Issue nos0l.02lJuly 2012 45 (Cong Bao nos 46J-466/July 29,2012)

Pursuunt to the Government '~. Decree No. 92/2oo6/ND-CP ofSeptember 7, 2006, on the formulation. approval and management of socio-economicdevelopment masterplans. and Decree No. 04/2008/ND-CP of January 11, 2008, amending and supplementing a number ofarticles ofDecree No. 92/2oo6/ND-CP;

At the proposal ofthe Ministry ofPlanning and investment,

DECIDES:

Article 1. To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of the Central Highlands to 2020, with the following principal contents:

1. POSITION, ROLE

1. The Central Highlands has a strategic position crucial for national socio-economic development, defense and security; a natural corridor bordering on southern Laos and Part II. OTHER DOCUMENTS northeastern Cambodia, a transport system connected to coastal central and southeastern provinces; and international border gates on the THE PRIME MINISTER EaSI-W~st corridor, and is close to deepwater seaports in the central coastal region.

Decisiun No. 936/QD-Tfg uf July 18, 2. The Central Highlands has great potential 2012, approving the master plan on and advantages in land, minerals, particular socio-economic development of the climate (moderate and subtropical) resources Central Highlands to 2020 and diversified and rich fauna and flora for developing a large-scale and concentrated commodity agnculture; landscapes and sceruc THE PRIME MINlSTER places favorable for tourist development; and

Pursuant to the December 25, 7DnJ I flW on favorable conditions for developing power and Organization ofthe Government; aluminum industries on a large scale. Issue nos Ol-02l.July 2012 (Gong Bao Ms461466/July29.20/2)

3. The Central Highlands is characterized modernization ofinfrastructure networks in the by cultural traits of different ethnic minority region. groups and localities uatiouwide; is the lro me 4. Socio-economic development of the of numerous tangible and intangible cultural Central Highlands must match the distribution heritages together with rich folklore and and development level of production forces, community activities and an original folklore ensuring balanced and harmonious treasure; and is keeping the country's many development among areas associated with social tangible and intangible cultural heritages of progress and equity in each development step; historical and aesthetic values. to generate more employment for laborers; to eradicate hunger, reduce poverty, care for n. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS people's health and stabilize the society; to pay 1. The master plan on socio-economic auention to human resource development; to development of the Central Highlands to 2020 preserve and promote traditional cultural values mustconform with the national socio-economic of ethnic minority groups. development strategy and ensure consistency 5. To closely combine economic and conformity with master plans of sectors and development with building and Consolidation industries. of a strong grassroots political system; to 2. To effectively tap and promote the increase solidarity among ethnic minority potential and strengths of the Central Highlands; groups, to maintain political stability and social to boost international integration, particularly order and safety. in the -Laos-Cambodia development triangle, to increase cooperation between lII. DEVELOPMENTOBJECTIVES localities in the region and others nationwide 1. Overall objecti ves: in order to mobilize and properly use all To stably and sustainably develop the region resources for fast and sustainable development on the basis of appropriate organization of socio­ and incrementally narrow the socio-economic economic activities in different areas; to build development gap between the region and the an infrastructure system to the average level as country. compared with the national level, creating a 3. To renovate the growth model and basic change in comprehensive socio-economic restructure the economy toward reasonable development; to step by step tum the Central extensive and intensive development in order Highlands into a driving economic development to build a highly competitive economy which region of the Whole country; to unceasingly economically and effectively uses natural improve people's material and spiritual lives and resources. To associate socio-economic protect the eco-envirnnrnent: to assure defense development with gradual urbanization and and secutity. Issue nos 01-621.July 2012 47 (Gong Beonos 46/4661July 29,2012)

