Plan of Hau Giang province in a period of 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050

I. Viewpoints, objectives and breakthrough development strategies
1. Viewpoints
a) Plan for Hau Giang province in a period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, must closely follow and be consistent with policies and guidelines of the Party and State, objectives and orientations of socio-economic development strategy of the whole country, national strategy on green and sustainable growth; in accordance with plan, national master plan, national sector plan, Mekong Delta region plan and related plans.
b) Build Hau Giang into a center for connecting and transshipping goods in the Mekong Delta; Breakthrough development of industries and fields on basis of innovation, transformation of growth models, effective exploitation of different potentials, outstanding opportunities, competitive advantages and digital transformation, and at the same time mobilizing Actively and economically and effectively use all resources for investment in synchronous and modern technical and social infrastructure; develop green economy, circular economy, digital economy and new economic models based on four pillars of industry, agriculture, urban and tourism according to the strategy "One center, two routes, three cities, four pillars, five centers of gravity”.
c) Fast, sustainable, comprehensive, inclusive development, maximizing human factor, taking people as the center, subject, resources, goals and driving force of development; administrative reform, improving investment and business environment and enhancing provincial competitiveness. Closely and effectively combine socio-economic development with ensuring national defense, security, environmental protection, nature conservation, biodiversity and proactive adaptation to climate change; effectively implement national target programs; Strengthen foreign affairs activities and international integration.
2. Development objectives until 2030
a) General objectives
Hau Giang has become a fairly good industrial province of the Mekong Delta; have a synchronous technical and social infrastructure system; There are dynamic economic, industrial and modern urban areas; Cultural and historical values are preserved and promoted; National defense, security, social order and safety are guaranteed; The people have a prosperous, civilized and happy life.
b) Specific objectives and targets
- Economic:
+ Average growth rate of gross regional product (GRDP) is 8.7%/year; GRDP per capita (current price) reaches over 150 million VND/year.
+ Proportion in GRDP of agriculture, forestry and fishery sector is about 14%; industrial - construction sector about 40%; service sector about 38%; Product tax minus product subsidies is about 8%.
+ Average labor productivity growth rate is 10.3%/year.
+ State budget revenue in area increased by an average of 15%/year.
+ Total investment capital for social development in a period of 2021 - 2030 reaches about 330 trillion VND. Proportion of investment capital accounts for about 39.5% of GRDP.
- About society:
+ Average population growth rate is about 1%/year.
+ Rate of trained workers reaches 80%, of which the rate of trained workers with degrees and certificates reaches 40%.
+ Rate of schools meeting national standards is about 90%.
+ Number of hospital beds/10,000 people reached 41 beds; number of doctors/10,000 people reached 12 doctors.
+ 100% of district and commune-level administrative units meet new rural standards; Of which, 50% of communes meet advanced new rural standards, 20% of communes meet model new rural standards.
+ Poverty rate decreases by an average of 1% each year.
- About resources and environment:
+ Forest coverage rate remains stable at 3%.
+ 100% of urban residents are provided with clean water through centralized water supply system; 100% of rural residents use clean water according to standards.
+ 98% of urban household waste is collected and treated according to standards and regulations. Of which, about 10% is processed by direct burial method.
+ 95% of rural household waste is collected and treated according to standards and regulations.
+ 98% of hazardous waste is collected, transported and treated according to standards and regulations.
+ 100% of medical waste is treated and destroyed according to regulations.
+ Over 50% of urban domestic wastewater is collected and treated to meet standards and regulations for class II urban areas; over 20% for the remaining urban areas.
+ 100% of industrial parks have centralized wastewater treatment systems that meet environmental standards.
- Regarding urban development and infrastructure:
+ Urbanization rate is about 37%; 100% of urban areas of type V or higher complete urban classification criteria in terms of urban infrastructure; ratio of traffic land to urban construction land reached over 16%; average green area per urban resident reaches 8 m2; Infrastructure of urban areas is invested synchronously and modernly.
3. Key tasks, breakthrough development
Implementing 5 strategic breakthroughs of the province including:
a) One Center (One Heart): Develop Chau Thanh district to become industrial and urban center of the province.
b) Two dynamic economic corridors (Two Routes): Develop two dynamic economic corridors: Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway connecting with Ho Chi Minh City and Chau Doc - Can Tho – Soc Trang expressway connects with Southern Song Hau provinces. Forming the province's key economic corridor.
c) Three urban centers (Ba Thanh): Develop and upgrade the province's urban centers, including: Vi Thanh city, Nga Bay city and Long My town; In which, Vi Thanh city is the political, economic, cultural and social center of the province.
d) Four economic pillars (Four Pillars): Modern industry, ecological agriculture, smart urban areas and quality tourism.
d) Five key tasks: Perfecting institutions and policies; develop quality human resources to serve various fields; administrative reform, improving business investment environment, enhancing competitiveness; completing infrastructure, especially transport and industrial infrastructure; socio-cultural development, improving material and spiritual life of the people.
4. Vision to 2050
Hau Giang is a province with a fairly developed level of the country, industrial production and logistics center of Mekong Delta; Comprehensive development of cultural and social fields, healthy living environment, proactive adaptation to climate change; national defense, security, social order and safety are guaranteed, people have a prosperous, civilized and happy life.
II. Key industry development directions; plan for organizing socio-economic activities
1. Development directions for key industries
a) Industry
Develop industry to become a key economic sector and strength of the province, forming a system of concentrated, modern, large-scale industrial zones and clusters with synchronous infrastructure to attract investment in the following industries: high-tech application industry, processing and manufacturing industry; energy industry, supporting industry; agricultural processing; logistics.
b) Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Developing high-tech, large-scale agriculture, along value chain associating with processing and building product brands; Transform structure of key products: fruit trees - rice - seafood. Form an area specializing in fruit tree cultivation, concentrated animal husbandry and high technology. Develop agriculture combined with eco-tourism, gardens, and rivers.
