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THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No. 1786/QD-TTg of November 27, 2012, approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Ha Tinh province through 2020, with a vision to 2050

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the December 25, 7001 Law

on Organhition of the Government:

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No.

92/2006/ND-CP of September 7, 2006, on

Jo rmulation. approval and managenlent of

socio-economic developmeni master plans,

and the Government's Decree No. 04/2008/

A 1D-CP of lifIlli(11-1' 1. 1, 2008, amending and

supplementing a number of articles q Decree

No. 92/2006/ND-CP:

At the proposal cif the People's Committee

of Ha Tinh province,

DECIDES:

Article I. To approve the master plan on

socio-economic development of Ha Tin h

province through 2020, with a vision to 2050

(below referred to as the master plan) with the

following principal contents:

I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS

This master plan must Comply With the

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national socio-economic development strategy

and the master plan on socio-ceonomic

development of the northern and coastal central

region; and must ensure synchron ■ and

conformity with sectoral master plans.

2. To promote to the utmost the province's

potential and advantages: to enhance international

integration; to mobilize and effectively use all

resources for fast, effective and sustainable

socio-economic development and eco-

environmental protection; to gradually nan -m■ the

development gap with other provinces in the

region and the country.

3. To concentrate resources on developing key

economic sectors and driving force economic

areas and strongly developing 1113rille and coastal

economy, making fundamental and breakthrough

improvements in growth quality in association with

renewing the growth model and restructuring the

province's economy toward industry. sec\ ice and

agriculture; to step by step build Ha Tinh into a

large industrial center of the country.

4. To combine economic development W, ith

cultural, medical, education and training

development: to realize social progress and

justice, improve the people's life quality and

gradually reduce the rate of poor households; to

step up the application of science and technology:

to focus on training human FCSOLIFCCS. especially

high-quality human resources, to meet market

demands.

5. To closely combine socio-economic

development with building a firm and strong

political system and strengthening defense and

security: to preserve national border sovereiLmtv

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and friendly relations with neighboring Lao

provinces. To take the initiative in preventing,

controlling and mitigating natural disasters and

preventing the impacts of climate change and

sea level rise.

II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

1. Overall objectives

To build Ha Tinh into an economically

developed province with gradually modernized

complete infrastructure, environmental protection

and adaptation to climate change; to increasingly

improve the people's material and spiritual lives;

to strive that by 2020. the province's per-capita

erage income will be ranked among the

leading provinces in the country: to maintain

political stability and security and social order

and safety

2. Specific objectives

a/ Economic development

- The a N. erage economic growth rate will

reach 18.4 17/ /year during 2011-2020, specifically

15.8% /year during 2011-2015 and 21.1%/year

during 2016-2020. The per-capita average GDP

(at the cunent price) will reach VND 35 million

by 2015 and VND 97.7 million by 2020:

To restructure the economy through

h/ Social development

- The natural population growth rate will be

stabilized at LI- 1.2%/year with the mechanical

gr3o,1/4.th rate of around 2.5% during 20 II -2020;

the population's population will be around 1.39

million by 2015 and 1.57-1.6 million by 2020:

- To annually reduce the rate of poor

households by 3-49/. on average. To strive that

the rate of trained labor will reach 50% by 2015

and 70% by 2020: to annually create over 32,000

jobs on average:

- By 2015, 80% of children aged 5 years or

younger will attend preschools. and 100% of

children of prescribed age will attend primary

schools and lower secondary schools: 90% of

young people of prescribed age will complete

upper secondary education or equivalent: 75(1/

of kindergartens, 100% of preschools, 80',/ of

lower secondary schools and upper secondary

schools will satisfy national standards. By 2020.

