The Ministry of Planning and Investment has released two master zoningplans for socio-economic development for the Southern Key Economic Zone(SKEZ) and Mekong Delta Economic Zone (Mekong KEZ) until 2020, with avision towards 2030.
The SKEZ consists of Ho ChiMinh City andBinh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Long An andTien Giang provinces.
Under the zoning plan, the Governmenttargets developing the SKEZ into an active economic zone with highquality and sustainable growth. It would also be the economic, trade,cultural, training, healthcare and scientific research hub of thecountry and the region.
It will have a unified economic structureand modern urban system, of which Ho Chi Minh City will be amultifunctional economic centre with modern infrastructure equal toregional countries, said Vu Quang Cac, head of the ministry's ZoningPlan Management Department.
Accordingly, the SKEZ will have anannual GDP growth rate of 8-8.5 percent from now to 2015 and 8.5-9percent for the 2016-20 period.
To 2020, the industrial,construction and service sectors will contribute up to 95-96 percent ofthe region's total GDP, of which the service sector would account for 44percent of GDP, he said.
GDP per capita would reach 3,900-4,000 USD by 2015 and more than 5,000 USD by 2020, he said.
Theplan also seeks to raise the region's export value per capita to 3,700USD by 2015 and 5,400 USD by 2020, as well as increase technology reformand the ratio of trained labourers.
Regarding socio-economicdevelopment, under the plan, the region would have a population of about21-22 million by 2020, and create jobs for about 340,000-350,000labourers a year.
The region will strive to reduce theunemployment rate in urban areas to less than four percent and the rateof poor households by two percent each year.
In addition, theplan targets improving residents' health and reducing the malnutritionrate among children under five to less than 10 percent by 2015 and 8percent by 2020, he said.
The plan also seeks to improveenvironmental protection by raising the rate of forest and perennialcoverage, and ask new production establishments to use clean technology,he said, adding that that all industrial parks must be equipped withconcentrated waste water treatment plants by 2015.
By 2020, alltrading and manufacturing establishments must meet environmentalstandards, and all solid and harmful waste treated.
The number ofpeople in rural areas using clean water would reach 96 percent by 2015and 98 percent by 2020, the rate in urban areas would be 97 percent and99 percent, respectively.
Regarding security and nationaldefence, the region was asked to strengthen activities to ensuresecurity, politics, social order and enhance national defence potential,closely combining national defence and security with socio-economicdevelopment.
To implement the plan, the Government has askedlocalities in the SKEZ to strengthen economic restructuring reform byimproving productivity, quality and competitiveness of economic sectors,and by using modern technology in production and trading.
Inaddition, the region should focus on developing industrial products thathave high added-value such as software, industrial electronics,high-end construction materials, mechanical engineering and spare parts,as well as high-quality services like finance, trading,telecommunication, transportation, tourism, capital markets andproperty.
More investments are needed to complete the region's infrastructure and to develop high-quality human resources.
Mekong future
Under the approved master plan of socio-economic development in theKey Economic Zone in the Mekong River Delta, by 2020, the zone includingthe Can Tho city and the provinces of Ca Mau, An Giang and Kien Giang,would be a major region specialising in production of food, seafood andfruits.
The aim is to have the region make an importantcontribution to ensuring national food security, and exports ofagro-products and fisheries.
The zone will also be the country'smajor energy centre with three electric facilities, namely O Mon, Ca Mauand Kien Luong, and a major services and tourism centre. It will alsocontinue to act as a bridge to help the country integrate into theregional economy.
To realise these functions, the Mekong KEZ willbe developed to have a modern economic structure, modern infrastructurenetwork and improved living standards. It is expected to makesignificant contributions to the country's economic development.
The newly approved master plan includes specific socio-economic targets for the development of the Mekong KEZ.
In particular, the zone will reach GDP growth of 11 percent per year by 2015, and 10.5 percent in the next five years.
Thezone's per capita GDP is estimated to be 2,470 USD by 2015 and 4,400USD in 2020. Its total export value is expected to reach about 5.6billion USD in 2015 and 10.3 billion USD in 2020.
Foragricultural production, the zone expects to annually produce about 9million tonnes of rice by 2015 and 10.2 million tonnes by 2020.Meanwhile, fisheries' output will rise from 2,030 tonnes in 2015 to2,420 tonnes in 2020.
The Mekong KEZ is expected to create employment for 170,000 and 17,500 people in the 2016-20 period.
Alsounder the master plan, by 2020 all industrial parks and urban areas inthe Mekong KEZ would have standard waste water treatment systems, andall households would have electricity.
The zone will have asustainably developed agriculture sector with an annual growth rate of5.4 percent by 2015 and 5 percent by 2020.