Develop aquaculture with key products being pangasius, tilapia and eel; associate processing with market expansion; Exploitation associated with resource protection. Develop forestry, increase economic value of production forests combined with tourism development.
c) Urban
Expand and upgrade urban areas, develop urban areas when conditions and criteria are met according to regulations associated with industry, build synchronous and modern technical infrastructure and social infrastructure according to urban standards that are green, smart, rich in identity and adaptive to climate change.
Build Vi Thanh city, Nga Bay city and Long My town into modern, central urban areas, supporting commercial activities, services and developing satellite cities.
d) Services and tourism
Rapidly develop and diversify types of services and tourism based on the province's potential and strengths; high quality, modern products and services with great added value; become a province with a well-developed trade, service and tourism industry in Mekong Delta, specifically:
- Tourism becomes an important economic sector, promoting development of other industries and fields. Diversify types of tourism and tourism products such as: eco-tourism, agricultural and rural tourism.
- Invest in commercial infrastructure in a civilized and modern direction, with a strong impact on supporting production and circulation of goods; promote e-commerce; Expanding domestic market, diversifying export markets associated with building product brands.
- Invest and build modern transportation and logistics infrastructure so that Hau Giang becomes a center connecting dynamic economic corridors and transshipping goods of the Mekong Delta.
2. Development directions of other industries and fields
a) Education and training; Job education
Comprehensively develop education and training towards standardization, modernization and international integration. Strong application of information technology and digital transformation to build a smart education platform. Build a team of qualified teachers and educational administrators. New construction and upgrading of facilities, equipment to meet requirements of basic and comprehensive innovation in education and training. Promote socialization of education and training at all levels.
Investing in construction of vocational education facilities to meet requirements of training a professional and highly skilled workforce associated with socio-economic development and career transformation, labor restructuring. Promote socialization and mobilize resources for development of vocational education and inclusive education.
b) Health and people's health care
Develop and perfect health system from provincial level to synchronous and modern facilities; Strengthening capacity and quality of healthcare at the grassroots level; diversify and improve quality of medical examination and treatment services to meet the people's health care requirements; Strengthen disease control and prevent and combat infectious diseases; focus on human resource training and investment in facilities; build the province's health sector combining specialized and specialized care with universal health care; between disease prevention and medical examination, treatment and rehabilitation; between traditional medicine and modern medicine. Encourage development of non-public healthcare, ensuring food safety and hygiene.
c) Science and technology
Innovate, apply science and technology and implement digital transformation to serve development of socio-economic sectors. Support businesses in digital transformation, technological innovation, startups, and improving competitiveness. Invest in complete construction of the province's digial technology park.
d) Culture and sports
Inheriting and promoting the identity, good traditional cultural values, and the spirit of "Indomitable, loyal, heroic" of Hau Giang's mother; Cultural development becomes a solid spiritual foundation, both a goal and a driving force for socio-economic development. Preserve, embellish and promote value of historical and cultural relics associated with tourism development. Take care of building grassroots cultural life, especially in rural areas, areas with concentrated industrial parks and industrial clusters.
Developing physical training and sports to improve people's physical and mental health; promote mass sports movement and high-performance sports in strong subjects; Investing and equipping physical facilities and human resources to develop physical education and sports. Encourage socialization of physical education and sports.
e) Labor, employment and social security
Fully and promptly implement regimes and policies for people with meritorious services. Implement a sustainable poverty reduction program associated with training support and job conversion for people to have sustainable livelihoods.
Implement well policies to promote gender equality, for advancement of women at all levels and fields. Ensure children's rights and create a safe and healthy living environment for children to develop comprehensively; care for children with special circumstances and lonely elderly people. Promote the prevention and control of social evils.
Implement policies on ethnicity, religion, and beliefs according to programs and projects; Support and improve material and spiritual lives of people, especially ethnic minorities.
Strengthen social assistance and protection work; Develop a network of diverse and capable social assistance facilities. Mobilize and effectively use social investment sources. Consolidate 50% of non-public establishments in the network of social assistance establishments; 90% of people in difficult circumstances receive advice and support from social assistance establishments.
f) Information and communication
Strengthen application of digital technology, build digital government, digital society and develop digital economy; Forming competitive digital technology businesses in the market.
Implement strong digital transformation in postal, radio, television, basic information, and foreign information, based on the application of modern information technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to collect and information processing, program production; Strengthen communication management on digital platforms.
g) National defense and security
Building an all-people national defense that meets mission requirements in all situations; building a people's security posture closely combined with an all-people defense posture; maintain political security, social order and safety. Ensuring layout of national defense and security land planning.
3. Plan for organizing socio-economic activities
Plan to organize socio-economic activities of the province includes 4 socio-economic regions and 2 economic corridors.
a) Development of 04 socio-economic regions:
- Central region includes Vi Thanh city and Vi Thuy district, of which Vi Thanh city is the political, economic, socio-cultural center of the province. Organize socio-economic activities: Urban, tourism and agriculture applying high technology.
- Urban - Industrial region includes Chau Thanh district, Chau Thanh A district, is driving force for socio-economic development of the province, organizing socio-economic activities: Industry, urban, logistics and tourism.
- Industry - Ecotourism Region includes Nga Bay city and Phung Hiep district, organizing socio-economic activities: Industry, urban, tourism and ecological agriculture.
- Urban - Ecological Agriculture region includes Long My town and Long My district. Organize socio-economic activities: Focused agricultural development, high-tech application, urban areas and tourism.
b) Developing 02 economic corridors:
Economic corridor is determined by the highways: Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang and Can Tho - Ca Mau. Organize socio-economic activities: industry, urban and logistics.
c) Areas that need conservation and limited development
Areas in need of conservation: Historical and cultural relics; special forest
Areas that need to limit development: Buffer zones of above conservation areas and areas at risk of natural disasters.
III. Plan for development of urban system and territorial organization of rural areas
1. Plan for arranging district and commune-level administrative units
Review and arrange district and commune-level administrative units in a period of 2021 - 2030 according to Resolution No.37-NQ/TW dated December 24, 2018, Conclusion No.48-KL/TW dated January 30, 2023 of Politburo and Resolution No.595/NQ-UBTVQH15 dated September 12, 2022 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on continuing to implement policy of arranging district and commune-level administrative units for a period of 2021 - 2030.
