Issue nos n·12lJune 2012 9 (GOng Bao nos 419422J]u[y 8,2012)

Part II. OTHER DOCUMENTS and advantages for accelerating economic growth in a sustainable manner, build An Giang into a trade hub in the region and of ASEAN THE PRIME MINISTER countries. To associate economic development with protection of natural resources and the environment in response to climate change, and Decision No. 801/QD-TTg of June 27, develop infrastructure to stand natural disasters 2012, approving the master plan on and facilitate sustainable development. socio-economic development of An 2. To properly combine agriculture Giang province through 2020 industrialization and countryside modernization with building and expanding urban areas and THE PRIME MINISTER key economic areas and dynamic industries and Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on services; to ensure stable incomes for farmers. Organization ofthe Government: 3. To associate economic growth with socio­ Pursuant to the Government \ Decree No. cultural development, ensuring (hat all people 92/2006/ND-CP o] September 7, 2006, on have opportunity to participate in development formulation, approval and management of activities and enjoy the fruits of development. socio-economic development masterplans, and To raise the quality of human resources. the Government's Decree No. 04f2008/ND-CP especia ll y managers, sc ientifie -tec hn icul of Januarv 11, 2008, amending and workers and entrepreneurs. supplementing a numher ofarticles of Decree 4. To closely combine economic No. 92!2006/ND-CP; development with defense and security

At th» proposal of the People's Committee maintenance, especially border security; to ofAn Giang province, maintain friendship relationships with neighboring provinces along the ­ DECIDES: border region. 'l o build a modern administration in association with a strong Article 1. To approve the master plan on grassroots political system. socio-economic development of An Giang province through 2020 (below referred to as the II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES master plan) with the following principal I. General objectives: contents: To build An Giang into a province with a 1. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS relatively high socio-economic development rate in the region by 2020; to comprehensively I. To effectively tap the province's potential develop economic, socio-cultural, education 10 Issuenos 11-l2J,(une 2012 (Gong Baono.141 cM22IJuly8, 2(12) and training infrastructure facilities and step by - The average population growth rate will step improve people's life; to step up be 0.53% during 2011-2015 and 0.4-0.45(1<'· international integration and enhance during 2011-2020. To reduce the rate of poor development linkage,especially with localities households (according to the poverty line in in the River delta region and the each period) by 2%/year on average. southern key economic region. - To strive for upper secondary education To substantially and comprehensively shift universalization in the whole province by 2015 production. business, service and socio­ and 746 om of765 schools (97.6'1() will reach economic management activities from mainly national standards. using manual labor to using labor with the - To strive that the rate of trained labor will application of advanced and modern reach 50% by 2015 and 65% by 2020. To keep technologies based on industrial development the rate of unemployment in urhan areas at and scientific-technological advances to create natural unemployment level (below 5%) by high social productivity. To invest in 2020; to increase the rateof useof working time breakthrough, Iocal

uJ Education and training cl Culture and sports - To develop preschools and general schools - To build and formculture and sport centers in association with socialization for education to meet local socio-economic development development. To strive that by 2020, 80'Yr\ of requirernen rs. primary school teachers will obtain a collegia! - Torenovateandembellish historical-cultural degree, 90% of secondary school teachers will relics; toexplore,excavate, conserve and put into have a university degree and 20% of upper operation these relics for promoting their secondary school teachers will obtain a cultural values; to develop diversified cultural postgraduate degree. To strive that all schools facilities (theaters and cinemas): to develop ceo­ and classrooms will be solidified during 2012­ tourism, historical and spiritual tourism. 2015, To build hoarding schools in ethnic - To mobilize people to participate in mass minority areas. physicaltrainingand sportsmovementsfor better - To establish and upgrade schools and health; to properly raise social resources and centers to provide human resources for the funds for cultural, sports and tourist activities, province's industrialization and modernization, ell Other social issues b/ Health and community health care To comprehensively and effectively - To properly implement national health implement hunger elimination and poverty programs and take care of people's health. To reduction programs and projects: to enable the take the initiative in epidemic prevention and pOOl tv enjoy bask social :-Ier vices; to strive to control; to maintain results of elimination of lift 12 extreme difficulty-hit communes out of polio, infant tetanus and blindness due to poverty status and basically achieve Program vitamin A deficiency. All communes. wards and 135's objectives, To build social relief faeilirie: townships will have health stations, each health in districts. station having 10 patient beds; all communes 5. Infrastructure development 14 Issuenos 11.]2/.1une 2m2 (Cong Baonos4/l}-422/My 820/2)