100% of children of prescribed age will attend

preschools and 100% of preschools, primary

schools, lower secondary schools and upper

secondary schools will satisfy national standards;

- There will be 7.4 medical doctors per 10,000

people by 2015; by 2020. these figures will be

8.5 per 10,000 and all communes and wards v, ill

have medical doctors. To keep the malnutrition

incrementally increasing the proportions of rate among under-5 children at below 15% by

industries and services. By 707 0, thc proportions 2015 and below 13% by 2020.

of agriculture, industries and services will be

13.1%. 54.7% 32.2%, respectively:

- To strive for an export turnover of over

USD 383 million by 2015 and around USD 2

billion by 2020.

c/ Environmental protection

- To increase the forest coverage rate to 54%

by 2015 and 569? by 2020. To step by step

improve the environmental quality and assure

hygienic water sources tor local people: !inn

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of urban households and 95% of rural households

win have access to clean water by 2015; and

100% of rural households will have access to

clean water and hygienic toilets by 2020;

By 2015, 100% and 60% of daily-life solid

waste will be collected in urban areas and rural

areas, respectively; 100% of wastewater and

solid waste of health establishments and 60 67c of

industrial solid waste will be collected and

treated. By 2020, 100% of industrial garbage will

be collected and treated; industrial parks and

complexes will have wastewater treatment

systems up to standards before discharging

wastewater into the environment.

III. SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT

ORIENTATIONS

1. Agriculture. forestry and aquaculture

To further restructure and modernize

agriculture, forestry and aquaculture through

centralized, large-scale, hi-tech and sustainable

commodity production with higher productivity,

quality and economic efficiency:

-During 2011-2015: To implement the master

plan on agricultural, forest and aquatic production

zones toward commodity production, application

of science and technology in association with the

program on building a new countryside; to step

up the production of key agricultural products

together with developing the processing industry;

to encourage and support fanners to invest in

farm-based and centralized production; to build

brands for advantageous agricultural products;

- During 2016-2020: To further improve

infrastructure for agricultural production such as

irrigation systems, warehouses, fish ports. fishing

logistic service zones and storm shelters for

fishing boats; to reserve land for building farms

of appropriate sizes associated with hi-tech and

organic and epidemic-free agriculture; to adopt

mechanisms and policies to encourage

enterprises to increase investment in agriculture

and rural areas:

- Vision to 2050: To develop agricultural

production through promoting centralized large-

scale production of commodities with high added

value to meet consumption and export demands

in line with the industrial and service

development trend and urbanization speed.

2. Industries and construction

a/ To develop modern and sustainable

manufacture of iron and steel. striving for an

output of around 8.5 million tons/year tA 2020

and 15-20 million tons/year by 2030. turning Ha

Tinh into a large iron and steel manufacturing

center of the whole country. speci lically:

- During 2011-2015: To concentrate funds on

building infrastructure of Vung Ang economic

zone; essential infrastructure works of Thach

Khe iron mine and water and electricity supply

systems, and training human resources for the

iron and steel production industry; by 2015. to

put the steel plant of the Formosa group into

operation;

- During 2016-2020: To exploit Thach Khe

iron mine and put the steel plant using "MAC h

K he iron ores into operation; to pro note the

attraction of investment in projects to

manufacture steel products such as consul o ion

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steel, steel components, containers, etc., and

supporting industries for the iron and steel

industry; to manage and properly deal with

environmental issues and form research and

development establishments of the iron and steel

Indus* with high technologies;

- Vision to 2050: To further develop iron and

steel manufacture as an important industry with

high added \ alue; to step up the attraction of

investment in projects to manufacture machines,

equipment and products with high added value

such as home appliances, cars, shipbuilding,

containers. etc.

h/ The province shall coordinate with the

Ministry of Industry and Trade in studying the

construction of an oil refinement and

petrochemical plant in VungAng economic zone:

to develop supporting industries for the deep-

processing of post-petrochemical products such

as polypropylene, synthetic fibers, plastics.

synthetic fertilizers, detergents and other products.

c/ To focus on building infrastructure for

forming centralized industrial parks specialized

in textiles and garments in Hong Linh town. Gia

Lach and Ha Vang, and training human

resources; to produce high-value industrial and

technical fibers (eco-fibers, nano fibers and

smart fibers), industrial and technical fabrics

(heat- and compressibility-resistant fabrics) for

domestic consumption and export.

d/ To develop construction into an important

industry with high technical level, contributing to

promoting economic growth and development,

specifically:

- Du6ng 2011-20151 To focus on exploiting

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and processing raw materials to supply

construction materials such as sand. stones.

bricks, timber and construction components: to

establish construction enterprises with financial

capacity, quality human resources and high

technical level to serve the development or

centralized urban centers and key projects;

- During 2016-2020: To develop the material

production industry to produce environment-

friendly products like non-baked bricks, steel

components, glass, etc.: to develop mechanical

engineering and the manufacture of accessories

and equipment for other industries: to Corm a

real estate market and step up the building of

centralized urban centers of appropriate sizes;

- Vision to 2050: To step up the development

of modern new urban centers and the real estate

market; to develop an ad'. zinced construction

material industry with products like steel

components of high durabilily, non-baked Nicks

from environment-friendly recycled materials,

smart glass and polymer and plastic construction

material products (polyurethane foam and PVC

pipelines).

