THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 225/QD-TTg
Hanoi, February 08, 2007
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE ADJUSTED MASTER PLAN ON CONSTRUCTION OF BO Y INTERNATIONAL BORDER-GATE ECONOMIC ZONE
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Construction Law and the Government's Decree No. 08/2005/ND-CP of January 24, 2005, on construction planning;
At the proposal of the Construction Minister in Document No. 87/BXD-KTQH of January 12, 2007, and the head of the management board of Bo Y international border-gate economic zone in Document No. 05/TTr-BQLKKT of January 16, 2007,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the adjusted master plan on construction of Bo Y international border-gate economic zone up to 2025 with the following principal contents:
1. Bo Y international border-gate economic zone (hereinafter referred to as the economic zone) is planned to cover an area of 70,438 hectares, embracing Sa Loong, Bo Y, Dak Su, Dak Duc, Dak Nong and Dak Kan communes and Plei Kan township of Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province, and:
- To the north, it borders on Dak Glei district;
- To the south, it borders on Sa Thay district;
- To the east, it borders on Dak To district; and
- To the west, it borders on Laos and Cambodia.
2. Characteristics: It is a dynamic economic zone and the center of the development triangle of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and has its own operation regulation. In this economic zone, modern and synch-ronous technical and social infrastructures will be built. It will develop into a grade-II border city connected with the region's east-west economic corridor, with a view to efficiently exploiting geographical, political, economic and social conditions. It has an important position in terms of defense and security.
3. Population:
- By 2015, its population will be around 150,000, including 100,000 urban inhabitants;
- By 2025, its population will be around 293,000, including 220,000 urban inhabitants.