To build complete transport infrastructure as will reach 20 subscribers per 100 people. a breakthrough, including roads, river ways and - To provide public administrative services airways. in u routine way, step by step improve their al For centrally managed infrastructure contents and forms to effectively meet demands works in the province: The province shall of people and society. coordinate with the Ministry of Transport in - To comprehensively develop digital making investment in these works under technology in radio and television transmission and planning roadmap. and broadcasting to serve people in deep-lying, bl For locally managed infrastructure works: remote. mountainous and border areas. Based on planning and the province's 7. Environmental protection available resources, to build roads to meet the - To harmonize economic development and province's socio-cconornic dcvelopmcnt natural resource and environment protection. requirements (provincial road 945, South Vinh ensuring sustainable development. Tre line; provincial road 947, South Cay Duong line; Chi Lang - Nui Voi - Tan Lap - Chau Phu -To protect and preserve the quality of water - Chau Thanh - Thoai Son - national highway sources. conserve natural eco-systems and 80 line(Cal San); provincial road 946, rural road landscape uf That Son Il

6. Information technology - To strive for the target that by 2020, all solid waste will he basically collected and ()O% - To strive to attain the country's above­ of such waste treated. average level in information technology and communicarion development. The density of - To apply scientific and technical advances fixed telephone subscribers and post-paid to sanitary treatment to ensure a clean rural telephone subscribers will reach 34 subscribers environment. per 100people; thedensityof Internetsubscribers - By 2020 to build a daily-life wastewater Issue nos 11.ll/June2012 15 (Cong Beo nos419-422/Ju/y8,20/2)

treatment plant and an industrial wastewater The national highway 91 line: Long Xuyen treatment plant suitable to the province's socio­ - Chau Thanh - Chau Phu - Chau Doc - Tinh economic development conditions, ensuring Bien; provincial road 943 line: Phu Hoa - Nui eco-environmentprotection, Sap - Ba The (Thoai Son) - Co To: the line connecting to provincial road 948: Tri Ton IV. SPATIAL ORGANIZATION township - Nui Cam - Chi Lang - Nha Bang ORIENTATIONS (Tinh Bien); provincial road 956 line: Can Tien

I. To plan Houd conu ol in association with bridge (Chan Doc> - Khanh Rinh national response to climate change and sea level rise border gate (An Phu); provincial road 953 line: Tan Chau - Chau Doc; provincial road 941 line: - To build s..ilurity conu ul sluices ill canals La Te-Tri Ton; provincial road 944 line:An Hoa leading to the western sea on the basis of the - Cuu Hoi 'f-junction; the line alongside Tien master plan for the whole region. ensuring nver: provincial roads 941. 954 and 952. storage of freshwater for production and daily life. 3. To build and develop an urban network - To organize production in zones and sub­ through 2020, including: zones depending on the extent of impact of Long Xuyen city: Chau Doc town; TanChau floods. To organize crops based on annual flood town; 16 townships, namely Phu My, Cho Moi, cycles and flood peak. My Luong, Nui Sap, BaThe, Tri Ton, Nha Bang. - To build flood control 51 uices and An Phu, An Chau. Cai Dau, Tinh Bien, Long embankments and dikes in response to sea leve1 Binh, Vinh Xuong, Can Tien, Sinh Boa and rise To implement the project 011 flood control Vinh Binh: to establish 8 townships from in the South Vam Nao embankment dike zone, currently formed urban centers. namely Kenh To take solutions forpreventing landslides along DaD (Chau Phu), Co To (Tri Ton), Can Tien Tien and Hau rivers, regulate river flows and (An Phu), Hoa Lac (Phu Tan), Binh Hoa, Can relocate and rearrange people living in areas Dang and Vinh Binh (along Chau Thanh wuh serious landslides. provincial luau 941) anJ An Hat! (Nui Cam ­ - To further review and build residential Tinh Bien tourist zone). complexes in parallel with huilding transport, 4.10 develop rural, mountainous and border health and education infrastructure. areas: embankments and dikes. - To accelerate rural economic restructuring: - To work out a plan on response to climate - To develop rural markets and markets with change. especially to impacts of sea level risco potential and advantages: To rationally, effectively and effectively manage, use and exploit natural resources. - To build rural infrastructure to meet the requirements of rural economic lestl uctur iug 2. To form key transport lines: 16 Issuenos 11·12/.1 unc 2012 (Cong B60 11m' 41')·4":2/)