3. Trade and services

To rapidly develop trade and seix ices into an

important economic sector wInch supports the

development of other sectors. especially to

promote trade with Laos, the northeastern

provinces of Thailand. China and ASEAN

countries. specifically:

During 20 1-2015: To increase in \ estment

in transport infrastructure to ensure linkage

among the province's areas. Focusing on building

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Vung Ang port; to build Cau Treo international

border-gate economic zone into a center for

trading with Laos and countries along the east-

west economic corridor: to increase investment

in logistic service and trade establishments in the

province;

- During 2016-2020: To complete major

infrastructure works of Son Duong-Vung Ang

port; to form establishments to provide trade and

logistic services for agriculture, iron and steel,

and textile and garment industries.

- Vision to 2050: To strive to turn Ha Tinh

into a large trade center of the region. accounting

for a big market share in border trade between

Vietnam and Laos and the northeastern

provinces of Thailand; to build Vung Ang-Son

Duong port into a goods transit port for trade,

transport and logistics development, contributing

to the province's economic development.

4. Development of social fields

a/Education and training

To develop education in both structure and

scale and create favorable conditions for

education and comprehensively raise education

quality; to increase vocational guidance, providing

students with job training opportunities suitable

to their ability and social demand in order to

provide more human resources for the province,

region and the country:

- During 2011-2015: To further raise the

education quality at all educational levels and build

more national-standard schools; to raise the

capacity. scale and quality of vocational training

to satisfy the province's increasing labor demand;

- During 2016-2020: To raise the capacity of

tertiary education and vocational training. To

strive that by 2020, vocational training programs

will satisfy national quality standards.

b/ Medicine and health care services

To develop the health network through raising

Funds from organizations and individuals to meet

people's health care demands: to increase access

to basic health services in rural areas; to step tip

preventive medicine, take the initiaii ve in the

prevention and control of epidemics. occupational

health and environmental sanitation, and enhance

the management of food quality. hygiene and

safety; to maintain the birth reduction rate and

further implement schemes to improve the

population quality and reduce the imbalanced sex

ratio at birth:

- During 2011-2015: To further consolidate

and improve the grassroots health network.

focusing on building and upgrading commune-

level health stations up to national criteria; to

furnish appropriate equipment and technologies

for the health network at provincial, district and

commune levels to improve the quality of health

services and meet people's health care demands:

to increase the training and iv training of health

workers and attract qualified health workers For

health establishments; to formulate and

implement comprehensive food safety

management programs.

- During 2016-2020: To prioritize the building

of new specialized hospitals and clinics and

comprehensive tertiary care facilities; to

complete the formulating on of national criteria

for commune health.

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- Vision to 2050 To further improve the quality

of health care at provincial, district and commune

levels; to step up the attraction of domestic and

foreign investment for providing high-quality

health services; to increase linkage and

cooperation with central and international

hospitals and research institutes in the application

and development of medical and pharmaceutical

sciences. techniques and technologies.

c/ Culture, sports and tourism

- To concentrate on building a cultured life at

the grassroots level through associating modern

culture with restoring and developing the typical

traits of traditional folk culture; to strengthen

Thy sical foundations for cultural institutions to

meet local demands for cultural, information,

physical training and sports activities,

-To further mobilize funds from organizations

and individuals for developing professional and

mass sports movements; to attach importance

to discovering and training athletes with aptitude

for developing a number of high-achievement

sports, striving to build Ha Tinh into a large sports

center of the central region;

-To further build and upgrade infrastructure

of tourist zones and spots and develop high-

quality restaurants, hotels and convention

centers in large urban centers like Ha Tinh city,

Hong Linh town, Thien Cam township, Ky Anh

township and Vung Ang economic zone: to

prioritize investment in developing tourist spots

such as Thien Cam beach. Ke Go reservoir,

Son Kim thermal spring, Nguyen Du temple

relic. Dong Loc Junction and Hwang Tich

pagoda.

