Decision No. 438/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Tra Vinh province through 2020

Issue nos 10·12/Apri12011 (Cong BaD nos 183-184/ApriI8, 2011) Part II. OTHER DOCUMENTS THE PRIME MINISTER Decision No. 438/QD-TTg of March 24, 2011, approving the master plan un soclo-economlc development ofTra Vinh 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 the formulation, approval and management of SOCIO-eCOflOniIC development master plans, and Decree No. 04/2008/ND-CP of January 1/, 2008, amending and supplementing a number ofarticles of the Government s Decree No. 92/ 2006/ND-CP; At the proposal of the People's Committee ofTra Vinh province, DECIDES: Ar ucle 1. To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of Tr a Vinh province through 2020, with the following principal contents: T nFVFI OPMENT VIEWPOINTS 1. The master plan must comply with the national socio-economic development strategy, the orientations of Vietnam's marine strategy through 2020. and the master plan on socio economic development in the Mekong River delta region; and ensure synchronism and 13 consistency with branch and sectoral plans and close association with the key southern economic region. 2. To bring into play internal resources, properly utilize all resources and effectively exploit the province's potential and advantages for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development; to constantly raise t~~ growth quality and competitiveness of the ~nomy; to early lift Tra Vinh out of the status of a poor provi nrr 3. To build a complete ann 'modern infrastructure system; to develop the network of urban centers into motive- force cea4'ers as the core for development of the provisee's areas; to attach importance tn :Jc!ministr;:Jt:yp reform and create an equal competitive environment for all economic sectors. 4. To associate economic development with health, cultural, educational ana -training dcvc lop ment , rr-a li:«- soc;al proefi'\ss and equality and environmental protectiofl, raise the quality of the people's livelihood an~radually reduce the rate of poor house....holds; to concentrate on training high-quality human resources to meet market needs. ar1~'combine the development of human resources with the development and application of serence and technology. 5. To closely combine socio-economic development with building a strorrg political system. consolidating defense and ~rity and maintaining border sovereignty; to assure social order and safety; and to maintain friendship relations with neighborly provinces in the Vietnam-Cambodia border area. II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES I. General objectives To build Tra Vinh province into a key area e VIETNAM LAW & LEG 14 for development of mar i ne ecullumy of the Mekong River delta region, with a complete infrastructure system, and one of the hubs for development of tourist services and ocean shipping with developed industries and services; to develop agriculture in the direction of commodity production and in combination with building a new countryside; to attach importance to social security work; and to consolidate and strengthen national defense and security and assure social order and safety. To ac~lerate socio-economic development, and to strive for the targets that by 2015 to lift 'Ira Vinl1put ofthe status ofan under-developed province and by 2020 to turn it into a fairly developed province in the region. To concentrate efforts on strongly developing the marine economy, considering it a breakthreugh for economic restructuring in the direction of quickly raising the proportions of industry. and sf'.rviC'e,,; and to form dynamic economiczones so as to generate resources for acceler:¢it)g economic development. 2. Specific targets: a! Economic development: The annual average GOP growth rate will reach 14% during 2011-2015 and 15% during 2016-2020; to rcsu ucture the ecunumy in the direction of quickly raising the proportions of industry aad services, stri ving for the target that the prpp.Qrtions of industry - construction, services, agriculture - forestry - fisheries in the GDP will be 28.05%, 33.87% and 38.08% by 2015, and 36%, 34% and 30% by 2020, respectivel y; To strive to achieve the export turnover of around USD 300 million by 2015 and around USD 600 million by 2020; and to form a number ofkey export products. Issue nos 10·12/April 2011 (Gong Baonos 183·1841April 8, 2011) The Slate budget revenue collection will grow at an annual average of around 1770 during 2011-2015 and over 17°k during 2016-2020. bl Social affairs: To reduce the annual average birth rate to 0.2-0.3%0. The population will be around 1.031 million by 2015 and around l.()56 million by 2020. The percentage of poor households will drop 2-3% annually, and by 2020, the percentage of poor households will be equal to the average percentage of the whole Mekong River delta region; The rate of trained laborers wi 11 reach over 4YftJ by 2015 and over 55% by 2020 (of which the rate of laborers recei ving vocational training will account for 40% and 50-52%, respectively); to reduce agricultural labor to around 60% and 50% by 2015 and 2020, respectively; By 2015, 100(%) of communes and wards will have kindergartens and preschool classes'. 30% of children of eligible age will go to kindergarten, 99.9% to primary school. 