The Central Highlands region is set to record an average annual GDP growth rate of 7.9 percent in the 2011-2015 period and 8.7 percent in the 2016-2020 period.
The target was included in a plan issued by the Prime Minister on February 24, aiming to continue realising the Politburo’s resolution on the socio-economic development of the region in the 2011-2020 period.
According to the plan, the per capita GDP in the region will reach about 24 million VND (1,128 USD) by 2015 and 46 million VND (2,162 USD) by 2020.
Agriculture will account for 43.6 percent of the economic structure by 2015, falling to 34.7 percent by 2020. Industry and services will make up 29.2 percent and 27.2 percent by 2015, and up to 35 percent and 30.3 percent respectively by 2020.
The region is set to record an annual export growth rate of 17 percent in the 2011-2015 period and 15.5 percent in the 2016-2020 period, according to the plan.
The yearly population rise is expected to drop by about 1.5 percent by 2015 and 1.4 percent by 2020, so that the region’s total population will be 5.8 million in 2015 and about 6.4 million people in 2020, the plan points out.
The Central Highlands is aiming to decrease the level of malnutrition in children under the age of five to below 16 percent, while expanding the universalisation of secondary school education for children in about 50-60 percent of communes.
The unemployment rate in urban areas is expected to stand below 3 percent, while the number of trained workers is hoped to account for 50-55 percent of the region’s labour force, it says.
The plan also aims to raise forest coverage to about 59 percent.
The region will make full use of its advantages and strengths, boosting international integration, especially in the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia development triangle, and strengthening the connectivity among regional localities and the rest of the country.
It will mobilise all resources for rapid and sustainable development, narrowing its socio-economic growth gap with other regions, says the plan.
In addition, regional localities will focus on developing key industries, especially agricultural and forestry product processing.
A number of rubber and coffee processing factories will be built to regional and international scale, it adds.
The plan also targets stability in political security and defence, social order and safety as well as firm solidarity among ethnic groups and the maintenance of their cultural identities.
The Central Highlands region covers the provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum.-VNA
The target was included in a plan issued by the Prime Minister on February 24, aiming to continue realising the Politburo’s resolution on the socio-economic development of the region in the 2011-2020 period.
According to the plan, the per capita GDP in the region will reach about 24 million VND (1,128 USD) by 2015 and 46 million VND (2,162 USD) by 2020.
Agriculture will account for 43.6 percent of the economic structure by 2015, falling to 34.7 percent by 2020. Industry and services will make up 29.2 percent and 27.2 percent by 2015, and up to 35 percent and 30.3 percent respectively by 2020.
The region is set to record an annual export growth rate of 17 percent in the 2011-2015 period and 15.5 percent in the 2016-2020 period, according to the plan.
The yearly population rise is expected to drop by about 1.5 percent by 2015 and 1.4 percent by 2020, so that the region’s total population will be 5.8 million in 2015 and about 6.4 million people in 2020, the plan points out.
The Central Highlands is aiming to decrease the level of malnutrition in children under the age of five to below 16 percent, while expanding the universalisation of secondary school education for children in about 50-60 percent of communes.
The unemployment rate in urban areas is expected to stand below 3 percent, while the number of trained workers is hoped to account for 50-55 percent of the region’s labour force, it says.
The plan also aims to raise forest coverage to about 59 percent.
The region will make full use of its advantages and strengths, boosting international integration, especially in the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia development triangle, and strengthening the connectivity among regional localities and the rest of the country.
It will mobilise all resources for rapid and sustainable development, narrowing its socio-economic growth gap with other regions, says the plan.
In addition, regional localities will focus on developing key industries, especially agricultural and forestry product processing.
A number of rubber and coffee processing factories will be built to regional and international scale, it adds.
The plan also targets stability in political security and defence, social order and safety as well as firm solidarity among ethnic groups and the maintenance of their cultural identities.
The Central Highlands region covers the provinces of Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum.-VNA