5. Infrastructure construction and

development

a/ Transport: To build. upgrade and improve

the transport infrastructure system, ensuring its

continuity and creating linkage between the

province's localities and the whole country to

meet socio-economic development requirements.

- Roads: The province shall coordinate with

the Ministry of Transport in realizing the plans

and roadmaps for building and upgrading key

routes (north-south and east-west) such as

national highways IA. 8. 12 and 15A, coastal

road, Ho Chi Minh road. and north-south

expressway; to develop 2 strategic east-west

corridors of the country, namely Vinh-national

highway SA-Vientiane and \Tung Ang-national

highway 12-Thakhaek;

To take the initiative in devising plans and

allocating the province's resources according to

roadmaps (phases) and planning to upgrade roads

built and managed by the province; to strive that

by 2020, all provincial roads will satisfy grade-

IV road standards, giving priority to upgrading

provincial roads 28, 70, 21 and 22; to upgrade

provincial roads 6 and 7 for linking the coastal

area with national highway IA:

By 2020, to upgrade district roads to grade-

V road standards and inter-hamlet roads to type-

A rural road standards, at least SO% of which

will be asphalted or concreted.

- Waterways: To build Vung Ang-Son Duong

port under planning into a general port zone which

can accommodate ships of 300.0(X) DWT and

have establishments for handling containers and

specialized commodities to meet demands of

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different industries located in the economic zone of 220 kV and 110 kV as well as medium- and

and trading with Laos and the northeastern

provinces of Thailand; to build, upgrade and

complete Xuan Hai and Cua Sot ports and river

wharves for maritime and river transportation;

- Railways: The province shall coordinate

with the Ministry of Transport in selecting an

appropriate form of investment under planning

to build Vung Ang-Mu Gia railway belonging to

the trans-Asia railway system, a specialized

railway from Thach Khe to Vung Ang port for

transporting ores for the steel refinery, and the

north-south express dual railway section in Ha

Tinh province.

b/ Irrigation: To focus investment in

completing Ygan Tmoi-Cam Trang multi-purpose

irrigation system, upgrading La Giang dike, Do

Diem sluice and Song Nghen canal system; to

build and upgrade medium- and small-sized

irrigation systems and solidify intra-field canals

to water over 85% of agricultural land area by

2020; to consolidate river and sea dike systems

for preventing riverbank and coastal landslides.

c/ Power supply sources and networks: To

implement the national master plan on electricity

development regarding Vung Ang theimo-power

plant I (of a capacity of 1,200 MW), VungAng

thermo-power plant 2 (of a capacity of 1,200

MW), Vung Ang thermo-power plant 3 (of a

capacity of 2,400 MW) and the Formosa group's

thermo-power plant (of a capacity of 1,500

MW).

To renovate and develop the power network

for making full use of the existing capacity: to

build under planning stations and eleenicity lines

low-voltage electricity lines linking new pow CT

sources to meet increasing load demands.

especially for Thad] Khe iron mine. Vung Ang

economic zone and Lau Treo international

border-gate economic zone.

d/ Water supply and drainage: To focus on

the supply of water for urban areas, rural areas.

manufacture and services: To upgrade w ater

plants in Ha Tinh city, Hong Linh town. Ky Anh

township and urban centers; to build a water

supply system for VungAng economic zone and

a water plant for Loc Ha township. depending

on available investment resources in each period.

To upgrade and build complete rainwater and

wastewater drainage systems for urban centers.

economic zones and industrial parks. To build

separate water drainage systems for urban and

other industrial parks, and centralized

wastewater treatment systems for cities to treat

waste water up to standards before discharging

into the environment.

c/ Information and communication: To

upgrade, expand and step by step modernize

post-telecommunications and information-

communication networks with large capacity and

high speed for national and international

connection. To build hi-tech distribution and

transmission systems and optical cable systems

to districts and communes. To intensify the

application of information technology to state

management work and e-transactions: to

increase the density of telephone subscribers.

ensuring all communes ha \ e access to the

Internet with many utility and hi-tech scrviccs:

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- During 2011-2020: To upgrade and expand

the optical cable network, especially in urban

centers. Vung Ang economic zone, Cau Treo

international border-gate economic zone, tourist

zones and industrial parks and complexes in the

province; to build an information technology

industrial park in Ha Tinh city: to develop a high-

qua lity and common telecommunications

infrastructure network to meet information and

communication demands; to promote the

development of information technology, tax,

accounting. filing, security and salary

management services.