The zone will focusefforts on developing industries with competitive and comparativeadvantages such as agro-product processing and renewable energies,including biomass power, in order to reach an industrial growth rate of17 percent by 2015 and 16 percent by 2020, the planning and investmentministry said at the briefing last week.-VNA
The SKEZ consists of Ho ChiMinh City andBinh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Long An andTien Giang provinces.
Under the zoning plan, the Governmenttargets developing the SKEZ into an active economic zone with highquality and sustainable growth. It would also be the economic, trade,cultural, training, healthcare and scientific research hub of thecountry and the region.
It will have a unified economic structureand modern urban system, of which Ho Chi Minh City will be amultifunctional economic centre with modern infrastructure equal toregional countries, said Vu Quang Cac, head of the ministry's ZoningPlan Management Department.
Accordingly, the SKEZ will have anannual GDP growth rate of 8-8.5 percent from now to 2015 and 8.5-9percent for the 2016-20 period.
To 2020, the industrial,construction and service sectors will contribute up to 95-96 percent ofthe region's total GDP, of which the service sector would account for 44percent of GDP, he said.
GDP per capita would reach 3,900-4,000 USD by 2015 and more than 5,000 USD by 2020, he said.
Theplan also seeks to raise the region's export value per capita to 3,700USD by 2015 and 5,400 USD by 2020, as well as increase technology reformand the ratio of trained labourers.
Regarding socio-economicdevelopment, under the plan, the region would have a population of about21-22 million by 2020, and create jobs for about 340,000-350,000labourers a year.
The region will strive to reduce theunemployment rate in urban areas to less than four percent and the rateof poor households by two percent each year.
In addition, theplan targets improving residents' health and reducing the malnutritionrate among children under five to less than 10 percent by 2015 and 8percent by 2020, he said.
The plan also seeks to improveenvironmental protection by raising the rate of forest and perennialcoverage, and ask new production establishments to use clean technology,he said, adding that that all industrial parks must be equipped withconcentrated waste water treatment plants by 2015.
By 2020, alltrading and manufacturing establishments must meet environmentalstandards, and all solid and harmful waste treated.
The number ofpeople in rural areas using clean water would reach 96 percent by 2015and 98 percent by 2020, the rate in urban areas would be 97 percent and99 percent, respectively.
Regarding security and nationaldefence, the region was asked to strengthen activities to ensuresecurity, politics, social order and enhance national defence potential,closely combining national defence and security with socio-economicdevelopment.
To implement the plan, the Government has askedlocalities in the SKEZ to strengthen economic restructuring reform byimproving productivity, quality and competitiveness of economic sectors,and by using modern technology in production and trading.
Inaddition, the region should focus on developing industrial products thathave high added-value such as software, industrial electronics,high-end construction materials, mechanical engineering and spare parts,as well as high-quality services like finance, trading,telecommunication, transportation, tourism, capital markets andproperty.
More investments are needed to complete the region's infrastructure and to develop high-quality human resources.
Mekong future
Under the approved master plan of socio-economic development in theKey Economic Zone in the Mekong River Delta, by 2020, the zone includingthe Can Tho city and the provinces of Ca Mau, An Giang and Kien Giang,would be a major region specialising in production of food, seafood andfruits.
The aim is to have the region make an importantcontribution to ensuring national food security, and exports ofagro-products and fisheries.
The zone will also be the country'smajor energy centre with three electric facilities, namely O Mon, Ca Mauand Kien Luong, and a major services and tourism centre. It will alsocontinue to act as a bridge to help the country integrate into theregional economy.
To realise these functions, the Mekong KEZ willbe developed to have a modern economic structure, modern infrastructurenetwork and improved living standards. It is expected to makesignificant contributions to the country's economic development.
The newly approved master plan includes specific socio-economic targets for the development of the Mekong KEZ.
In particular, the zone will reach GDP growth of 11 percent per year by 2015, and 10.5 percent in the next five years.
Thezone's per capita GDP is estimated to be 2,470 USD by 2015 and 4,400USD in 2020. Its total export value is expected to reach about 5.6billion USD in 2015 and 10.3 billion USD in 2020.
Foragricultural production, the zone expects to annually produce about 9million tonnes of rice by 2015 and 10.2 million tonnes by 2020.Meanwhile, fisheries' output will rise from 2,030 tonnes in 2015 to2,420 tonnes in 2020.
The Mekong KEZ is expected to create employment for 170,000 and 17,500 people in the 2016-20 period.
Alsounder the master plan, by 2020 all industrial parks and urban areas inthe Mekong KEZ would have standard waste water treatment systems, andall households would have electricity.
The zone will have asustainably developed agriculture sector with an annual growth rate of5.4 percent by 2015 and 5 percent by 2020.
The zone will focusefforts on developing industries with competitive and comparativeadvantages such as agro-product processing and renewable energies,including biomass power, in order to reach an industrial growth rate of17 percent by 2015 and 16 percent by 2020, the planning and investmentministry said at the briefing last week.-VNA
