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Pursuantto the Government's Decree No. 9212006/ND-CP of September 7, 2006, on t#w

elaboration, approvalandmanagementofsocio­economicdevelopmentmasterplans;and Decree

No. 04/2008/ND-CP of January 11, 200t.amending and supplementing a number (Ifarticles of Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP of

September 7,2006;

At the proposal ofthe People's CommitW4 of

Thanh HoaprovinceinReportNo. 36117 -UBNlJ

of June I, 2009.

DECIDES:

Article 1. To approve the master plan onsocio-economic development of Thanh. Hoaprovince up to2020, withthefollowill@ principalcontents:

J. DEVEWPMENT VIEWPOINTS

THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No. 114/2009/QD~TTg ofSeptember 28, 2009, approving themaster plan on socio-economicdevelopment ofThanh Hoa province upto 2020

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the December 25,2001 Law on

Organization of the Government;

1. To bring into the fullest play me, poreruialandadvantages of thelocality, thereby efficientlyusing all resources for socio-economicdevelopment, accelerating economic grewthandnarrowing thegap between Thanh Hoa provinceand regional provinces as well as the wholecountry. To build Thanh Hoa province htto acenterfor economic exchange between 'theNorthand northern Central Vietnam and 3. stronseconomic and socio-cultural cent!t of thecountry.

2. To raise the quality of economic growthwith a rational structure; to build a highlycompetitive economy and efficiently usenaturalresources; to developquality industries, servicesand tourism; to develop agriculture towards~

and sustainable commodity production.

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3. To concentrate investment resources onbuilding dynamic ecnnomic zones and

developing key product groups; to prioritizeinvestment in quickly developing Nghi Soneconomic zone, creating a breakthrough ineconomicgrowthand restructuring.

4. To step by step make adjusuneuts Ior a

harmonious and rational development amongareas in the province; to strongly develop themarine and coastal economy; to make the bestuse of investment supports of the State andeconomic sectors to develop the western midland

and mountainous areas in order to bring theseareas out of the underdevelopment state.

5. To combine economic development withgradual realization of social progress andequality. 10 step up the implementation of thepolicy 011 socialization of education, training,health care and environmental protection; to

ensurehigh-quality humanresources to meettherequirements of rapid development; to attachimportance to hunger eradication and povertyalleviation! public healthcare,social stabilizationand consolidation of solidarity among ethnicgroups in the province.

6. To attach importance to scientific andtechnological development as the key to raisingthe quality of products, goods and services,thereby promoting the growth and raising thecompetilivt:ness of the economy.

7. To combine economic development withdefense and security consolidation; to finnlydefend the sovereignty over the border andislands; to maintain friendly relationships withneighboring provinces along the Vietnam-Laosborderline, andassure political security andsocial

order and safety.

ll. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

1. Overallobjectives

To strive for a rapid, efficientand sustainablesocio-economic development, creating asubstantial progress in the growth quality and

competitiveness of the economy. To strive forthe objective that by 2015, Thanh Hoa willbecome a province of average development inthe country and by 2020 it will become asubstantially industrialized province with a l

rational economic structure and acomprehensively developed and modern socio­economic infrastructure system, and aneconomic, education and training, health care,

sport and physical training, and scientific andtechnical centerof northern Central Vietnam andthe whole country, with stable political securityand firm national solidarity.

2. Specificobjectives

aJ Economic objectives

- The annual growth tale during 2011 - 2015

and 2016 - 2020 will be 17-18% and over 19%,respectively. By 2015, the province's per-capitaGDP will attain the average levelof the countryand a higher level after 2015;

- Tu restructure the economy towardsindustrialization andmodernization. By2015 and2020, the structureof agriculture - industry andconstruction - service will be 15.5% - 47.6% ­36.8%, and 10.1% - 51.9%- 38%, respectively;

- To suive to achieve an export value ofUSD

800- 850million by 2015 andoverUSD 2 billionby 2020. The annual export growth rate will be19-20%;

- To strive to achieve a budget revenue ratioofaround 6 - 7% uf ODP by 2015 and uver 7%

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by 2020.

bl Social objectives

- To slow population growth with a naturalpopulation growthrate of under 0.65% by 2015and some 0.5% by 2020;

- To sustain and firmly consolidateresults ofthe lower secondary education universalization

and complete the upper secondary educationuniversalization before 2020. To increase thepercentage of trained laborers to 45% by 2015and 55 - 60% by 2020;

- To create new jobs for some 50,000 laborers

a year.Toreducethe unemployment ratein urbanareas to under3%andthe rate of underemployedrural laborers to under 3.5% by 2020;

- Toreducethepercentage of poorhouseholds(under the current poverty line) by 3 - 5% every

year;

- To improve the health care network fromthe provincial level to villages and hamlets; tostrive for the target that 85% of commune-levelinfirmaries will have medical doctors by 2015;there will be 23 patientbeds and 25 patient bedsfor every 10,000inhabitants by 2015 and 2020,respectively; to reduce the malnutrition rate

among under-five children to 18 - 20% by 2015and below 10%by 2020;

- By 2015, all provincial and district roadsand roads to centersof communesand communeclusters will be asphalted Or concreted; all

households will have electricity and televisionbroadcasting coverage.

c/ Environmental protection objectives

- To increase the forest coverageto 53 - 54%by 2015 and over 60% by 2020. To protect the

ground, surface, sea and coastal water

environment;

- By 2015, all urban centers will have theirown facilities for concentrated waste collection

and treatment; all newly built productionestablishments will have facilities for treatmentof wasteup to environrnental standardsor applydean technologies. Thepercentageofproductionestablishments attaining environmental standardswill be over 80% by 2015 and 90% by 2020;

- By 2015, all urban households.will besupplied with tap water and 90% of rural

households will have access to hygienic waterand all of them will be supplied with up waterby 2020.

d/ Defense and security objectives,

To maintain defense and security; firmly

maintainthe sovereignty over the national borderand islands, assure political stability, and curband eventually reduce crimes and soci4lvices.

III. ORIENTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTOF BRANCHESAND SECTORS

L Industry

- To rapidly and firmly develop iP'ldustrieswhich make up the foundation for the province'srapid economic growth and economicrestructuring. Tocombineindustrialdeselopmentwith infrastructure development. step hy step

form industrialparks and complexes. to qUicklyimplementprojects in Nghi Son economic zoneand establish some other dynamic economic

zones to serve as development hubs for theeconomy.

