Introduction

 

​Completion of traffic system – the leverage for industrial economic development

To exploit the strengths of industrial development in 28 industrial parks and 34 industrial clusters, there is no faster and more sustainable solution than the construction of a complete traffic infrastructural system. This system is the attraction and leverage in the industrial economic development, helping Long An's economy "take off".

From the policy of speeding up the construction of traffic infrastructural structure system to serve industrial development, at the Investment Promotion Conference in October 2016, Long An signed 4 investment memorandums with the total investment of VND 14,300 billion and USD 2.5 billion; witnessed the signing of 3 investment cooperation contracts; awarded 12 certificates of investment registration with the investment of VND 4,332 billion and USD 118 million. Also at the Investment Promotion Conference, the province introduced and called for investment in 16 specific projects with the total investment of VND 6,300 and more than USD 7 billion, making Long An become one of the leading provinces in the Mekong Delta region on attracting investment.

Getting closer to international friends

One of the activities that brought Long Anh integrate with international friends is the trade promotion activities. The products originated from Long An: dragon fruit, Fohla banana, non-seed lemon, etc. which are highly appropriated by international friends.

Trade promotion activities contribute to bringing Long An to international friends

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Long An's typical products are highly appreciated by international friends

In the future, Long An province will promote trade promotion activities, bringing the province's products to difficult markets in the world: the US, Japan and European countries. This is not just commercial activities, but also introduces Long An's image and development potential to international friends.

Reported by Kien Dinh

Translatedby Lan Vy​

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Distance to traffic hubs

Downtown: 25 km 

Tan Son Nhat Airport: 28km

An Lac Intersection (connected to Dong Tay Avenue): 14 km

Nguyen Van Linh Intersection (connected to National Highway 1A): 10 km

Phu My Hung Urban Zone: 22 km

Sai Gon Port: 27 km

Bourbon Part (Ben Luc): 04 km

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​​​Source: Long An Economic Zone Authority (LEAZA)​

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Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee - Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc informed the socio-economic development results in 2017 of the province

At the beginning of the dialogue, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee – Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc said that provincial leaders wished representatives of enterprises to share difficulties that they had been during investment, production and business process to strengthen the linkage between the investors and local government to open the opportunities for transparent, equal, effective and long-term cooperation.

Provincial leaders were dialoguing with the enterprises

At the dialogue, representatives of enterprises shared that the open policies, mechanisms for investment environment together with determination for administration reform from the provincial leaders recently had supported them much during their investment and business process.
At the end of the dialogue, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee – Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc promised to solve difficulties and obstacles that enterprises had reflected according to the authority of the provincial People's Committee and departments, sectors; particularly, for the matters beyond the jurisdiction of the Provincial People's Committee would report to central ministries, sectors for consideration and resolution.
"Long An always creates the most favorable conditions for investors operating in the province to ensure the highest efficiency" – Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee – Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc confirmed.

      Reported by Mai Huong  

 Translated by Lan Vy​

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There are more and more enterprises investing in production and business in the industrial parks

There is currently 28 industrial parks with an area of more than 10,557 hectares and 34 industrial clusters with an area of 1,954 hectares in the whole province. According to the provincial People's Committee's assessment, there is a variety of industrial parks and clusters invested in synchronous infrastructure, becoming an attractive destination for investors.

In eight months of 2017, the Industrial parks in the province have attracted 83 new projects, including 44 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects and 39 domestic direct investment (DDI) projects with the total new investment of USD 77.4 million and VND 3,695 billion. Therefore, from the formation of industrial parks until the end of August 2017, the industrial parks have attracted 1,263 projects (540 FDI projects and 723 DDI projects).

There are more and more enterprises put into operation, therefore, revenue and contribution to the State budget of enterprises are increasingly higher

Long An continues to invest in and complete infrastructural projects, especially traffic infrastructure for industrial development in key economic districts, performing traffic routes to connect to Ho Chi Minh City. In addition, the province continues to implement the Government's policy on improving investment environment, enhancing competitiveness and promoting business support; timely resolves recommendations, removes obstacles to promote enterprises' production and business.

