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1 KHANH HOA PROVINCE 1 Basic Information 1.1 Geography Khanh Hoa is a southern coastal province of Central Vietnam. It includes the Truong Sa archipelago and 200 islands at the eastern frontier. Khanhh Hoa lies in a strategic position in terms of national defence and international maritime transport. The province is also a gateway for central highland provinces to access the East Sea. - Area (km 2 ) 1 5,197 - Population (Population Census, 1/4/2011) 1,174,100 * Male/Female 581,299 (49.47%)/593,594 (50.53%) * Population of labor age (2010) 790,000 - Administrative units 2 cities (Nha Trang and Cam Ranh), 1 town, 7 districts. - GDP growth in 2012 (%) GDP in 2012 (at constant price 1994) (bil. VND) 14,442.1 Average GDP per capita (US$ $) (2012) 1,919 - Total accumulated FDI projects until December * Total registered capital (mil. US$) (accumulated) 1, Dar Lak Province 4 Phu Yen Province 5 III I Nha Trang City II Cam Ranh City III Ninh Hoa Town Districts 1 Cam Lam 2 Khanh Son 3 Khanh Vinh 4 Ninh Hoa 5 Van Ninh 6 Dien Khanhh 7 Truong Sa 3 Lam Dong Province 6 I National Road no. 1A and Railway to - Hanoi: 1,280 km - Da Nang City: 510 km - HCMC: 448 km 2 1 II 7 EAST SEA Ninh Thuan Province 1 Investment Promotion For the Central Coastal Region in Vietnam,, March 2012 and Socio-Economic Report of Khanh Hoa Provicne

2 - Export turnover (mil. US$, 2013) 1, (sea products, garment and textile, ship repairing, wood chip, sand, cashew nut, coffee, etc.) - Import turnover (mil. US$, 2013) (tobacco raw materials, machinery and equipment, steel for ship building, shrimp feed, raw fishery material for processing, shimp feeding) Khanh Hoa borders Phu Yen Province to the north, Ninh Thuan Province to the south, two provinces of Daklak and Lam Dong to the west and the East Sea to the east. Khanh Hoa is 1,280 km from Hanoi. The province lies between Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) (448 km to the south) and Da Nang City (510 km to the north), which are the key economic zones of Vietnam. The economic and cultural commuication with other provinces is favorable thanks to the network of raiway and national road (NR) no. 1A crossing the province lengthwise. Khanh Hoa has a beach of over 200 km in length and nearly 200 islands of various sizes togerther with many beautiful bays such as Cam Ranh, Van Phong, and Nha Trang, etc. The geographic position has a strategic meaning in national defence because the province is situated near the international maritime lines. Moreover, Khanh Hoa has Truong Sa Island District and Cam Ranh Port, the best site for submarine bases and also the gateway to the East Sea. There are three key economic development area in Khanh Hoa 2 + Cam Ranh Bay in the south assumes the most important position in terms of national defence and economic development. Cam Ranh Airport, located in the center of Cam Ranh Penisula, is one of the airports having large and long runways in Vietnam. It is going to be upgraded to become an international airport in the future. Simultaneously, Ba Ngoi Port is an important unit among the maritime port system in the central, creating favorabl confitions for business development between Khanh Hoa and other regions in Vietnam and other countries. + Van Phong Bay is 14 km from the international territorial waters, near the international maritime lines. It is a large bay of 41,000 ha of water surface, having a depth of m and being relatively out of the wind. The government has planned to build an international container entrepôt port and a synthesized multi-branch economic zone comprising trade, industry, and tourism in this bay. The development potential of Van Phong Port can reach the a capacity million TEU/year. + Nha Trang Bay is in the middle, recognized as the most beautiful in the world. Nha Trang is endowed with natural preferential conditions in location, landscape, climate, and its historical and human cultures. Khanh Hoa is the site of the last Nguyen Emperor Bao Dai s summer home, the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang, the Institute of Oceanography, the Institute of Vaccines and Biological Substances. With temperate climate of average temperature of 26 o C and over 300 sunny days a year, the province becomes one of the large tourism centers of Vietnam. 1.2 Population 3 Please see Annex 1: Population of Khanh Hoa Province, 1995, , page 18 According to the Population Census on 1/4/2011, the population of Khanh Hoa is 1,174,100 with a population density of 225 inhabitants/km². The average population growth from