- To sustain the annual industrial andconstruction growthat over 21.5% (21.4%during2011 - 2015 and 21.6% during 2016 2020);

-Tointernally restructure the industrialsector

in the direction of vigorously developing basic

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industries and processing industries. By 2020,Thanh Hoa province will basically have asustainably developed industrial sector with amodern structure;

- To develop (he following major industries:

+ Petrochemicals: To complete Nghi Sonpetrochemical complex with phase-Icapacityof10 million tons/year and put it into operationbefore 2013, and concurrently investing in thisprojectw'lth phase-Il capacityof 10 million tons!year. To develop other industries and servicessuch as production of polypropylene, syntheticfibers, plastic, synthetic fertilizers anddetergents,and other products;

+ Construction materials: To accelerate the

building of the second production line of NghiSon, Bim Son and Cong Thanh cement plants;to build ThanhSon cement plant with a capacityof 1.4 million tons/year. To strive for the targetthat by 2015, the province's total cement outputwill reach 18 - 20 million tons;

To build a number of establishments toproduce construction materials, including asphaltconcrete unhardened concrete, prefabricatedconcrete structures androofingtiles,in NghiSoneconomiczone and other industrial zones.

+ Electricity: By 2020, the commodityelectricityoutputwillreachover 20billionkWh.To build Nghi Son thermo-power plant, therebyforming a big thermo-power center in northernCentral Vietnam. To put into operation as soonas possiblethe thermo-power plant,phaseI, witha capacity of 600 MW, and make phase-Ilinvestmentto increase its capacity to 1,800MWby 2015.

To buildTrung Son hydropower plant with acapacity of 260 MW; Hoi Xuan hydropower

plant, 92 MW and some other small- and

medium-sized hydropowerplants, including BaThuoc 1 and 2, Cam Thuy 1 and 2, and Luongriver.

+ Mechanical engineering and machinebuilding:

To step up the buildingof the POMIDO steelmill with a capacity of 650,000 tons/year andNghi Son steel mill with a capacity of 750,000tons/year. To attract more projects to producesteel sheets, shaped steel and high-class steel inNghi Son economic zone, with a capacity ofaround 6 million tons/year, and steel for thedefense industry.

Todevelopmechanicalengineering for repairand manufacture: Toassembleheavyequipment,

vehicles and lifting devices; to manufactureequipment for construction material andagricultural product processing industries,electric and refrigeration electric equipment,electromatic parts; to assembleautomobiles andmanufacture locomotives, cars, railwayequipment and accessories.

To complete the first phase of Nghi Sonshipyardto makeit fullycapableofbuilding shipsuf 50,000 DWT by 2010, and by 2015 to makephase-Il investment in building ships of over50,000DWT andrepairing thoseof over 100,000DWT.

+ Agricultural, forestry and aquatic productprocessing; To renovate, upgradeand bring intoplay the production capacity of existingestablishments and at the same time build newagricultural, forestry and aquatic productprocessing establishments associated with thebuilding of concentrated material zones. To

increasethecapacity ofNhu XuanandCamThuyrubber latex processing plants. To upgrade Nhu

Thanh vegetableandfruit processing plant,build

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another in Bim Son district and some others inHau Loc and Hoang Hoa where conditionspermit,and build toad processing plantsinThanhQuangindustrialpark(ThachThanhdistrict) andsome coastal delta districts.

Torenew technologies toraisethequalityandproductivity of Hoang Truong and Le Monaquatic product processing plants and somemodemprocessing establishments in LachBang,LachHoi and LachTruong closeto fishing urbancenters; tobuildfeedprocessing plantsindistrictswhereconcentrated husbandry isconducted, suchas Nang Cong, Trieu Son, Thieu Hoa and Ngoc

Lac.

TobuildChauLac papermill witha capacityof 60,000 tons of paper and 50,000tons of pulp/year; to investinprocessing forexport5,000tonsof wooden artificial boards and 15.000 m3 ofparticle and chip boards a year, and building aplant to produce artificial boards from bamboowith a capacity of 16,000 m'/year close to

concentrated material zones.

+ To further develop other industries,including mining, consumer and export goodsproduction, garment, package materials, leatherand shoes, tourist and sport gears. To step by step

develop a number of hi-tech industries. Torevitalize and develop traditional craft villagesproducingsedgematsandotherarticles of sedge,embroidery, silk weaving and brocade,wickerwork and stone fine-art articles andjewelry.

- Todevelop industrial parks and complexes:

Tocontinuemaking in-depth investmentandscale up the development of existing industrialparks; to establishsome more industrial parks inThanh Hoa city, Bim Son town and the districts

of Ngoc Lac, Hau Loc, Quang Xuong, Hoang

Hoa, Nhu Xuan (Bai Tranh) and Thach Thanh(Thach Quang). By 2015, to completely buildand gradually modernize infrastructure facilitiesof existing industrial parks, and to step upinvestment promotion in order to increase theoccupancy ratio of local industrial parks.

- To develop small- and medium-sizedindustrial complexes and craft village clustersin the province's districts and tOWOls, To strivefor the target that by 2020 all delta communesand about 50% of mountainous communes willhave craft village clusters.

2. Services

Toquicklydevelopand diversifyservices inOlder La create numerous jobs and rnake great

contributions to economic growth.

The annual growth rate of services during2011 - 2020willbe 18.5%; the service-valueratioin GDP will increaseto 36.8%by 2015and over38% by 2020; the goods and service export value

will be USD800 - 850 millionby 2015andoverUSD 2 billionby 2020.

To develop major services:

- Commerce: To synchronously de-velop thecommercial system, building Thanh Hoa into amajor goods gathering center along 'the North­Southrouteandthegoodstransferroutebetweenthe northwestern region and the northernprovinces of LaoslinkedwithNghiSon portandmountainous regions nationwide.

Tobuilda modern tradecenter in ThanhRoocity and Nghi Son economic zone attached tonon-tariff areas; to build Na Mea border-gateeconomic zone into a center for goods tradebetween Thanh Hoa and Laos. especially thenorthern Lao provinces and neighboring areas;

to build some trade centers in Bim Son, Ngoc

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Lac and some urban centers with a widepervasive effect.