98.50/1, to lower secondary school and 8Wfr) to LIpper secondary school; the rate of upper secondary education universalization will reach 85% in Tra Vinh city and 80% in townships; to eliminate makeshift classrooms and raise the percentage of firmly built classrooms to over 9Yfr). By 2020, the percentages of children of eligible ages going to school at various grades will reach 50 rYr, , 99.9%. over 997'0 and 85% respectively: the rate of upper secondary education universalization will reach 90% in Tra Vinh city and townships; and the percemage of firmly built schools and classrooms will be 85%. By 2015 and 2020, there will h~ 18 patient beds and 7 medical doctors and over 20 patient beds and 10 medical doctors per 10.000 people, respecti vely, To reduce the malnutrition rate of under-5 children to below 12% by 2015 and .' @ VIETNAM LAW & LE mi~I·~ • Issue nos 1O.12lApril 2011 (Gong Beonos 183-184/Aprii 8,2011) below 7% by 2U20; To supply electricity to at least 98% of households by 2015 and 99% by 2020. The urbanization rate will be 26% by 2015 and 30% by 2020. To maintain social order and safety and national defense and security in the province. c/ Environmental protection: By 2015, the percentages of rural inhabitants and urban inhabitants having access to hygienic water will be 95% and 97%, respectively; the percentages of collected urban solid wastes and treated hospital solid wastes will reach 95%; 90% of polluting establishments will be handled; and the forest coverage rate will reach SOCk'. By 2020, these figures will be 98%, 99%, 98%, 95<1'0 and 60%, respectively. III. DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATIONS OF BRANCHES AND SECTORS 1. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries To develop agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a sustainable manner and in the direction ot commodity production, combined with processing industry and expanding service prov is ion in ru ral areas. To stri ve for the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors' annual average growth rare of3.95% during 2011-2015 and 2.56% during 2016-2020. Agriculture: + To keep stable the land area under rice at around 90,000 ha, concentrating on raising productivity and quality, and ensure an annual rice output of Over I million; to attach importance to expanding land areas under fruit trees and perennial industrial trees; to intercrop cacao trees and coconuts to increase land use efficiency; and to formulate and properly implement key programs on cultivation 15 development. + To form a number of zones for intensive farming of rice. peanut, sugarcane and coconut; to grow fruit trees in fresh and brackish water areas in Cang Long, Tieu Can and Cau Ke districts and some parts of 'Ira ell and Chau Thanh districts. + To development husbandry in large-scale farms to assure epidemic safety and environmental sanitation; the cow kerd will grow to around 20(),()()() and 2S0,lm by 2UIS and 2020, respectively; to raise cows Of] a large scale in areas with appropriate natural conditions. To develop the herd of pigserossbred with foreign strains to provide higher-quality meat; to apply bio-technology to cnrssbreeding high-quality strains; the pig herd will grow to 500,000 and 600,000 by 20iS and 2020, respectivel y. Fisheries: + To concentrating eflorts on developing fisheries in all of fishing, aquaculture and processing activities. To step by step modernize the offshore fishing ship fleet; to encourage all economic sectors to invest in increasing the number of :sllip:s upel atiJIg ill offslune fishing grounds; to provide good fishing logistic services. especially at-sea services, for reducing production costs. To study and elaborate plans on transfer of small-capacity ships operating in inshore areas to other trades. + To expand aquaculture areas in rice growing zones with low efficiency, step by step build intensive aquaculture areas and quickly expand areas under combined aquaculture. To strive to have over 50,000 ha of coastal land and 15,000 ha of alluvial land and sand dunes for aquaculture of shrimp. fish, crab, clam, blood ark -shell. etc., to qu ickly and sustuinably increase areas for rearing common tiger prawn VIETNAM LAW &LEG 16 on an industrial or semi-industrial scale; to continue developing the culture of blue-legged prawn in garden and rice field canals in blackish water areas in Lang The and Cai Hop basins; to rear catfish in the basins of Can Chong and Cau Ke rivers. + To develop salt making, especially in Duyen Hai district. ,~ Fort:!~ry: To organize reforestation under the master plan with an appropriate structure of forests ~tlerentkinds, and concurrently plant new co~l protection forests; to encourage people ~iJlant scattered trees in coastal and riverbat'Lk.areas and important areas in the commuW of Long Vinh, Long Khanh, Dong l!ai, n-UQJIIg Long J loa, Dan Thanh, Hiep Thanh and Long Huu (Duyen Hai district), My Long Nam (CMNgang district) and Long Hoa (Chau Thanh dll:Zrict). 2. D~lopment of industries To'.