Name, geography and specific arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units shall be implemented according to decision of competent authority.
2. Urban system development plan
Develop a harmonious urban system, suitable to culture, potential and advantages of each urban area and use land economically and effectively. Adjusting administrative boundaries of current urban areas that do not ensure area standards.
By 2030, the province will have about 19 urban areas, of which: 01 urban area of type II, 02 urban areas of type III, 02 urban areas of type IV, 14 urban areas of type V. Establishment of 02 towns from Chau Thanh district and Chau Thanh A district; with 04 urban areas as provincial-level general and specialized centers including:
- Vi Thanh city is a grade II urban area, the political, administrative, economic, trade, service and tourism center of the province. Organize urban space along both sides of Xang Xa No canal; Connecting with Can Tho city and urban areas according to transportation network.
- Nga Bay city is a grade III urban area, developing trade, services and tourism; is the easternmost development pole of Hau Giang province.
- Long My town is a grade III urban area, a hub for transshipment and high-tech agricultural product processing; connecting with Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau provinces along National Highway 61B and Can Tho - Ca Mau Expressway; develop ecological, cultural and historical tourism.
- Chau Thanh Town is a grade IV urban area, developing industrial urban areas, economic and science and technology center of the province.
3. Plan for organizing rural areas
Proactively review and organize population rearrangement in rural areas, especially places at high risk of landslides to ensure people's safety. Rural development follows a new rural model associated with concentrated, large-scale agricultural production areas, in a green, sustainable and modern direction; forming specialized areas for key agricultural products of the province; Transform structure of fruit trees and concentrated livestock farming with high technology in accordance with natural characteristics, customs and culture of each region, adapt to climate change and market needs.
Develop synchronous technical and social infrastructure with high connectivity; Developing production associated with processing, building, positioning product brands and diversifying consumer markets.
Developing traditional craft villages associated with the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program; Developing agricultural and rural tourism associated with preserving and promoting traditional heritage and culture.
4. Inter-district construction planning plan
The province has 04 inter-district regions: (1) Vi Thanh city and Vi Thuy district; (2) Nga Bay city and Phung Hiep district; (3) Chau Thanh district and Chau Thanh A district; (4) Long My town and Long My district.
Develop inter-district regional planning to ensure compliance with development orientation, combining with economic space and economic corridors of the province.
5. District construction planning plan
- Chau Thanh district is a driving force of the province, developing industry, urban areas and tourism.
- Chau Thanh A district develops industry and tourism.
- Phung Hiep district develops industry and urban areas.
- Long My district develops agriculture applying high technology, industry and services.
- Vi Thuy district develops agriculture applying high technology, associated with brand building.
6. Develop difficult and especially difficult areas
Fully implement national target programs. Promote investment in technical and social infrastructure, especially transport, information - communication, health and education infrastructure.
IV. Plan for development of functional areas
1. Plan for development of industrial parks and industrial clusters
- Attract investors with financial capacity, experience, management skills and modern technology into industries with high technology content, high added value and environmental friendliness.
- Establish 07 industrial parks with a total area of about 1,741 hectares when meeting all conditions and standards as prescribed; Research to establish 07 new industrial parks with a total area of about 7,200 hectares in case of supplementing and adjusting plan criteria and land use plans and meeting conditions prescribed by law on industrial parks.
- Complete investment procedures for 7 industrial clusters and research and establish 6 new industrial clusters when eligible and supplement planning and land use plans.
2. Plan for developing agricultural areas
a) Concentrated agricultural production areas
- High quality rice area with an area of about 35,000 hectares, in Long My town, Vi Thanh city and districts: Chau Thanh A, Phung Hiep, Vi Thuy, Long My.
- Fruit tree areas such as lemon, jackfruit, mango, custard apple, durian and some other fruit trees suitable for natural conditions and soil according to 03 irrigation zones (high tide area; water border area; area alum, salinity).
- Vegetable, fruit and food production area covers an area of about 8,000 hectares, in Long My town and districts: Chau Thanh A, Phung Hiep, Long My, Vi Thuy.
- Specialized aquaculture development area, an area of about 8,000 hectares (intensive production of all kinds, pangasius mainly in Chau Thanh district, Phung Hiep district and Nga Bay city; lat fish and field fish in districts, towns and cities).
b) High-tech agricultural park
Developing a high-tech agricultural zone in Long My district with an area of about 415 hectares; Remaining area of about 4,785 hectares will be developed for industrial development when conditions and criteria are met and decided and approved by competent authorities.
3. Plan for developing research and training areas
New construction and expansion of research and training areas in the province in a period of 2021 - 2030 with a total area of about 352 hectares.
4. Plan for developing fitness and sports areas
New construction and expansion of fitness and sports areas in the province in a period of 2021 - 2030 with a total area of about 537 hectares, including 3 golf courses in districts: Chau Thanh, Phung Hiep and Long My.
5. Plans for developing conservation areas and areas that need to be preserved, renovated, and restored to historical-cultural relics and scenic spots
Preserving, repairing and restoring national and provincial-level conservation areas and relics and areas that need to be preserved, repaired and restored to historical-cultural relics and scenic spots. Preserve and promote intangible cultural heritage. Orientation for building relics when recognized by competent authorities and upgrading and embellishing recognized historical relics.
6. National defense and security area
Build military zones and security zones to ensure posture and be ready to serve national defense tasks; Meet requirements of task of protecting security and maintaining social order and safety in each region and locality in the province.
Arrange enough land to build defense and security projects in the province according to zoning plans and detailed plans on defense and security approved by competent authorities.
V. Technical infrastructure development plan
1. Plan to develop transportation and logistics network
Develop a transportation network in accordance with plans and development plans of national transportation industry, synchronously and modernly, with multi-modal connections, promoting regional connectivity, ensuring traffic safety and adaptability with climate change.
a) Road
- Expressways and national highways are implemented according to the plans and road network development plan for a period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050:
+ Construction of 03 expressway routes passing through Hau Giang province: Eastern North - South Expressway (CT.01); Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang Expressway (CT.34); Ha Tien - Rach Gia - Bac Lieu Expressway (CT.35).