-Tourism: Torapidly andsustainably developtourism into an important industry with greateontributions to the national economy. Toconcentrate on developing a number of keytourist resorts and spots, thereby creatingdiversitied and high-quality touristproductsandstep by step building Thanh Hoa into a majortourist center of the country and an importanttourist destinationin the national tourist system.TostrivefOf the targetthatby 2015and 2020theprovince. ~ill attract between 3 and 5 million

tourists/yair, 30% and 40% of whom will beforeignef5, respectively;

To completely build infrastructure facilitiesin Sam Son tourist zone so that it can earlybecome a big tourist town.To invest in buildingtourist resorts of HamRang, Ho dynasty citadel,Cam LuCW'lg fish stream, LamKinh,BenEn, NgaSon, Hai Hoa and Hai Tien. To build the ceo­

tourisrn resortofCuaDat lakeand NghiSoneco­tourist resort and some others after 2010.

- Transport: Todevelopdiversified modesoftramport And combinethe development of road,railway and waterway transport; to bring intoplay the advantagesof NghiSondeep-waterportcluster and river ports in order to expand seashipping llnd inland waterway transport. Todevelop pzssenger transport routes combinedwith toUITmn development; to form transportroutes to tourist resorts; to concentrate ondeveloping passenger transport in Thanh Hoacity, towns and major economic centers of theprovinte.

- Finance and banking: To encouragedomestic and foreign banks, especially giant

tinaReial institutions of the region and the world,to open their branches or representative offices

in the province. To step by step form a bigfinancial market to meet growing capital needsof all economic sectors.

- To promote the development of post,telecommunications and information technology,

actively contributing to socio-economicdevelopment and defense and securitymaintenance.

- To quickly develop other services such astraining, consultancy, technology transfer, etc.

3. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

- To comprehensively develop agriculture and

eventually build a hi-tech, clean and export-ledagriculture, thereby quickly increasing theincome value per land acreage unit. At the sametime, to gradually improve infrastructurefacilities to serve agricultural development andeffectively respond to natural disasters;

- The annual growth rate of agriculture,forestry and fisheries will be 5% during 2011 ­

2015 and 5.1% during 2016 - 2020; to reducethe ratio of agriculture, forestry and fisheries inGOP from 31.6% in 2005 to 15.5% by 2U15and10.1% by 2020;

- To stably develop areas under food CTOp~ to

270,000 - 280,000 ha by2020, including 220,000 ­230,000 ha under paddy and 50,000 - 60,000 haunder maize. The total food output will be around

1.7 million tOIlS by 2020, ensuring food securityandsupply a largequantity ofcommodity food. Tovigorously restructure crops, form concentratedproduction zones and make key products. Toincrease the ratio of areas under crops of higheconomic value from around 30% of the totalcultivated areain 2010to over50%by 2020;

-Todevelop othercultivation plants: By2015,

the area under rubber trees will be 25,000 hal by2020 areas under sugarcane and peanut will be

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26,000 - 28,000 and 22,000 - 23,000 harespectively; the area under sedge will be

stabilized at 3,000 - 3,500 ha, for processingestablishments.

- To strongly develop husbandry in terms ofsizeandqualityofcattleherdsandpoultryflocksin the direction of commodity production, and

increase the ratio of husbandry in agriculturalproductionvalue to 45%by 2015 and over 50%by 2020;

- To develop forestry in the direction ofprotection, development and rationaIexploitation

of forest resources, ensuring their soil andenvironmental protection functions and, at thesame time, to increase the forestry contributionto the economy. To strive for the target that by2020 to zone off 250,000 - 300,000 ha forafforestation, to plant 10,000 - 13,000 ha of newforests a year, thereby increasing the forestcoverage rate to 53 - 54% by 2015 and over 60%

by 2020.Tobuildmaterial forestzonesto supplyluong (a bamboo species), paper materials,timber, etc., for processing establishments.

- To comprehensively develop fishery, bothfishing and aquaculture, in the direction ofraising

efficiency and protectthe eeo-environment, andcreating stable material sources for exportprocessing. To strongly develop freshwater,blackish water and saltwater aquaculture. By2015 and 2020, the total area for aquaculture will

be 19,000 - 20,000 ha and over 30,000 ha,respectively. To harmoniously combineinvestment in raising theoffshore fishing capacitywith organized rational onshore fishing in orderto increasethe totalfishing outputto 70.000tonsby 2015and stablyat over90,000tons by 2020.

Todiversify services for agriculture, forestry

and fishery.

4. Socialdomains

aJ Education and training

To develop education and training in thedirection of standardizing andraisingthe qualitYof teachers and education administrators, andbuilda learning society; to step up the educationand training socialization in order to mubilize

all resources for education and trainingdevelopment. By 2015, all teachers at alleducational levels will attain set standards. 3() ­

35% of whom will be above the qualltystandards. To consolidate physical founda6a\$

for teaching and learning, and complete thebuilding of permanent schools and classrtQ1'll&in the province before 2015. To intensify thebuilding of national standard schools and~

for the targetthat by 2020the percentage ofpre­

schools, primary schools, lower secondaryschools and upper secondary schools up to setstandards will be 65%, 65%, 65% and 50%,

respectively.

Tosustain andconsolidate results ofthelowersecondary education universalization andpromote the upper secondary educationuniversalization for the target that it will be

completed before 2020.

To diversify forms of job training to attachimportance to job training for rural laborers, U>increase thepercentage of trained laborers 1045%by 2015 and 60% by 2020. To continue in'Jerting

in building Hong Due University into a high­quality training center. Toelaborate the planningon development and expansion of humanresource training establishments in line with thenational general planning.

bl Medical care and public healthcare

To develop medical care and public I"Mbcare in the direction of active and intensive

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prevention, assuring that all people will haveaccess to primary medical examination andtreatment and essential medical services.

To step up the socialization of health care and

iDtensify investment in physical foundations,equipment and training of medical workers formedical establishments from provincial tograssroots levels in order to raise the quality ofmedical examination and treatment and

populatioe and family planning work. By 2015,85% of commune health stations will havemedical eoctors and attain national medicalstandards, and by 2020 every 10,000 people willhave 23 and 25 patient beds respectively. Tocomplete theupgradingandmodernization of theprovincial general hospital, and to supplyadequate, equipment fur and expand some

specialized departments of the hospital. Tocomplete the building of the pediatric hospitaland Ngoe Lac general hospital and a number ofdistrict-level hospitals. Toconsolidate specializedhospitals up to gradc-2 hospital standards.