~rive to increase the industrial productiqijvalue on an annual average of around 20.9% afm'n.53% during 2011 2015 and 2016 2020, respectively. To develop the industrial sector toward diversifi~aproducts and products with hi-tech contents; to attach importance to potential and advantaged sec t or s and industries in the provinc;~chas thermal electricity, processing of agric1iTrural and aquatic foods, production of sugar and.sugar products, garment, mechanical engineering for the manufacture of fann tools. ship building ami repair, all ied industries for major industrial establishments in the province (material and packing material production.... ). To concentrate on quickly and effectively developing approved industrial parks and clusters. comhined with huilding waste treatment facilities, planting trees and making Issue nos 10·12/April 2011 (Cong BaG nos 183·1841Apnl 8, 2011) the environment green, clean and beautiful; at the same time, to synchronously develop services and assure living conditions for laborers, especially housing for workers. By 2020, in addition to industrial parks in the Dinh An economic zone, the whole province will have some 3 industrial parks with a total planned land area of around 516 ha; to build 11 industria I clusters and consolidate three existing craft villages. To rai sc the effecti vcrie ss of small and cottage industries, encourage the restoration of small and cottage industrial establishments and traditional craft villages; to form satellite cottage industry and handicraft clusters in commune centers to preliminarily process raw materials for industrial parks. 3. Development of trade and services To intensify trade cooperation and promotion for expanding markets, especially export markets; to encourage enterprises to export goods and services: to attach importance to building and promoting brands of products and goods in domestic and foreign markets. To di versify export items; at the same time, to gradually restructure export items toward higher proportions of deeply processed products with added values and hi-tech contents. To increase the export value ot deeply processed products to over 50% of the total export value by 2015 and over 70% by 2020; to limit the trade deficit and prioritize import of essential materials and equipment for production, business and trade exchange. To develop the network of marketplaces combined with developing supermarkets and trade centers in order to form a goods retail and distribution system to meet production and consumption needs; to encourage enterprises to invest in this field. @ VIETNAM LAW & LE rm]·J!·~ . Issue nos10·121ADrjl 2011 (Gong Baa nos 183-184IApriI8, 2011) J 0 diversity tourist services. To fully exploit the potential and advantages of beach tourism. eco-garden tourism and cultural tourism featuring Kinh's and Khmer's cultural traits. for the target that tourism will become an important industry of tile l-JI ov iru,e. To concentrating on developing cultural tourist areas and clusters. such as Ba Om pond (Tra Vinh city), Ba Dong sea tourist site (Duyen Hai district) and ecological, holiday or beach tourist sites. To develop tourist sites ill Due My craft village, orchards in Nhi Long ofCang Long district and in An Phu Tan of Cau Ke district. To develop different forms of cargo and passenger transportation JI1 order to continuously raise the quality of passellgeI services; to diversify modes of urban and inter provincial passenger transportation. To develop waterway transportation services in the region and build the system of warehouses, storing yards and ports. To develop diversified financial and banking services and raise operation quality and competitiveness of credit institutions on the market principles in order to effectively serve all economic sectors and people. 4. Social domains aJ Labor and employment To restructure the labor force in the direction of gradually reducing the proportion of rural labor, striving for the target that by 2020, agricultural labor will account for around SO'!r) of the total workforce. To attach importance to developing and multiplying models of employment and provision of supports for small- and medium sized enterprises and craft villages, especially labor-intensive businesses: to develop job placement centers and intensity job placement 17 activities on the market. bl Education and training To mobilize rc s o u rc c s and attract investment for education and training development, striving for the target that by 2015, 70';(J of preschool classes, 50% of primary schools. 401%) of lower secondary schools and 30% of uppPr s/'cnnrhry sr-hoo!s will reach national standards; by 2020. these figures will be 100%. 90%, 7017<, and 50%. To raise the education quality of boarding general education schools for ethnic minority srurk-nrx; to adopt a mechanism for management of and coordination with Khmer pagodas in teaching written language, organizing complementary classes and populartzing fine traditions and customs among ethnic minority people; and to consolidate schools and classes for children with disabilities; To adopt policies to invest in upgrading physical foundations of training and Job-training establishments, especially those in TraVinh city and townships. c/ Health and public healthcare To strive for the target that aU will have access to primary healthcare services and quality health services; to reduce the morbidity rate and improve the people's physical strength and life expectancy; To continue improving the grassroots health network for achieving the target thiU by 2015, 100% of communes, wards and townships will reach the national health standards; to consolidate and develop the preventive medicine network and other specialized medicine areas; To step up the socialization 01 public healthcare and promote forms of private hcalthcarc. dJ Culture. infonnalion, physical training and C> VIETNAM LAW & LE mr:I!l.!ll:)'• 18 sports To develop culture and information to meet gpneral dpvPlopment requirernents; to pn ha nee the conservation, embellishment and promotion of the value of the national cultural heritages; to properly carry out the movement "All the people unite to build a cultured lifestyle"; to further i]~est in building