2. Targets clean water from concentrated water supply

a/ Economic development: systems and the rates will be respectively 70% and 50% for grade-IV and grade-V urban - To stri ve for an average annual growth of centers. By 2020, the rates will be respectively gross domestic product (GDP) of 7.9% during 90% for urban centers of grade IV or higher 2011-2015 and8.7% during 2016-2020. To reach and 70% for grade-V urban centers. The water an average GDP per capita of VND 24 million quality will reach prescribed standards. by 2015 and around VND 46 million by 2020; To assure that ~U% and over YU% of rural - The proportions of agriculture, industries inhabitants will have access to hygienic water and services in the economic structure will be by 2015 and 2020 respectively. 43.6%,29.2% and 27.2% respectively by 2015 and 34.7%, 35% and 30.3% by 2020; c/ Environmental protection: - The annual export growth rate wiIl average - To raise the forest coverage to around 57% at 17% during 2011-2015 and around 15.5% by 2015 and around over 59% by 2020; during 2016-2020. - By 2015, to collect and treat up to bl Social development: prescribed standards over 80% of solid waste in urban centers and 40-50% of daily-life - To reduce the average natural population wastewater in urban centers of grade III or growth to around 1.5%/year during 2011-2015 higher before they are discharged into the and around 1.4%/year during 2016-2020. To en vironment. The rates will surpass 90% and keep the region's population at around 5.8 million 60% respectively by 2020; by 2015 and around 6.4 million by 2020; - To reasonably use natural resources and - To strive to reduce the rate ofunderweight protect bio-diversity; to increase education and under-5 children to below 21 % by 2015 and raise public awareness about environmental below 16% by 2020. The rate of districts and protection. towns recognized for universalization of secondary school education will reach 55-60% d/ Defense and security: To firmly maintain by 2020; political security and social order and safety, to increase solidarity among ethnic minority groups, - To annually create 140,000-150,000 jobs to consolidate defense and security; to build on average. To reduce the rate ofunemployment provinces in the region into finn defense zones. among people of working age in urban areas to below 3%. To strive to increase the rate of trained IV. SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT labor to 40-45% by 2015 and around 50-55% ORIENTATIONS by 2020. To annually reduce the number of poor households by 2.5-3.5% on average; 1. Industries: - To stri ve that by ?OI S, 90% of inhabitants - To comprehensively restructure agriculture in urban centers of grade III or higher will get SO that by 2020, the Central Highlands will 48 [ssue nos01.02l.luly 2012 (Cong BaofWs46J-4661July29. 20J2)

basically have II large-scale and concentrated and cottage industries in the region; commodity agriculture which is highly - To quickly develop services that meet the competitive, effective, sustainable and associated needs of production and people. To develop with the processing industry; to concurrently trade, step by step modernize infrastructure apply hi-tech and biotechnology to agricultural facilities ensuring smooth flow of goods; to and forestry production to raise the yield and attach importance to building trade centers and quality of products; to build brands for regional supermarkets in cities, towns, urban centers and products with comparative advantages such as border-gateeconomic zones. Todiversify tourist . rubber, coca, pepper, etc. To stabilize the products on the basis of tapping potential and area under coffee, to further study and develop a advantages in natural resources, history. number of industrial crops of high economic traditional culture of ethnic minority groups; to value, and vegetables, flowers and fruits of focus on development of ceo-tourism in areas natural advantages (land, climate, ecosystem, accommodating forests, mountains, waterfalls etc.); to encourage the plantation of more and lakes. To effectively tap particular climate effective upland crops on current low-yield rice resources to form and develop luxury tourist areas with unstable irrigation. To attach resorts in city (Lam Dong) and Mang importance to animal husbandry, concentrating Den () To hom:.t border-gate-based on cattle raising (beefand dairy cows, buffaloes, economic development, and transport, tele­ goats, etc.), To strictly protect national parks and communications, finance, banking, insurance, natural reserves. To effectively tap water surface technology transfer and other services serving potential, particularly water surface of big production and people's daily life. reservoirs (hydro-power and irrigation reservoirs, etc.) for fishery development; 2. Cultural and social affairs: ~ To l:3P the potential and advantages ofeach - To improve physical foundations and locality of the Central Highlands, to strongly equipment for primary schools. To raise the develop industry in order to achieve the growth quality and effectiveness of upper secondary targets andquickly restructure the econumy. To school education. To expand the scale and prioritize the development of agricultural and improve the training quality of universities, forest product processing. targeting the colleges and vocational schools with processing of products with material appropriate training modes to meet human advantages. To develop the mineral exploitation resource demands under national planning. To and processing industry, concentrating on elaborate strategies to train in disciplines and bauxite exploitation and alumina processing as occupations meeting development and market a major industry of the: country. To develop requirements; to boost vocational training ill manufacture engineering to serve farm produce rural and ethnic minority areas; to associate and foodstuff processing, forest product vocational training with employment and labor processing, mineral exploitation and processing export; Issue nos Ol..(J2I.July 2012 49 (GOng Bcio nos46/4Q&'July 29, 2012)