To effectively implement national healthprowams. To reducethe malnutrition rateamongunder-five children to below 20% by 2015 and

below 10'10 by 2020, the mortalityrate of under­one infants to below 1.5% by 2020, and the birth

rate by 0.05% annually in order to reduce thenatural population growth to 0.5% by 2020.

cIScience and technology

To intensify technological research,appt1cation and development; to select andtransfer advanced, modem and environmentallyfriendly technologies in line with developmentorientations of all economic sectors. Toconcentrate investmenton building a number ofestablishments to operate in scientific and

technological areas in which the province has

advantages, encourage andcreateevery favorableconditionfor enterprisesto invest in researching,applyinganddeveloping scienceand technology.

dI Radio and television broadcasting

To rapidly and widely develop the digitaltelevisionnetwork; to investinbuildingtechnicalinfrastructure to receive information fromVINASAT-I satellite; to expand the signalcoverage to remote areas and make more radio

broadcasts in ethnic minority languages. By2020, the whole province will be covered byradio broadcasting. The whole province will becovered by televisionbroadcastingbefore 2015.

e/ Culture, physical training and sports

Toraisethequalityofculturaland informationactivities and entertainment and recreationfacilities to meet the people's cultural andspiritual needs. To make further investment inthe conservatiun,embellishment and promotion

of values of important historical and culturalrelics. To complete Lam Kinh project, conserveHo dynasty citadel vestiges, build a monumentto Ba Trieu, and upgrade and embellish otherhistorical and cultural relics. By 2020 all villages

and hamlets will have cultural houses,entertainmentplaces, public-addresssystem andlaw bookcases.

To develop physical training and sports bystepping up the socialization of these activities.

Toinvest inbuilding theprovincialsportcomplexand an athletetrainingcenterfornorthernCentralVietnamand physicaland sport trainingfacilitiesin districts.To attachimportanceto the selectionand training of gifted athletes inorder to develop

some high-achievement sports and put ThanhHoa province once again in the top 10provincesin physical training and sports.

f/ Labor, employment, hungereradication and

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poverty alleviation:

To improve local people's living standards;

to reduce the rate of poor households by 3 - 5%annually. To well realize social security policiesin the province. To create 40,000 - 50,000 newjobs every year and send abroad more guestworkers, thereby reducing the unemploymentratein urbanareasandthe rate of underemployedrural laborers. Toconcentrate on traininghumanresources to meet the requirements of socio­economic development.

5. Infrastructure development

af Transport

- Roads:

To develop a synchronous road transportsystem, ensuring the transferability andlinkability of roads in the region and roadsconnectingareas of the province and linking theprovincewiththenationalkeyeconomicregions;to attachimportance to opening transport routeslinked with the northwestern region and buildeast-west belt roads connected to the axis running

through Laos,ThailandandMyanmarandcoastalroadslinkingtheprovincewiththenorthern delta.To build modem traffic systems in Nghi Soneconomic zone, Thanh Hoa city, Bim Son andSam Son towns, and some routes important foreconomicdevelopmentand defenseand securitymaintenance, especially those connected to thefollowing trunk roads:

National highway lA: To upgrade nationalhighway IA up to grade-TIl delta roadstandardsTobuild railwaycrossings and transversal roadswith heavy traffic, and feeder roads for dailyactivities in industrial parks.

Ho Chi Minh road: To implementphaseII of

the road.To invest in building a transversal roadlinking HoChi Minhroad with national highway

IA (Thach Quang - Bim Son) up to grade-illroad standards and feeder roads for local dailyactivities along Ho Chi Minh road.

To build the lOO-km section of the North­South expressway running through Thanh HQaprovince.

To build 53-krn Nghi Son - Bai Tranh road to

link Nghi Son port withHo Chi Minh road up tograde-III road standards, especially the seetionin Nghi Son economic zone up to grede-Il roadstandards.

To build Yell Cat - Ben Sung - Clamug - Tan

Dan road.

Othernationalhighways: Toupgradenationalhighway No. 47 up to grade-III road ,standards.national highways No. 10, 45, 15A and 217 upro grade-IV road standards. To exterst nationalhighway No. 10 from But Son to nationalhighway No. lA (But Son - Do D.u- Moi T­junction - Chet mountain); to extend nationalhighwayNo.45 to NgheAn provinceto nationalhighway No. 48 (along Yen Cat - Thanh Xuau

road)and nationalhighway No.47 throughKheoborder gate to Laos (along Thuong Xuan ~ BatMot provincialroad)before2010.Subsequently,to upgrade all sections of national highwaysrunning through the locality up to graJ,e Il [mad

standards. Some important sections will attaingrade-II road standards. To extend nationalhighway No. 217 to national highway NO. 10.and to build national highway No. 217 mto atrans-Asia highway.

Provincial roads: During 20II - 2020. to

further upgrade provincial roads up to grade~Hf

or grade-IV road standards in delta areas andgrade-III, grade-IV and grade-V road standards

in mountainous areas. Sections running eJtrnugbtownships will attain grade-Il and grade-III

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standards. To bui ld other traffic hubs atCfOIiSlOaus and crossings with heavy traffic. To

upgrade some important sections into nationalhighway ones.

'transversal roads include 70-km Van Mai ­Muong Lat road; 44~km Lang Chanh - YenKhul;JQg - Meug border gate road; 139-km Hoi

Xuaa· Tm Tan - Muong Chanh (Cang bordergate) road, 60.3~km Thuong Xuan - Bat Mot ­Kheo borner gate road; 64-km Yen Cat - ThanhQuan - Bu Cam road; 21-krn Muong Min - NaMeo road, and 22-km Yen Nhan - Kham border

gate road. After 2020, to expandsomeimportantsections lip to grade-IV road standards.

Urban roads (some trunk routes)

InThoWt Hoacity:TobuildnationalhighwayNo. lA~passing Thanh Hoa city; an avenue to

the south of Ma river (Ham Rong - Sam Son);extended Le Loi avenue; belt roads in the westof the cit)', Sam Son - Thanh Hoa city section ofnational highway No. 47 by 2010. To renovateweak and narrow bridges and build some newones. such as Coc, Lai Thanh, Sang, Cao andRac bridges.

J. other urban centers: To synchronouslybuild inter-town roads in Sam Son andBim Sontowns and new urban centers of Nghi Son andNgoc Lac. By 2020, all big urban centers in theprovincewill have complete and modem trafficsystems.