infrastructure facilities for cutrttral and artistic activities and ernbellrsfiing historical relics with available resour......... To-ferrn the habit of exercising physical training;ftd playing sports in agencies. schools and pope lation quarters; to step up the sociali~nof physical training and sports. By 2015, l~! of communes and wards will have training W"0unds and 100% of districts and cities will h~e physical training and sports competlt1tJn halls. el~r social policies T6]:roperly implement social security policies~~oncentrateon providing supports and creatinJrconditions for the poor to develop production and increase incomes, especially those 4Mooded areas; at the same time, to mobilizeell the people to participate in activities of showing gratitude toward and caring for people wi4:h meritorious services to the country and fartWks of fallen heroes and war invalids; and to C'MTy out sustainable poverty alleviation; T~p up the prevention and combat of social ;viis, intensify and raise the effectiveness of the movement to build healthy and social evil free communes and wards in combination with the movement "All the people unite to build a new cultured lifestyle." fl Science and technology To step UIJ the application ,:HId transfer uf SCiences and technologies combined with Issue nos 10·12/April2011 (Cong BaG nos 183-184IApri/8, 2011) elevating the scientific and technical level in production, business and service provision; to strive for an annual average technological renewal rate of 16-17% during 2011-2015 and 19-20(10 during 2016-2020 in all economic sectors. 5. Investment in infrastructure al Transport: Waterways: To renovate and expand fairways and channels to assure uninterrupted navigation in Tra Ngoa - Tra Ech - 0 Chat Canal 3/2 - La Bang waterway route; to complete building channels for large-tonnage seagoing ships to enter Hau river with available resources in each period; Ports: To build a major port at the regional center On Duyen Hai coast and service ports as planned in association with Dinh An economic lone. To build waterway landings for cargo ships and inter-provincial landings for tourist ships. Roads: To coordinate with the Ministry of Transport in upgrading sections of national highways 53, 54 and 60 running through the province; to take the initiative in upgrading provincial roads 911. 912, 913, 914, l) 15 and 9158 with available resources ill each period to meet development needs; to study and build a number of roads to deep~lying and remote areas in the province. To bui Id coastal dikes-cum roads along Co Chien and Hau rivers. To IIpgrade district and inter-communal roads and rural roads; to synchronously develop urban roads. To build roads for evacuation of people when floods and storms hit the province. ~ To complete bridges currently under const rnr-tion, including Co Chi~n and Dai Ngai bridges; to invest in the system of river-crossing ferryboats in localities without conditions for building bridges. To study the restoration of Long Toan airfield for service, survey and rescue @ VIETNAM LAW &LE L F RUM Issue nos 10-12/April 2011 (Gong BaD nos 183·1841April 8, 2011) flights when conditions pel mil. bl Irrigation: To build an irrigation system for multiple purposes of controlling flood, preventing salinization, supplying freshwater, reducing acidification and removing alum, and serving agriculture, fisheries, daily-life and industrial water supply and service provision: and at the same time, to combine the building of the irrigation system with the planned distribution of population. especially in building flood resistant residential quarters and areas, in order to stabilize people's livelihood; To continue building canals, dikes and embankments under the Nam Mang Thit project; to build and put into operation two storm shelter areas for fishing ships in Cung Hau and Dinh An estuaries; to plan and provide supports for investment in building infrastructure of fishing villages in Dong Hai commune of Duyen Hai district and Vinh Bao commune of Chau Thanh district. cl Water drainage and environmental sanitation To build water drainage and wastewater treatment systems, especially systems for drainage of wastewater of industrial parks, plants, prod uction or service establishments and of household wastewater which will be treated up to standards before being discharged into the environment. To study the building ot a wastewater treatment plant in Tra Vinh city; To collect and treat household and hospital garbage and hazardous industrial waste under regulations; to study the building of a waste dumpsite and a waste disposal facility in Chau Thanh district. By 2020, every township will h nve one waste rl urnp s i te and 100% of households will usehygienic latrines. 19 d/ Elecuicuy supply: To cuntiuue expanding and upgrading the existing electricity grid to meet electricity needs of production and people's life. el Post, information and communications Post: + By 2015, there will be one post office per 3,844 inhabitants and a service arcaOf'a radius of 1.54 km. By 2020, these figures wtti be 3,000 inhabitants and 1.2 km; + To develop the network of post cffices to population quarters, tourist sites, economic zones and industrial parks and cluster~Jo assure that 100% of communes will have postal cultural spots and newspapers delivered within the day of issuance; and 10aclo of ~?