- To step by step modernize and complete natural resources and minerals to plan thegrassrootshealthsystemto increase people's reasonable use of natural resources; to access toqualitybasichealthservices,especially effectively exploit and closely manage natural for ethnic minority people. To expand general resources,especiallyland,forestsand minerals; hospitals and develop provincial-level - To remedyenvironmental degradation and specializedhospitalstogetherwith more patient improve environmental quality; to protect bio­ beds and improved health service quality, diversity andtheeco-environment; to proactively prioritizingareasof ethnicminoritypeople with forecast, warn and remedy the consequences of small population. To develop the preventive natural disasters and climate change. health network to proactively prevent and 5. Infrastructure development: controlepidemics,meetingincreasingdemands for public health protection, care and On the basis of approved master plans, to improvement in the Central Highlands; step by step build a system of infrastructure - To synchronously build grassrootscultural facilitiesas a driving force for socio-economic institutions; to preserve and embellish typical development. To concentrate on transport, historical and cultural relics associated with power supply, irrigation, and infrastructure touristdevelopment. Toconsolidate and upgrade networks in urbancenters and industrial parks, cultureand arts colleges;to modernize physical specifically: training and sports facilities such as stadiums, - Todevelopa transportnetwork by forming sports complexes and physical training andsports 3 parallel routes (East Truong Son road and centers under national planning; to build highway 20; Ho Chi Minhroadrunningthrough synchronous and incrementally modernize the Central Highlands; border corridor in Kon physical and technical foundations for physical Tum province- highway 14C- border corridor trainingand sports. in Dak Nong province)and 4 transversalroutes (highway 24-highway 14-llighway 40; highway 3. Science and technology: 19; highway 26, highway 28-highway 14­ To increasingly apply hi-tech and clean provincialroad 686-highway 14C).Toupgrade technology to industries; to raise the and build provincial and district roads under effectiveness of scientific and technological planning. To attach importance to developing activities; to improve physical and technical rural transport networks in deep-lying, remote foundationsand create favorable conditionsfor and border areas; developing and raising the operational - To SEep by step modernize Lien Khuong effectiveness of local scientific research and airports; to study and plan airports institutes and establishments. for flights of hf'1 icnpters find srna11 airplanes to 4. Natural resource and environmental meet the needs of people and enterprises; protection: - To study and select appropriate forms of - To properly conduct basic surveys on investment in each period to deve\op railway 50 Issue nos 0l-02lJuly 2012 (Gong Baonos 46/4661July 29. 20/2) services from Dak Nang to Binh Thuan provinces the dry season. To develop medium- and small­ catering the needs of transport, industrial sized water supply and power generation works production and mining; the ChamTower-DaLat to serve production development and stabilize railway; the arterial route of the Central people's life, especially for ethnic minority Highlands railway network(DaNang-Ken Tum­ people in deep-lying and border areas, for social Buon Ma Thuot-ChonThanh- City) stabilization and security and defense.'10build andThy Hoa-Buon Ma Thuot railway; and consolidate a number of essential dykes and river and stream embankments to protect •To toeus on completing and operating Dong production and people's daily life, Nai power plant 4 and Dak R'Tih and Thuong Kon Tum power plants; to build under planning 6. Defense and security: Dong Nai hydro-power plants 4 and 5, 500-KV - To develop defense-economic zones in the and 22Q..KV transmission lines connecting the Central Highlands, contributing to improving Central Highlands and national power grids and step by step raising people's material and withhydro-power plants built in the region and spiritual lives and ensuring defense and security it number of hydro-power plants in Laos and in strategic and border areas. To redistribute Cambodia. To improve and build medium- and population under production planning and low-voltage grids and district-level defense and security objectives so as to build intermediary transformer stations. To improve border village and commune dusters, forming power grids in urban centers and towns ensuring a border heltway as the foundation for hui lding safety and good view. To attach importance to an all-people defense disposition for national building transformer stations and power grids protection; in border-gate economic zones, industrial parks and clU~IS and tourist sites. To install public - To prioritize the building of defense­ lighting !ystems in urban areas. To strive to economic zones attached to villages set up by materialtze rural electrification in the whole young people and the program on population Central Highlands; redistribution and stabilization in border areas, to restore and set up new villages under new - To build, solidify and incrementally countryside planning. To continue the program modernize irrigation systems, ensuring their active and effective operation. To build on combination of civil and army healthcare, targeting deep-lying and remote areas, making medium- and large-sized multi-purpose irrigation works mainly for storing water in the contributions to the effective prevention and rainy season and controlling drought in the dry control of epidemics and protection and care season. To prioritize works irrigating industrial for the health of people and soldiers; crops and other l:rup:s uf high economic value. - To further buill! and upgrade bOJ der patrol To further invest synchronously in key works roads under planning in order to ensure mobile leading to canals, canal solidification and operation offorces and army vehicles along (he