Reported by Mai Huong

Translatedby Lan Vy​

​/. Road traffic :

Until the end of 2004, roadways in province was 1.698km, in which asphalt roads were 474km, accounting for 27,9%, gravel roads were 1053km (62%), other kinds of roads were 171km (10,1%) (excluding rural roads). Total length of bridge was 15.799 m long/346 bridges, in which concrete bridges were 7.099 md/123 bridges, girder bridges were 6812 md/194 bridges, others were 1889 md/29 bridges. Density of road by area increased from 0,198 Km/Km² in 1991 to 0,285 Km/Km² in 2000 and 0,359 km/Km² in 2004.

Density of road by population increased from 0,667 Km/1.000 persons in 1991 to 0,957 Km/1000 person in 2000 and 1,130 km/1000 person in 2004.

In general, roadways system is prioritized to invest, helping actively to develop production and improve living standard of population. However, there also remain some roads not satisfying the demand of transportation, lacking of synchronism between roads and bridges, not forming uninterrupted branches of roads.

Most of the Southern communications network has not been increased, mainly improved, upgraded and expanded, except some rural roads. In Nothern region, the communications network has developed rapidly, contributing to reclaimation, reallocation of population. To date, traffic roads are, however, quite scattered in this region, province road only has some roads just for cars, branches of roads accessible to residential clusters have not been built yet. Therefore this has influenced to travel and organization of life of rural people.

At present, the system of bridges and roads have been built synchronously in term of capacity in most of main roads from province to district and roads to industrial zones. However, there still remain some roads with low-capacity bridges, constraining the development of cargo transportation.

In recent years, although border belt ways have been invested, they are mainly small-scale rural roads, asynchronous bridge roads, inluencing to the national defense and smuggling fighting.

In recent years, the construction of rural transportation has become a big movement, combining from the budget and contribution of population. At present, 156 over 188 communes have car roads to the center (accounting for 83%), 32 communes under 7 districts do not have car roads to center, including 18 roads with total length of 126 km and 140 bridges/6637m long.

In recent years, the investment in traffic industry has been constantly increased. However, the annual budget for maintenance is low. Therefore the roads are degrading quickly. According to economists, it is necessary for capital given priority to maintain other than to invest in building. It will bring socio-economic efficiency.

In recent years, the roadways system has been considered and invested by the province, but in general it is not extensive and synchronous, influencing to the investment attraction and socio-economic development of province.

2/.Waterway traffic:

Since 1995, the waterways network has not increased, with scale of 2.559 km. Density of waterways by area was 0,59 Km/Km² and by population was 1,8 Km/ten thousand of people with main waterways of Vam Co river, Vam Co Dong, Vam Co Tay, Rach Cat river . . .

Besides, on rural waterways, especially districts in Dong Thap Muoi, people can travel by boats from house to house, from region to region and boats are the main means of transport, means of living of many families in Dong Thap Muoi. Communes where do not have car roads to center will travel by waterways.

However, the waterways network, at present, still depends mainly on natural advantage, not developing the existing potentials, lacking in support system such as marking buoy, local waterways signal. The phenomena of appropriation of flow and way of boats, breach of protective corridors of local waterways such as construction of house and building materials yard, holding a market, etc. have not controlled properly. Many waterways have had great siltation through development in many years but they have not dredged and influenced to travel capacity of means.

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During the course of urbanization, intensive farming. . . the environmental pollution is serious, reducing the quality of environment.

Quality of air: According to assessment of some professional organizations, the concentration of SO2, NO2, CO, lead. . . are low and satisfy the standard as stipulated. Criteria of dust and noise are many times higher than acceptable standard and focus on urban areas, populous areas and main traffic roads.

Quality of water source: on main rivers - channels such as Vam Co Dong, Vam Co Tay, Can Giuoc River . . . Tan An township has the acceptable content of Nitrate, organic substances, concentration of excess drugs, microorganism. . . . as stipulated (TCVN 5937 - 1995). Over the past years, Can Giuoc receives waste water from Ho Chi Minh City with high pollution, impacting on production and daily life of people.

Land: According to result of analysis on sample, concentration of toxic substances such as Cu, Pb, Cd . . . in mud and land is quite low and in acceptable limitation (according to Dutch standard).

Organism: with natural feature including many ecological systems of wetland: brackish water, salt water, fresh water, alum . . . organism resource of province has been assessed as being varied and diversified. During the past few years, as response to human, achievements of exploitation, utilization for production has brought many high results, but the environmental protection has not been considered deeply and synchronously, resulting in the break of the ecological balance between the populations, at the same time reducing or losing many rare and valuable wild animal such as chicken, python, snake, turtle. . . ; vegetations such as flooded cajeput forest, arenga forest, aegiceras forest, mangrove forest. . . and resulting in danger of mice destroying production.

