THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 230/2006/QD-TTg
Hanoi, October 13, 2006
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DIEN BIEN PROVINCE IN THE 2006-2020 PERIOD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Dien Bien province People's Committee in Report No. 1115/TTr-UBND of December 1, 2005, Document No. 341/CV-UBND of April 28, 2006, and according to the opinions of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Official Letter No. 5808/BKHDT&GSDT of August 8, 2006, on the master plan on socio-economic development in Dien Bien province in the 2006-2020 period,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the master plan on socio-economic development in Dien Bien province in the 2006-2020 period with the following principal contents:
1. Development viewpoints
a/ To maintain political stability, national security and defense, social order and safety, creating a favorable environment for socio-economic development; to consolidate the grassroots political system and the unity bloc of all nationalities in the province, firmly defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Fatherland;
b/ To bring into full play internal strength, liberating the productive force to well tap all potentials, create a growth breakthrough and restructure the economy and soon get out of the state of poverty. To step by step narrow the gaps, particularly the gaps in socio-cultural enjoyment and a number of economic areas, as compared with other provinces in the region and the whole country;
c/ To firmly seize the chances, advantages and new opportunities in investment and expand external economic cooperation to strongly attract domestic and foreign investment for fast development in association with the general development of the region and the whole country. To strongly develop border-gate economy, quickly increasing industries and services; to raise the growth quality, efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability;
d/ To step up commodity production under the socialist-oriented market mechanism, basically doing away with the state of self-sufficing purely agricultural production. To make concentrated and focal investment in development of branches with advantages, forming a number of key products and motive economic zones with large product scale, laying a foundation for boosting growth, restructuring the economy and reorganizing and re-arranging population in the province, including people resettled under Son La hydro-electric power project;
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