toward industrialization and modernization: sources for socio-economic development. -Toformulate master plans on development focusing on capital from the land fund and of agricultural sub-zones in the province ODA,mobilizing social resources and funds for investment, and increasing investment in PPP + Sub-zone l : This sub-zone embraces 4 form. island districts, Chau Doc town, Chau Phu district, Chau Thanh district Lon Xuyen city - To thoroughly practice thrift fur cffccuvcly and Thoai Son district: using, and increasing the rate of investment from, the p ruvi nc ial budget To increa,e + Sub-zone 2:This suo-zone embraces Chau investment and shonen the investment duration. Doc town, Chau Phu district, Chau Thanh district, Thaai Son district, Tri Ton district and - To make lists of locally managed projects Tinh Bien district; for focusing investment in technical infrastructure ill each period. + Sub-zone 3: This sub-zone is the remaining part of Tri Ton and Tinh Bien districts, - To study and formulate a mechanism for embracing majorityof plain landand mountain­ raising investment capital from the; Mekong foot fields. River deltas key economic region and a mechanism for attracting investment capital -To invest in factories processing vegetables exclusively for key works. and fruits for export and grinding and processing food in industrial parks and 2. Improving people's intellectual standards, complexes of Chau Phu, Chuu Thanh and Cho developing human resources and science and Moi districts and Long Xuyen city; technology - To invest in factories processing - To increase public information along with agricultural. forestry and aquatic products and law education and legal aid for people. canned food in industrial parks and complexes - To attract and train high-quality human of Chau Phu and Cho Moi districts and Long resources to meet development requirements. Xuyen city. To increase vocational training for laborers. especially rural laborers. To adopt preferential V. LIST OF PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS policies to attract talented people and highly PRlORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT skilled laborers for agJ icultural and rural industrialization and modernization. (See the attached Appendix) - To attach importance to training and retrainingentrepreneurs to be dynamic, creative VL SOLUTIONS FOR THE MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION with stuff and business ethics to meet the province's socio-economic development l. Raising investment capital requirements. - To raise all domestic and foreign capital - To transfer and apply scientific and !"sue nos n o l 2/June 2012 17 (Cong Baa /lOS 419-422IJllly 8, 20!2) technical advances to production and other fishery, industry and tourism. areas. - To coordinate with other provinces in the 3. Building administrative management region in studying and proposing with the capacity central government specific policies for agricultural areBS which help ensure national - To implement the program on food security. administrative reform. especially the one-stop shop mcchanisrn, in most production and - To enhance cooperation with Cambodia, husiness fields, especially 2 border provinces, to promote trade and service development in border-gate - To improve and train in professional and economic zones and border economic managerial knowledge for cadres, civil servants development. and public employees. 6. Defense and security solutions - To implement the Regulation on grassroots­ level democracy and regulations on informing To ensure necessary conditions for national people of guidelines and policies of the State defense and security in border areas and for and local administrations. political stability.