​Kien Tuong Town is the center of Dong Thap Muoi Region in terms of many factors in which economic factor plays an key role in the general development of Dong Thap Muoi Region. The Town has Binh Hiep International Border Gate to exchange the goods with Kingdom of Cambodia, National Highway No. 62 running through to facilitate the transportation of the goods. The existing Moc Hoa Market is planning to upgrade into Kien Tuong commercial center to play the leading role in service sector of not only Kien Tuong town but also the entire Dong Thap Muoi region. The east of the town adjoins to Moc Hoa district, the west adjoins to 2 districts of Vinh Hung and Tan Hung, the north adjoins to Kongpongro district, Vray-vieng province, Cambodia (the length of 26.164 km), the south adjoins to Tan Thanh district.

​Chau Thanh district has the convenient waterway and road system to facilitate the agricultural product consumption and application of science and technology to develop the hi-tech agriculture, processing industry, trade-service and become the clue for purchasing agricultural products. Provincial Road No. 827 and the bypass through National Highway No.50 shall be the main external road of the District connecting the economic zones together. On the other hand, Chau Thanh is located adjoining to Vam Co River, near East Sea with many saline areas, at the downstream, there is fresh water source from Cho Gao canal and Bao Dinh canal, therefore, the fresh water is limited (especially in communes of Thanh Phu Long, Thuan My, Thanh Vinh Dong) and there are many saline alluvial areas.​

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The scene of the working session of the People's Committees of Tien Giang and Long An provinces

Tien Giang and Long An are two of the provinces in the Southern key economic zone and share multiple waterways and roads connecting the two provinces. However, the potential for development between the two provinces is still great in all fields, so the meeting between leaders of the two provincial People's Committees and departments was to better understand the importance of linking and cooperating socio-economic development of both provinces.

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Chairman of Long An People's Committee and Chairman of Tien Giang People's Committee speak at the working session.

At the meeting, the departments of Tien Giang and Long An provinces preliminarily reported the results of linkage and cooperation in recent years, as well as remaining problems that need to be resolved. Mr. Tran Van Can and Mr. Le Van Huong highly appreciated the linkage and cooperation of socio-economic development in the past time. At the same time, they raised many ideas that the two provinces should jointly study and plan to implement cooperative projects, thereby improving the performance of socio-economic development of Tien Giang and Long An provinces.

Reported by NT

Translated by Lan Vy

​2. Promote to the maximum the potentials and advantages of the province; exploiting and using effectively all resources for fast and sustainable socio-economic development and environmental protection; promoting the economic mechanism transition, increasing the growth rate and the competitiveness of the economy.

3. Developing the economy together with ensuring the social progress and justice, protecting the natural resources and environment to step by step increase the living standards of the people, reduce the number of poor households; developing health, culture, education and training. Focusing on training the high-quality human resource to meet the demands of the market, linking the human resource development with the development and application of science and technology.

4. Combining the economic development with the political security and social order protection; ensuring the security and national defense with the location of Long An located in the border region of Mekong River Delta region and in economic integration of Southeast Asia Region and the world.

II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

1. General objectives

- Developing Long An to become the province with sustainable and harmonic development between the urban and rural areas; having hi-tech level, synchronous and modern infrastructure system; high-quality human resource; strong national defense-security, ensured social safety and order. Aiming at becoming an industrial province by 2020.

2. Particular objectives

a) Economic:

- The average economic growth rate for period 2012 – 2030 reaches 12.5%/year in which increases to 13%/year for period 2012 - 2020.

- By 2015: the average GDP per capita reaches VND50 million/person/year (around USD2,400); the ratios of the agricultural, industrial and service sectors in the GDP are 28%, 41%, 31% respectively; the revenue for state budget in the province accounts for 10% GDP; the investment capital mobilized from the state budget accounts for 28.5%.

- By 2020: the average GDP per capita reaches VND 80 million/person/year (around USD3,800); the ratios of the agricultural, industrial and service sectors in the GDP are 15%, 45%, 40% respectively; the revenue for state budget in the province accounts for 10.8% GDP; the investment capital mobilized from the state budget accounts for 29.6%.

