(CPV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for the socio-economic development of the Mong Cai border gate economic zone in Quang Ninh province until 2020, with a vision to 2030.
As planned, the economic zone will include the whole of Mong Cai city with 17 communes, precincts and 9 communes and towns of Hai Ha district.
The plan targets developing the economic zone in the city as a dynamic and sustainable economic centre of growth for Quang Ninh province and the northern key economic region with comprehensive and modern infrastructure, perfect service network, increasing material supply, the standards of living, ensuring the national defense and security and being a firm defense line to protect national border sovereignty.
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A corner of Mong Cai city. (Photo: QTV) |
The plan sets a target of achieving GDP growth rate of 17.7% per year by 2020, with an average growth rate for the service sector from 18% to 20% per year, industry from 20% to 22% per year and agriculture from 6% to 8% per year. Nominal GDP per capita will reach about USD10,000.
By 2030, the economic zone will develop into a modern and dynamic economic center on the Gulf of Tonkin’s economic belt and will be one of the key financial service centres of Quang Ninh and the country. It will also become an address for clean technology application in manufacturing in combination with sustainable ecological development and ensuring the protection of the environment. Nominal GDP per capita will be USD22,000.
Trade, transport service play as key activities
Trade and transport service are defined as the key activities in the development orientation of the economic zone, with the focus on prioritizing exports-imports and industrial equipments distribution, garment and textile, cold storage, garment and textile service and e-commerce. Growth rate of the two sectors will reach about 18%-20% per year, contributing to about USD240 million to the province’s GDP.
Mong Cai will be developed into the key tourism hub of the province and the country, with the focus on expanding sea and islands tourism, cultural tourism in combination with shopping, border gate tourism, ecological tourism and recreation tourism. The economic zone strives to greet about 1.4 million tourist arrivals, contributing about USD115 million to the province’s GDP./.