3 2009 is 1,1%. The numbers of urban and rural population are respectively 584,200 (accounting for 48.8% of provincial population) and 589,900 (51,2%.) The population distribution is uneven, concentrating in Nha Trang City (accouting for 30% of provincial population). High population density is recorded in Dien Khanh District and Cam Ranh City (nearly 400 people/km²). The population density in Ninh Hoa Town and districts in the plain is nearly equal to the that of the province (about 200 inhabitants/km²). The population density in mountainous area are relatively low: Khanh Son District: 62 people/km 2, Khanh Vinh (29 people/km²). The lowest density is in island district of Truong Sa (0,39 people/km²). Year Pop. x 1,000 1, , , , , , , , ,175.0 There are 32 ethnic minorities living in Khanh Hoa, comprising 1,095,981 Kinh (the dominant ethnic group in Vietnam) who scatter in all districts, town, and communes, and a small percentage of Ra Glai, Tay, Nung, Muong, and Cham. However, Kinh people concentrate mostly in the plains, cities, town, and townlets. Ethnic minorities Population Residence 1 Raglai 45,915 Districts of Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh, some mountainous communes in districts of Dien Khanh and Cam Lams 2 K ho 4,778 Areas bordering with two provinces of Lam Dong and Darlak s 3 Ede 3,396 4 Chinese 3,034 Nha Trang City (about 2,000 people), Ninh Hoa Town, communes in the east of Dien Khanh Districts 5 Tay 1,704 Emigrants from the north in 1954, Khanh Vinh Districts 6 Nung 1,058 7 Muong 8 Thai 9 Cham 290 The Cham are indigenous people in Khanh Hoa. However, due to historic conditions, they have emigrated to souther provinces since the XVII century. 10 Khmer 11 Others According to report of the Vietnam Statistics Office 2011, there are 293,586 people confirming their belief in the Population Census 2009, comprising Buddhism, Catholic, Protestant, and Caodaism. Buddhism Christianity Protestant Caodaism Believer 170, ,616 13,726 6,819 Residence Nha Trang City and Dien Khanh District Cam Lam District Cam Ranh District Districts of Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh 1.3 Administration There are two cities belonging to the provincial authority: Nha Trang, Cam Ranh, one town of Ninh Hoa, and 7 districts: Van Ninh, Dien Khanh, Khanh Vinh, Ninh Hoa, Khanh Son, Cam Lam, and Truong Sa (Spratley Archipelago). A part of Truong Sa District is under sovereignty dispute with other countries. 3

4 Provincial People s Committeee (since 2011) + Chairman Mr. Nguyen Chien Thang - Native village Vinh Trung Commune, Nhaa Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province - Date of birth 10/12/ Education PhD - Current position Chairman of the Provincial People s Committee Member of the Provincial People s Council, term Party admission date 9/01/ Official admissiond date 9/01/1986 Service record - 11/ /1979 Teacher at the Thu Duc Intermediate School of Engineering and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City - 11/1979-7/19999 Teacher at Nha Trang University of Aquaculture Head of Mechanic Department, Vice Secretary of School Youth Union Acting Directorr of Mechanic Faculty Admitted to postgraduate education in Russia Federation Director of the Research and Processing Center, Nha Trang Aquaculture University - 7/1999-5/2004 Working at the Department t of Aquaculture, KhanhHoa Province Head of Technical Office Member of the Provincial Party Committee Vice Director of the Department of Aquaculture Director of the Department of Aquaculture - 6/2004-7/2005 Member of the Provincial Party Committee Sexretary of Cam Ranh Town Party Committee - 8/ /2006 Member of the Provincial Party Committee Vice Head of the Personnell Board of Provincial Party Committee Vice Head of the Personnell Board of Provincial Party Committee Head of the Personnel Board of Provincial Party Committee - 01/2007-prsent Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee Vice Chairman of the Provincial People s Committee Vice Chairman of the Provincial People s Committee + Vice Chairmen Mr. Tran Son Hai Mr. Le Xuan Than Mr. Le Duc Vinh 4 /portal/page/portal/chinhphu/cactinhvathanhpho/tinhbinhdinh/lanhdaotinhthanh?personprofi leid=1376& &govorgid=1337 4