- Vision to2030: the average GDP per capita reaches VND172 million/person/year (around USD8,000); the ratios of the agricultural, industrial and service sectors in the GDP are 7%, 48%, 45% respectively; the revenue for state budget in the province accounts for 10.8% GDP; the investment capital mobilized from the state budget accounts for 29.6%.

b) Social:

- By 2015:

The natural population growth rate is below 1.2%; the percentage of malnourished children under 5 years is less than 16%; 100% commune health stations meet the standard and 90% communes meeting the national standard on health; providing compulsory preschool education for children of 5 years; 40% - 50% communes, towns, wards meeting the standards of compulsory high school education; 50% schools meeting national standards; the percentage of poor households in accordance with the national standards is less than 3%; the percentage of trained labor is 60%.

Aiming at the objective of 20% (about 36 communes) meet the criteria of new rural commune; 50% communes, wards, towns have the cultural and sports centers; 30% communes, wards, towns meet the cultural standards; 90% of urban households and 95% rural households can access hygienic water and 99.25% households can access power .

- By 2020:

Aiming at reducing the birth rate to 1.46%; the average life expectancy reaches 76 years; the percentage of malnourished children under 5 years is less than 12%; the number of patient bed/10,000 people is 20 beds; the minimum number of doctor/commune is 1 and 8 doctors/10,000 people;

The percentage of poor households in accordance with the national standards is 1%; the percentage of trained labor is 65%; the unemployment rate in urban areas is3%; the ratios of the labors in 3 areas of I, II, III are 28.1%, 37.8%, 34% respectively; the percentage of trained labors is 628,600 and jobs are created for 180,000 people;

The percentages of children going to school are as follows: 100% at primary schools, 95% at secondary schools, 70% at high schools. The percentage of schools meeting national standard is 70%; the number of people with college, university or higher degrees/1000 people is 170 people;

Aiming at the objective of 50% (about 83 communes) meets the criteria of new rural commune; 90% cultural houses at the provincial level; ensuring 100% of districts, city have the cultural, sports centers, 75% communes, wards, towns have the cultural, sports centers; 100% households can access hygienic water and 99.7% households can access power.

- Vision to 2030:

The birth rate reduces to 1.5%; the average life expectation is 78 years; the percentage of malnourished children under 5 years is less than 10%; the number of patient beds/10,000 people is 30 beds; the number of doctors/commune is 3 doctors at the maximum and 10 doctors/10,000 people.

The percentage of trained labors is 70%; the unemployment percentage in urban areas is 2%; the number of trained labors is 762,720 people and jobs are created for 190,000 people;

Aiming at the objective of 100% kindergartens meets national standards; the number of people with degree, university and higher degree/1000 people is 200 people; having 95% cultural houses at the provincial level.

c) Environmental protection:

- Ensuring the green coverage percentage by  2015 reaches 21% and maintained unitl 2020, 2030; increasing the forest coverage percentage to 15% in 2015 and 17%, 19% in 2020, 2030 respectively; the area impacted by the flood (flooding more than 1m) in 2015, 2020, 2030 is 25%, 23%, 20% respectively.

- Aiming at the objective of by 2015, 80% of domestic and industrial solid waste and 100% health solid waste are collected and treated; allocating 100% production establishments causing environment pollution out of the urban areas and residential areas; 100% enterprises commit to protect the environment.

- Raising the awareness of the community and strengthening the capacity for the relevant parties on environmental issues; protecting and exploiting in sustainable way the natural resources; reducing the population and  environmental degradation.

- Ensuring the national defense, security, keeping the political stability, controlling the increase and gradually reducing the crimes and social evils.

III. DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATIONS OF SECTORS, INDUSTRIES

1.Developing agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors: Developing comprehensively aiming at producing high-quality products, protecting the ecological environment and following sustainable development. It is aimed at the average growth rate of 5.7%/year for period 2011 – 2020 and 4.8%/year by 2030; the ratios of the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors are 82% - 4% - 14% respectively in 2020 and 78% - 6% - 16% respectively in 2030.

- Agriculture: defining rice as the key product to ensure the national food security; following intensive and specialized production, applying advanced technology, using high-quality varieties to increase the production value per unit of farming land and meet the demand of the markets; paying attention on the after-harvesting processing and increasing the quality of export rice. Increasing the production of key products of the province such as sugarcane, vegetables and fruits to meet the standards for domestic consumption and export; step by step controlling the diseases and ensuring the sustainable agricultural growth rate; conforming to the technology procedures in all phases including production, processing to consumption.

