In recent years, mountainous and ethnic minority areas of the centralprovince of Quang Ngai have seen remarkable socio-economic development.
Totalinvestment capital for developing mountainous regions exceeded 3.2trillion VND (152 million USD) and was sourced from the State budget.
Averagegrowth rate in the period reached 16.48 percent annually while averagefood production per capita hit over 360 kilograms in 2014, up 10 percentfrom 2010.
The economic structure in mountainous areas iscomprised of nearly 50 percent agro-forest-fishery, over 30 percentindustry-construction and 19 percent commerce-service.
The rateof impoverished households decreased from 60.87 percent in 2009 to 33.85percent by the end of 2014, decreasing by an average of 6.75 percentper year.
Average income per capita increased from under fivemillion VND (238 USD) per person a year in 2010 to 8.6 million VND (410USD) in 2014. More than 90 percent of households in mountainous andethnic minority regions have access to power from the national grid andover 84 percent have access to clean water.
School systems, houses for teachers and healthcare services in mountainous areas have improved considerably.
Theprovince has also focused on manpower training in a bid to meet thearea’s socio-economic development demand, including training programmesfor ethnic minority officials in communes.
Looking forwards, theprovince has targeted a 15-16 percent annual average growth rate ofeconomic development and a 5-7 percent annual decrease in the rate ofpoor households in mountainous and ethnic minority areas by 2020.
QuangNgai is home to over 180,000 ethnic minority people from the Ca Dong,Hre, Cor and others groups living in the six mountainous districts ofSon Ha, Tra Bong, Minh Long, Ba To, Son Tay and Tay Tra.-VNA
Totalinvestment capital for developing mountainous regions exceeded 3.2trillion VND (152 million USD) and was sourced from the State budget.
Averagegrowth rate in the period reached 16.48 percent annually while averagefood production per capita hit over 360 kilograms in 2014, up 10 percentfrom 2010.
The economic structure in mountainous areas iscomprised of nearly 50 percent agro-forest-fishery, over 30 percentindustry-construction and 19 percent commerce-service.
The rateof impoverished households decreased from 60.87 percent in 2009 to 33.85percent by the end of 2014, decreasing by an average of 6.75 percentper year.
Average income per capita increased from under fivemillion VND (238 USD) per person a year in 2010 to 8.6 million VND (410USD) in 2014. More than 90 percent of households in mountainous andethnic minority regions have access to power from the national grid andover 84 percent have access to clean water.
School systems, houses for teachers and healthcare services in mountainous areas have improved considerably.
Theprovince has also focused on manpower training in a bid to meet thearea’s socio-economic development demand, including training programmesfor ethnic minority officials in communes.
Looking forwards, theprovince has targeted a 15-16 percent annual average growth rate ofeconomic development and a 5-7 percent annual decrease in the rate ofpoor households in mountainous and ethnic minority areas by 2020.
QuangNgai is home to over 180,000 ethnic minority people from the Ca Dong,Hre, Cor and others groups living in the six mountainous districts ofSon Ha, Tra Bong, Minh Long, Ba To, Son Tay and Tay Tra.-VNA
