Overview

Indicators

Administration

Including 8 districts and 1 City with 164 communes, wards and district towns

Provincial capital

Ben Tre City

Population:

1,359,642 (in 2008)

Labor rate

64.5% of  population

Income per capita/year

USD 722 (in 2008)

Adult literacy rate

98%

Human Development Index (HDI)

27 ^th over 64 cities and provinces

Labour force

30,000 persons trained and provided jobs per year

Trained labor rate

36%

Power use household percentage

96%

Clearn water use household

80%

Colleges

2

Vocational training schools and facilities

69

Job introduction centers

2

Kindergartens and Nurseries

162 facilities with around 37,065 children

Primary school

190 with 93,044 pupils

Lower secondary school

137 schools with 78,210 students

Upper secondary  schools (high school)

31 with about 38,936 students

Provincial hospital

3

District hospitals

8

Health care centers (commune level)

160

Poverty rate

17.8% of 11.58% is poor  and 6.12% is nearly-poor households (poverty is sorted based on monthly income per capita)