Developing animal breeding (pig, cow, livestock) with the suitable scale to meet the demand for domestic consumption; applying advanced breeding technology, producing high-quality products, ensuring food hygiene and safety; strictly controlling diseases and animal pollution from animal breeding activities.

- Forestry: maintaining and protecting the available forest resources to ensure the sustainable forest development; conserving the environment for the wild life, valuable and rare genes in combing with ecological tourism development, especially the specialized forests in which Dong Thap Muoi Region plays an important role in reducing the impacts of climate change and seawater rise. Protecting and issuing suitable policies to maintain the reasonable area of protective forests, combining the forest development with national security in border districts. Exploiting the forest resources reasonably, encouraging investment and production activities and sustainable forest development.

- Fishery: Developing the aquaculture activities in Dong Thap Muoi Region aiming at ecological environment control and protection. Studying to establish the suitable aquaculture models (clubs, cooperatives, economic organizations, farms etc.) to protect the benefits of the parties and promote the goods production; investing in developing the infrastructure to apply the technology in aquaculture.

2. Industrial development

- Developing the industry in sustainable way shall have the impacts on the agricultural and service sectors and become the socio-economic driving force for the province. Aiming at the growth rate of 14.2%/year in 2015, 14.4%/year in 2020 and 13.6%/year in 2030. Paying attention on developing the industries to diversify the products, industries with high percentage of high technology, green and clean criteria.

- Ensuring to provide the suitable infrastructure services for the development of sectors, international business activities; constructing high-quality industrial parks to call for foreign investments; establishing the industry development policies with clear and detailed implementation mechanism, promoting the available resources; ensuring to provide the trained and high-quality labor force at reasonable cost; developing the new sectors to create the key sectors for industrial development of the province in the general background of the industry development of Vietnam.

- Encouraging the industries in accordance with the policies of the province, supporting the existing industries in the South Key Economic Zone such as: high technology, knowledge industry, research and development, environment, new material-based industry, electronic and software production, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), energy batteries, power production system from hydro etc. developing the agricultural tool industry basing on the existing and relevant agricultural production sectors in the province.

-Focusing on developing quickly, effectively and investing in the infrastructure, attracting the investments into the existing industrial parks and complexes, linking with the construction of waste treatment works, ensuring the green and clean environment.

3.Trade, service and tourism development

Aiming at the growth rate of 17%/year by 2020 and 15.3%/year by 2030.

- Trade, service: developing high-quality and diversified services to meet the demands of the people; improving the infrastructure and services to provide the modern and convenient facilities for the users; balancing the service quality in urban and rural areas.

Developing urban centers with competitive capacity to provide the suitable services combined with space development. Establishing the service centers to exploite the advantage of being located in the gateway of Mekong River Delta Region and South Key Economic Zone. Improving the services serving for industrial development, urban service development such as logistics service, technology and information, utilities, market research, financial service etc.

- Tourism: Developing the comprehensive tourism system including information provision, infrastructure and transport service, high-quality accommodation, diversified cuisine; entertainment areas, high-quality serving human resource. Diversifying the tourism products, promoting the cooperation in tourism development with other provinces in the Region, especially with Ho Chi Minh city and provinces of Cambodia. Tourism development models: ecological tourism, trade village tourism with the cultural values etc.

4. Social sectors

a) Education and training:

- Continue to invest in physical facilities for the schools from kindergartens to universities, increasing the school, classroom network especially in rural, remote, border areas and auxiliary works serving for education and training and considered this as a priority objective of the Province.

- Increasing the qualifications and capacity of the teachers, improving the teaching and learning methods to meet the diversified demand in term of skills and quality as well as to create the legal background and promoting the internal forces for education development.

- Constructing the suitable vocational training structure to meet the demand of the economy, the training must be linked with job creation after training; diversifying the vocational training methods to improve the quality; paying attention on providing vocational training for rural labor, strengthening the network of the vocational schools; increasing the cooperation, association on training with other provinces in the country and foreign countries.

b) Health:

-Developing synchronously the health network; gradually improving the quality of the professional quality and ethics for medical staffs; modernizing the physical facilities, medical equipment, disease examination and treatment, prevention; upgrading the preventive health centers at district level; promoting the socialization to attract the investment capital in investing and constructing the clinics disease treatment associated with relaxation therapy;