+ Expand and upgrade national highways in the province according to approved plan.
- Road routes managed by the province:
+ Renovate and upgrade 15 existing roads and build 06 new provincial roads; Prioritize investment resources for highway and regional connection projects to promote economic corridors and promote development of the province and the region.
+ Renovate, upgrade and invest in district roads according to plan, in accordance with district construction plan.
+ Build, renovate and upgrade rural transportation system in accordance with district construction plan, meeting criteria for new rural districts, advanced new rural areas and model new rural areas.
+ Develop bus stations in districts, towns, cities and industrial parks to ensure compliance with district plan and urban plan.
- Provincial roads connect highways and connect the Region
+ North - South Expressway: Deploy investment in roads connecting Chau Thanh, Phung Hiep, Vi Thuy, Long My districts.
+ Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang Expressway: Implement investment in roads connecting with Chau Thanh A and Phung Hiep districts.
+ Ha Tien - Rach Gia - Bac Lieu Expressway: Implement investment in roads connecting with Long My district.
+ Provincial roads connecting the region: Planning Hau Giang's traffic routes to connect with key regional roads to promote links such as: Lo Te - Rach Soi expressway; Quan Lo - Phung Hiep National Highway; Highway 63; National Highway 61C with route N1; route connecting Vi Thanh city with Can Tho city; Eastern coastal road.
b) Ports and inland waterways
- Deploy seaports according to master plan for developing Vietnam's seaport system for a period of 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050, plans, policies, solutions and resources to implement master plan for development Vietnam seaport system in a period of 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister.
- Inland waterway traffic routes, ports and anchorage areas are implemented according to the plan and national development plan, specifically:
+ Plan for 03 main waterway transport routes, 03 inland waterways and 02 port clusters managed by the Central Government according to Decision No.1829/QD-TTg dated October 31, 2021 of the Prime Minister approving final plan of inland waterway transport infrastructure in a period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.
+ Plan of the province for 09 inland waterways and a system of locally managed inland port clusters including: Gasoline and oil ports; The port serves operations of a number of factories and industrial parks; The port serves goods and passengers. Construction scale meets the capacity of ships from 500 tons to 2,000 tons and passenger ships with 250 seats.
+ Develop ports and inland wharves in accordance with specialized plans, ensuring connection between waterway and ministry transportation methods to serve the province's socio-economic development, security and defense.
c) Dry port and logistics center
- New construction of 01 dry port in Chau Thanh district, area of 05 hectares, capacity of 50,000 TEU/year.
- New construction of 05 logistics centers including: (1) Nga Bay City Logistics Center; (2) Vi Thanh city logistics center; (3) Chau Thanh A district logistics center; (4) Cold Store Logistics Hau Giang project; (5) Mekong Distribution Warehouse Project.
2. Power supply network development plan
Develop a unified and synchronous power supply network in accordance with viewpoints, goals, orientations, plans, criteria and arguments according to the National Electricity Development Plan for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 (Power Plan VIII) approved by the Prime Minister and relevant decisions and regulations of competent authorities.
a) Regarding power source:
Invest in unified and synchronous power source projects in accordance with plans, conditions, criteria and arguments in national electricity development plan for a period of 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 (Plan Power Plan VIII), plan for implementing power plan VIII and relevant decisions and regulations of competent authorities.
b) Transmission network
- 500 kV high voltage power grid: New construction of Song Hau - Duc Hoa sections (phase 2).
- 220 kV high voltage power grid: New construction of Chau Thanh (Hau Giang) section - O Mon - Soc Trang branch; Upgrade and renovate Chau Thanh transformer station. Total capacity in the province is about 500 MVA.
c) Power distribution network
- 110 kV high voltage power grid: Renovate and upgrade existing lines; Build new power supply connection lines for 110 kV stations, ensuring N-1 criteria.
- Medium voltage power grid: Renovate and build new main and branch branches to ensure power supply to residential areas. Increase cross-section and loop connection of medium voltage trunk lines to effectively exploit 110 kV transformer stations. Develop power grids for industrial parks, industrial clusters, residential areas, urban areas, and other socio-economic establishments in the province.
3. Plan for developing information and communication networks
- Develop postal services towards perfecting the quality of digital services; Effectively exploit and apply the address code platform, QR code identifier, and people's electronic authentication identifier (PostlD). Digitizing the provision of traditional postal services on the basis of the PostlD platform.
- Develop telecommunications infrastructure network, focusing on improving the quality of broadband mobile networks; Build and develop the provincial data sharing and integration platform (LGSP). Build a database of industries and fields and integrate it into the province's shared data warehouse according to national digital transformation program.
- Developing multimedia and multi-platform broadcasting and television infrastructure; Modernize basic information network and apply technology to meet information needs of the people. Develop journalism and communications industry in a professional, humane and modern direction. Form and develop a safe and convenient digital environment for sustainable development.
4. Plan for developing irrigation and water supply networks
a) Irrigation network development plan
- Develop modern irrigation networks, proactively supply and drain water to serve agricultural production and people's livelihood; in accordance with zoning plans, natural disaster prevention and control planning and irrigation.
- Proactive solutions to adapt to the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, riverbank erosion, floods, high tides, saltwater intrusion, and upstream flow degradation; promptly protect water sources and protect ecological environment.
- The irrigation network is divided into 3 regions:
+ Region I (high tide), including: Chau Thanh district, Chau Thanh A district, Nga Bay city and part of Phung Hiep district.
+ Region II (bordering water), including: Phung Hiep district, Vi Thuy district and part of the area of Long My town.
+ Region III (alum and salinity areas) includes: Long My district, Long My town, Vi Thanh city and part of area of Vi Thuy district.
