Decision No. 1959/QD-TTg of October 29,2013, approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Son La province through 2020

THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No. 1959/QD-TTg of October 29,2013, approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Son La province through 2020

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001  Law on Organization of the Government; Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP of September 7, 2006, formulation, approval and management of socio-economic development master plans; and Decree No. 04/2008/ND-CP of January 11, 2008, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 92/2006/ ND-CP;

At the proposal of the Chairperson of the Son La Provincial People’s Committee,

DECIDES:

Article 1: To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of Son La province through 2020 (below referred to as the master plan), with the following principal contents:

I.                   DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS

1      The master plan on socio-economic development of Son La province through 2020 meet be in line with the national socio- economic development strategy and the master plan on socio-economic development in the northern midland and mountainous region; ensure synchronicity and consistency with sectoral raster plan of the whole country.

2     To exploit, make use of all resources, potential and strengths regarding human resources, land, water and other natural resources with suitable mechanisms and policies to restructure investment and renovate growth models to create breakthroughs in socio-economic development.

3   To develop and create brand names for major high-quality, competitive products in domestic and foreign market economies; to promote the research, construction and development of combined farm products, tourism and electricity clusters to effectively exploit and use land in Moc Chau, Muong La...., water resources of the Da River system and hydropower reservoirs.

4    To combine economic development with social progress and equality for fast and sustainable poverty reduction; to gradually improve residents’ living conditions, narrow the gap in living standards among stratas of people and areas in the province, better implement ethnic policies and policies on natural resource tax, develop difficult border areas.

5     To closely combine socio-economic development with ensuring defense, security and maintaining social order and safety, protecting the ecological environment and food safety and hygiene, and strengthening the Vietnam-Laos special friendship.

II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

1.     Overall objectives

To bring into play democracy and the strength of unity of ethnic groups to build Son La into a relatively developed province in the northern midland and mountainous region, strive to become a center of the northwestern sub-region by 2020 based on economic restructuring and renovation of growth models to tap the northwestern region’s potential and advantages.

To attract investment with quality and focuses, build a synchronous transport and urban infrastructure system associated with comprehensive socio-cultural development; to focus on the development of high-quality human resources, create brand names for major products to participate in the commodity value chain; to actively reduce poverty along with ensuring defense, security, social order and safety and environmental sanitation.

2.     Specific objectives:

a/ Economic targets:

- To attain an annual average growth rate of 11.5% to 2015, and 8.5% in the 2016-2020 period;

- By 2015, the average per-capita annual income will reach USD 1,000; the proportions of agriculture, industry-construction and services will be 37%, 25%, and 38%, respectively, of the economic structure; the grain output will reach 595,000 tons; the total development investment capital in the locality will be VND 65 trillion; the budget collection will reach VND 11 trillion; labor productivity will be VND 41.6 million/person/year.

- By 2020, the average per-capita annual income will reach USD 1,800; the proportions of agriculture, industry-construction and services will be 32.5%, 28.5%, and 39%, respectively, of the economic structure; the grain output will reach 579,000 tons; the total development investment capital in the locality will be VND 90 trillion; the budget collection will reach around VND 22 trillion; labor productivity will be VND 62.9 million/person/year.

b/ Social targets:

- By 2015, the annual population growth will be 1.72%, the rate of trained laborers will be more than 30%, the malnutrition rate of under-five children will be 18.5%, the ratio of hospital beds will be 23/10,000 people, the rate of poor households will be cut 2%-3%; 95% of households will have access to electricity for daily-life activities and production; to become an education-training center in the northwestern region; 17 communes will achieve 14-18 new rural standards.

- By 2020, the annual population growth will be 1.59%, the rate of trained laborers will be more than 52%, the malnutrition rate of under-five children will be 10%, the ratio of hospital beds will be 26/10,000 people, the rate of poor households will be cut 2%-3%; 98% of households will have access to electricity for daily-life activities and production; to remain an education-training center in the northwestern region; to preserve and bring into play the cultural heritages of the Thai ethnic people and other ethnic groups.