| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT ------------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness -------------- |
| No. 146/2004/QD-TTg | Hanoi, August 13, 2004 |
DECISION
ON MAJOR ORIENTATIONS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN KEY ECONOMIC REGION TILL 2010, WITH A VISION TO 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment in Official Dispatch No. 7349/BKH-CLPT of December 1, 2003,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve major orientations for socio-economic development of the southern key economic region till 2010, with 2020 vision, for seven provinces and centrally-run cities being Ho Chi Minh city and Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Duong, Tay Ninh, Binh Phuoc and Long An provinces, aiming to bring into full play the potentials, geographical advantages, natural conditions and infrastructure system in order to build the southern key economic region into one of the dynamic economic development regions with high and sustainable economic growth rate, an actual economic motive force of the country, which plays a decisive role in the national economic growth, takes the lead in the national industrialization and modernization as well as in some important fields, contributes to raising the quality, efficiency and international competi-tiveness, takes the lead in the international economic integration and creates a momentum for the development of Eastern South Vietnam.
Article 2.- Major development targets
1. The annual average GDP growth rate in the 2006-2010 period shall be around 1.2 times and in the 2011-2020 period, around 1.1 times the national annual growth rate. To raise the region's contributions to the national GDP from 36% at present to 40-41% by 2010 and 43-44% by 2020.
2. To increase the per-capita annual average export value from USD 1,493 in 2005 to USD 3,620 by 2010 and USD 22,310 by 2020.