- Paying attention on constructing the healty society, increasing the quality of the preventive health system, constructing the health care system for the people; increasing the effectiveness of health communication and education, environmental sanitation, food safety and hygiene;

-Aiming at the objective of implementing the universal health insurance and population, family planning policies, increasing the population quality.

c) Culture, Sports:

- Constructing the advanced, healthy culture with national identity, creating high-quality and typical cultural products of the province; focusing on establishing the synchronous cultural system at all levels, restoring the cultural, historical relics and preserving the traditional cultural values of the nations; 

- Paying attention on developing the sports movements; paying attention on training, fostering high performance athletes; promoting the socialization, attracting the investments for physical facilities and increasing the physical education in the schools.

d) Poverty reduction, job creation and social security:

- Continue the investments into rural infrastructure, gradually finishing the necessary infrastructure such as schools, health stations, traffic roads, commune centers, power, water, irrigation systems for the poor commune and areas with economic difficulties. Developing rural economy, especially farm and household economy, rehabilitating and developing trade villages, developing labor-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises in rural areas; issuing the policies to serve for creating jobs and developing agricultural and fishery production.

e) Science and technology

- Increasing the management by standards and quality of the product and establishing the advanced quality control system; expanding the cooperation in science and technology; standardizing the key agricultural products of the province (rice, dragon fruits, peanut, shrimp etc.)

- Promoting the application of the achievements of science and advanced technology such as biological technology, after-harvesting technology, creating the innovation in varieties of plants, animals of high productivity and value; gradually mechanizing the agricultural production phases. Supporting the enterprises to innovate and apply the technologies at the traditional trade villages;

5. Infrastructure development:

a) Traffic

- Developing the traffic infrastructure aiming at creating modern infrastructure and increase the connection with big urban centers, centers with high growth rates and the regions in the province; ensure the safe, effective transportation of the cargoes and passengers as well as protecting the environment and avoiding such issues as traffic jams, traffic accidents, air pollution; establishing the suitable organization mechanism and institution to create and manage the transportation network and transportation services effectively.

- Developing the traffic network (road and waterway) effectively with high competition and connecting with the regional traffic networks to create the conditions for Long An province to become the real gateway connecting Mekong River Delta region and the South Key Economic Zone; upgrading, improving the rural traffic roads, preventing floods and creating conditions for safe and smooth circulation of the means of transportation; developing the suitable public transport services to meet the demands of the people.

b) Irrigation

- Upgrading and improving the irrigation system in districts of Duc Hoa, Can Duoc and Can Giup to create the conditions for agricultural production; constructing the additional water receiving Canals from Phuoc Hoa Lake; studying to prepare the plan for exploiting the groundwater source; planning to exploit the water from Hong Ngu Canal to supply water for irrigation for the region between Vam Co Dong River and Vam Co Tay river.

c) Power supply

- Upgrading and constructing the power network synchronously, increasing the capacity of the substations to stabilize the power supply source; studying,  constructing the power projects using other energy sources such as: wind, solar etc. at suitable locations;

-Developing the power distribution system to the industrial areas, complexes, tourism areas, residential areas and centralized production areas; gradually undergrounding the urban power system; focusing on rural power network development.

d) Water supply, drainage and environmental sanitation:

-Focussing the investments in upgrading and newly constructing the domestic water supply system for the urban areas to ensure the clean water demand for domestic and production activities of the people; for the rural areas, ensuring the access to hygienic water of the people; basing on the ability to mobilize the capital for each phase, preparing the plan for upgrading and expanding the water treatment plants, transmission and distribution network; implementing effectively the rural clean water and environmental sanitation programs.

- Constructing synchronously the drainage, wastewater collection and treatment systems, especially in urban areas, industrial complexes, preventing the flooding situation in urban areas; collecting and treating health solid waste at the hospitals, health stations; studying to construct the centralized landfills at the urban areas.

e) Information and communication

- Increasing the quality, diversifying the services, providing new services. Applying information technology in constructing the online communication system from the city to the districts

-Modernizing, expanding the network in combination with applying advanced technology in post and telecommunication sector; ensuring the information security to meet the socio-economic development demand.

6. Natural resource and environment protection

- Minimizing the environmental pollution in industrial, agricultural production, service and urban development; promoting the application of clean technology in economic sectors; improving the environmental depression and environmental quality; protecting the biodiversity and ecological environment.

-Managing and protecting strictly and effectively the natural resources, especially land, forest and minerals. Controlling closely the use and treatment of chemicals, pollutants at the business production establishment and households.