Coastalroads: Tobuild a 100-krncoastalroadfromDien Ho,NgaSon to NghiSonurbancenterof Tinh Gia district and transversal roadscoooected to trunk routes and big urbancenters.After 2010, to invest in building some bridges

spanning creek estuaries and some transversalroads connected to national highways No. fA

and 10 and the North-Southexpressway.

Borderpatrol roads: Theroadfor borderpatrolwill be 289 km long; to build roads of a total

length of 49 km leadingto the border, landmarksandobservationplacesandroadsof a total lengthof 317 km from border-guard stations andcommune centers to the border patrol road. By2015,60-70% of these roads will be completed.

By 2010, all of them will becompleted.

Ruralroads: By 2010, allcommunes willhavemotor roads to their centers. All district roadsand 70% of commune roads in delta areas and60% ofdistrict roads and 50% ofcommune roads

in midland and mountainous areas will besolidified. After 2010, to renovate and upgraderural roads, withdistrictroads up to grade-V and

grade-VI road standards and wholly asphaltedand commune and village roads up to class-Arural road standards.

By 2020, to basically stabilize roadinfrastructure to facilitate socio-economicdevelopment.

To complete building bridges spanning big

rivers before 2015, such as Tham bridge (NgaSon), But Son bridge (Hoang Hoa), Do Daibridge (Hoang Hoa), Hoanh bridge (Yen Dinh),

Thieu Khanh bridge (ThieuHoa), Hoang Khanhbridge (Hoang Hoa), Cam Van bridge (CamThuy), Ben Kern bridge (Ba Thuoc), Nam Tienbridge (Quan Hoa), Lat bridge (MuongLat) andKimTan bridge (Thach Thanh) and cable-stayed

bridges in mountainous districts.

- Waterway: To completely build Nghi Sonport cluster. In the near future, to build Nghi Songeneral port capableof accommodating ships ofup to 30,000 tons, and create conditions for

expanding and raising the capacity of Nghi Sonport (0 50 milliontons/year before2015.Tostudy

the building of a deep-water transshipment port

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on Me island. To expand the general port andbuild some special-use ports in service of the

petrochemicalcomplex,the thermoelectric plant,the steel mill and the cement factory.

To upgrade and expand river ports: Le Manport, Len port (1.6 - 2.5 million tons/year), LachHoi port and Ham Rang tourist port. After 2010,

to start the constructionof Quang Chau port with5 wharves for ships of 1,000 DWT and with atotal handling capacity of 1.5 million tons/year.

To develop waterway transport to thenortheastern provinces (Quang Ninh, Hill Phong,

Thai Binh.... ).

- Railway: To develop the intra-provincialrailway network connected to areas with hightransport demands, especially Nghi Soneconomic zone Afrer 20 J0, to npgrade theexisting railway system and build a North-Southhigh-speedrailway. Tobuild a numberof railwayflyovers at crossings withnational highways andimportant provincial roads.

- Airway: Before 2020. to start theconstruction of a civil airfield in Quang Nhan ­Quang Xuong.

b/ Irrigation and fishery infrastructure:

To start the construction of the canal systemto the north of Cua Dat Jake to irrigate Thuong

Xuan, Ngoc Lac, Yen Dinh and Thieu Hoadistricts and some other areas.

To concentrate investment in importantirrigation works, such as Len dam, upgrading ofHoang Khanh, Xa Loan and Yen Ton irrigation

systems, and irrigation systems for districtssuffering from severe drought and salinization.Tocomplete a water supply system for Nghi Soneconomic zone, a water drainage system in the

east of Thieu Thi, Kenh Than drainage channel

and drainage pump stations in the systems of

northern Chu river, southern Ma river, PhongChau Luu, Hoang and Nhom rivers.

To build the river dikes. especially Con riverdike. Tocomplete the sea dike system(includingestuary dikes) before 2012.

To complete the system of fishery urbancenters and projects to develop farms combined

with freshwater aquaculture.

c/ Development of the power suppl't network

To build new power transmissien facilitiesand upgrade and gradually modernizethe wholepower transmission and distnbution system,ensuringthe stable and quality powersupply andmeeting the local socio-economic deselopmenrrequirements.

To attach importance to building senall-sizedhydropower plants and power supply networks

in highland, remote and deep-lying areas. Tostrive for the target that before 2015, allinhabitants in the province will have access toelectricity with a total load output of 5 -6 billionkWh.

d/ Water supply and drainage

To synchronously build water .9UPfJly anddrainage systems for the city, towns and bigeconomic zones and industrial parks;to upgradeand expand existing water supply sJ$lems and

build new ones for townships and concentratedresidential areas. To prioritize the building ofwater plants for Thanh Hoa city, Bift'l Son andSam Son towns, Nghi Son economic zone anddistrict capitals, ensuring the supply of standardtap water for big urban centers with an averagenorm of 180 - 200 liters/person/day by 2020.

By 201::>, to synchronously build the waterdrainage system and wastewater collection andtreatment facilities for Thanh Hoa city, towns,

townships, industrial parks and economic zones.

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For industrial parks, wastewater drainagesystemsand treatmentfacilities will be built foreach section to ensure that the whole volumeofwastewater will be treated up to set standardsbefore being discharged into the environment.

el Post and telecommunications

To develop the postal network across theprovince. To concentrate efforts on developingmodem technology telecommunicationsinfrastructure to provide a large-capacity andhigh-speed and quality services throughout theprovince and meet iuformatiun and

coonnunication needsofPartycommittees, localadministredons, enterprises andpeople, activelycontributing to the socio-economic development,security and defense maintenance, stormprevention and combat and natural disaster

mitigation.

IV. PLANS ON ORGANIZATION OF SOCIO­

ECONOMIC SPACE

1.Plans on development of regions

alDeJta.region: Tobringintoplaythisregion'srote as ~ motive force for accelerating theprovince'S economic growth and restructuring.To develop such industries as manufacture andrepairof meansof transport, processing, cementproductinn, light industries, electronic andinfonnatioo technology, and hi-tech industries.

To accelerate the construction of infrastructureand increase the occupancy rate of existingindustrial parks.Todevelopindustrial complexesand rural craft villages.

To strongly develop such service sectors as

trade, finance, banking, transport, post andtelecommunications.