4. fighting corruption, negative practices VII. ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION and social evils OF THE MASTER PLAN To mob: Ii ze people of all strata to participale lMPLEMENTATION In the fight against corruption. negative I. After this master plan is approved by the practices and soci al evils with a view to Prime Minister. the province should publicize effectiveIy proven ting corruption, negative and disseminate the master plan to Party practices and social evils, especially smuggling, organizations and administrations at au tcvets, trafficking in women and children. prostitution, sectors, mass organizations, businesses and trading and use of drugs in border areas. people in the province: and at the same time 5. Inrensifying coordination with provinces formulate specific action programs for the in the Mekong River delta's key economic master plan implementation. region, the Mekon g Rivel' delta region, the 2, To concretize the master plan's.objectives southeastern region and the whole country and tasks into 5-year and annual plans for - To cooperate and attract investment in effective implementation of the master plan. To tourist zones, industrial parks and border-gate annually eva luate the master plan cconomtc ZOIK5. implementanon and on that basis, to review the - To enter into development cooperation with master plan and propose within its competence Can Tho city, , Kien Giang, modifications to the master plan according to Dong Thap and other provinces in agriculture, the province's socio-economic development 18 Issu~ nils I1-121June 2012 (Cong Bao ,lOS 4/Y-422/Jul\' 8,20/2) situation in each period. Article 4. Within the am hit of their functions, tasks and powers, related ministries J. All levels, sectors, socio-political and central sectors shall: organizations and people shall examine and supervise the master plan implementation. - Guide and assist the People's Committee of An Giang province In implementing this Article 2. This master plan serves as a basis master plan', when necessary, coordinate with for the formulation, approval and the province in elaborating or submi ting to implementation of sectoral master plans competent au thori tie s for prom uIgation a (construction planning, land use planning and number of appropriate mechanisms and policies plan and other sector master plans) and with a view to effectively using available investment projects in An Giang province. resources; promote and attract investment based Article 3. Based on the approved master on the socio-economic development objectives plan, the People's Committee of An Giang and tasks identified in the master plan. province shall assume the prime responsibility - Study, review, adjust and add to sectoral for, and coordinate with related ministries and development master plans and investment plans sectors in: relevant works and projects already mentioned I. Directing under regu lations the in the approved master plan; assist the province formulation, submission and implementation of in allocating and raising domestic and foreign a master plan on development of major sectors investment capital sources for the master plan and products; a regional master plan on implementation. construction', a construction master plan; land use master plan and plans; and master plans on Article S. This Decision takes effect on the socio-economic development at district, town date of its signing and replaces the Prime and city levels. Minister's Decision No, 71/2007/QD-TTg of May 22, 2007, approving the master plan 011 2. Formulatmg'S-year and annual plans; key socio-economic development of An (Jiang economic, cultural and social development province through 2020. programs and specific projects for the master plan implementation. Article 6. The chairperson of the People's 3. Developing, issuing or submitting to Committee of An Giang province, ministers, competent state agencies for promulgation heads of ministerial-level agencies and heads mechanisms and policies meeting the province's of government-attached agencies sha II development requirements and complying with implement this Decision. state laws in each period with a view to attracting and mobilizing resources for the Prime Minister master plan implementation. NGUYEN TAN DUNG Issue nos 1l·12l,June 2012 19 (Gong Bao nO.l4J9-422IJu/v 8,2012)

APPENDIX LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STUDY IN AN GIANG PROVINCE DIJRING 2011·2020 (To the Prime Minister's Decision No. 801/QD-TTg ofJune 27, 2012)

No. LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORITIZED FOR INVESTMENT STtJDY

I DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

1 Program on development of agriculture, peasants and rural areas

2 Program on socio-economic infrastructure development investment 3 Program on human resource development

4 Program Oil state administrative reform 5 Program on protection of natural resources and the environment 6 Program on investment and trade promotion II PROJECTS PRIORITIZED :FOR INVESTMENT STUDY PROJECTS TO BE INVESTED IN AN GIANG PROVINCE BY MINISTRIES A ANI> SECTORS t An Giang airport

Investment project to build Soc Trang - Can Tho - An Giang, provincial road 948- provincial TOad 943-Bac Lieu. and Soc Trang - Can Tho - Chau Doc expressways Investment project to build N1 line (Chau Doc - Tan Chau section); Ho Chi Minh road '1 "- (the section running through An Giang province); bypass road of national highway 91, the section from Yam Cong bridge crossing Long Xuyen city; provincial roads 942, 954 and 952 upgraded into national highway 80B; provincial road 94l and Tri Ton - Yam Ray line upgraded Into a national highway; national highway 9tc (upgraded from provincial road 956) Long Binh bridge (An Phu); Tan Chau - Hong Ngu bridge (An Giang - Dong Thap); 3 bridges on nation»I highway 91, including Can Xay, Xep Ba Ly and Can Thao

4 Tan Cl1au pon 5 Dredging and regulating the flow of Tien and Hau rivers

6 An Giang cardiovascular hospital (grade-I, regional hospital) Building border-guard posts and stations (Chau Doc, Tri Ton, Tan Bien, An Phu and 7 Tan Chau) 20 Issue nos 11-I2/Junc 2012 (Gong BaD I/OS 411J-422/Julv 8, 2(12)

B PROJECTS TO BE INVESTED BY THE PROVINCE

Expanded Binh Hoa (Chau Thanh) industrial park; expanded Binh Long (Chau Phu) 1 industrial park; Yam Cong (Long Xuyen) industrial park

