STRATEGIC ORIENTATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF BEN TRE PROVINCE TO 2010 AND A VISION TO 2020
STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
1. Specific goals to the year 2010:
- In the period 2006 – 2010, Ben Tre will try its best to reach the average development goal of the country. If it still lags behind other provinces after the year 2010, it will be very difficult to grow for the economy of the province and therefore, some targets for sustainable development will be impossible to reach.
- In the period of 2006 – 2010, some new opportunities such as international integration, the ability of attracting foreign investment, potential of aqua-economy...will create the province to reach higher economic growth rate.
Some basic indicators:
+ Economic growth rate (GDP) of the period 2006 – 2010 will be 13 per cent per year.
+ Economy structure in 2010: the ratio of agriculture-forestry-aqua sector will be 42 per cent, the construction and industry: 29 per cent, the trade and services is 29 per cent.
+ Income per capita in 2010 will be around US$950.
+ Total social investment capital mobilized within 5 years will be 41,200 billion VND, accounting for 45 per cent of GDP, it is expected to increase 17.4 per cent per year.
+ Total export turn-over of 5 years will be 750 million USD, up to 20 per cent/year, of the export turn-over of aquatic products taking 55 per cent.
+ Total income of the national budget will increase an average of 8.28 per cent/year.
- Social aspect:
Sustainability on social aspect is to build a high-growth based society but sustainable and it must go hand in hand with democracy, justice and social progress; and education, training, health services, and welfare must be sufficiently paid attention and comprehensively to every person in the society.
+ Natural population growth rate in 2010 will be 0.956 per cent.
+ Population in 2010 will be approximately 1,445,000 people.
+ Urbanization rate will be about 14-15 per cent.
+ Fertility rate/year is down 0.1‰.
+ The ratio of hospital bed: 17 beds over 10,000 residents.
+ The ratio of doctor/resident: 5 doctors/10,000 residents.
+ Under five-year-old malnourished child rate: under 18 per cent
+ Under five-year-old mortality rate: under 5‰
+ Trained labor rate: 40 per cent
+ Unemployment rate in urban areas will be from 3.5 per cent - 4 per cent; the working time used in rural labors will be 85 per cent.
+ Poverty rate in 2010 will be below 10 per cent.
+ Difference in income between rural and urban areas will be under 3.2 times; between non-agricultural and agricultural areas will be under 3.4 times.
+ Elementary educational universal completed in 2006.
+ The rate of households using electricity will reach 95 per cent.
+ The rate of households using telephone will be 15 telephones/100 residents.
Natural Resources – Environment:
+ The rate of rural households using clear water: 85 per cent
+ Garbage and waste in township and district centers will be collected 100 per cent.
+ The coverage rate of forest and perennial trees will be above 30 per cent.
2. Strategic goals for the period 2011 – 2020:
After the strongly developed period 2006 – 2010, thanks to the growth and effectiveness of infrastructure, preparation for and economy can go on growing rapidly to the year 2015, and after that, the growth speed can be slightly decreased or maintained its high level, depending on the external conditions after the year 2015.
Some major indicators:
+ The GDP will increase around 12.7 per cent/year (13.5%/year in the period 2010-2015 and 12.0%/year in the period of 2016-2020). With advantages of investment environment, technology and international integration, the maximum economic growth rate will be approximately 13.8%/year (14,0%/year in the period 2011-2015 and 13.5%/year in the period 2016-2020).
Ben Tre tries its best to reach the rapid growth rate. In 2015, the economic structure of three sectors will be 28 per cent – 37 per cent – 35 per cent respectively; and in 2020 will be 18 per cent – 41 per cent – 41 per cent.
In the case of rapid growth rate, in 2015, the average income per capita is about US$1,450; and in 2020, average income per capita will be about US$2,590, which is high in comparison with of the growth goals of the whole country.
+ Investment capital mobilized from different economic elements for 10 years will be in approximately 137,600 billions VND
+ Total export turn-over will be 400 million USD in 2015 and 990 million USD in 2020, export per capita in 2020 will be US$615, the open degree of the economy will be about 32 per cent.
+ Total revenue of the national budget in the province will increase averagely 12-13 per cent/year, accounting for 14.5 – 15.0 per cent of GDP.
- Social aspects:
+ Natural population growth rate in 2020 will be 0.76-0.77 per cent.
+ Population in 2020 will be approximately 1,600,000 people.
+ Urbanization rate will be about 30-33 per cent.
+ Fertility rate/year is 0.08-0.10‰.
+ The ratio of hospital bed: 33 beds over 10,000 residents.
+ The ratio of doctor/resident: 8-10 doctors/10,000 residents.
+ Under five-year-old malnourished children rate: under 10 per cent
+ Under five-year-old mortality rate: under 3‰
+ Trained labor rate: 50-60 per cent, of high skilled labors will account for 8-10%.
+ Unemployment rate in urban areas will be from 2.2 per cent to 2.4 per cent; the working time used in rural labors will be 94-95 per cent.
+ Poverty rate in 2020 will be under 4 per cent.
+ Difference in income between rural and urban areas will be under 4.4 times; between non-agricultural and agricultural areas will be under 4.7 times.
+ Upper secondary school educational universal completed.
+ The rate of households using electricity will reach 100 per cent.
+ The rate of households using telephone will be 40 telephones/100 residents.
- Natural Resources and Environment:
+ The rate of households using clear water: 100 per cent
+ Build and develop from 2-3 natural conservation areas, especially the coastal protective forests.
Source: Sustainable Development Oriented Policy towards 2020 of Ben Tre province
IPC BEN TRE 2009