinh Tram, Song Khe-Noi Hoang, Quang Chau, Van Trung, Viet-Han; the urban centers of Kep, Vui, BichDong, Nenhand QueNham; to develop a number of urban centers linked with industrial parks and upgrade a number of satellite urban centers-to grade-IV; c/ Eastern urban system: It will be developed mainlyalongnationalhighway31 fromDoi Ngo to An Chau and secondarily along provincial roads 293 and 2~l). It comprises Chu, An Chau, BienDong,KepII, PhoLim, TanSon,Long Son, Van Son and Thanh Son townships. Its center will be Chu township, which will he developed into a grade-Iv urban center; dJ Western urbansystem: It willbe developed along national highways 37 and 398 and provincial road292,comprisingThang,Cau Go, Bo Ha, Nha Nam and Cao Thuong and other townshipsin the region. Its center will be Thang township, which will be developed into a grade IV urban center. 6. Orientations for socio-economic developmentof key zones a/ The motive developmentzone: The motiveeconomiczone coversBac Giang city and pmt,; of I .:mg Giang, Yen Dung and Viet Yen districts with various industrial parks (Dinh Tram, Song Khe - Noi Hoang, QuangChau, Van Trung,Viet-Han...).Railway,waterway and road systems will be constructed to tacilitate the development of tradewithnorthernbigeconomic centers, Hanoi capital city, China and ASEAN countries. bl Luc Ngan agricultural, forestry and industrial economic zone: With Chu township as its center the zone embraces most of the land areas of WC Ngan andSon Dong districtsand the northeasternarea of Luc Nam district. Its geographical position, terrain, climate aud weather Iavor the development of forestry and agriculture in generaland fruit trees in particularas weU as the development of agricultural and ferest raw material zones in association with agricultural product processing and eco-tourism. cl Economic-cum-defense zone: The economic-cum-defense zone covers the northern and northeastern parts of Lang Giang district, thenorthwestern partofLuc Ngandistrict, the eastern part ofLuc Nam district, and Yen Dung district. The geographical position and terrain make this region a strategic defense zone. As its boundary is relatively defined, socio-economic development shouldbe closely combined with the construction of firm defense zones. dI Riep Roa key economic zone: Lying dose to Hanoi capital with fairly favorable traffic routes, its (fade with Hanoi and northern mountainous provinces will be facilitated. In theprojected planning forHanoi capital'sspatial development, Hiep Hoa district will lie on belt road4 withinHanoi territory. The construction of a number of industrial parks and complexes is planned in order to attract investors from Hanoi and accommodate a number of factories to be @ VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM 22 OFFiCiAL GAZETTE. Issue nos 11·121January 2009 (Cong BaD no.~ 7Q-R7I.lfmIlRry 76,2(09) relocated from inner areas of Hanoi. 7. Development of socio-economic infrastructure Toconcentrateinvestmenton theconstruction of modem socio-economic infrastructure systems to meet the development requirements in the period of industrialization and modernization, Specifically: 10 upgrade I1t;W national hi~1JWdY lA to the expressway standards and old national highway lA to the grade-III delta road standards; to expand and upgrade national highways 31, 37 and 279 to grade-IV standards; To complete the upgrading and asphalting of the system of provincial roads of 390 km by 2015. In the immediate future, to prtoritize the upgradingand expansion of provincial road 398, provincial road 296 linking to national highway 3 and the fish-bone road systemsfor 4 economic development spatial axes, helping accelerate agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization; To try to upgrade, asphalt or concrete 70 80%of communeroads; to upgradeand concrete ruralroads, includingbridgeson commune roads, to p.m:lll'P.~ootbfT;lffi(' in hnth ~p~~nn~ hy 2070; To upgrade the waterway and railway systems to national and international standards for convenient circulation of goods; To upgrade the systems of wharves, river ports, inland ports, cargo warehouses, petroleum depotsandstations,post and telecommunications iufr asu uciure dull tourist iufrasu ucture fUi economicdevelopment.Tobuild Dong Son-Yen Dung container port, Kep-Lang Giang dry port and Quang Chau-Viet Yenport; to upgrade Bae Giang special-purpose port and the remaining river ports on 3 major rivers; To upgrade the power system, water supply and drainagesystems; (0 completethe upgrading and renovation of irrigation systems for thrifty use of water and active irrigation in agricultural production by 2015; To build trade and tourist infrastructure, systems of department stores and shops; to upgrade rural marketplaces for boosting trade development; to upgrade roads leading to big tourist resorts and sites (Khuon Than, Suoi Mo, Tay Yen Tu): To upgrade hospitals, health stations and schools (including universities, colleges and vocational training schools), plant variety and animal breed research institutions, welfare facilities, cultural heritage preservation works and museums. 