- Rivers, canals and dykes: Reinforce key landslide points; Dredging level 1, 2, 3 vertical and horizontal canals to receive fresh water from Hau river. Upgrade electric pumping stations to serve agricultural production.
b) Water supply network development plan
- Water supply zoning into 4 sub-regions:
+ Sub-region 1: Water source from Xa No canal, Ap Cau Sang canal and Nang Mau canal supplying water to Vi Thanh city, Chau Thanh A district, Phung Hiep district, Vi Thuy district.
+ Sub-region 2: Water source from Cai Lon river supplies water to Long My town and Long My district.
+ Sub-region 3: Water source from Hau River supplies water to Chau Thanh district.
+ Sub-region 4: Water source from Cai Con canal, Ngang canal and Bun Tau canal supplying water to Nga Bay city and Phung Hiep district.
- Water supply focal works:
+ Construction of a clean water supply plant under Hau River 1 water plant cluster according to Decision No. 287/QD-TTg dated February 28, 2022 of the Prime Minister on approving Mekong Delta region plan for a period of 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050, total capacity of 400,000 - 600,000 m3/day and night.
+ Invest in expanding freshwater Lake to 100 hectares in Vi Thuy district to provide water for Vi Thanh city and Vi Thuy district.
+ Urban water supply: Construction of 02 water plants in Vi Thuy district; renovate and upgrade 02 works in Chau Thanh district; Repair and maintenance of 10 projects.
+ Rural water supply: Construction of a water plant in Long My district. Renovate and upgrade 7 factories in Chau Thanh district, Chau Thanh A district and Vi Thuy district.
5. Plans for developing wastewater and waste treatment areas
a) Plan for developing surface water and wastewater treatment systems
- Urban and rural surface water and rainwater drain through canals into rivers.
- New urban areas must ensure the collection and treatment of wastewater before discharging into the environment. For the remaining urban areas, strive to have 20% of wastewater collected and treated according to regulations and standards.
- Industrial parks, industrial clusters, craft villages, and medical facilities wastewater must be collected and treated according to current regulations.
- Construction of 4 wastewater treatment plants in Vi Thanh city, Nga Bay city and Long My town.
b) Waste treatment system development plan
- Strive to complete and put into use 2 waste generators in Phung Hiep district by 2025 with a capacity of 600 tons/day to ensure centralized treatment of all domestic and industrial waste generated in the area.
- Renovate Kinh Cung landfill; Closing Tan Tien and Long My landfills before 2025.
- Hazardous industrial solid waste and hazardous waste are collected, transported and transferred to units with treatment functions; Medical waste is collected and treated according to regulations.
c) Cemetery areas, funeral homes, cremation facilities
- Build crematoriums and cemeteries far from residential areas, far from water sources, ensuring regulations and standards according to regulations. Continue to review, relocate, and close cemeteries that do not meet the prescribed criteria.
- New construction of the Provincial Funeral House in Vi Thuy district.
6. Plan for development of fire prevention, fighting and rescue
Investing in the construction of fire prevention, fire fighting and rescue infrastructure projects in districts, towns, cities, industrial parks, industrial clusters, craft villages, urban areas, densely populated areas, headquarters and key areas at risk of fire and explosion, ensuring convenient transportation, water sources, and communications, in accordance with the National Sector Planning on fire prevention, fighting, and rescue infrastructure, households, meeting current regulations. Each district has 01 fire prevention, fighting and rescue team.
VI. Social infrastructure development plan
1. Plan for developing a network of medical and health care facilities
- Develop the health system to meet the people's medical examination and treatment needs; Improve the operational efficiency of the preventive medicine and disease control system. Develop medical human resources that meet standards in quality, quantity, and structure.
- Investment in new construction of Long My Town General Hospital, Provincial Traditional Medicine Hospital; upgrading Hau Giang Provincial General Hospital and Nga Bay City General Hospital; renovate and upgrade facilities and medical equipment at 03 provincial-level specialized hospitals; Invest in upgrading and renovating district medical centers; Build, renovate, upgrade, consolidate and complete commune-level medical stations in the province in accordance with the socio-economic conditions and medical examination and treatment needs of each area.
- Encourage the development of non-public healthcare to contribute to meeting people's health care and protection needs; in accordance with land use planning and requirements for socio-economic development and people's health care.
2. Plan to develop the network of education and training establishments; Job education
- Continue to arrange the school system for preschool and general education establishments towards synchronization, standardization and modernization; Focus resources to invest in building facilities and teaching equipment to meet national standard school requirements; Investing in upgrading boarding schools for ethnic minorities.
- Encourage socialization and development of non-public educational and training establishments in accordance with the local educational and training development situation; Focus on developing private preschool and high school systems in industrial parks, industrial clusters and new urban areas.
- Upgrade continuing education centers in districts, towns and cities to ensure teaching and learning requirements, especially skills and career training to improve the quality of human resources for development important and strategic sectors and fields of the province. Invest in facilities, teachers, and innovate the content of vocational education programs;
- Build Hau Giang Community College to meet standards; strengthen employment service centers; Socialize vocational education, associate with quality training and vocational education establishments in other localities to create a source of highly skilled labor to meet human resource requirements for industrial parks , industrial cluster in the province.
3. Cultural development plan
Complete the system of cultural institutions, invest in the construction of provincial-level cultural works that meet standards, meeting the people's needs for creativity and enjoyment of cultural values.
Continue to invest in embellishing, protecting, and effectively exploiting historical and cultural relics; Research, collect and preserve cultural heritage and fine customs of ethnic minorities in the province.
Rearrange 03 units: Provincial Cultural Center, Film Distribution and Screening Center and Traditional Music and Dance Troupe into Hau Giang Provincial Cultural and Arts Center; Build facilities and improve operational quality.
4. Plan for sports development
Investing in key cultural and sports projects; Upgrading and renovating sports facilities in cities, towns and districts. Develop modern sports centers and gymnasiums to meet diverse needs for cultural and sports exchanges. Encourage the socialization of sports projects, create favorable conditions for organizations and individuals to participate in infrastructure investment, and comprehensively develop the field of physical education and sports.