reservoirs to ensure sufficient water supply in border and meet defense and security IssuenosOI-02lJuly 2Q12 51 (Cong Brio nos 46f-4661July 29,2012) requirements: and concurrently make provinces: To develop services and resort contributions to socio-economic development tourism; mineral exploitation and processing and improvement of the material and spiritual and hi-tech agriculture. lives ofethnic minority people in border areas; 2. Urban space development: - To consolidate and complete the system of To strive for an urbanization rate of around local administrations at all levels and launch a 31.5% for the whole Central Highlands by 2015 movement for all people to protect national and around 36.2% by 2020, of which; security; to build a firm security disposition at the grassroots level, to prevent unlawful - To build and develop Buon Ma Thuot into migration and ward off social evils. To build the central city of the Central Highlands; a up, train and equipregular modern police forces service, industrial, scientific and technological, capable of detecting and effectively fighting education and training and health center; and a illegal entry, dragging, sabotage and violent core urban center in the Vietnam-Laos­ disturbances causing political instability to Cambodia development triangle; maintain social order and safety in the Central - To make Da Lat, an urban center with Highlands. particular natural conditions (climate) and cultural and historical values, a national and V SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPACE international center for resort toul1Qn and a ORGANIZATION national center for multi-discipline training, I. Economic development in sub-regions: scientific research and technology uliilsfcr; ~the - North Central Highlands sub-region - To build Pleiku city into one core comprising Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces: urban centers of the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia To develop hydro-power; to form ceo-tourist development triangle; resorts and tourist sites attached to national - To further invest in developing Kon Tum parks and natural reserves. To stabilize and city and Eo Y international b~er~gate improve the quality and yield of industrial economic zone into important driving:.forces of crops; to boost the development of commercial the North Central Highlands sUb-reiion~ exchange along the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia - To form and develop new urban centers border corridor; associated with the development of - Middle Central Highlands sub-region concentrated industrial parks, border-gate comprising Dak Lak province: To focus on economic zones and new administrative units; developing agricultural and forest product - To form townlets and concentrated processing, particularly coffee production, re"identi::llpoints; to step hy step huild networks processing and export; of infrastructure facilities and public works - South Central Highlands sub-region (markets, post offices, trade centers, etc.) in comprising Dak Nong and Lam Dong areas with conditions favorable for economic .~- 52 s, . " '. 6 I!iisue nos 01.02l1ulv 2012 (Gong Bao fWS 461-4661July 29, 2012) development and exchange as a basis for and disadvantaged areas; to properly implement forming urban centers. support policies for poverty reduction, health and education in disadvantaged and ethnic 3. To continue with the proper minority areas; policies on compensation, implementation ofsupport policies and national ground clearance, resettlement and farmland target programs on poverty reduction and provision for resettled households, and royalty; employment; population and family planning; to adopt incentive policies to attract enterprises clean water and environmental sanitation in to make investment in sparsely inhabited areas, rural areas; housing support policies for poor especially mountainous, deep-lying, remote and households, creating favorable conditions for ethnic minority areas; inhabitants of disadvantaged areas to develop production, raise income and improve living - To encourage the development of conditioh~. To effectively implement the preliminary processing ofagricultural and forest program un support for fast and sustainable products in deep-lying and remote areas which poverty 'Mluction in poor districts ofthe region. employs ethnic minority locals; to invest in hi­ tech and advanced techniques for production and VI. MAJOR IMPLEMENTATION processing of export farm produce (rubber, SOLUTIONS coffee, bean, etc.); to support enterprises, cooperatives and farms in investment in 1. To increasingly attract domestic and production, processing and business in localities; overseasjavestment to develop high-yield and -quality clean To mQ.bilize and properly use all resources agricultural products, especially export products; from different economic sectors; attaching - To properly provide preferential credit for Importance to funding sources from the forestation and development of input material populatidh, non-state enterprises and foreign zones for the processing industry; to implement direct investment. To create a more favorable policies on use of land for forest plantation and environment and formulate incentive protection and forest fire prevention and control mechan~and policies, especially particular and policies on benefit from forest plantation incentive. for development of potential and and protection; to encourage and assure that advantate0us domains, for the Central forest growers earn incomes from forests and Highla~to attract investment resources for be committed to forestation. fast and sustainable development. 3. To develop human resources: 2. To elaborate and promulgate mechanisms - To expand target groups entitled to and policies to support socio-economic selection-based enrolment and adopt priority development in the Central Highlands to 2020: policies for ethnic minority people in learning, - To study appropriate mechanisms and recruitment. promotion and appointment. To policies for infrastructure development in rural attach importance to training local ethnic

"'." ~; Issue nos 01·02lJuly 2012 53 (Gong Bao nos461-4661July 29,2012) minority laborers. To support vocational training and allowance regimes and appointment and and orientation and training in foreign recruitment policies for rotated officials after languages and general knowledge in order to finishing their tasks at the grassroots level. supply quality human resources for enterprises 5.To carry out development cooperationand based in localities and for labor export; association: - To elaborate and promulgate policies to - To further boost cooperation in investment train and build capacity for grassroots leaders; promotion, trade and tourism between localities to provide village, commune and distrtc.tlf':2df':TS in the region; to coordinate and cooperate in with short- and long-term training in socio­ building input material zones, develeping the economic management, formulation and processing industry and expanding outlet management of programs and projects and skills markets; to coordinate in exploiting and using to make and implement plans; water resources and protecting and developing - 'Io study and promulgate policies to attract forests; scientists and technicians from other localities - To raise the effectiveness of cooperation to work permanently in the Central Highlands, between localities in the Central Higbl~nds and especially in deep-lying, remote and ethnic the southeastern region and the coastal southern minority areas. To create conditions in terms of central region, Arcus prioritized for CQQperation residential land, housing (or production land for include investment attraction; proceesing and their relatives who do fann or forestry work); export-import of and trade promotion for key regime on recruitment as state payroll products such as coffee, rubber, cashsw, fruit employees; and policies to encourage young and wood products, To cooperate ip building intellectuals to work in districts of deep-lying arterial roads linking the Central High+l!rnds with and remote areas and specially disadvantaged provinces in the southeastern an4;coastal areas. southern central regions, especially t~aports, 4. To conduct administrative reform: key transport points; sea and island _s in the • To boost administrative reform, to raise the coastal southern central and southeastern quality of cadres and civil servants and clearly regions with ceo-tours to forests and mountains define competence of agencies, levels and and cultural tours in the Central Higtffands; to sectors; to increase administrative discipline, to cooperate ill builuillg hydro-power p_loS using fight red tape, corruption and waste; to assure water and materials for agricultural and forest people's democratic rights; product processing plants; - To properly implement the policy to rotate - To boost cooperation between the Central and increase provincial and district officials to Highlands and localities of Laos and Cambodia hold key leading positions in communes; to within the cooperation framework for building properly implement the regime on initial the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia development allowance for rotated officials; to adopt wage triangle; Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) 54 Issue nos 0l-02lJuly 2012 (Gong Bolo nos46/4661July 29.20/2) cooperation; development cooperation on East­ economic sectors for Investment in the region; West corridors and bilateral cooperation; and monitoring, urging, supervising and examining cooperation between provinces in the Central the master plan implementation by ministries, Highlands and localities in Laos and Cambodia. sectors and localities in the region; - Reviewing mechanisms and policies VII. ORGANIZATION OF MASTER PLAN currently applicable to the region; studying IMPLEMENTATION amendments and supplements and proposing To announce and publicize the master plan appropriate mechanisms and policies (if on socio-economic development ofthe Central necessary), especially the mechanism and policy Highlands to 2020; to organize investment 011 association and coordination among localities promotion activities, to provide public in the region and with other regions; advising information to attract domestic and overseas the Prime Minister on regulating development investors and economic sectors to participate investment funds for projects in the region, in the master plan implementation; to increase particularly infrastructure investment projects, inspection and examination of development avoiding thinned-out, overlapping and mvestmept under the master plan. coincident investment in the region;

Artlde 2. Provinces in the Central 2. The Ministry of Finance shall: Highlands shall proactively review, adjust, - Assume the prime responsibility for, and supptersear or propose competent authorities to coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and approve adjustments of their local socio­ Investment and the People's Committees of the econorrse development master plans to 2020, provinces in the region in, reviewing and assuring conformity with the objectives and adjusting preferential financial mechanisms for tasksappwved in Article I of this Decision; and provinces in the region and key programs and and examine the implementation of supervise projects of regional scale and nature; development investment projects in their localitiC'S. - Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and related ministries. sectors ArtMe 3. Responsibilities of ministries and and localities in studying and proposing sectors; , investment mechanisms and policies for the region. 1.The Ministry ofPlanning and Investment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and 3. The Ministry of Transport shall: coordinate with ministries, sectors and localities - Assume the prime responsibility for, and in the Central Highlands in; coordinate with localities in, reviewing and - Announcing the master plan and completing master plans on investment and investment promotion activities to attract and development of transport infrastructure raise funds from domestic and overseas facilities; study and propose mechanisms to Issue nosOl.02l.July 2012 55 (Cong Bsonos 161-1661Jul)' 29,2012) encourage and attract investmentfrom non-state responsibility for, and coordinate with the budget funding sources for transport provinces in the region in, studying and infrastructure development; assessing climate change impacts on people's - Assume the prime responsibility for, and production and daily life; direct related localities coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and in implementing environmental protection Investment and provinces in the region in, solutions in mineral exploitation and processing working out a roadmapand medium- and long­ projects and protecting national parks, natural term plans for investment in transport reserves and biodiversity. infrastructure facilities; propose investment 7. The Ministry of Education a~raining fund raising solutions. shall: 4. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural - Assume the prime responsibility' for, and Development shall assume the prime coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and responsibility for, and coordinate with related Investment, the Ministry of Finance-,. and ministries and sectors and provinces in the provinces in the region in, stuilt'J'ing and region in, reviewing and completing master Iormulatiug appt upi iate rnecha.l1'T'S'tns and plans to stabilize population, agricultural policies to modernize physical fc:mndations,...- production zones, irrigation and agricultural develop the contingent of trainers antt training production service infrastructure; concentrating programs for development of hiD-quality- on studying and applying hi-tech and bio­ human resource training centers mee~human technology to agricultural and forestry resource needs for socio-economic d~lopment production in order to raise yield and quality ofthe Central Highlands; andconcu~tly train and produce goods of high value and high added scientists and technicians for .L,.aos and value, especially key products of the region such Cambodia; as coffee, rubber, pepper, vegetables and flowers - Coordinate with the Ministry of~or, War of the cool climate region. Invalids and Social Affairs in WOl_g out a 5. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall roadmap and solutions for Invc!S'"'"trnent in assume the prime responsibility for. and vocational training centers in the region.-- ". coordinate with related ministries, sectors and 8. The Ministry of Culture, ~rts and localities in, studying and proposing policies to Tourism shall assume the prime respo'nsibility promote production and sale of products in the for, and coordinate with related ministries, domestic and export markets, especially sectors and localities in, reviewing, adjusting agricultural products; building a network of and supplementing regional master plans on wholesale markets and regional trade centers cultural centers, sports centers and cultural and developing border-gate economy. institutions; building regional tourist sites and 6. The Ministry of Natural Resources and working out a mechanism for coordination in Environment shall assume the prime tourist development between localities and i • •• 58 Issue nosOl-Q2IJuly 2012 (Gong Beonos 461-4661July 29,2012) formation of the "Central Highlands green their management according tothe priority order road" tour. in order to boost the region's socio-economic development. 9. The Central Highlands Steering Committee shall direct, examine and urge - Elaborate, adjust and submit for approval ministries, sectors and provinces in the region master plans of sectors, industries and key in implementing the master plan; coordinate products in the region in conformity with the with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, objectives, tasks and development orientations the MiniMPy of Finance and related ministries, approved in Article 1 of this Decision. sectors arrd localities in studying, advising and propostag to the Government and the Prime Article 4. This Decision takes effect on the MinisterMechanisms, policies and solutions for date of its signing. the mastee-plan implementation. Article 5. The chairpersons of the People's 10. _in the ambit of their functions, tasks Committees of the Central Highlands provinces, and powers, related ministries and sectors shall: ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies - Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and heads of government-attached agencies and Inv.ent_. in organizing and supervising shall implement this Decision.- the mast.t~lan implementation; supervise the implemltMation,...... of key investment programs Prime Minister and projms..... , of regional scale and nature under NGUYEN TAN DUNG

Appendix List of prejects prioritized for investment study in the Central Highlands during 2012-2020 (To the Prime Minister's Decision No. 9361QD-1Tg ofJuly 18, 2012)

". ' No. ., Title of program or project I TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCfURE Upgrading of Ho Chi Minh highway (section of highway 14 through the Central Highlands); building and upgrading of East Truong Son road and highway 20; the route along the border corridor (Kon Tum and Oak Nong provinces), highway 14C; 1 roads across highways 14C, 19,24,26,28 and 40 and provincial road 686; upgrading and expansion of highways 25, 27 and 55; construction of Dau Day-Lien Khuong expressway; upgrading and expansion of Pleiku airport; study and construction of Dak Nong-Binh Thuan and Cham Tower-Da Latrailways IssuenosOl-02/July 2012 57 (C6ng Baonos46J-466/July 29,2012)

2 Krong Thuonz and Krong H'Nanz reservoirs, la Mo and Ia Thul projects Broadband internet infrastructure projects; expansion of the telecommunications 3 network to all communes and construction of television program production centers in provinces in the region Urban and rural water supply and drainage program: program on solid waste treatment 4 in urban centers and industria} parks; infrastructure facilities of urban centers to be upgraded or built .~ n INDUSTRY 1 Infrastructure construction and attraction of investment into industrial parks ' ...... ,"'" Construction of Thuong Kon Tum power plant and Dong Nai power plants 2 ~nd 5; 2 construction of Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong 500KV transmission line IH AGRICULTURAL, FOREST AND HSHERY PRODUCTS .' Project to plant rubber in provinces; projects to plant and process tea and flowers for 1 export and plant and process artichoke in Lam Dong province; development oW,goc Linh ginseng (Panax Vietnamensis) into a national specialty in Kon Tum proWi¥;e 2 Projects to raise cattle in farms and rear fish in hydro-power and irrigation re=voirs Project to plant forests for pulp in provinces; program to transform impoverist='- 3 forests into economic forests associated with management and protection to iftlilNi0.se forest coverage in provinces - IV SERVICES

Construction and expansion of the system of supermarkets and trade centers jJt" 1 provinces; upgrading and construction of a system of markets and fair and ex~tion centers in provinces Infrastructure facil ities of Bo Y international border-gate economic zone (Ko,"'%um 2 province) ,.

w' ' Tourist sites of Dan Kia-Da Lat, Tuyen Lam lake. Dai Ninh lake and Prem lase (Lam 3 Dong); ceo-tourist resorts of Don Village (Dak Lak), Mang Den (Kon Tum), 9!rk N'TilU (Dak Nang) and Lam Vien Bien Ho (ocean lake park) (Gia Lai) .- V SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT Formation at cadastral dossiers and land management database. and construction of 1 environmental observation centers in provinces 2 Program to develop hi-tech agriculture in Da Lat Expansion of the Central Highlands Agriculture and Forestry Institute in Dak Lak 3 province: investment study for construction of an institute for sustainable development of the Central Highlands

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VI SOCIAL AFFAIRS Construction of a general hospital of the Central Highlands, expansion of the Central Highlands epidemic prevention institute and a center for hematology and blood transfusion of the Central Highlands in Dak Lak province; a center for hi-tech medical 1 diagnosis and a center for nuclear health and radiotherapy of the Central Highlands in Lam Dong province; upgrading of the hospital in Due Co area into an international hospital ~ansion ot the Central Highlands University, Central Highlands branch of the National Academy of Politics and Public Administration, Central Highlands Transport University, High-Quality Vocational College for Young Ethnic Minority People of the 2 eentral Highlands in Dak Lak province; upgrading of Dak Lak Culture and Arts Gniversity; upgrading of Da Lat University and Da Lat Vocational College in Lam ~gprovince

gntral Highlands conference center, museum of Central Highlands ethnic minority 3 gmups, Central Highlands physical training and sports complex and Central Highlands ~sical training and sports school for talents in Dak Lak province Not'!f'.The location, size, land areas and total investment and funding sources ofthe above works tMMi projects will be calculated, selected and specified during the elaboration, submisU and approval of investment projects, depending on needs and investment capital balanci1fJrClnd raising capacity in each period- ......

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