8. List of program" and projects prioritized for investment study (enclosed appendix). III. MAJOR SOLUTIONS FOR TIIE MASTER PLAN'S IMPLEMENTATION In order to attain the objectives set in the master, efforts should be concentrated on the tollowmg groups at major solutions: 1. Developmentinvestmentcapital solutions The total investment capital demand for the implementation of the masterplan is estimatedto be muchgreaterthan the province'sresources and thecentralgovernment's supports. Hence, tomeet the investment capital demand, there should be solutions to raise capital, aiming to diversify the investment; including bringing intoplayasamajor solution, mobilizing to the utmostcapital sources from land funds, encouraging lilt: atuaction of investment capital from non-state economic sectors, and socializing investment in for healthcare, education, physical training and sports, specifically: State budgetfunds (centralbudget and local budget)wi11 be concentratedon the development of social and economic infrastructure; VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM ' Issue nos 11-121JanuaIY 2009 (COng Bao nos 79-821January 26, 2(09) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 23 .. --~---- . --. To further create funding sources from land funds,holdland use right auctionsto raise capital for the construction of infrastructure,new urban centers, industrial parks... To use land funds for raising capital for industrial development infrastructure. To survey and recover land areas left unused or used for improper purposes; Toencourageenterprises toprepareadequate conditions for listing and issuance of shares on the securitiesmarket to attract investmentcapital for developing their production and business; To materialize the policy of "the State and peoplejoin efforts"inembankingcanals,building and concreting rural roads; to set up investment funds ofthe province in accordance with law; To step up administrative reform, clealillg favorable conditions for all economic sectors to setup newenterprisesor expandtheexistingones under the Enterprise Law; to actively promote investment so as to attract domestic and foreign investment projects; To take advantage of and efficiently use foreign official development assistance (UUA). 2. Mechanism and policy solutions Topromptlymaterializethe systemsof laws, policies aud ieuewal guidelines of [he Pany and State under the local conditions. To quickly review, amend and supplement the province's mechanisms and policies to meet the development requirements, creating a favorable and truly equitable investment, production and business environment for all economic sectors. To introduce incentive mechanisms and policies to encourage and attract investment in mountainous, rural and ethnic minority areas; To qunlirarivaly improve the organization and operation of the state administrative system suited to the local conditions and meeting the development and international economic mtegratron requirements; Tostep up the implementationof "one-stop shop" mechanism, simplifying administrative procedures towards publicity and transparency in settling affairs for organizations, enterprises and citizens. To boost the legal reform, building the judicial service network in order to create conditions for organizations and individuals to accessandpromptlyunderstandpolicies and laws and protect their lawful rights and interests; Tofurtherdecentralize the management and organization of apparatuses and public servants in association withthe arrangement, consolidation and raising of the executive ~~dty of administrations at all levels; to build the political systemstrongandclean;toenhance theactiveness, creativeness and autonomy of organizations and individuals in the performance of their tasks; To step up the application of information technology after the e-govemment model and organize the application of ISO 9001-2001 quality standard management systems, 3, Human resource development solutions To formulate and properly realize a huiuau resource development strategy of the province; to work out plans, mechanisms and policies to actively support the training and re-training of entrepreneurs and enterprise executives; at the same time, to adopt appropriatemechanismsand policies to attract cadres of high economic, scientific or technical qualifications, dUtstanding specialists, skilled workers and artisans to work in the province; To expand cooperation with training institutions inside and outside the province on training skilled technicians. To encourage enterprises to contribute capital and equipment to raising the training quality OJ to join in the training,To build training institutions suitable to the local practical conditions and requirements; to step up the socialization of education and training in order to mobilize all social resources e VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM 24 O~FiCiAL GAZETTE Issue nos 11-121January 2009 (Gong Bao nos 79·B2IJanuary 26. 2009:) for investment in education and training development; To rationally boost the process of land concentration and partial transfer of agricultural labor to the fieldsof cottage industry, handicrafts dud SCI vices. To adopt rnechauisrns dUUpuli<:;es tofacilitate agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization. 4. Sofl:ltions to step up the development associaricn and cooperation with Hanoi capital and othercities and provinces To enhance association and cooperation with Hanoi cctpftal and other cities and provinces in the region. aiming to bring into full play the competitive edges, particularly in the development of industries. agriculture. forestry. trade. tourism, healthcare, training. science and technology and environmental protection. 