5. Plans for developing trade centers, fairs and exhibitions
Developing modern commercial infrastructure associated with logistics and supply chain services, effectively exploiting economic corridors; Strengthen linkages and cooperation in commodity market trade of the province with provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta and other potential markets.
Investing in developing a system of commercial centers, supermarkets, e-commerce floors, shopping centers, convenience store chains, and general stores; develop street trade and night economy.
Invest in new construction, renovation and upgrading of wholesale and traditional markets to meet the requirements of supply and consumption of goods.
Encourage investment in developing logistics centers, meeting local and regional economic development needs.
Build an infrastructure system to supply and reserve petroleum and gas to ensure adequate and safe socio-economic development, security and defense of the province and the region. Upgrading and expanding the existing petroleum warehouse system, including: Southern Song Hau Petroleum Warehouse, Hau Giang Petroleum Terminal Warehouse, Thien Phuoc Petroleum Warehouse with a total capacity of about 164,000 m3.
New construction of condensate processing plant with capacity of 0.5 - 1.0 million tons/year (according to Decision No. 893/QD-TTg dated July 26, 2023 of the Prime Minister on National Energy Master Plan ).
6. Plans for developing social protection and social assistance facilities
Upgrading and expanding the scale of the Provincial Social Work Center; Develop 08 points providing voluntary drug addiction treatment and addiction treatment services at families and communities in 08 districts, towns and cities.
Encourage organizations, individuals, and businesses to invest in new construction of non-public social assistance facilities.
VII. Plan for land allocation and zoning
1. Land resources are investigated, evaluated, statistically, inventoried, and fully accounted for in the economy and are planned to be used effectively, reasonably, economically, and sustainably with a long-term vision; meets the requirements of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense, security, environmental protection, and adaptation to climate change. Ensuring reasonable land use arrangement on the basis of balancing the land use needs of industries and fields in accordance with the targets of the National Land Use Planning for a period of 2021 - 2030 allocated by the Prime Minister .
2. Norms for the area of conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land, residential land, and land for infrastructure development are calculated and determined on the basis of compliance with national land use norms and development orientations, sectors, fields and local development needs to implement development plans according to space, territory and infrastructure projects and report to competent authorities for consideration and decision.
3. The implementation of projects after the Hau Giang Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030 with a vision to 2050 is approved must ensure compliance with land use planning targets for the period 2021 - 2030, the plan National land use for 05 years 2021 - 2025 allocated to Hau Giang province according to Decision No. 326/QD-TTg dated March 9, 2022 of the Prime Minister and adjustment and supplement decisions (if any) of the Prime Minister.
4. The People's Committee of Hau Giang province is responsible for developing provincial-level land use plans, district-level land use planning and plans in accordance with land allocation and zoning plans according to functional areas and land types in the Provincial Planning as a basis for land recovery for purposes of national defense, security, socio-economic development, and for national and public interests according to the provisions of law.
VIII. Plan for environmental protection, nature conservation and biodiversity; protect, exploit and use resources; prevent and combat natural disasters and adapt to climate change
1. Plan for environmental protection, nature conservation and biodiversity
a) Regarding environmental zoning
Strictly protected area: Concentrated residential areas in urban areas, urban areas, urban areas, surface water sources supply water for daily life of water plants according to legal regulations on water resources, special-use forests, historical and cultural relics according to the provisions of the law on heritage.
Emission restriction areas: Inner city areas, inner cities of class IV and V urban areas, surface water protection corridors used for domestic water supply according to the provisions of the Law on Water Resources, water entertainment areas , buffer zone of Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve, areas with sensitive and vulnerable factors.
Other environmental protection zones are the remaining areas in the province.
b) Regarding nature conservation and biodiversity
Strengthen biodiversity conservation activities to minimize the impact of natural disasters and climate change; conserve and develop natural ecosystems, wild animals, endangered, precious and rare plant varieties and livestock. Control and minimize threats to biodiversity; Improve forest coverage, prevent and stop forest encroachment and illegal exploitation.
c) Regarding monitoring of environmental quality and water resources
Develop infrastructure, arrange monitoring locations for each type of environment; Build an automatic environmental monitoring station, monitor water environment, air environment, and periodically monitor sediment environment.
d) Regarding sustainable development of special-use forests, protection forests, production forests and development of forestry infrastructure
The total area of forest land in the province is 1,751 hectares, including 1,482 hectares of special-use forests and 269 hectares of production forests.
Implement sustainable and strict forest management plans; capacity building and synchronous investment in technical infrastructure to serve forest management and protection; forest fire prevention and fighting.
2. Plan for protection, exploitation and use of resources
a) Regarding protection, exploration, exploitation and use of resources
Exploit and use mineral resources reasonably and economically, ensuring current needs, taking into account future mineral needs, without affecting the environment, ensuring national defense and security.
The plan to protect the exploration and exploitation of sand and minerals as construction materials in the province must be consistent with the planning and plans for exploration, exploitation and processing of construction materials approved by competent authorities. .
Delineate 10 areas for protection, exploration, exploitation for use as construction materials and 6 peat mine areas.
Delineate 05 brick and tile clay mines, with a total area of 1,870 hectares, resource reserves of about 22 million m3. For sand minerals used for leveling, continue to explore and exploit the Hau River sand mine of the previous planning period (area of 196 hectares); Exploration and determination of reserves in the remaining 84 hectares.
Stop peat exploration and exploitation activities after 2030.
b) Delineate prohibited areas and temporarily ban mineral activities
Areas banned from mineral activities and areas temporarily banned from mineral activities in the province are implemented according to approved decisions and provisions of law.
3. Plan for exploiting, using and protecting water resources; Prevent and overcome consequences and harmful effects caused by water
a) Water resources zoning:
Divided into 5 regions including: Sub-region I (East of National Highway 1A); Sub-region II (North of Xa No canal); Sub-region III (South of Xa No canal - North of Nang Mau canal); Sub-region IV (South of Nang Mau canal - North of Lai Hieu and Cai Lon canals); Sub-region V (South of Lai Hieu - Xeo Chit canal).
b) Allocation of water resources
The order of priority for water source allocation to users during the planning period is arranged from high to low as follows: Domestic; industry; tourism, services; agriculture; Seafood.
