THE PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence– Freedom – Happiness
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No. 545/QD-TTg
Hanoi, May 9, 2012
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF LANG SON PROVINCE TILL 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
 
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP dated September 7, 2006 of the Government on the formulation, approval and management of master plans on socio-economic development; Decree No. 04/2008/ND-CP dated January 11, 2008, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 92/2006/ND-CP;
At the proposal of the People's Committee of Lang Son province,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the master plan on socio-economic development of Lang Son province till 2020. with the following principal contents:
I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS
1. The planning on socio-economic development of Lang Son province till 2020 must consist with the national socio-economic development strategy, the master plan on socio­-economic development of the northern midland and mountainous regions and ensure the uniformity and consistency with sectoral master planning.
2. To bring into play internal strengths in combination with strong attraction and efficient use of external resources for sustainable, balanced and intensively and extensively harmonious socio-economic development, creating competitiveness on domestic and foreign markets; to link local development with the socioeconomic development of the region and other provinces in the Lang Son-Hanoi-Hai Phong-Quang Ninh economic corridor, striving to gradually make it an important hub of this economic corridor.
3. To focally concentrate investment on sectors with comparative advantage, primarily concentrating on the construction and development of Dong Dang border-gate economic zone in order to create a breakthrough in the region's growth, thereby exerting positive impacts on economic development in other regions and strongly restructuring the provincial economy.
4. Economic development must be associated with the development of health, culture, education and training, social justice, environmental protection, raising the quality of people's life and gradually reducing the poverty rate; concentrating on training of quality human resources to satisfy market demand, linking human resource development with science and technology development and application.
5. To closely combine socio-economic development with the building of a strong political system, the consolidation of national defense and security and the maintenance of social order and safety. To firmly maintain national border sovereignty.
II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

1. General objectives