5 Provincial party Committee + Secretary Mr. Le Thanh Quang 2 Topography and climate 5 The west of Khanh Hoa touches the east of Truong Son mountain, followed by hills, plateaus and valleys, sometimes, rocky mountains running close to the sea. Consequently, the terrain is mostly mountainous and gradually slopes from west to east, with narrow plain of about 400 km 2, accounting under 1/10 of the provincial territory. The only large lowland area is located around Ninh Hoa Town. As a result of this, not much land is available for agriculture. Moreover, forests cover more than half of the provincial area. So, only 87,100 ha or 16.7% of Khanh Hoa's total area are used for farming, one of the lowest shares in the South Central Coast. The plain area is separated by mountains jutting into the sea. Passengers have to cross many mountain passes such as Ca, Co Ma, Chin Cum, Banh It, Ro, and Ru Ri to travel across Khanh Hoa Province. The continetal shelf of Khanh Hoa is narrow and reflects the continuity of terrain structure of mainland. Chains of Truong Son Range jutting into the seas are Phuoc Ha Son, Hon Kho, Hoang Nguu form capes such as Hon Thi, Khe Ga (Tortoise), Dong Ba, etc. and extend further to the sea. Consequently, the top of reefs emerging from the sea form islands such as Hon Tre, Hon Mieu, Hon Mun, etc. Shunken and relatively flat areas lie in-between rising and submerging islands, forming bays such as Van Phong, Nha Trang, and Cam Ranh. The provincial elevation is relatively high, reaching 60 m as of mean sea level. The highest peak is Vong Phu Mountain (2,051m) at the border to Darklak Province. In the north and northwest there are mountain ranges such as Tam Phong, consisting 3 peaks of Hon Giu (1,264 m), Hon Ngang (1,128 m), and Hon Giup (1,127 m) and Vong Phu Tam Phong extends for 60 km, creating a natural boder between Khanh Hoa and two provinces of Phu Yen and Darklak. Toward the south there is a vast expanse of mountain with peaks of over 1,500-2,000 m, including the highest of Khanh Vinh (2,062 m, Khanh Vinh District). The high mountains, deep valleys, and canyons cause serious constraints to communication. In addition, the O Kha valley is notorious for its danger to aviation. Climate The province enjoys a mild climate with an average annual temperature of 26.7 C. There are two distinct seasons: the rainy season lasts from April to December, with the other months being the dry season, except in Nha Trang where the rainy season lasts for just four months, from September to December. The rainfall in this period accounts for 50% of the total annual rainfall. The average sunny hour is 2,600 hours a year. The average relative humidity is 80.5%. The climate on the summit of Hon Ba Mountain (located 30 km from Nha Trang) features a climate like that of Da Lat and Sa Pa. The weather is fine in beginning months of the dry season, from C. However, it becomes hotter from May to August when the temperature may increase to 34 C (in Nha Trang) and C (in Cam Ranh) before decrease to C (in Nha Trang) and C (in Cam Ranh). There are less storms in Khanh Hoa. The storm frequency is low, only 0.82 storm/year as os 3.74 storms/a year in Vietnam coastline. Storms predicted to hit Khanh Hoa in recent years have changed their direction or subsided when they approached the coastline. However, due to sloping rivers and streams, the terrain is inundated when there are storms accompanied by heavy rains and increating tides which prevent water drainage to the seas. 5 and 5