- Vision to 2050: To further develop hi-tech

telecommunications and information technology

services: to develop centers for high-level

telecommunications and business process

outsourcing (BPO) services and other services

to meet socio-economic development andregional

and international integration requirements.

6. Science and technology

To de\ clop sciences and technologies to

meet socio-econornic development requirements;

to prioritize scientific research for application to

production and life; to increase cooperation with

central scientific agencies and international

organizations in propagating plant varieties,

animal and aquatic breeds of high value up to

international standards for export;

- To step by step build a number of research

and application centers and experiment

workshops for producing new products, build

agricultural seed-breeding centers. and furnish

equipment for these centers to meet scientific

research demands.

7. Environmental protection

-To take the initiative in applying environmental

protection solutions and limiting the increase of

environmental pollution in production sectors,

especially in key production clusters: to overcome

environmental degradation, improve the

environment andprotect biodiversity:

- To closely manage the exploitation and

economical use of natural resources. especially

land, groundwater sources, minerals and forest

and sea resources, ensuring sustainable

development;

- To raise the capacity to prevent and limit

adverse impacts of natural disasters and prompt ly

respond to environmental incidents. To formulate

projects to prevent and control climate change.

sea level rise and natural disasters.

8. Defense and security

To further build and consolidate the all-people

defense system and the movement "All people

protect the natural security"; to associate

economic development with increasing defense

and security potential: to increase international

cooperation in settling complicated issues related

to security, politics and border security

assurance; to step up the prevention and combat

of crimes and social evils and reduce traffic

accidents; to maintain political security and social

order and safety for fast and sustainable

developmen t.

IV. SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPATIAL

OR

I. Urban and rural development

a/ Urban development

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- To accelerate the process of urbanization.

step by step complete the urban system with

modern socio-econom ic and technical

infrastructure and green and clean environment - which is rationally distributed, ensuring stable,

balanced and sustainable urban development. In

urban infrastructure development, to pay attention

to building high rises in order to increase the land

use ratio and reduce construction density;

- To develop the urban system comprising of

central and satellite urban centers, located along

national highway IA, coastal road, Ho Chi Minh

road and national highway 8A. By 2020, the

province will have 3 central urban centers, namely

Ha Tinh city as a grade-II urban center, and Hong

Linh and Hoanh Son as grade-IN urban centers.

Other townships will be grade-IV or -V urban

centers when satisfying the prescribed conditions;

the urbanization rate will reach over 45%.

b/ Rural development

-To step up the implementation of the national

target program on building a new countryside;

to strive that over 20% and 50% of communes

will satisfy new countryside criteria by 2015 and

2020, respectively;

- To raise funds for building rural

infrastructure; to integrate the national target

program on building a new countryside into other

target programs to build essential infrastructure

(power. transport, telecommunications,

environmental sanitation and water supply works,

schools, health stations, marketplaces, cultural

and information institutions, etc.) for communes,

especially those in difficulty-stricken areas);

To attract investment in agricultural and rural

projects applying high technologies, clean

technologies and organic agriculture; to support

job training and technology transfer for

production development and sustainable pover0

reduction, step by step improving the Ii' ing

conditions of rural people.

2. Economic areas and zones

a/ The marine and coastal areas. embracing

coastal communes in Nghi Xuan, Loc Ha. Thach

Ha, Cam X uyen and Kv Anh districts. To

prioritize the development of fishing. aquaculture

and aquatic product processing; commodity

crops, industries and services. especially iron ore

exploitation, manufacture of steel and steel

products, thermo-power. tourist, logistic and

shipping services;

b/ The central economic area. embracing the

localities along national highway I A's corridor

from Hong Li nh commune to Ha Tinh city. To

prioritize the development of a multi-sector

economic area as a ground for the province's

economic development, focusing on developing

trade, recreation, finance-banking. transportation.