7. National defense and security.

- Strengthening the national defense and security; promoting the general strength of the entire political system to construct the people's national defense and security.

- Constructing and developing effectively the national defense methods, managing closely the prevention national defense force to ensure the quality and quantity; combining with the socio-economic development of the province in the development investment planning, plans, programs and projects.

IV. DEVELOPMENT SPACE ORGANIZATION ORIENTATIONS

1. Urban-Rural development

a) Urban development

- Developing the urban area linking Tan An-Ben Luc to support the effective transport and developing the urban areas along the corridor.

- Developing Duc Hoa Urban Area as the role of the service center of the Northeast Region; Can Giuoc Urban Area will be proposed to provide the services for ports (Hiep Phuoc and Long An) as well as the inland area; establishing Moc Hoa Urban Area to be the development center of Dong Thap Muoi Region, developing the border gate to provide the facilities for trade activities through the border.

- Strengthening and upgrading the urban areas such as Can Duoc, Tan Tru, Thu Thua, Hau Nghia, Dong Thanh, Thanh Hoa, Tan Hoa, Tan Hung and Vinh Hung.

b) Rural development

Developing the rural centers to link with: Thanh Hoa-Tan Thanh Urban Complex; Dong Thanh-Hau Nghia Urban Complex; Moc Hoa – Binh Hiep Urban Complex, ensuring the development of high-quality urban services to improve the living standards of the rural people.

Developing Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay ecological corridor, ensuring the water supply for domestic and production activities and serving for the transport of the province as well as creating opportunity for developing other ecological activities, meeting the demand of the urban, rural people and tourists.

2.Development of economic zones:

- Zone 1 (Food security, tourism and border gate economy zone): including the districts of Vinh Hung, Tan Hung, Moc Hoa, tan Thanh, Thanh Hoa, Chau Thanh and a part of Thu Thua district, where has the competitive advantage in agricultural production and tourist attraction.

Aiming at developing strongly agricultural, forestry, fishery sectors and ensuring the industrial development to serve for agriculture, rural development; developing services, industries at the border gate economic zones; developing ecological tourism; developing Moc Hoa Urban area to ensure the exchange of trade and service with Dong Thap Muoi Region and Tan An city.

-Zone 2 (Ecological Buffer Area): located between two rivers of Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay. This zone is defined as the area to protect Zone 1 from the impacts of the excessive urban and industrial development activities of Zone 3; creating the special landscape in terms of land use and combing the urban and rural features; reducing pollution for Vam Co Dong River and Vam Co Tay River and restoring the space for development orientation after 2020.

In the short run, Zone 2 is defined for agricultural development with the seasonal land fund for industrial development, ecological urban area, interprovincial transfer area. The center of the Zone is Thua Thua town to connect with many economic sub-regions of the province, connect the land border and sea port. Focusing on controlling the development of Zone 2 and only permitting the development in the planned areas along the roads and some other defined areas.

- Zone 3 (Urban and Industrial Development Zone) consists of Vam Co Dong River and districts of Duc Hoa, Ben Luc, Can Giuoc, Can Duoc and a part of Tan Tru district in the downstream, Tan An city and a part of Thu Thua district.

Aiming at urban development and general industry to create the central urban development corridor in Ben Luc-Tan An and typical industrial urban areas in Duc Hoa, Can Giuoc, Can Duoc.

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In addition fruit, banana is also entering the fastidious Japanese market. Director of Huy Long An Co., Ltd (Duc Hue district). Currently, total output of banana in Tay Ninh and Long An is over 4,000 tons/year, of which 40% is exported to Japan. In addition to Japanese market, the Company also exports this fruit to China and Malaysia, while is negotiating to sell to Korea.

Long An rice comes to the international market

In addition, rice is also a popular item in the world. Currently, there are 21 enterprises which are allowed to export rice in the province. From beginning of 2018 to present, rice export enterprises bought 815,000 tons of paddy, up 4% over the same period in 2017.

Banana is also one of exported agricultural products of Long An

Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee – Pham Van Canh said that the producers should change the thinking of production by movement to by cooperation, association, and complying with guidelines of functional agencies on the implementation of planning and safety production procedures. Besides, encouraging activities of innovation, creativity and application of science and technology to production and business, enhancing material and technical investment for research, and transferring science and technology must also be performed./.