Hoi An (Cho Moi) industrial park: Khanh Binh (An Phu) industrial park; Tay Hue 2 (Long Xuyen) industrial complex infrastructure

3 Dredging Vinh Tc canal

Building embankments to protect the borders and Vinh Xuong international border gate; anti-landslide embankments to protect: Hau river banks in the area of the headquarters of An Giang provincial Party 4 Committee (phase 2): Long Xuyen river banks (My Binh, My Long. My Xuyen. Dong Xuyen); Tien river for protecting Tan Chau township (phase 3); Huu river in Binh Thuy commune. Chau Phu district; Hall river in Chau Phong commune, Tan Chau town; dikes and embankments to protect Chau Doc town; anti-landslide embankments to protect An Chau township, Chau Thanh district

5 Embankments to protect Long Xuyen city, Cho Yam township and Phu My township

6 Project to control flood in South Yuill Nao embankrueu; mea

7 Reservoirs in zone 7 (I2 reservoirs)

8 Building a highland irrigation system in Tri Ton and Tinh Bien districts

Provincial road 952 (Tan Chau); provincial road 957 (An Phu); Tan An bridge (Tan 9 Chau); upgrading provincial road 943 (Thoai Son), provincial road 944 (Cho Moi ) and provincial road 941 (Chau Thanh. rei Ton) 10 Nguyen Thai Hoc bridge (Long Xuyen)

Upgrading Chau Doc and Long Xuyen water supply systems to a capacity of 70J)OO 11 mJ/day and night

Investing in infrastructure facilities of solid waste treatment complexes in An Giang province; Tri Ton and Tinh Bien districts; building solid waste treatment plants in Phu 12 Tan district and Tan Chau town: Chau Phu, Chau Doc and Tinh Bien districts; and Chr Moi district

Investing in water drainage and wastewater treatment systems in Chau Doc town, Long 13 Xuyen city and Tan Chau town

14 An Giang university (Long Xuycn), Vocational College; Health College

An Giang (Long Xuyen) central general hospital; obstetrics-pediatrics hospital; An 15 Giang (Long Xuyen) traditional medicine hospital; Tuberculosis and r,ung Disease Hospital (Long Xuyen); Mental Disease Hospital (Long Xuyen) Issue nosn·]21June 2012 21 (Gong Baa n05 4N422/}uly 8, 2012)

Provincial stadium (Long Xuyen); provincial physical training and sports complex 16 . (Long Xuyen); physical training and sports complex in Chau Doc town

17 Defense-security education center

l8 An Giang province's defensive zone PROJECTS TO BE CALLED FOR INVESTMENT FROM DIFFERENT C ECONOMIC SECTORS

I Farm produce preservation silo warehouses (for the whole province)

2 Dint! Thanh I and Dinh Thanh If farm produce ~turage and processing warehouses

3 Factory of chemicals for agriculture

4 Artificial granite tile production chain

5 Light-material walling panel factory (in Binh Hoa industrial park)

6 Hi-tech plastic factory

7 Timber factory (Tri Ton)

8 Factory to produce fine-art timber products (Cho Moi) ------9 Factory to produce physical training and sport instruments

10 Khanh Binh tux suspension and border-gate management zone (An Phu )

11 Vinh Xuong border gate management and service trade zone (Tan Chau)

12 Chau Doc supermarket

13 An Giang fair and exhibition center

14 Long Binh fair and exhibition center (An Phu)

15 Nui Sap - Oc Eo tourist zone (Thoai Son)

16 NUl Sam cahle car system (Chau Doc)

17 Nui Cam cable car system (linn Bien)

L8 Soai So tourist zone (Tri Ton)

19 Tra Su mountain tourist zone (Tinh Bien)

20 My Khanh recreation and entertainment zone (Long Xuyen) 22 Issue nos 1l.12l,)une 2012 (Gong Baa 110.1" 41Y-·rllliulv 1:). lUll)

21 Infrastructure of western Hau river

22 5-star hotel - office skyscraper - conference center - finance. service and trade center

23 My Thoi port (Long Xuyen)

Waste treatment under clean development mechanism with elt'ctricity gener;lterl from 24 rice husk

* Notes: The locations, sizes, land areas and total investment amounts for the above works and projects shall be calculated, selected and specified in the stages of formulation and submission of investment projects. depending on the demand for and capacity of balancing and raising inve..tment capital in each period..