BPO, vocational training and mechanical

engineering repair services: to develop the textile

and garment industry:

c/ The mountainous and midland economic

area in Huong Son, Huong Khe. Vu Quang and

Due Tho districts and the remaining communes

of Nghi Xuan, Can Loc. Thach ha. Loc Ha.

Cam Xuyen and Ky Anh districts. To focus on

agricultural and forestry economic development.

giving priority to advantageous plants and animals

such as paddy, Phuc Trach grapefruit, orange.

rubber, cow, pig, deer, raw-material forest.

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material medial and timber processing. To

associate rural and border trade development

with the development of Cau Treo international

border-gate economic zone;

d/ The heavy-industry area, embracing 2

development zones, namely Vung.Ang economic

zone. which will be developed as a center for

manufacturing and processing iron, steel and steel

products. and a trade and logistic service center

associated with Vung Ang-Son Duong port; and

Thach K he iron mine area. which will supply

iron ores for the steel refinery in Vung Ang

economic zone:

e/ To build urban centers forming a corridor

along national highway IA from Ha Tinh city

to Hong Linh town and linking with Vinh city

(Nehe An province), with Ha Tinh city as a

development center for vocational training and

13P0 services;

f/ To build Cau Treo international border-gate

economic zone, and agricultural and forest

product processing factories, forming a corridor

along national highway 8 from Cau Treo

international border gate to Xtran Hai port and

along Ho Chi Minh road (the section crossing

Ha Tinh).

V LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORITIZED

FOR INVESTMENT STUDY

(See the attached Appendix)

VI. SOLUTIONS FOR THE MASTER

PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

1. Raising investment capital sources

The total development investment capital is

estimated at around VND 539 trillion through

2020, including around VND 227 trillion during

2011-2015 and around VND 312 trillion during

2016-2020. The province should adopt specific

solutions for mobilizing to the utmost domestic

and foreign resources for development

investment, specifically:

al Making and issuing a list of investment-

calling programs and projects up to 2020. On

that basis. to increase dissemination, introduction

and promotion activities to attract investment

capital from different economic sectors;

b/ Improving, the investment and production

and business environments, and further reform

investment procedures toward simplicity.

transparency and publicity: to properly carry out

ground clearance work and build infrastructure

ready for investors: to direct investors to

implement projects in planned areas: to actively

carry out confidence-building activities to attract

domestic and foreign investment in the province;

e/ To adopt policies to raise capital from land

funds for building infrastructure, new urban

centers, economic zones and industrial parks;

0/ To attract investment through socialization,

especially in education. training, health care,

culture, sports, tourism, radio and television

broadcasting, science. technology and

environmental protection.

e/ To increase investment in BT. HOT. BTP.

PPP and other forms to raise capital for

infrastructure development; to attract foreign

investment and mobilize ODA and ['DI sources

for development investment;

1/ To facilitate the developmeni of the capital

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market and consolidate the system of credit funds

for increasing the capacity to raise capital from

inside and outside the province.

2. Improving the business and investment

environments and raising the province's

competitiveness

a/To create an equal, stable, transparent and

clear business environment for enterprises of all

economic sectors to invest in socio-economic

development:

b/ To increase the effectiveness of the

attraction of investment and use of investment

capital sources of different economic sectors and

FDI enterprises and ODA capital and non-

governmenial organizations funds; concurrently

to simplify administrative procedures; and to step

up investment promotion activities;

c/ To enhance the capacity. professionalism

and international economic integration knowledge

and skills for cadres, civil servants and public

employees of state administrative agencies and

business managers.

vocational training for laborers inside and outside

enterprises. To step up forms of joi nt training to

expand the training scale and increase training

forms and disciplines. To attach importance to

training skilled workers and qualified managers:

c/ To raise more funds from organizations

and individuals for training activities; to strongly

develop people-founded and private schools to

attract all resources for human resource training.

4. Environmental protection

a/To work out a detailed plan on sustainable

waste management, water management and

forest protection and development: to properly

implement land use plans. develop land funds and

rationally distribute population in rural and urban

areas; to rationally zone off land for economic

activities to minimize environmental impacts and

prevent natural disasters:

b/ To closely supervise the observance of the

environmental protection law: to stud and

formulate a regulation enabling the population

community to take part in environmental

3. Hu In an resource development and supervision of investment projects and works in

employment

a/ To enhance the training capacity of Ha

Tinh University, colleges, secondary schools and

vocational training institutions. To increase forms

of vocational training, focusing on disciplines for

which the society has great demand such as

mining, steel refining and rolling, construction,

construction material production, mechanical

engineering, electricity, agricultural product

processing. trade, etc.

b/ To encourage enterprises to provide

the province;

c/ To step up i ntornaation, communication and

education activities to raise public awareness

about environmental protection and climate

change impacts.