Under normal conditions, the water source is sufficient, the allocation ensures 100% of water demand; Prioritize water supply for daily life, social security, and production industries with high socio-economic efficiency.
In case of drought or water shortage, the allocation ratio for water exploitation and users is 100% for domestic use, 90% for industry, 85% for tourism and services, 80% for agriculture, and 75% for fisheries. %.
c) Protect water resources
Implement measures to limit underground water exploitation and prevent degradation and depletion of underground water sources; Build a network to monitor and supervise the exploitation and use of water resources, especially areas at risk of water resource depletion; Build water source protection corridors according to regulations.
d) Backup water source for domestic water supply
The underground water source allocated for exploitation in the whole province is about 125,800 m3/day, with priority given to domestic use. Backup underground water source for domestic water supply in case of water pollution incidents.
Expanding Fresh Water Lake in Vinh Tuong commune, Vi Thuy district.
In places where there is fresh water from rivers and main canals, it is brought to reservoirs and surface water stations, put into treatment tanks, and then distributed to each residential area.
d) Solutions to improve the quality and effectiveness of prevention, control, remediation, warning, forecasting and minimizing harmful effects caused by water
Urban areas, residential areas, traffic works, and riverside production activities must not obstruct the flow causing flooding, ensuring drainage capacity.
Strictly manage sand mining activities and other production activities that have an impact on increasing landslides of riverbeds, banks, and beaches.
4. Plans to prevent and combat natural disasters and adapt to climate change
a) Zoning risks for each type of natural disaster in the province and identifying priority areas for prevention and control of each type of natural disaster, in which landslide prevention and control is divided into 2 areas:
- Areas with high risk of landslides: Chau Thanh district, Chau Thanh A district, part of Phung Hiep district and Nga Bay city.
- Areas with low risk of landslides: The remaining localities of the province.
b) Plan for natural disaster risk management and climate change adaptation
Forecast and warn of natural disasters and climate change promptly and effectively, ensuring the infrastructure system's ability to adapt to climate change.
Invest in the construction of irrigation works to actively and effectively respond to the adverse impacts of drought, saltwater intrusion, flooding, subsidence, and river bank erosion, with a harmonious combination of structural solutions and non-structural solutions. Ensuring safety against adverse impacts caused by water-related natural disasters to urban areas, residential areas, and production activities.
IX. List of priority investment projects
On the basis of the development orientation of key industries and fields, identify important projects that create driving force for growth and socio-economic development to determine projects and their order. Prioritize investment and attract investment. The scale, total investment capital, investment phasing and capital source of the projects will be calculated, selected and determined specifically during the preparation and approval stages of investment projects in accordance with needs and capabilities, balance and mobilize local resources from time to time, ensuring correct orientation and legal regulations.
Priority investment projects in the province have been identified in the National Master Plan, National Land Use Plan, Mekong Delta Plan, National Sector Plan, and will be implemented. Follow the resolutions and decisions approving the above plans.
X. Solutions and resources to implement planning
1. Solutions for mobilizing investment capital
Develop mechanisms and policies to encourage investment; Focus on mobilizing resources for development investment, balancing the state budget, and allocating priority investment capital to important technical and social infrastructure to attract investment to implement socio-economic development; socialize the fields of education and training, health care, environmental protection and other social welfare fields.
Strengthen public-private partnership (PPP) on the basis of improving the investment environment, administrative reform, and enhancing provincial competitiveness (PCI); have breakthrough policies to develop strategic infrastructure, focusing on developing the private economic sector, especially large-scale enterprises and FDI enterprises; Improve the business investment environment, promote bank-business linkages, and help investors improve the efficiency of investment capital.
2. Solutions for human resource development
Developing high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of socio-economic development, improving competitiveness and integration of the economy.
Develop policies to attract high-quality human resources, skilled workers, skills, and vocational training; create conditions for workers to work stably, ensuring material and spiritual life; effectively use human resources for economic sectors, especially for processing, manufacturing, energy and logistics industries.
Improve public service ethics and strengthen administrative discipline and order; Carry out well the recruitment, planning, training, fostering, arrangement and use of cadres, civil servants and public employees with sufficient qualities, capacity and prestige to serve the people; Attract, value and treat talented people.
Strengthen links with reputable and quality institutes, universities, and training centers; Coordinate between levels and sectors to organize training and fostering programs to improve the qualifications of officials, civil servants and public employees of the province.
3. Environmental, scientific and technological solutions
Promote the application of achievements of science and technology, especially digital technology in all socio-economic fields; promote the province's digital transformation process; building e-government, digital government and smart cities.
Research, deploy and invest in facilities, international cooperation and science and technology market integration; Appropriate budget allocation for investment in science, technology, and innovation, ensuring at least 2% of total annual state budget expenditure and gradually increasing according to science and technology development requirements.
Strengthen appraisal of investment projects and environmental monitoring, improve climate change resilience for socio-economic infrastructure systems. Build a warning system and identify risks. Carry out information, propaganda and environmental protection work well.
Promote the development of green economy and circular economy in industry and agriculture.
Support the development of creative start-ups and high-tech enterprises, closely linking production and business with research and training at universities and colleges, towards the formation of gardens, startup incubator and research laboratory.
Integrate resources from relevant programs and projects to develop science, technology, and digital transformation; mobilize investment resources from businesses, communities and other legal funding sources; Promote solutions to connect supply and demand in the science and technology market.
4. Solutions on development linkage mechanisms and policies
a) Regional, national and international cooperation
Regional and national cooperation: Building infrastructure and providing logistics services and specific support services for agricultural exports; Cooperate with provinces and cities to develop tourist routes; Encourage cooperation between businesses, unions, and industry associations; Prioritize public investment capital for linked projects.