~st offices will be computerized. Telecommunications: + By 2015, 100% of communes-.....ill have optic fiber cable lines to their cenfers and network hubs; and there will be 12(1 and 150 telephone subscribers per 100 inhafmants by 2015 and 2020, respectively; + To develop the Internet services, with 2.5 and 15 Internet subscribers per 100 inhabitants by 2015 and 2020, respectively. Information technology: To step up the implementation of IT application programs in state agencies in order to provide the best publ ic ser"..'fes for organizations and individuals according to the e-government development roadmap. Radio and television broadcasting To expand the radio and television coverage allover the province; to further renew broadcast contents, increase the number of channels and broadcasting time volume; to upgrade radio stations and networks indistricts, communes and m:e VIEtNAM LAW & LEG UM ' 20 wards. To plan the province's key areas covered by high-quality and wholly digitalized radio and television broadcasts. IV. ORIENTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT SPACE ORGANIZATION L Development of economic zones al TQ. develop industry, services and agricUltdfe in the sub-zones ofTra Vinh city and its vicirillies; to form high-yield rice farming zones a.w~onsolidatedfruit tree growing zones; to deve~ Tra Vinh city into an economic, cultural-nd educational center of the province; to devet'cq) Long Due industrial park to meet investors-needs: b/Freehwater allu vial sub zones encompass Cau Ke and Cang Long districts and parts of Tieu Can and Chau Thanh districts. These sub zones will be largely for agricultural development and formation of high-yield rice Iar ming.aones and consolidated fruit and industriahtree-growing zones; land areas for paddy asm fresh water aq uaculture in these sub zones wm be kept stable; d Alluvial sub-zones with salt water replaced by freshjsater and coastal saltwater wetland areas encompass Cau Ngang, Tra Cu and Duyen Hai districts and parts of Tieu Can and Chau Thanh districts. These sub-zones will motivate socio-economic development of the whole province, specifically in the vigorous develQttint of marine economy, exploitation of marine products, protection of aquatic resources, aquaculture, processing of aquatic and marine products and provision of fishing logistic services; development of industry, salt making, trade and sea tourism; protection, plantation and restoration of protection forests in strategic coastal and river bank areas. To build Dinh An economic zone into a Issue nos 10·12/Apri12011 (Cong BaD nos 183-184/Apri/8, 2011) center for service development combined with ports, industry and tourism in the Mekong River delta's coastal areas in general and Tra Vinh province in particular; to consider building Ba Dong tourist site, the project on channel s for large-tonnage ships to enter Hall river, and Duyen Hai electric power center; to upgrade Duyen Hai township into a town when it fully satisfies set cntena. 2.Development of the urban system and rural population spots aI Urban development To stri ve for an urbanization rate of 26'Jt by 2015 and 30% by 2020. By 2020. the province will have one provincial city (Tra Vinh city), one town and 14 townships. To develop urban centers while preserving natural spaces and land scapes and creating harmony between new urban architecture and the national identity, bl Development of rural population spots To build rural residential quarters after stable models suitable to production and living conditions and customs and practices of local people. To assure housing and living conditions and continue improving the welfare system in rural areas for rural population to enjoy to the utmost social welfare policies; To concentrate on directing and properly implementing the national tarE~t program on building a new countryside during 20lO-l0lU. striving for the target that 20% and SO';;.· of Communes across the province will reach the new-countryside criteri a by 2015 and 2020. respectively. V. LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORIZED FOR INVESTMENT (See the enclosed appendix). e VIETNAM LAW & LE Issue 1'10.5 10.:-12LAnriI2Q11 (Cong BilO nos 183-184/Apri/8, 2011) VI- MAJOR SOLUTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE MASTER PLAN L Selecting fields for development To concentrate investment resources on developing key products in sectors and fields with a competitive edge in order to create a foundation for sustainable socio-economic development, including marine economy, production of paddy and rice, processing industry and sea tourism: to develop Dinh An economic zone with key works of Duyen Hai electric power center and channels for large tonnage seagoing ships IO enter Hau river. To concentrate on developing infrastructure facilities. especially road. irrigation and water supply and drainage systems; and works for preventing and mitigating impacts of the global climate change. ~ To concentrate on developing trained hu ma n resources and scientific and technological potential to meet the province's socio-economic development requirements; to continue with administrative reforms, developing enterprises and foreign trade and expand markets in order to improve the province's attractiveness to investment, especially in industry, trade and services. ~ To speed up urbanization, develop core and satellite urban centers. commune centers and rural residential quarters in order to accelerate the industrialization and modernization process; to synchronously develop rural areas to sustain development in the province. 