5. Cultural and social development solutions To concentrateresources on speedingup the hungerelimination andpoverty reductionagainst relapse into poverty;to raise people's intellectual levels, getting rid of backward CUSlOIDS and practices; To further implement the policies and measureno support economic development and access to SOCial services for the poor; To step up the implementation of policies to encourage the development of productionand developmentof vocational trainingnetworks for raisingthepercentageof trained and vocationally trained Jaborers; To properly implement the social policies on caring for people with meritorious services, on socialrelief,socialvice prevention and combat, ... To properly implement policies towards ethnic minority people and mountainous areas; Tostep upthe socializationin education and training, healthcare, culture and information, physical training and spans. 6. Defense and security enhancement solutions To further the strategy on defense and security maintenance; to launchmassmovements for people to participate in the maintenance of national defense-and securhy, To closely L:umlJim::: socio-economic development with defense and security maintenance; To intensify law propagation among cadres and people; to enhance the state management of security and order in the locality; resolutely suppress and punish crimes. To further enhance lh t: ,glasP u f the grassroo ls si rua t ion, the settlement of people's complaints and denunciations, aiming to build confidence and create a safe and clean social environment. 7. Organization of the master plan's implementation and supervision aJ Promulgation and dissemination of the master plan: To promulgate and disseminate the socio economic development master plan of the province in various forms to Party Committees and administrations at all levels. various branches, mass organizations, enterprises and people in the province; Tointroduce and advertisepriority projects to investors. bl Formulation of action programs and Investment promotion: After the master plan is approved, action programs must be formulated on the basis of its objectives for incremental attainment. In the immediatefuture, concreteplansshallbe worked out to materialize the objectives set in the Resolution of the xvr- Party Congress of Bac Giang province; To step up investment promotion activities, attaching importance to key projects which turn out lcading products and playa decisive role in @ VIETNAM lAW &lEGAL FORUM Issue nos 11.121January 2009 (Cong Riin nn~ 7.Q.82IJammry ')6, 2009) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 25 the attainment of the master plan's objectives; To formulate a number of proEr~m!': on the province's leading products and properly implement them, creating a new motive force for production and business development. At the same time, to adopt Incenttve and preferential market, capital and land policies t 0 develop the production and trading of leading products; To step by step concretize the master plan into annual and 5-year plans for realization. Depending on the development of the socio economic situation in each period, to promptly review, adjust and supplement the master plan to suit the development process; Authorities at all levels, branches. social organizations and people of various ethnic groups in the province shall inspect and supervise the implementation of the master plan. Article 2. The master plan serves <15 a basis for the formulation, submi ssion for approval and implementation of specialized plans (construction planning, land use planning and plans and other specialized plans) and investment projects in Bac Giang province. Article 3. To assign Bac Giang province People's Committee, based on the province's socia-economic development objectives, tasks and orientations set in the approved master plan, to coordinate with concerned ministries and branches in directing the formulation, submission for approval and implementation according to regulations of the following contents: 1. District-level master plans on socio economic development; plans on development of systems of urban centers and residential quarters; construction planning; land usc planning and plans; branch and domain development planning so as to ensure synchronous development. 2. Annual and five-year plans: key programs on economic, cultural and social development; speci fie projects for rational in vestment concentration and priority. 