5. Science and technolop de elopment

a/ To form and develop a technology market

and establish technology' transfer consultancy and

service centers to assist enterprises in selecting

technologies suitable to local conditions. To

renew technologies for enterprises, especially

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mining enterprises; sectors and in infrastructure operation and

b/ To promote technical innovations and development. To raise the effect\ eness of

inventions in production and business activities cooperation with regional countries. especially

and strictly implement regulations on industrial Laos. Thai land and ASEAN countries, for

property rights: to encourage enterprises to invest developing and exploiting to the utmost the

in renewing technologies and techniques for

increasing labor productivity; to closely cooperate

with research institutes and universities in

conducting research and application activity;

c/ To attach importance to training, retraining

and building a sufficient contingent of quality

scientific and technical officers, especially a

contingent of experts: to further implement

policies on employment and preferential

treatment of talents and increase scientific and

technological facilities

6. Administrative reform and enhancing the

state management capacity

M To further implement the comprehensive

administrative reform, increase the capacity and

operation effectiveness of the state administrative

apparatus from provincial to grassroots level and

combat red tape and corruption:

b/ To properly implement the regulation on

democracy, especially democracy at the

Grassroots level, creating mechanisms to ensure

clearness, fairness and publicity in state

management activities: to increase organizations'

and individuals' opportunities to access social

services.

7. Development cooperation and linkage

To further step up close cooperation and

association with the provinces in the northern

central region and the whole country in the key

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international border-gate economic zone. Yung

Ang economic zone and V112 Ang-Son Duong

port.

VII. ORGANIZATION AND

SUPERVISION OF THE MASTER PLAN

IMPLEMENTATION

I. Publication and dissemination o [the master

plan

To publish and disseminate the master plan's

contents and objectives to Party Committees and

administrations at all levels, sectors, mass

organizations, enterprises and people in the

province.

2. Foimulation of action programs

- After the master plan is approved by the

Prime Minister, the province should, based on

the master plan's objectives, formulate action

programs for step by step implementing the

master plan;

- To concretize the master plan's objectives

through 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

supplements to the master plan to suit the

province's socio-economic development situation

in each period:

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-Local administrations, sectors, socio-political

organizations and people shall inspect and

supervise the implementation of the master plan.

Article 2. The master plan serves as a basis

for the formulation, approval and implementation

of other master plans (construction master plan;

land use master plan and plans and otherrelevant

specialized master plans), and investment

projects in Ha Tinh province.

Article 3. The People's Committee of Ha

Tinh province shall. based on the province's socio-

economic development objectives, tasks and

orientations in the approved master plan. assume

the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with

related ministries and sectors in:

I. Directing in accordance with regulations

the formulation, submission and implementation

of district-level socio-economic development

master plans; construction master plans; land use

master plans and plans; and sectoral

development master plans, ensuring

comprehensive and synchronic socio-economic

development, defense and security.

2. Formulating long-, medium- and short-ten)

plans, key socio-economic, development

programs and specific projects for concentrated

investment and rational capital allocation.

3. Studying, elaborating, promulgating or

submitting to competent state agencies for

promulgation for matters falling beyond its

competence) a number of mechanisms and

policies to meet the development requirements

in each period with a view to attracting and

mobilizing resources for the implementation of

the master plan.

Article 4. Within the ambit of their functions.

tasks and powers, related ministries and sectors

shall:

1. Guide and assist the People's Committee

of Ha Tinh province in implementing the master

plan; study, elaborate, promulgate or submit to

competent authorities for promulgation

mechanisms and policies to meet the socio-

economic development requirements of Ha Tinh

province in each period with a vie ys to effectively

using resources and encouraging in\ estment

according to the province's socio-economic

,levelopment objectives and tasks set out in the

master plan.