2. Raising investment capital The investment capital need of the whole province for the 2011-2020 period is estimated at around VND 196.6 trillion. including around VND 76.6 trillion for the 2011-2015 PCI iod and around VND 120 trillion for the 2016-2020 21 period. Based on annual state budget allocations, the province should take the initiative in working out appropriate investment plans and phases in order to ensure capital for key works and projects of the province: and at the same time take specific solutions to effectively mobilizing domestic and overseas resources for development investment, including: Drawing up and promulgatirtg""'a list of programs and projects call ing for investment through 2020, and on that basis, st~g up the investment promotion and introducticnro attract investment capital from all economic sectors, attaching importance to tapping ODi\Jiources. Improving the investment, prodeetson and bu si ne ss environments. further rof'orming investment procedures towards simplicity, transparency and publicity; treating i nfrastruct ure Cond it ions for .!.~.ceiv ing investment projects; promulgating inyestment support mechanisms and policies ba88d on the province's geo-economic advantages and in compliance with regulations. Stepping up socialization for attracting , investment, especially in education a~~,training, healthcare, culture. sports. radio and television. science and technology and envimnmental protection, etc. Increasing investment rn 13tH:. ~T, BTU and PPP forms to facilitate development of capital markets; developing investment joint ventures and associations and conttl'tJution of assets as capital. 3. Scientific and technological solutions ~ Stepping up the movement of promoting the utilization of t eo hn i r a l i n n ov at i on s , inventions and improvements in production and business. strictly observing industrial property regulations; encouraging enterprises to earmark capital for technological research and renewal, C VIETNAM LAW &LEG JlEE"" 22 tech nic al in novat ions [or I alslllg labor productivity; closely cooperating with research institutes and universities in order to properly combine research with application to production and life. Renewing training, retraining and employment mechanisms and policies and adopting plans on rejuvenation of scientific and technol~al personnel; properly implementing policies to preferentially treat scientists and promotgsocialization of scientific research and development of the scientific and technological market. .. Investing in physical foundations of technol. application, consultancy and transfer centers; olMlhallcillg the control of technology transfer and assessment, environmental quality and polMttion. 4. Horrtan resource training and development solutions PJa;~ing the development of the province's human re;ources to basically satisfy the labor demands nf various sectors and trades, assuring a ration'al balance between training and supply of hUTUan'~esourcesfor the province's areas. Attaching importance to the training, retraining, planning and arrangement of personnel, especially managers; discovering and fosterini talented young cadres, civil servants and scientific and technical administrators and researc~. Harmoniously combining trammg with employment; raising training quality and quickly increasing the rate of trained laborers; arranging and employing cadres and civil servants suitable to their trained professions. Stepping up socialization of education and training activities with a vicw to increasing investment in these activities; encouraging study Issuenos 10·12/Apri12011 (Gong Baanos 183-184/Apri/8, 2011) and talent promotion activities and building a learning society. 5. Environmental protection solutions Conducting propaganda and education in order to raise public awareness about environmental protection; properly implementing regulations and programs on environmental protection and enhancing the inspection and supervision of environmental protection; rationally exploiting and effectively utiliz.ing land resources, protecting and rationally using water resources: protecting and developing marine and coastal resources; protecting and developing forests. At the same time, taking effective measures to mitigate environmental pollution, especially in urban centers and industrial parks and clusters. Stepping up the socialization of environmental protection; enhancing the state management of the environment; taking active rnea sure s to preve nt , corn hat anrl mitig;1te impacts of the climate change. 6. Administrative and judicial reform solutions Stepping up administrative reforms in all fields under the local state management in order to create an open environment for development investment and reduce inconveniences for people; properly realizing publicity and transparency in the operations of state management agencies at all levels and sectors; widely disseminating and publicly posting up rules, processes and administrative procedures for handling affairs at public offices; revising 01 pruning inappiopriare administrative procedures; raising the operation efficiency and effectiveness of the state administrative apparatus. Building a legal service network in the province in order to create conditions for organizations and individuals to easily access C VIETNAM LAW &LE mi1!··~ . Issua nos 10-12/ApriI2011 (Gong Beo nos 18J.184/April8, 2011) legal services; takmg measures to Inspect and supervise law observance and compliance. 