To develop agriculture towards commodity

production; to form zones for intensive farmingof food crops and industrial plants andconcentrated husbandry zones.

hi Coastal areas' To hnild coastal areas into

dynamic economic zones,creating a motiveforcefor promoting economicgrowthof the provinceand northern Central Vietnam.

Toaccelerate the buildingof industrial parksand large industrial projectson cement, thermo­power, ship building and repair, petrochemicalindustry and post-petrochemical industryestablishments and agricultural, forest and

aquatic productprocessing.

To develop and fully exploit islands, coastalwaters, ports, river and creek estuaries. To buildGhepurbancenter into a center for North-Southeconomic exchange. To build Lc MOD and Len

ports and Nghi Son deep-water port cluster.

To synchronously and modernizeinfrastructure facilities ofSamSontouristcenter;to buildHaiTienand Hai Hoa touristresortsandNghiSon island linked with other tourist spots

and routes in the province and neighboringprovinces.

To develop trade, import, export, seatransport, financeandbanking. Tobuildthe non­tariff area in Nghi Son economic zone into an

international exchange centerof theprovince andnorthern Central Vietnam.

Todevelopagriculture through building zonesfor intensive growing of rice, peanut, soybean,leguminous vegetables. flowers andbonsaitrees.To develop husbandry and aquaculture towardsbuilding industrial-scale farms and large-scalecommodity production.

cl Midland andmountainous areas: Toprotectand zone off existing forests. To develop forest

resources and combine the plantation of

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protection forests with production forests,creating areas with sustainable ecosystems To

develop production forests in the direction ofintensive plantation to form concentratedmaterial torests to supplyraw materialstor woodprocessing.

To build zones of industrial plants with

advantagessuch as rubber, sugarcane, pineappleand concentrated zones for rearing animals,especially high-quality beeves, to supply rawmaterials for food processing.

To develop mining and mineral processing,

construction material production, hydropowergeneration, agricultural and forest productprocessing (paper, wood particleboard, flooringplanks for export).Tobuilda numberof clustersof rural industries and craft villages associated

with the redistribution of population and newurban centers along Ho Chi Minh road.

TobuildNa Meoborder-gate economiczone,upgrade Ten Tan border gate and some otherborder gates iuto international OIll:S within

border-gate economic zones.

To build Ben En. Yen My lake. eua Oat lakeand Cam Luong fish stream tourist resorts. Toprotect and rationally exploit nationalparks andnature reserves in the region for tourismdevelopment and scientific research.

2_ Orientations for urban space development

By 2020,Thanh Hoa will have 65 - 70 urbancenters developed at three grades: core urbancenters of the province and the region; urbancenters in the heartof districts;and urbancentersin the heart of communes and commune clusters.

The urbanpopulation ofThanhHoaprovincewillreach around 850,000 by 2010and 1,500,000 by2020 with the respective urbanization rates of

20%and 35%.Theaverageurbanization rate will

be 5.5 - 6%/year. The orientations fordevelopment and organization of urban space

from now to 2020 are as follows:

The province's system of urban centers willdevelop from the central city to coastal andsouthwestern areas, andbelocated alongnationalhighways.

- Thanh Hoa city will be developed andexpandedsoutheastand eventually conoolidatedwith Sam Son town into a grade-I urban centerbefore 2020 with a population of 4.50,000 ­500,000 by 2020.

- BimSontownwillbe investedandupgradedfrom the current grade IV to grade m before2015.

- Nghi Son urban center (Tinh Gja) will beinvested and upgraded to grade III b12015 andgradeII by 2020to suit the development: of NghiSon economic zone and the region soum of Thanh

Hoa and north of NgheAn.

- Ngoc Lac urban center in the heart of thewestern region: To concentrate or. quicklybuildingthe infrastructure ofNgoc Lac townshipup to grade-IV town standards; to further expand

the urban space of Ngoc Lac urban center toupgrade it into a grade-III town by 2020 whichwill play its role as a development <;Qfe of themidland and mountainous areas in the' west ofthe province.

In addition to the above urban cettters. toreview and adjust the planning on other urbancenters in the province. From now to 2015, toconcentrate on building the infrastructure ofdistrict capitals, especially urban traffic, power

supply and water supply and drainage systems.To build urban centers where commercialservicesand rural and mountainous bazaarswill

be developed.

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V. LIST OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTSPRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENTSTUDY

1. List of programs prioritizedfor investmentstudy:

- Program on building Nghi Son generaleconomic zone infrastructure;

- Program on socio-economic developmentin the western region of Thanh Hoa;

- Pr08TllID on development of Thanh Hoaprovince's tourism;

- Program on building rural infrastructure tordevelopment of a new countryside;

- Program on rapid and sustainable poverty

alleviation in 7 poor districts under theGcvemment's ResolutionNo. 30al2008INQ-CPof December 27, 2008;

- Program on comprehensivedevelopment ofTIianh Hda city:

- Program on developmentof rubber trees inthe province:

- Program on building areas for intensivepaddy cullivation with high yield, quality andefficiency:

National target program in response toclimate change.

2. List-of projects prioritized for investmentstudy. (See the enclosed Appendix)

VI. MA10R SOLUTIONS FOR MASTERPLAN IMPLEMENTATION

1.Mobilization of investment capitalsources:

Total investment capital needed for the 2011 ­2020 period will be around VND 452 trillion,including:

. Investment capitalfor industry construction

sectors: around VND 262 trillion;

- Investment capitalfor service sector: aroundVND 161 trillion;

- Investmentcapital for agriculture- forestry- fishery sectors: around VND 29 trillion.

To raise investment capital, the provinceshould closely coordinate with concernedministries and sectors right at the stage ofplanning and plan elaboration, ensuring that allkey programs and projects, especially big traffic,

irrigation, defense and security projects, areincluded in development planning and planstogether with plans on raising capital for these

programs and projects.

To diversify investment; to further step upadministrative reform,thereby creating an openinvestmentenvironment; to formulate attractivemechanisms and policies and further promoteinvestment to encourageall economic sectorstoinvest in productionand trading developmentinthe locality.

In addition to investment capitalfromthe statebudget, to encourage enterprises tv make

investmentunderBT, BOTorBTOcontractsandother forms of investment to vigorously attractcapital for infrastructure development. Toaccelerate the raising of foreign investmentcapital ill various forms in order to make the best

use of aDA and FOI capital sources of foreigncountries and international organizations.

2. Humanresourcetrainingand development

To build the trainingcapacityof universities,collegesandsecondary schoolsin order (0 satisfysocio-economic development requirements of theprovince and northern Central Vietnam. Toconcentrate investment in universities andvocational training centers to upgrade theirequipmentandphysical foundations and raise the

capacity of their teachers and trainers.

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To expand forms of vocational training,focusing on such professions and jobs with high

labor needs as petrochemical refinery, construc­

tion, mining, construction material production,manufacturing mechanical engineering,

electricity and agricultural product processing.

To encourage enterprises to vocationally train

their own employees and outside laborers. To

intensify associated training in various forms inorder to expand the training scope and diversify

forms of training and trained professions. To

attach importance to training skilled workers andhighly qualified managers.

To step up the socialization of training andstrongly develop people-founded and private

schools in order to attract all resources for human

resource training.

3. Scientific and technological solution

To intensify investment in, and mobilize andeffectively use resources for research and

application of scientific and technologicaladvances to production and daily life; to adopt

preferential mechanisms and policies to

encourage enterprises, organizations andindividuals to invest in researching, applying and

transferring scientific and technological advancesto production.

Toimprove the organizational and managerial

structures of science and technology institutionstowards socialization, and heighten the autonomy

and accountability of organizations and

individuals engaged in scientific andtechnological activities.

4. Protection of natural resources and theenvironment

To intensify propaganda and education to

raise the awareness ofpeople, organizations andenterpri ses about environmental protection,

making it a common responsibility of the entiresociety.

To review, supplement and perfect regulations

on rational, economical and efficient exploitationand use of natural resources for socio-economic

development and environmental protection.

To invest in waste treatment facilities inindustrial parks and complexes, hospitals and

urban centers, ensuring that waste wiU betreatedup to environmental standards before beingdischarged into the environment. To formulatemechanisms to support enterprises in l'eIU:W1r)g.

technologies and applying advanced and deanproduction technologies in order to minimizepollution and protect the environment. To

regularly inspect and supervise and strictly

handle violations of the environmental protectionlaw.

To effectively implement fcrestationprograms in barren land areas, bare- hills and

mountains in order to increase forest coverage

and protect water sources.

VII. ORGANIZATIONAND SUPERVISION

OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MASTERPLAN

1. Publicization and dissemination of themaster plan

- To publicize and disseminate the master planamong the province's Party committees. 10catadministrations, sectors, mass organizations,

enterprises and population.

- To organize the introduction and public

information on the province's potential. andadvantages, priority programs and projects to

investors.

2. Elaboration of action programs

- After the master plan is approved by the

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Prime Minister and based on the master plan'sobjocti ves, the pruv ince shall elaborate action

programs to step by step implement the masterplan.

- To concretize the master plan's objectivesin five-year andannual plansfor implementation.Depending on the socio-economic development

in each period, to review, adjustand supplementthe master plan in a timely manner to make itsuitable to practical development.

- Loca.l authorities, branches, socio-politicalorganlzaeions and people shall inspect andsupervisethe implementation of the masterplan.

Article 2. To assignthe People's Committeeof Thanh Hoa province to base itself on theprovince's socio-economic developmentobjectives.tasks and orientations set forth in theapproved master plan to coordinate with theconcerned ministries and sectors in directingunder re~larions the elaboration, submission,adjustmera supplementation andimplementationof the following:

tDi~t-level socio-economic developmentmaster pWns; construction planning; land useplanning .l'rld plans; and development planningof branches and sectors in order to ensure thesynchrony and combination between socio­economie development anddefenseandsecuritymaintenance.

2. LCIO'g" . medium- and short-term plans. keysocio-economic development programs andspecificprojectswhich will serveas grounds formaking intensive investment and rational

allocation of capital sources.

3. Tostudy, elaborate, promulgate or proposecompetent state agencies to promulgate (for

issues falling beyond the competence of thePeople's Committee of Thanh Hoa province) a

numberof mechanisms andpolicies meetingtheprovince's development requirements to attract

and mobilize resources for the implementationof the masterplan.

Article 3. Concerned ministries and sectorsshall, within the ambit of their functions, tasksand powers, performthe following tasks:

To guide and assist the People's Committeeof Thanh Hoa province in studying and

elaborating master plans and planning specifiedinArticle 2; studying, elaborating andsubmittingto competent authorities for promulgation anumberof mechanisms andpoliciesmeeting theprovince's socio-economic developmentrequirements to efficiently use resources;promoting and attracting investment accordingto the province's socio-econornic developmentobjectives and tasks set forth in the masterplan.

To accelerate the execution of works andprojects of regional magnitude and narure andimportant to the socio-economic development ofThanh Hoaprovince in which investment hasbeendecided. To study, consider, adjust andadd worksandprojects identified in themasterplantosectordevelopment planning and investment plans. To

assist the province in seeking and allocatingdomestic and foreign investment capital sourcesfor the implementation of the master plan,

Article 4. This Decision takes effect onNovember 15, 2009.

Article 5. The chairperson of the People'sCommittee of Thanh Hoa province, ministers,and heads of ministerial-level agencies andgovernment-attached agencies shall implementthis Decision.

Prime MinisterNGUYEN TAN DUNG

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Appendix

LIST OF THANH HOA PROVINCE" S PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENTSTUDY DURING 2010 - 2020

(To the Prime Minister's Decision No. 11412009/QD-TTg ofSeptember 28, 2009)

A Centrally invested projects

1 Building the section of the North - South expressway running through Thanh Hoa ,

2 Building the section of national highway lA running through Thanh Boa

3 Section of the coastal road running through Thanh Hoa

4 Road linking western districts of Thanh Hoa

5 Border patrol road

6 Investment in national highway No. 10 from Ninh Binh to Ghep bridge

7 Upgrading national highways No. 15A and No. 45

8 Upgrading national highway No. 47 from km 0 to km 30 and the section from km 61to Meng border gate

9 Upgrading national highway No. 217 from Nza Son to Na Moo

10 North - South express railway section running through Thanh Hoa

11 Railway linking Nghi Son port and Bai Tranh

12 Building and completing the power network of the whole province

13 Building a snort complex and an athlete training center for northern Central Vielnam- -,-

14 Bac canal - Cua Dat lake system

15 Building Me island transshipment port

16 Nghi Son general port

B Locally managed projects

17 Water supply plants for Nghi Son, Thanh Hoa city, and Bim Son, Sam Son aBtlNgocLac towns

18 Southern Ma river - Thanh Roo city avenue

19 Belt road in the west of Thanh Hoa city

20 Seven transverse roads in border and mountainous districts

- 70-km Van Mai - Muong Lat road

- 44-km Lang Chanh - Yen Khuong - Meng border gate road

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- 139-km Hoi Xuan - Ten Tan - Muong Chanh (Cang border-.Kate) road

- 60.3-km Thuong Xuan - Bat Mot - Rhea border gate road. 64·km Yen Cat - Thanh Quan - Bu Cam road

- 21-km Muong Min - Na Moo road

- 22-km Yen Nhan - Kharn border gate road

21 Buildingbridges on national highways spanningbig rivers, including TOOm bridge(NgaSon), But Son andDo Dai bridges (HoangHoa),Thieu Khanhbridge(Thieu Hoa), Hoangto:hanh bridge(HoangBoa), Cam Van bridge(Cam Thuy), BenKernand Nam Tienbridges (Quan Hoa), Lat bridge (MuongLat) and Kim Tan bridge (ThachThanh)

22 Building infrastructure of Thanh Hoa province up to grade-I urban center standards

23 .Infrastructure of Nghi Son urban center

24 Infrastructure of Nzoc Lac urban center

25 Infrastructure of Sam Son tourist center

26 Na Meo border-gate economic zone

27 Thach Quang industrial park

28 Bai Tranh industrial park

29 Ngoc Lac industrial park

30 Southwestern industrial park: Thanh Ky - Nhu Thanh

31 Industrial park in the southwest of Thanh Hoa city

32 Daily-life wastewater collection and treatment systems in urban centers of Thanh Hoacity, HimSon and Sam Son towns, Ngoc Lac and Nzhi Son urban centers

33 Plant for treatment and processing of urban daily-life garbage for Thanh Hoa city

34 General hospital of Nghi Son economic zone

35 BUilding and upgrading provincial-level hospitals

36 Building and upgrading district-level hospitals

37 BUilding sea dikes and dams in Nga Son, Hau Lac, Hoang Hoa, Quang Xuong, TinhCia and Sam Son town

38 BUilding a system of fishing ports and wharves: Nga Bach (Nga Son), Hoa Loe (HauLoe), Hoang Phu (Hoang Hoa), Sam Son town and Quang Nham (Quang Xuong), HaiChau and Lach Bang (Tinh Gia)

39 Building a system of storm-sheltering piers for fishing ships and boats in De canal(Hau Loc); Sao Sa and Choan canal (Nga Son); Quang Thach (Quang Xuong); LachDang (Tinh Gia)

40 Assistance for inhabitants in flood-frequented areas of Vinh Lac and Thach Thanh

41 Water drainage system in Dong Son district. Thanh Hoa city

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42 Prevention and combat of flash floods in mountainous districts

43 Flood drainage SYSlC1J1S in Nhorn, Huang and Ly rivers

44 Building a system of waste impact control and environmental protection observatoriesin 27 districts, towns and cities

45 Observatory system for tubular and flash flood warning in 11 mountainous districts

46 Planning the use and protection of water sources in 4 river systems in the province

47 Redistribution and stabilization of population in border communes ot Quan Hoa,Muong Lat, Quan Son, Lang Chanh and Thuong Xuan

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48 Expanding N~hi Son ~neral QQI((wharf No.3)-

C Production and business projects

49 Nzhi Son petrochemical and oil refinery complex

50 Chau Loc - Hau Loc paper and pulp mill

51 Petrol and oil general depot in Nghi Son industrial park

52 Nghi Son steel mill

53 POMIDO steel mill

54 Ship building and repair yard in Nghi Son industrialJ)ar~- -- ~ _. --,-- -

55 Plant for manufacturing home electric appliances and their parts in Le Mon imhlstrialpark

56 Thanh SOil - Ngoc Lac cement plant

57 Cam Thuv cement plant

58 Nona Conz cement plant

59 Cong Thanh cement plant in Nghi Son, phase II

60 Concrete component factory in Nzhi Son

61 Ferro-chromium factory in Nzhi Son industrial park

62 Nghi Son thermoelectric plant

63 Cong Thanh thermoelectric plant

64 Trung Son - Quan Rca hydropower plant

65 Lo river =--Quan Son hY!!ropower plant--

66 Hoi Xuan hydropower plant

67 Ba Thuoc I hydropower plant

68 Ba Thuoc II hydropower plant

69 Building some livestock feed orocessinz plants in delta and coastal districts

70 Increasing the capacity of the province's export meat processing plant to 10,000 tons;

building new industrial cattle and poultry slaughterhouses in concentrated animal

farms in districts

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71 Pressboard processing plant in Nghi Son industrial park

72 Building an oil terminal in Nghi Son

73 Bonded warehouses of Nzhi Son general port

74 Buildiue Do Leu river-seaport

75 Developing rubber trees in mountainous districts and midland areas

76 Develooinz paper rnateria1 zone"

D Proiects callingfor investment

I Industry and construction;

77 Polypropylene plant in Nzhi Son industrial park

78 PIA synthetic fiber plant in Nghi Son industrial park

79 PET synthetic fiber plant in Nghi Son industrial park

80 Benzene plant in Nghi Son industrial park

81 "OAP fertilizer plant in Nghi Son industrial park

82 Stainless steel mill in Nghi Son industrial park

83 Figured steel mill in Nzhi Son industrial park

84 Motor vehicle manufacture and repair factory in Bim Son industrial park

85 Construction mechanical engineering factory in Bim Son industrial park

86 Building a civil airfield in Quang Nhan commune, Quang Xuong district

II Commerce and tourism:

87 Ham Rang tourist resort

88 Ho dynasty citadel tourist resort

89 Ben En eco-tourist resort

90 ~2hi Son island ceo-tourist resort

91 Xuan Lien - Cua Dat lake eco-tourist resort

ill Culture and social affairs;

92 Conservation and embellishment of the Ho dynasty citadel (Vinh Lac)

93 Investment in the province's cultural center

94 Thanh Hoa people-founded university

95 Nzhi Son technical workers training school

96 The province's economic and technical college

* Note: Locations, sizes, land occupancy rates and total investment capital amounts of theabove-listed works and projects shall be calculated, selected and specified at the stage ofelaboration and submission for approval of investment projects, depending on the demand for and

capability to balance and raise investment capital ineach period-

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