Ninh Thuan's socio-economic development orientations to 2010

     Ninh Thuan was restablished at the beginning of 1992.Through aten-year period of socio-economic development, the province has experienced positive changes: economic growth has been stable; economic structure has been considerably transitioned; the invested socio-economic infrastructure is gradually creating its beneficial impacts, and people's lives have been improved.

      The coming ten years will be a development period that is particularly important for Ninh Thuan. Solutions must be found to best exploit every potential and advantage so as to help the province overcome the poor and underdeveloped situation, push up technical facilities construction speed, clearly formulate appropriate economic structure, improve people's knowledge and socio welfare, and keep security, defense and social order/safety.   

   Goals and mojor tasks for 5-year socio-economic development for 2001-2005, and orientations to 2010 indentified by the province in the light of the resolution of the province's Communist Party Congress are as follows:     

       - Put investment into achieving annual economic growth pace of 7.5%-9.0%. Strive for GDP to be 1.5 and 2.1 times higher in 2005 and 2010 respectively than those of 2000.

       - Shift the province's economic structure in the direction of putting more weights to industry, services and tourism. By 2005, the proportion of industry and construction will have accounted for 20-22% oooof GDP, of tourism and services 32-33%, and of agriculture, forestry and fishery 48-49%. It is planned that the structure will be: industry and construction 28-30%, tourism and services 30-35%, and agriculture, forestry and fishery 36-38%.

       - As for different sectors, attention should ba paid to the shift of sector internal structure:

             + In agriculture: Stabilize the area of food plants. Establish specialized areas for industrial plants to reach the total area of 9,00-10,000 ha in 2005, of which 3,000-4,000 ha for cotton, 2,000-2,500 ha for yellow tobacco, 2,500-3,000 ha for cassava, 2,000 ha for neem, 2,000-3,000 ha for wheat and 2,000 ha for grape (500 ha for new grape seed). Develop large-scale husbandry, mainly cows, goats and sheeps.

              + Aqua-culture products: Concentrate on taking advantage of aquaculture, mainly growing shrimps for meat and producing breeding shrimps. Strive for achieving the yield of 5,000-6,000 tons of shrimps for meat and 3.5 billion of breeding shrimps to make Ninh Thuan become the country's major center for breeding shrimp production.

             + In industry: Concentrete on structure shift, primarily developing the industry to serve for agriculture, and agricultural, forest and aqua product processing, and to fully consume farmer's products. Develop advantageous industries like construction material production, exploitation of natural resources and mineral products such as granite stone, mineral water and post-salt chemicals, and consuming goods production industries, especially the ones that create many jobs.

                + Tourism and services: Bring into play the advantage of sea, eco and cultural tourism. Formulate tourist resorts and complexes like Binh Son - Ninh Chu - Ca Na - Binh Tien sea tourism complex; cultural tourism complex at the foot of Poklong Grai tower. Take the advantage of Phan Rang - Da Lat - Nha Trang tourism traingle.

                 + Social affairs: Effectively fulfill national goals on poverty reduction, job creation, clean water and environmental hygiene, health care, universal primary and lower secondary education, and other socio-economic programs in the province.

    Solution to implementation:
     Planning activities:
     Finalize the 2001-2002 socio-economic development master plan developed by the province, and districts and town, to create a basis for the development and adjustment of sector development and detailed plans.
     

     Develop 5-year investment time line for 2001-2005 period in connection with the list of investment programs and projects.