6 3 Resources 3.1 Land resources 6 Khanh Hoa has the following soil groups. + Sandy soil group is distributed along the coastal of Cam Ranh, Nha Trang, Ninh Hoa, and Van Ninh. Total area is about 16,194 ha, making up 3.48% of provincial natural ground. On the group, there are Hai Trieu white sand area (Cam Ranh), Dam Mon yellow sand area (Van Ninh) having a large reserve and good quality for export. Annually, the province exports about million tons. + Alkaline soil group is 5,271 ha, accounting for 1.13% of provincial natural ground. It is distributed along the coasts of Ninh Hoa, Cam Ranh, Van Ninh and Nha Trang. The soil is suitable for salt field and fishery farming. + Alluvial soil group covers 5,271 ha, making up 1.13% of provincial natural ground. It is allocated along the coastal of Ninh Hoa, Dien Khanh, Van Ninh and Cam Ranh. The rich group is used to cultivate rice, cereal cops and short term industrial plants. + Gray soil group covers 27,640 ha, accounting for 5.95% of provincial natural ground. It is allocated along the low hills and hills in Cam Ranh, Khanh Vinh, Ninh Hoa, and Van Ninh. Much of the group, except for areas of planted forest, has been used to cultivate fruit trees and short-term industrial plants. + Reddish yellow soil group includes 319,417 ha, making up 68.74% of provincial natural ground. It is mainly distributed on steep mountains and hills. + Valley soil group covers 2,541 ha, going up to 0.55% of provincial natural ground. And eroded soil group with pebbles includes 8,533 ha, making up 1.84% of provincial natural land. 3.2 Water resources + Sea 7 Khanh Hoa is one of provinces having beautiful beaches in Vietnam. The provincial coastline spreads from Dai Lanh Commune to the end of Cam Ranh Bay, with a total length of coastline of 385 km featuring numerous creek mouths, lagoons, river mouths, and hundreds of islands, islets, and 100 km of white sand beach. There are about 200 coastal islands of various sizes and peninsulars and large wind-tight bays of Nha Trang, Nha Phu, Van Phong, Cam Ranh, in which Nha Trang is one of the 29 most beautiful bays in the world. Among them, Cam Ranh Bay has a length of 16 km, a width of 32 km, and an average depth of m, connecting with the sea by a 1.6 km-width strait. With an area of around 200 km², Cam Ranh bay is encompassed by a mountain range and regarded as one of three best natural seaports in the world. Hon Doi Cliff (Mũi Hòn Đôi) on the Hon Gom Peninsula, Van Ninh District is the easternmost tip of Vietnam's mainland and 6

7 Aside from beautiful beaches, islands, Khanh Hoa holds an abundant oceanic species system of Hon Tre, Hon Tam, Hon Mun and Hon Thi, etc. attracting lots of visitors. The natural advantages make it possible for Khanh Hoa to become one of the ten big and perspective tourist centers in the country. Khanh Hoa tourism becomes more and more diversified. It includes tours - mud and hot mineral water treatment, oceanic tours, forest tours, and tours of conferences and workshops, etc. The province also administers large territorial waters. The Truong Sa Islands (Spratly Archipelago) are part of Truong Sa District. Besides rocky islands along the coast, there are coral island in Truong Sa District with about 100 shoals and reefs, covering a water territory from 160,000 to 180,000 km 2. They include 23 to 25 frequently emerged islands and shoals having an area of 10 km 2. The largest island in Spratly Archipelago is Ba Binh, covering only 0.65 km 2. The largest shoal of Thuyen Chai, extends 30 km in length and 3 km in width is submerged during hight tide. Fishery catches in Khanh Hoa waters approximate 150,000 tons annually, consisting mostly of upper surface feeders (70%). Permitted annual catch is about 70,000 tons. Besides fish, squids and mollusks, Khanh Hoa is also home to swallows yielding annually 2,000 kg of saliva nests, a culinary delicacy Khanh Hoa sea water has high salinity therefore salt mining and processing of industrial salt are propitious. It is the precious speciality that other provinces barely hold. It not only contributes to products for export, but also is a precious raw material for high-grade drink processing. Khanh Hoa sea has a high salty concentration that is convenient to make common salt, after-salt products and industrial salt. + Rivers 8 There are about 40 rivers having length over 10 km. Majority of them is short and steep, forming a relatively dense network of waterways. The rivers originate from the west mountainous areas and flow to the east. There are esturaries along the provincial coast at intervals of 5 7 km. Despite the basic flowing direction is west east, some rivers bend toward different directions before emtying into the sea, especially the To Hap River. It originates from the western mountain of Khanh Son District, crossing communes of Son Trung, Son Binh, Son Hiep, Son Lam, Thanh