International cooperation: Complete information collection, connection and data sharing for key markets, countries and potential partners; proactively seek and cooperate with international organizations and non-governmental organizations.
b) Sectors that need priority for cooperation
Industry: Develop processing industry on the basis of linking product chain development; Supporting industries serve industrial parks in the region.
Agricultural products: Regional cooperation through focal centers for collecting, processing and distributing products to serve the domestic and export markets.
Urban: Developing smart urban space is part of the region's urban development chain, meeting the diverse needs of many customer groups.
Tourism: Connect with provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta to develop tourist routes, aiming to become the region's tourism center.
c) Solutions on institutional improvement, administrative reform, and strengthening the capacity of the government apparatus
Promote administrative reform, improve the capacity of government apparatus at all levels in implementing planning and applying information technology in management; Decentralization and decentralization of power go hand in hand with improving the responsibility of heads of agencies, organizations and units.
Publicly announce the planning; Review, adjust and supplement to synchronize district construction planning, district-level land use planning and other planning according to the provisions of law.
5. Solutions for management and control of urban and rural development
Improve government capacity to meet management requirements for urban and rural areas. Develop and implement mechanisms and policies to develop modern, smart and environmentally friendly urban centers.
Strict management, ensuring synchronous construction of social and technical infrastructure systems. Continue to effectively implement urban development projects and programs to adapt to climate change, prevent and combat natural disasters and epidemics; build new rural areas in accordance with urbanization orientation.
Economic development of urban areas; financial and investment policies for urban development; combine urban development with tourism.
6. Solutions for organizing and supervising the implementation of the Plan
Develop a plan to implement the planning, regularly update and concretize the planning contents into 5-year and annual plans. All levels and sectors review, adjust and supplement development programs and plans to ensure compliance with approved planning. During the implementation process, regularly monitor and periodically evaluate the results of planning implementation according to regulations.
The organization and implementation of planning needs to be innovated to meet the requirements of practice and legal regulations. Organize a dedicated staff with enough capacity for effective and efficient management to successfully implement the Plan.
XI. Implementation organization
1. Hau Giang province planning for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050 approved in this Decision is the basis for establishing and adjusting urban plan, rural plan and technical and specialized industry plan in Hau Giang province according to relevant laws.
2. Responsibilities of the People's Committee of Hau Giang province:
a) Organize and publicize plan of Hau Giang province for a period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 according to the provisions of law on plan.
b) Review and complete the system of diagrams, maps, databases, and provincial planning documents to ensure consistency with the content of this Decision; Responsible for the accuracy of data, documents, diagrams, maps and databases in Hau Giang Province Planning Documents.
c) Responsible for comprehensive management of Provincial Planning; guide, assign, decentralize, coordinate, control and ensure full implementation of principles, processes, procedures and regulations during the implementation of the Planning; Research and apply information technology and geographic information systems (GIS) in planning management and implementation.
d) Develop and submit for promulgation the Provincial Planning Implementation Plan; Organize the implementation of planning associated with directing the implementation of socio-economic development tasks; Periodically organize the assessment of planning implementation and review and adjust the Provincial Planning according to the provisions of law.
d) Research, develop and promulgate according to authority or submit to competent authorities to promulgate mechanisms, policies and solutions to attract investment, ensure financial resources, social security, national defense and security. , developing human resources, science, technology, and environmental protection to implement the goals, tasks and directions identified in the Provincial Plan.
e) Organize the preparation and adjustment of urban planning, rural planning, and technical and specialized planning to ensure consistency and synchronization with the Provincial Planning; Strengthen inspection and supervision of planning implementation; Strictly handle violating organizations and individuals according to the provisions of law.
g) Organize a review of Hau Giang province plan for a period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 to ensure compliance with relevant master plans and plans approved by competent authorities; Make adjustments to the Provincial Planning in case of conflicting content as prescribed in Point c, Clause 1, Article 2 of Resolution No. 61/2022/QH15 dated June 16, 2022 of the National Assembly, and report to the Prime Minister for reviewing, consideration, decision.
h) For projects expected to invest after 2030, if there is an investment need to serve socio-economic development and resources can be mobilized for implementation, synthesize and report to the competent authority for approval and Favorable for earlier investment.
3. Approval or decision on investment policies and implementation of programs, projects, and schemes, including projects that have not been identified in industry, field and development plans, functional areas, technical infrastructure, social infrastructure and the list of priority investment projects issued together with this Decision must be consistent with the contents specified in Article 1 of this Decision, ensuring comply with relevant current legal regulations; At the same time, the person deciding on investment policies is fully responsible before the law for his or her decision.
During the process of researching and implementing specific projects, the competent authority approving or deciding on the investment policy is fully responsible before the law for determining the location, area, scale, and technology. The rate and phasing of investment in works and projects are consistent with the ability to mobilize resources, practical development requirements of the province and in accordance with current relevant legal regulations.
For projects and works that are being reviewed and handled according to the conclusions of inspection, examination, investigation, audit and enforcement of judgments (if any), they will only be implemented after they have been fully implemented contents according to inspection, examination, investigation, audit conclusions, judgments (if any) and approved by competent authorities, ensuring compliance with current regulations.
4. Chairman of the People's Committee of Hau Giang province is fully responsible before the law for the accuracy of the contents, information, data, documents, diagrams, maps, and databases in Planning profile of Hau Giang province for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050; Received opinions, explanations, and reservations regarding appraisal, review, and comments from relevant ministries, branches, localities, organizations, and individuals; The annexes issued with this Decision ensure suitability, synchronization and consistency with relevant planning; Seriously and fully implement the commitments in Official Dispatch No. 1780/UBND-NCTH dated November 17, 2023 of the People's Committee of Hau Giang province.
5. Relevant ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and Government agencies within the scope of assigned functions and tasks are responsible for guiding the People's Committee of Hau Giang province in the planning implementation process; Coordinate with the People's Committee of Hau Giang province in proposing mechanisms, policies, solutions, mobilizing and allocating resources to effectively implement the objectives and orientations of the planning to ensure unity and synchronization with the implementation of the 10-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2021 - 2030, strategies, planning, industry and field development plans and local socio-economic development plans.

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