3. A number of mechanisms and policies in response to the province's development requirements in each period to be promulgated by itselfor submitted to competent state agencies for promulgation (if they fall beyond its competence), with a view to attracting and mobilizing resources for the implementation of the master plan. Article 4. To assign concerned ministries and branches to support. according to their respective functions and tasks, Bac Giang province People's Committee in formulating the above-said plannings and plans; formulating and submitting to competent stare agencies for promulgation mechanisms and policies to meet Bac Giang province's socio-economic development requirements in each period so as to mobilize and efficiently use various resources, encourage investment to fulfill the province's socio-economic development objectives, tasks and orientations stated in the master plan. To speed up the already decided investment in and execution of regional works and projects, which play an important role in the development of Bac Giang province. To consider, adjust and supplement branch development plans and investment plans with projected relevant works or projects stated in the master plan. Article 5. This Decision takes effect 45 days after its promulgation. Article 6. Ministers, heads of ministerial level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies and the president ofBac Giang province People's Committee shal l implement this Decision. Prime Minister NGUYEN TAN DUNG e VIETNAM LAW &LEGAL FORUM 26 OFFICIAL GAZETTE Issue nos 11-121January 2009 (Cong BaDnos 79-B2IJanuary 26, 2009) Appendix LIST or DEVELOPMGNT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS PRIORmZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY (To the Prime Minister's Decision No. 05/ 2009/QD-TTg ofJanuary 13, 2009) A. DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS L Socio-economic development program. 2. Vrbao development program. 3. Human resource development program. 4. Agricultural and forestry production restructuring program. 5. Program on development of industries, cottage industry and handicraft. 6. Service and tourismdevelopment program. 7. Transport development program. 8. Program on economic development cooperationon the Lang Son-Hanoi-Hal Phong Quang Ninh economic corridor. 9. Environmental protection and sustainable development program. B. DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT PROJECTS I. Centrally invested infrastructure projects in the province: L Upgrading of national highway 31. 2. Upgrading of national highway 37. 3. Hanoi-Lang Son expressway. 4. Systems of transmission lines and transformer stations of 110 kY and 220 kV. 5. Expansion and upgrading of Ha Bac nitrogenousfertilizerand chemicals plant to have a capacity ot 4~U,UOO tons/year. 6. Improvement and upgrading of Cau river main canal. 7. Bac Giang Agriculture and Forestry University. R TTpzrnrlin£ and renovation of information and communication infrastructure systems. II. Provincially managed projects 1. Upgrading of provincial Toads. 2. Cam Ly bridge. 3. Dong Xuyen bridge. 4. A bridge spanning Cau river and a road linking provincial road 398 with national highway 18. 5. Spatial trafficjunctions. 6. Hospital waste treatment. 7. Bile Gillng pediatric hospital. 8. Bac Giangcity general hospital. 9. Bac Giang obstetric hospital. 10. Cam Son lake ceo-tourism resort. 11. Suoi Mo eco-tourism resort: 12. Khuon Than ceo-tourism resort. 13. Tay Yen Tu eco-tourism resort. 14. Embelishment of historical and cultural relics. 15. Bac Giang water plant 2. 16. Industrial-park and urban water drainage projects. 17.Newurbancentersandresidentialquarters in Bac Giang city. 18. Construction ot urban centers to serve industrial parks and complexes. 19. Municipal stadium (up to the national standards), e VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM Issue nos 11-121January 2009 (GOng Bao nos 79-82/January 26, 2(09) OFFICIAL GAZETTE 20. Cultural and sport center of Bac Giang city. 21. International or private universities. 22. High-quality vocational training schools. 23. Viet-Han (Vietnam-Sourh Korea) technology college. 24. Medical college. 25. Art college. 26. Ngo Gia Tu university. 27. The urban center being the province's administrative-political center; 28. Construction of offices of Party organizations an(!~tate agende~ at all )pvp)s, commune and district offices. 29. Rivet and residentialquarterembankment systems against landslides. 30. Improvement and upgrading of Song Soi lake irrigation systems. 31. Bac Giang dry purl project, III. Production and business projects: L Van Tnmg industrial park infrastructure. 2. Viet-Han(Vietnam-South Korea) industrial park infrastructure. 3. Llicp Hoa industrial park. 4. Yen Dung industrial park (YenLu). 5. Lang Giang industrial park (Xuong Lam Huang Son). 6. Tan Yen industrial park. 7. District and municipal industrial complexes. 8. Quang Chau port. 9. Dong SOil container port. to. Constructionmachinerymanufactureand assembly factory. 11. Information and commun icati on equipment plant. 12. Civil-use electronic equipment factories. 13. Car and motorbike manufacture factory. 14. Sea-going ship equipment mauufacture plant. 15. Precision tools factory. 16. Plastic and composite materials factory. 17. Pharmaceutical plant. 18. Animal feed processing factory. 19. Imitation leather and export leather shoes factory. 20. Mining projects. 21. Factories producing equipment for the automobile industry. 22. High-grade interior decoration materials and roofing sheets. 23. Agricultural andforestproductprocessing factories. 24. Construction rock, sand antt gravel exploitation. 25. Hi-tech products factory. 26. Trade centers and supermarkets. 27. Development of hotels and restaurants. Note: The locations, land areas and total investment of the above-said projects will be calculated, selected and specified in the period of project formulation and submission for approval, depending on the demands and capability to balance and mobilize investment capital in each period> e VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM