Five-Year Socio-Economic Development Plan 2006-2010 ______
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ___________________________________ THE FIVE YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2006 - 2010 JULY, 2006 CONTENTS PART I: ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIVE-YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2001-2005) .................................... 1 I. General assessments..................................................................................................... 1 1. Achievements.................................................................................................................... 2 2. Weaknesses ....................................................................................................................... 4 3. Causes of achievements and weaknesses.......................................................................... 6 II. Assessment of the implementation of the Five-year Plan (2001-2005) according to concrete targets, tasks and measures................................................ 7 A. Economic Activities.............................................................................................................. 7 1. Economic growth and macro-economic stability.............................................................. 7 2. Economic structural transformation................................................................................ 18 3. International economic integration and external economic relations.............................. 23 4. Investments in the development and construction of socio-economic infrastructure ..... 28 B. Social sector ....................................................................................................................... 33 1. Education and training .................................................................................................... 33 2. Science and technology................................................................................................... 35 3. Natural resources and environment................................................................................. 36 4. Population and family planning activities, job generation, hunger eradication, poverty reduction and housing issues ............................................................................ 38 5. Health care and protection .............................................................................................. 40 6. Cultural and information activities and sport issues ....................................................... 41 7. The expansion of social services, healthcare for people with meritorious services to the country ................................................................................................................. 44 8. Improvement of living standards for ethnic minority people.......................................... 44 9. Gender equality, youth movements and protection of children’s rights ......................... 44 10. Prevention against drug and social problems................................................................ 46 C. Defense and Security ......................................................................................................... 46 D. Building up the institutions of a Socialist Market Economy ........................................... 48 1. Develop the economic legislative system ....................................................................... 48 2. Improve capacity and effectiveness of law enforcement ................................................ 48 3. Systematically establish different types of markets ........................................................ 48 4. Public administrative reform (PAR) ............................................................................... 49 III. Lessons learnt.......................................................................................................... 50 1. Rapid economic grow should go in line with sustainable development ......................... 50 2. Mobilization and effective utilization of resources, particularly domestic resources ..... 51 3. International economic integration and development of an independent and sovereign economy ........................................................................................................ 51 4. Development of market economy together with enhanced social welfare...................... 51 5. Implementation organization and personnel arrangements............................................. 51 PART II: THE FIVE-YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2006- 2010 ................................................................................................................................ 52 I. Advantages and Opportunities, Difficulties and Challenges to the Economy in the new development stage................................................................................. 52 1. Advantages and Opportunities: ....................................................................................... 52 2. Difficulties and challenges to be minimized and overcome............................................ 53 i II. General goals, main tasks and targets. ................................................................... 54 1. General Goals:................................................................................................................. 54 2. Main tasks. ...................................................................................................................... 54 3. Main targets..................................................................................................................... 55 III. Forecasts of major balances of the Economy ....................................................... 57 1. Forecasts of accumulation – consumption relationship .................................................. 57 2. Forecasts of balances of all development investment capital resources.......................... 57 3. Forecast of the State budget balance............................................................................... 58 4. Forecast of international payment balance, foreign loans and reimbursement ............... 59 IV. Development orientation of all sectors and fields in the five years of 2006- 2010........................................................................................................................... 60 A. Economic sector................................................................................................................. 60 1. Agricultural development, innovative rural construction and improvement of people’s life.................................................................................................................... 60 2. Rapid industrial development along the line of improving quality, competitiveness and modernization.......................................................................................................... 63 3. Development of services ................................................................................................. 67 4. Import and export activities and international economic integration.............................. 72 B. Social sector ....................................................................................................................... 75 5. Education and training .................................................................................................... 75 6. Science and technology................................................................................................... 77 7. Population and Family Planning ..................................................................................... 79 8. Labor and Employment................................................................................................... 79 9. Hunger eradication, poverty reduction, encouragement to get rich in legitimate manner; policies to people with meritorious contribution to the nation; and development of social security systems ......................................................................... 80 10. People’ health care, health protection and improvement .............................................. 82 11. Culture and information development........................................................................... 84 12. Sports and physical training development. ................................................................... 86 13. Improvement of the living standards of ethnic minority groups................................... 87 14. Implementation of the policy of respecting and ensuring people’s freedom of religion and belief. ......................................................................................................... 88 15. Implementation of gender equality, empowerment of women and children’ rights protection ....................................................................................................................... 89 16. Vietnamese Youth Development .................................................................................. 91 17. Prevention against social problems............................................................................... 92 C. Environment....................................................................................................................... 92 18. Fundmental Study of Natural and Social Resources..................................................... 92 19. Envinronmental Protection............................................................................................ 94 20. Sustainable Development.............................................................................................