Reported by Huynh Phong

Translated by Lan Vy ​

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Distance to traffic hubs

Road distance
Center of Ho Chi Minh City is about 35km
Border of HCM city is about 10 km (Binh Chanh)
Tan Son Nhat International Airport is about 30 km

Source: Long An Economic Zone Authority (LEAZA)

​Vinh Hung is located in the deep area of Dong Thap Muoi and annually impacted heavily by the floods. The establishment and socio-economic development of Vinh Hung is closely linked with the reclamation, immigrations and construction of the new economic area in Dong Thap Muoi. Located in the transition between the Pleitocene and the upstream of Mekong River Delta Region, two main landscape types of te region is alum low with rich in rainwater (Sulphur-rich sediment) and river beds of the ancient rivers. The clear typical feature of VInh Hung is the grey soil along Cambodia border and the strengthened ancient riversto create the low delta region and alum areas. According to the geographical and economic region classification of Long An province, VInh Hung belongs to Sub-zone 3 (including Vinh Hung, Tan Hung, Moc Hoa, Tan Thanh). The key economic development direction is agriculture-forestry in which commodity rice production is the leading direction.

Vinh Hung district consists of 10 communes-town in which Vinh Hung town is the center town and the remaining communes are: Vinh Tri, Hung Dien A, Thai Tri, Thai Binh Trung, Tuyen Binh, Tuyen Binh Tay, Vinh Binh, Khanh Hung, Vinh Thuan.​​​

From Japanese side, the opening ceremony had the attendance of Mr. Kawaue Junichi - Consulate General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City; Mr. Kadowaki Keiichi - Chairman of the Japanese Business Association in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Exhibition will be organized on the scale of more than 400 standard booths of provinces, cities and enterprises in order to introduce the achievements of socio-economic achievements and tourism development of each locality; promote and introduce potentials, strengths, products and goods; develop brands; and seek partners and consumption markets.

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Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Van Can spoke at the opening ceremony

Speaking at the Opening Ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Van Can said that Japan is now the third largest economy in the world with much potential on science and technology which is leading in the world. Therefore, the People's Committee of Long An Province desires to continue calling for and attracting investments from Japan into such fields as hi-tech industry; hi-tech agriculture; human resource development etc.

As part of the cultural exchange activities celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan, which took place in Long An province, it hopes that the "Vietnam - Japan Economic, Trade and Tourism Fair, Long An in 2018" will be the opportunity for enterprises, investors to exchange and study about the cooperation opportunities as well as to introduce the typical products and strengths of Japanese enterprises inside and outside the province to consumers in Vietnam in general and in Long An Province in particular. 

Delegates are cutting the opening band of the fair

Provincial leaders are visiting booths at the fair

Vietnam - Japan Economic, Trade and Tourism Fair, Long An in 2018 will be held until October 21st, 2018.

Reported by TV

Translated by Lan Vy ​​

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Tourists visit Tan Lap floating village.

The province has a great tourism potential with destinations, including Tan Lap floating village, Dong Thap Muoi Pharmaceutical Development and Conservation Research Center, Lang Sen Wetland Reserve, Co Son Pagoda, historical site of Vam Nhut Tao, Ong Ban Quy Temple and other historical sites and amusement parks.

Lang Sen Wetland Reserve

River cruise on Vam Co Tay and Vam Co Dong rivers will give travelers an opportunity to enjoy tropical fruit orchard gardens and discover the everyday life of the Mekong Delta region.

Chau Thanh dragon fruits

Visitors coming to Long An will have also a chance to enjoy special dishes, such as Grilled Snakehead Fish, Duc Hoa peanut,  Chau Thanh dragon fruit, Nang Thom rice in Cho Dao, De wine and among.​

Grilled Snakehead Fish

Visitor Nguyen Van Hoang from Binh Dinh province said that he is impressive with natural landscape in Tan Lap floating village and Long An's De wine.

Meanwhile countryside dishes, team building activities and peaceful space in Tan Lap floating village attract Nguyen Thi Minh Thu, a student of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

According to statistics, Long An received more than 510,000 visitors, including over 7,100 international tourists from the beginning of this year to the middle of August.

With rapidly rising arrivals in recent years, Long An province has focused on turning the tourism industry to become a key economic contributor.

Long An province has focused on developing and promoting ecotourism; cultural and religious attractions; and offering tourist products for holidays and weekends./.

Source: http://news.baolongan.vn/