     Investment for development:
         * As for industry : Create favorable conditions and environment for attracting investor. Quickly complete the investment into the infrastructure construction for industrial complexes of Thanh Hai, Thap Cham and Tai Tai in Phan Rang – Thap Cham town. Put investment into the infrastructure development and business of Dulong industrial park belonging to the leading economic complex in the northen part of the province. Link the infrastructure construction for industrial complexes with bringing water and electricity to the edge of industrial complexes. Issue preferential investment policies and the list of projects of investment priority. Put emphasis on the development of advantageous industries such as mineral porduct exploitation, aqua-cultural product processing, and sugar and wheat production.
         * As for agriculture, forestry and fishery:
       + Agriculture and forestry : Put investment into the acceleration of internal structure transition of agricultural sector. Develop the plan for growing plants and producing animals in connection with irrigation works e.g, establishhing sugarcane-growing specialized area close to Song Sat lake, cotton-growing specialized area close to Tan Giang and Song Trau lake. Expand neem-growing specialized area to coastal sandy land.
       + Fishery : Continue to put investment into all four stages of aquaculture, harvesting, processing and services. Expand the existing fishing ports and at the same time set up fishing logistical service center in Khanh Hoi of Ninh Hai district, Dong Hai and Ca Na. In the intermediate term, quickly complete the construction of and put into operation the infrastructure of Khanh Hoi fishing logistical service center so as to facilitate the construction of fish processing plant and ship/boat repair units.
       * As for tourism : Build infrastructure for the effective exploitation of tourism potentials; formulate tourist complexes in connection with tourist resorts and attractive tours so that tourists can stay in the province in a long period of time. Specifically :
       - Cultural tourism complex at the foot of Poklong Grai tower in connection with Poklong Grai tower, Kate festival and other traditional festival of Cham people, and tours to ancient architectural works such as Porome and Hoa Lai towers, and Cham people’s traditional handicraft villages.
      - Vinh Hy-Binh Tien sea and ecological tourism complex close to Vinh Hy bay, Binh Tien beach and natural preservation area, where preserves biological diversity and keeps genetic sources of many precious species of trees and animals that are typical in dry climate zone.
      - Ca Na sea tourism complex close to Ca Na beach that is beatiful, clean, next to national highway No.1A and suitable for various kinds of sea and relaxation tours in all seasons in the year.
      - Ninh Chu-Binh Son sea tourism complex close to Ninh Chu beach that is long, beautiful, clean and suitable for various kinds of tours of relaxation, entertainment and sight-seeing to Cham historical and cultural monuments in Phan Rang – Tham Cham.
     -  Develop sea and ecological tourism development projects close to Tan Giang lake in Ninh Phuoc district, Song Sat lake in Bac Ai district and Song Trau in Ninh Hai district. Tours will be organized for tourist to tourists to explore the beauty of nature in protection forests.
     - Upgrade and expand Tan Son hot spring tourist resort in Ninh Son district to make it become the one for relaxation and health recovery.
     * As for trade and services : Planning and establishment of trade system spread from provincial center to districts, towns, commune and quarters. For the capital town, establish supermarket network and market system. For district, expand and upgrade district town markets and rural market network.
     * Investment into infrastructure development : In the next 10 year, the investment capital demand will be some 8,000 billion dongs. The main objective is to synchronously develop infrastructure and urban residential areas, and establish specialized industrial plant growing areas. About 6,000 billion dongs will be required for infrastructure construction, including :
     - Transport : Upgrade and improve all provincial, inter-district and inter-communal roadways to national highways No.1A and 27 to strengthen transport and good circulation capacities. Bring into play the internal capacities of other economic components to complete rural transport development program. Promote urban transport investment into Phan Rang – Thap Cham town to make it meet the standards of type III urban center in 2005. Strive for increasing the transport density to 0.8-1 km/km2 by 2010. 100% of communes have car roads to commune centers roadways.
     - Irrigation : Complete Tan Giang irrigation system project. Begin to build Song Trau, Song Sat, Lanh Ra reservoirs and some small and medium irrigation works. Complete the solid construction of channels and canals belonging to Nha Trinh-Lam Cam before 2005. For 2006-2010, build Tra Co, Tan My, Ta Ranh, Song Bieu and Tra Van reservoirs in order to increase the production land area to 34-35 thousand ha.
    - Power: Expand and improve electricity transmission and distribution network in 2005 so that 97% of residential compexes and 90% of households in the province will be provided with electricity from the national grids.
     - Water supply/drainage :
          + Implement Thap Cham water plant upgrading and expansion project to increase its capacity to 52,00 24 hours build water supply system for Ca Na and Quan The areas, Phuoc Dai town’s water plant, and other small living water supply system. Strive for reaching 60% and 85% of rural households to be provided with clean water in 2005 and 2010 respectively.
         + Establish Phan Rang drainage system and waste processing system in industrial zones and tourist resorts.
    - Develop post office and telecommunication networks with new services in most of the province’s locations. Strive for achieving 7-8 telephones out of 100 people and 70-75T of communes having cultural and post office station in 2010.
   - Put an importance on the investment into job creation so that 10,000-11,000 jobs will be created every year. Newly establish vocational training schools in connection with strengthening and develepment of local technical and career center network. Enhance the scientific and technological development to make it become a motive for production development; actively conduct research on and application of scientific achievements into reality, especially new breeds in agricultural production and aquaculture. Provide training and retraining of staff, especially the ones who give advice to policy-making and technology transfer.
    - On the way to move forward, Ninh Thuan is still facing a number of difficulties and limitations but has good potentials. With the achievements gaineed 10 years of reestablishment, Ninh Thuan is, together with other cities and provinces in the country at the turn of new century, taking opportunities, confronting challenges and turning into industrrialization and modernization period with valuable learned lessons. Certainly, the province will be able to carry out its new development steps./.