Son, and then to Ninh Thuan Province. This is the only river in Khanh Hoa that flows to the west. Two largest rivers are Cai and Dinh. The former is 79 km in length, originating from Gia Le at an elevation of 1,812 km, flowing through Khanh Vinh, Dien Khanh, Nha Trang before emptying into Be estuary and Lon estuary. The latter originates from Chu H Mu Peak (2,051 m) of the Vong Phu Range, having a basin area of 985 km 2, flowing through Ninh Hoa Town and emptying into Nha Phu Lagoon. The small and narrow plains together with separation by mountain ranges do not create favorable conditions for alluvial sedimentation. In general, Khanh Hoa is not suitable for agriculture development. Large plains comprises Nha Trang Dien Khanh, stretching along the Cai River, with an area of 135 km 2, Ninh Hoa, being formed by alluvial sedimentation of the Dinh River, 100 km 2. Besides, there are two narrow plains of Van Ninh and Cam Ranh along the coast, together with a small cultivation area in the valleys of two mountainous districts of Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh

8 3.3 Mineral resources There are mineral resources in Khanh Hoa such as peat, kaolin, clay, mineral water, fire clay, sand, coral, granite, etc. However, these mineral resources have been exploited and processed by the small scale, creating a very low economic efficiency. Cam Ranh glass white sand with reserves of 52.3 million m 3 is the most noticeable since its quality is good and meets requirements on production of high-grade optical glass, crystal glass. In addition, there is yellow sand with reserves of 553 million m 3 in Hon Gom (Van Ninh), inmenhite 26,000 tons, granite 2 billion tons (excluding its reserves in islands). Apart from the mineral resources, there is mineral water. Total flow volume is about 40 liters/s, and capacity of exploitation is 3,400-3,500m 3 /day. Currently, the mineral water is industrially exploited to supply markets labels of Danh Thang mineral water (57 million liters/year), Tu Bong mineral water (25 million liters/year), and Truong Xuan mineral water (30 million liters/year). Especially, hot mineral water springs of Vinh Phuong, Khanh Vinh have been invested to serve tourism and hot mineral water treatment. 3.4 Forest resources The current forest, by statistics from Khanh Hoa Province, is 180,500 ha, with wood reserve of 18.5 million m 3, comprising production forest (116,964 ha, 64.8%), protection forest (61,370 ha, 34%, dense forests distributed on high mountains in districts of Khanh Vinh, Khanh Son, and Ninh Hoa Town), and the rest is for special use (2,166 ha, 1.2%). The forest covers 38.5 % of the total area; wood reserve is 18.5 million m 3. In addition, there are about 104 ha of mangrove forest distributed along the coast of Van Phong Bay, Nha Cu Lagoon, Vinh Truong River estuary, Thuy Trieu Lagoon, Cam Ranh Bay, with 34 species of mangrove such as Rhizophora apiculata, Sonneratia alba, Rhizophora mucronata, Avicennia alba, Avicennia marina, etc. 3.5 Tourism resources 9 Khanh Hoa has been deeply marked by the strong ancient culture of the Cham. Until today, Champa Kingdom has left an invaluable inheritance of ruins and historical sites to visit. Khanh Hoa is endowed with beautiful natural sites and sand beaches. Visitors will enjoy the group of five or six islands situated close to each other. The largest of the islands is Hon Tre, which is located 3 km from Nha Trang. The city of Nha Trang has long been renowned for being a sea resort with plenty of historical vestiges and wonderful sceneries: Cham Po Nagar Towers, Long Son Pagoda, Dien Khanh Old Citadel, relics of Scholar Alexander Yersin, Ba Vu Mausoleum, Bao Dai Palace, Hon Chong, Hon Yen, Tri Nguyen Fish Pond, Bai Tru, Suoi Tien, Dai Lanh Beach, and many islets offshore. + Van Phong Bay: The biggest, with an area of 503 km 2 and an average depth of 10 km, the deepest is about 30 km. This is the natural wonder with warm weather, beautiful beaches, corals, mountain chain, and abundant seafood. + Nha Trang Bay: The second biggest, with an area of 400 km 2, surrounded by chain of islands. Hon Tre which has 30 kilometers is the biggest island in Nha Trang bay. The beautiful beaches are Bai Tru, Bai Tre. Nha Trang Bay has been recognized as one of 29 most beautiful bays in the word since 7/ Investing in Binh Dinh, Investment Promotion Center of Binh Dinh Province and 8