7. Cooperation promotion and market development solution s Enhancing association with provinces and cities in the Mekong River delta and the southern key economic region with a view to properly tapping the potential and advantages of each locality and developing raw material zones to meet qualitative and quantitative requirements of production, consumption and export; promoting joint ventures and partnerships in investment, production, processing and sale of products and goods. Developing goods and service markets; raising product quality and promoting goods trademarks on the market. Intensifying trade promotion and diversifying export markets; expanding rural markets, especially in mountainous, coastal, deep-lying and remote areas . VII. ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE MA.STER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 1. Publicization and dissemination of the master plan: To publicize and disseminate the master plan on socio-economic development of Tra Vinh province through 2020 to Party committees and administrations at all levels, sectors. mass organizations. enterprises and people in the province immediately after it is signed and approved by the Prime Minister. Based on the content of the muster plan. to work out spcci fie programs of action for successfully implementing the master plan. To step up investment promotion, introduce and advertise the potential and advantages of the province to investors; to introd ucc programs and projects which need to be prioritized for 23 Investment, attachmg Importance to attracnon of investment in key projects to create key products. 2. Formulation of programs of action To concretize the master plan's contents into five-year and annual plans for implementation, and evaluate implementation results as the basis for revising the master plan and .proposing competent authorities to make timely adjustments and supplementations to the master plan in hne with the province's socio-economic development tasks in each period; Administrations at all levels, sectors, socio political organizations and people in the province shall inspect and supervise me master plan implementation. Article 2. The master plan on socio economic development of Tra Vinh province through 2020 serves as a basi s for formulation. approval and implementation of secteral plans (construction plans, Iand use planning and plans and other relevant plans) and investment projects in Tra Vinh province. Article 3. To assign the People's Committee of Tra Vinh province to base itself on the contents of the approved master plaato direct the formulation, approval and implementation under regulations of the following: 1. District-level master plans on socio economic development; construction plans; land use planning and plans: and plans on development of sectors and brunches in the province in line with its socio-economic development tasks combined with defense and security maintenance. 2. Formulation of long-, medium- and short term pi ans associated 'with speci fic projects for planning investment capital as appropriate. ,10 VIETNAM LAW & LE 24 3. Study, formulation and promulgation or submission to competent authorities for promulgation (if such promulgation falls beyond its competence) ofa number of mechanisms and policies meeting the province's socio-economic development requirements. Article4. Within the ambit of their functions, tasks an~t!,owel:;, related urinixu ies and sectors shall: 1. Guia~ and assist the People's Cornmirree ofTra~b province in implementing the master plan. 2. ~rdinate with Tra Vinh province in reviewi~ adjusting and supplementing sectoral or branch plans to en sure completeness and Issue nos10·12/Apri12011 (Cong BaD nos 183-184/Apri/8, 2011) cons is teucy uf tile master plan, assist the province in raising domestic and foreign investment capital for the master plan implementation. Article 5. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing. Article 6. The chairperson of the People's Committee of Tra Vinh province, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and heads of government-attached agencies shall implement this Decision.~ Prime Minister NGUYEN TAN DUNG Appendix LdB:f OF PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY TN TRA VTNH PROVINCE DURING 2011-2020 (To the Prime Minister's Decision No. 438/QD-rfg of March 24,2011) No. Name of project A ~ENTRALLY INVESTED PROJECTS 1 -Upgrading and expanding national highways 53, 54 and 60 2 ':tJ.annels for large-tonnage seagoing ships to enter Hau river (Quan Chanh Bo canal) ." " 3 ~ Chien bridge 4 ..m-ai Ngai bridge 5 Bridges spanning the shortcut canal and Quan Chanh Bo canal (channels for large tonnage ships to enter Hau river) 6 220 kV electricity lines and transformer stations 7 Supply of electricity to 20,000 households currently having no electricity 8 Upgrading and dredging major irrigation works in southern Mang Thit area e VIETNAM L~W & LEG L FORUM Issue nos 10-1Z!Aprj1Z011 (Gong Baa nos 183·184IApriI8. 