2. Coordinate with the People's Committee

of Ha Tinh province in adjusting and

supplementing sectoral master plans in

conformity with the master plan: assist the

province in mobilizing domestic and foreign

investment capital sources for the 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 Ha Tinh province, ministers, heads

of ministerial-level agencies and heads of

government-attached agencies shall implement

this Decision.

Prime Minister

NGUYEN TAN DUNG

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Appendix

LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY IN HA TINH PROVINCE DURING 2011-2020

(To the Prime Minister's Decision No. 1786/QD-Trg of November 27, 2012)

No. NAMES OF PROJECTS

CENTRALLY INVESTED PROJECTS

I Upgrading national highways IA; 8A; 8B; 12; and 15A (the section from Ila Tinh city to l'huc Dong); building the north-south expressway (the section running through Ha Tinh): and the border corridor road

2 Ngan Truoi-Cam Trang irrigation system

3 Improving Do Diem sluice and Nghen river dike system

LOCALLY MANAGED PROJECTS

I . _

A road from national highway IA to Thach Khe iron mine; a coastal road from Ngbi Xuan to Ky Anh

Upgrading provincial roads (6, 7, 9, 17, 21, 22, 28 and 70); inter-commune roads and rural roads; renovating and upgrading provincially managed navigable channels and river ports

3

Upgrading and renovating La Giang dike system; building Khe Xai and Khe Giao reservoirs; renovating and upgrading reservoirs, river and sea dikes and landslide prevention embankments in important areas; renovating and upgrading aquaculture infrastructure

4

ODA projects: Developing agriculture in Ha Tinh; developing coastal submerged forests; supporting the development of irrigated agriculture; coastal resources for sustainable development; restoring and managing protection forests; clean water and environmental sanitation sub-project

5 Ha Tinh University, Vung Ang vocational college and Vung Ang technology college projects

6 Upgrading the province's general hospital; provincial-level specialized hospitals; district-level hospitals; building and upgrading commune. ward and township health stations

7 Building infrastructure of Vung Ang economic zone, Cau Treo international borer-gate economic zone and Ha Tinh-Bolikhamsai border economic cooperation zone

8 Ground clearance and resettlement projects for Vung Ang economic zone, Thach Khe iron mine, and Ngan Truoi-Cam Trang irrigation system

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9 Upgrading urban and industrial-park water supply and drainage systemsindustrial waste and daily-life water treatment systems 1

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PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS PROJECTS CALLING FOR INVESTMENT

Production and processing of agricultural, forest and aquatic products (rubber. groundnut, paddy, rice, meat, aquatic products, deer. material medica and agricultural products)

2

Building Thach Khe-Vung Ang and Yung Ang-Mu Gia railways; building Vung Ang port (wharves No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8); Vung Ang I thermo-power plant: Son Wong cast steel and iron and port complex; exploiting Thach Khe iron mine and plant manufacturing steel from Thach Khe iron ores; Vung Ang II thenno-power plant; 1 Formosa thermo-power plant; plants to manufacture cast iron and steel, pigment. steel ; products, TEU containers, electric tools and equipment, ship blocks. motorcycle 1 components, garments, timber processing, non-baked bricks, glass, coke and fire-proof materials. etc.

3 Technology college; BP° vocational training institutions

4 Vung Ang hospital; Hong Linh high-quality hospital

5 IT industrial park in Ha Tinh city; optical cable network

6 Infrastructure for industrial parks of Gia Lach, Ha Vang, Ha Tan, Dai Kim and Da Mang; infrastructure for industrial complexes of Hong Linh, Due Tho. Nuong Khe and Cam Xuyen; and infrastructure for Vung Ang and Son Duong ports

7 Urban centers in Ha Tinh city, Hong Linh town and Ky Anh-Vung Ang township; houses for workers in Vung Ang economic zone

8

1 Water supply system for Vung Ang economic zone and Loc Ha township: upgrading ; water supply systems for Ha Tinh city, Hong Linh town and Ky Anh township

9 Tourist zones of Thien Cam, Xuan Thanh and Ky Ninh; Son Kim thermal spring: co- tourism in Ke Go Reservoir and Da Mong, and high-grade tourist services

Note: The locations, land areas, total investment amounts and investment capital sources for the above projects shall be calculated, selected and specified in the stages of formulation and submission of investment projects, depending on the demand for and capacity of balancing and raising investment capital in each period.-

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