9 + Cam Ranh Bay: It has an area of 185 km 2, with a length of 60 km and a depth of km, surrounded by mountain chain. Cam Ranh has Ba Ngoi Port, Da Bac Port and a military port. There are many large and famous accommdation facilities such as Ana Mandara, Vinperal Land, Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel & Spa, Novotel and high grade resort of Evason Hideway (in Ninh Hoa District) of the Ana Mandara Group, one of the top-20 resort in the world in No. Index 10 Unit Khanh Hoa Human resources for tourism sector People 17, Rate of trained labours % Rate of college graduated labours % Rate of direct labour % Number of tour guides People Rate of tour guide speaking foreign language % - 2 Travel agent Unit 2.1 Total Unit International Unit Domestic Unit Agency Branch 4 3 Accomodation company Unit 3.1 Total Unit star hotel Hotel star room Room 4, Number of room Room 12, Rate of filled room % 70 4 Tourism revenue 4.1 Total revenue Billion VND 2, Average expense Domestic Million VND/tourist 1,227 International US$/tourist Tourist market 5.1 Total arrival visitors Visitor 2,317, International Visitor 530, Average staying day Day Human resources 11 Khanh Hoa is one of ten provinces in Vietnam having a high number of well-educated people. There are 40 scientific and tecnological research units and over 20,500 staff of university and college graduation, and over 200 staff of post-graduate education in Khanh Hoa. The proportion of trained laborer is over 25%. 4 Education and health care Education Khanh Hoa is one of the most important educational centers in Vietnam. It is home to Nha Trang University (formerly Nha Trang Fishery University), a multidisciplinary university; the Naval Academy; the Air Force Officer Academy; a Normal College; a Kindergarten Teacher's 10 Investment Promotion For The Central Coastal Region of Vietnam, 21-22/3/2011, Da Nang

10 Training College; and an Arts and Tourism College, 2 professional secondary schools, 3 technical high schools. Total number of teachers, students in universities and colleges is respective 617 and 28, Health care Please see Annex 2: Health data , page 19 There are 184 health establishments in Khanh Hoa Province; of which are 10 hospitals, 17 regional polyclinics, 1 sanatorium and rehabilitation hospital and 137 medicial service units in communes,precincts. Total number of patient beds is 2,152. Total number of health staff is 2,109; of which 555 doctors, 607 assistant physicians, 653 nurses and 294 midwives. Total number of pharmaceutical staff: 189; of which: 27 high degree pharmacists, 96 middle degree pharmacists and 66 assistant pharmacists. 5 Infrastructure Transportation Khanh Hoa transport network includes ways of road, rail, air, and water. The province is located along Vietnam's main north-south transport corridors. All Reunification Express trains as well as some local trains stop at Nha Trang Railway Station. + Roads The infrastructure is relatively developped. Lying on the main axis of coastal communication are NR no. 1A running along the coast from Ca Pass to Da Bac Fall, linking northern with southern provinces, NR no. 26 links Ninh Hoa with Darklak and Highland provinces, NR 27 and Road 723 (from Nha Trang to Da Lat), and the planned North-South Expressway crosses Khanh Hoa. Road managed by Central Province District Commune Total Length (km) ,567 2,373 Percentage (%) Railways 14 A section of 149 km in length of the national railway runs across Khanh Hoa Province. There are 12 railway stations distributed in all districts except two mountainous districts of Khanh Son, Khanh Vinh and one maritime district of Truong Sa, of which Nha Trang is used to carry goods and passengers from Lam Dong, Buon Ma Thuot to northern and southern province. + Waterways As a coastal province featuring several natural deep water bays along the 370-km coastline, Khanh Hoa has what is needed to develop its deep-water seaports. The sea port system comprises * Ba Ngoi Seaport, located at Cam Ranh Bay, with a berth of 182 m long, 15 m wide, and an average depth alogside berth of 8.5 m. The port can accomodate vessels of 10,000 DWT and achieve a yearly throughput of 1,200,000 tons. Investments have been made into the construction of a new berth for containers and comprehensive purposes, with a length of 5,000-ton vessels, which can meet all seaport logistics and Introduction and Investment in KhanhHoa Province