2011) 25 () Dredging Nga Hau - May Phop canal 10 Upgrading dike surface under the southern Mang Thit project 1J Major sluice gates in Bong Bot and Tan Dinh, Cau Kc district I3 LOCALLY MANAGED PROJECTS --- J Investment projects with central budget supports 1 llfJp:rJding urban centers in the Mekong River delta (sub-projects in Tra Vinllcitv) 2 Upgrading sea dikes under Decision No. 667/QD-TTg 3 Embankments protccting important coastal areas in Con Trung hamlet, Truong Long Hoa commune, Duyen Hai district 4 Embankments for preventing coastal landslide in Hiep Thanh commune, Duyen Hai district 5 An irrigation system for aquaculture in Dong Don and Tam Vu La 6 An irrigation system in My Van - Rum Soc - Cai Hop 7 Excavating and dredging grade-2 canals in the southern Mang Thit project area 8 System of embankments for preventing riparian landslide in Long Binh and Co Chien rivers, estuaries, riparian areas and residential quarters 9 Dinh An storm shelter zone for fishing ships 10 Upgrading and expanding provincial roads 911, 912, 913, 914,915 and 915R 11 Roads for evacuation of local people upon occurrence of floods and storms 12 Long Binh 3 bridge 13 Road to President Ho Chi Minh Temple 14 Econo-technica! infrastructure in Dinh An economic zone 15 Upgrading and expanding water supply systems in urban centers 16 Upgrading water drainage and wastewater treatment systems 10 urban centers. industrial parks and economic zones 17 E-library of Tra Vinh University 18 Student dormitories 11 Investment projects funded with local budgets and supported by the central budget 1 Bridges spanning grade-II canals under the southern Mang Thit project 2 Irrigation works for aquaculture 3 Dong Cao fishing port, Duyen Hai district VIETNAM LAW & LE 26 Issue nos 10·12JApri12011 (Gong Baa nos 183·1841April 8, 2011) 4 Narn Rach dike, Tra Cu district 5 Protecting and developing coastal protection forests 6 Infrastructure for developing 50,000 ha under high-quality paddy 7 Infrastructure for developing industrial and fruit trees 8 Infrastructure for developing salt making 9 Bridges on provincial and village roads ...-. 10 Phase-Z belt roads 11 Extended belt road running through Long Due industrial park 12 ~grading and expanding roads to commune or inter-commune centers,-. 13 Vpgrading and renovating roads and ln idges for rural transport in rural districts and t'fties 14 'Qevdoping waterways transportation 15 Regional and district general hospitals ~. 16 ljpstetric and pediatric hospital 4 .... 17 ~berculosis and pulmonary disease hospital 18 ~hlhalmologic - otorhinolaryngological - odontological hospital-19 ..llmctional rehabilitation hospital 20 ...Ji4ental hospital 21 .JIpgrading the provincial general hospital 22 'Preventive medicine centers of rural districts and cities 23 Health stations of communes, wards and townships 24 ~d safety and hygiene center 25 :It],frastructure of Tra Vinh Uni versity 26 •..:tIPgrading the vocational secondary school into a vocational college 27 Building permanent school buildings and classrooms of all education grades and public-duty houses for teachers 28 Special-use archival storehouses 29 Provincial educational, labor and social affairs center 30 Provincial political and administrative center 31 Offices ofParty and State agencies, district- and commune-level mass organizations e VIETNAM LAW &LEG .. Issue nos10·121Apri12011 (Cong Baanos 183-184/ApriIB, 2011) 27 HI Projects funded with local capital sources I Provincial and district car stations 2 Garbage dumpsitcs in district and commune centers 3 Cultural house in the provincial center 4 Provincial museum 5 Provincial stadium 6 Center for vouth and children 7 Infrastructure of the provincial cultural and artistic secondary school ........ A 8 Provincial martyr cemetery 9 Roundabout monument entitled "A] l th.. penp]p rise up and unite for achieving feats" 10 Upgrading revolutionary historical relics C PROJECTS CALLING FOR INVESTMENT FROM ALL ECONOMIC SECTORS I Infrastructure of industrial parks 1 Infrastructure of Cau Quan industrial park 2 Infrastructure of expanded Long Due industrial park . . 3 Infrastructure of Co Chien industrial park. 4 Infrastructure of the industrial park in Dinh An economic zone 5 Intrastructurc of the non-tariff area in Dinh An economic zone 6 Infrastructure of industrial clusters in rural districts and cities II Industries "1 Duven Hai electric power center 2 Building and repairing ships in Dinh An economic zone 3 Steel industry ill Dinh An economic zone 4 Petrochemical industry in Dinh An economic zone >' • 5 Export aquatic and marine product processing plant 6 Dinh An fish powder processing mill 7 Export farm produce processing plant 8 Cattle and poultry product processing plant 9 Animal feed processing plant 10 Electronic part assembling plant C VIETNAM LAW & LE 28 Issue nos 10·12/ApriI2011 (Cong Bfw nos 183-184/Apri/8, 2011) 11 Export leather footwear plant 12 Export garment plant 13 Plastic and composite product plant 14 Chau Thanh and Cang Long brick and roofing tile plant 15 Tra Vinh waste disposal and processing plant ill ..,Agriculture. 1 ~earing catfish in Tien and Hau rivers 2 -Developing areas for industrial rearing of shrimps 3 Developing clam rearing areas 4 -Developing farm-based pig and poultry rearing and aquaculture IV ·~rvices, trade and tourism 1 'Ouyell Hai - Tra Vinh seaport (a regional general port 011 the coast of Duyen Hai - Tra .liinh) 2 n-a Cu port 3 -wng Toan port 4 Fwvim;ial trade center 5 Department stores in provincial and district centers 6 Wholesale and rural markets in districts 7 Ba Om pond cultural and tourist site 8 Ba Dong sea cultural and tourist site 9 Tan Quy and Long Tri islet eco-tourism sites 10 1futels and restaurants 11 ~w urban centers in Tra Vinh city and Duyen Hai township V Social affairs 1 Houses for industrial park workers and low-income earners 2 Socializing education, health and sports Note: The location, size, land areas, total investment capital and capital sources of the above projects will be calculated, selected and specified during the elaboration and approval of investment projects, depending on resource needs and resource raising and balancing capacity in e1l~h period L F UM