11 * Nha Trang Port is used as a multi-functional port providing tourism and transport services for both passengers and commodities. The port has a berth of 172 m in length, 20 m in width, and alongside berth depth of 8.5 m. It can accomodate cargo vessels up to 20,000 DWT, passenger ships of 60,780 GRT, and provide handling services with a throughput of 1,200,000 tons a year. * Hon Khoi Port is located in Hon Khoi Peninsular to the south of Van Phong Bay, Ninh Hoa District. It has a double function of serving salt shipment and commodity handling, with a capacity of about 10,000 tons a year. The port has a 70 m x 10 m wharf, with a depth of 3.2 m, hosting only small vessels under 1,000 tons such as barge, LASH vessels, etc. Hon Khoi Port will be upgrades into a multi-purpose port to receive vessels over 2,000 tonnage and also a port for transporting export goods.. * Dam Mon Port (Van Ninh District), the deepest port in Central and South Viet Nam, is used to export sand to Japan. It is located in Dam Mon Bay of Van Ninh District and can receive 30,000 - ton vessels. * Domestic waterway includes piers in Districts of Van Ninh and Ninh Hoa. * Doc Let Port (a shipbuilding and logistics port) * Van Phong Port, located at Da Mon. A megaproject intended to be developed in Van Phong Bay by a consortium of Japanese corporations (Sumitomo as the leading investor) with an estimated investment of 15 billion US$ is in progress. The total port area of 11 ha will be constructed by a surface area of 1,680 m x 550 m. On completion, this deep sea port will be capable of handling ships up to 100,000 tons and of 100 million tons of cargo per annum. + Airways Cam Ranh Airport is located in the northern Cam Ranh peninsular, 30 km away from Nha Trang City, and has come into operation since It was upgraded in August 2007 to facilitate the domestic and international communication of Khanh Hoa as well as the south of central coastal provinces. In 2008, the airport served 683,000 passengers, an increase of 36.3% as of 2007, becoming the 4 th largest airport in Vietnam in terms of passenger arrival. On average, there are 9-12 domestic flights and 1-2 international flights arriving at Cam Ranh Airport a week from Hanoi, HCMC, Da Nang, and other international airports. It is projected to enlarge and modernize the airport to serve 5.5 million passengers and 100,000 tons of cargo in Outbound flights will be established to connect Cam Ranh with Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, and China. 5.2 Electricity and Water 15 + Electricity The province is linked with the national grid of 220 KV, backed up by a reserve of thermal electricity. All communes are now using power from the grid. + Water supply Nha Trang City water supply plant provides 70,000 m 3 in 24 hours. Moreover, districts, townships have also benefited from pipe water investment for civil and industrial uses

12 5.4 Communications Khanh Hoa use a modern electronic switchboard system, will all districts obtaining digital swithchboards. The telephone network has covered all communes. Mobile phones are widely used in Nha Trang and all districts and towns, enabling direct communications with other provinces nationwide and almost all countries in the world. Services such as ADSL, data transfer (DDN, xdsl, Frame relay, Leaseline, etc) and express mail such as Fedex, DHL, EMS, CPN, etc. are available. 6 Economy Khanh Hoa is one of 5 provicnes having the highest average per capita income in Vietnam. The average per capita GDP and income are respectively 1,480 US$/year and 9.8 million VND/year. The province has achieved a high speed of economic development and budget revenues in the region. The average GDP growth in was 6%, increasing to 8.2% in , and 10.8% in With a GDP of 14,442.1 billion VND (at constant price 1994) in 2012, Khanh Hoa is ranked no. 1 out of 9 provinces and cities in the Central Coastal Region. The state budget revenue in 2011 is 8,324.3 billion VND. 6.1 Economic results implemented in Indicators Implementation in Est Gross Domestic Product (billion VND) (at constant price 11, ) - Gross Domestic Product (billion VND) (at current price 2010) 37,747 40,894 - Gross Domestic Product (billion VND) (at current price) 53,426 - Gross Domestic Product growth (%) Increased output value of agriculture-forestry- fishery (%) Increased output value of industry (%) Increased output value of service (%) Average per-capita GDP (US$) 1,710 - GDP structure (at current price) + Sector I : Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture (%) Sector II: Construction and industry (%) Sector III: Service (%) Total export value (mil. US$) , , Total import value (mil. US$) Total revenue in area (billion VND) 8, , , Revenue from import export tax 2, , , Domestic revenue 6, , , Total budget expenditure in area (billion VND) 5,725 6, , Expenditure for development investment 2, , , Frequent expenditure 2, , , and and Socio-economic Report of Khanh Hoa province,

13 Indicators Implementation in Est Tourism activities Tourism turnover (billion VND) N/A 2, , Total visitor (thousand visitor arrival), of which N/A 2,318,071 3,033,678 International visitor (est., thousand visitor arrival) 530, , ,386 Domestic visitor (thousand visitor arrival) 1,787,350 N/A N/A - Investment activities Newly registered enterprises 1,050 1,046 1,430 Newly regsitered capital (billion VND) 9,326 11,533 10,530 Accumulative number of operating enterprises 5,928 N/A N/A Accumulative registered capital (billion VND) 44,845 N/A N/A - Skilled labor rate (%) 37.5 N/A N/A - Job creation (men) 26,000 N/A N/A - Poor household rate Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture 18 Please see Annex 3: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, , page 20 Similar to other coastal provinces having narrow and small plains in the central of Vietnam, cultivation is not a strength of Khanh Hoa Province. Paddy is the predominant crop planted in 2 plains of Ninh Hoa and Dien Khanh. Short-term industrial plants comprise sugar-cane, peanut, and food crops are manioc and corn. Corn planting has yielded high economic value for the ethnic groups in Khanh Vinh District. The fishery potential is abundant with an estimated 150,000 tons/year for an exploiting capacity of 40-50,000 tons/year. There are 600 maritime species identified by scientists in Khanh Hoa, comprising 50 species of high economic value. The output of cereals in 2011 is about 254,280 tons, increasing of 4.6 % as of 2010, comprising paddy tons (+4.39%). The total production value of agriculture in 2011 is 1,382 billion VND, increasing 4.12% as of The fishing output is 75,714 tons, decreasing 0.09% as of The farming output is 13,910 tons. The total value of fishery production is 1,398.5 billion VND, increasing 2.03% as of The total production value of agriculture, forestry, and agriculture in 2011 is 2,8125, increasing 2.81 as of Export and import 19 + Export The total number of export enterprise in 2011 is 108. Products are exported to 81 countries and territories. The total export value in the firsth 9 months of 2011 is over 696,300 US$, increasing more than 41,7% as of the same period in Some enterprises having high export turnover are Hyundai Vinashin (export value 258,800 US$, increasing nearly 95,2%), Coffee Export and Import Joint-Stock Co. (51,000,000 US$, doubling export value), Nha Trang Seafoods F17 Joint-Stock Co. (export value 43,000,000 US$), Khanh Viet General Co. (export value 17,700,000 US$, increasing 43.9%) And

14 In 2012, the total export value is 1,124 billion US$, increasing 18.82% as of In addition to sea products, the ship building industry has contributed a considerable part in export in recent years. The Hyundai VinaShin (HVS) exported 16 ships in 2012 with a total value of 428 million US$. The sea product export reached 63,700 tons, with a total value of million US$. The two mentioned items account for nearly 80% of the total export value of Khanh Hoa. In 2013, there are 128 enterprises engaging in export, with products of ship building, sea products, sand, coffee, wood chip, handicraft products, and garment to 103 countries and territories. The total export Export in 2013 Export value (mil. US$) in 2013 Proportion Total value 1, Main markets Asia Japan South Korea China 44 - Taiwan Singapore Indonesia Other Asian countries 189 Europe Russia England Greek Italy Spain Switzerland Poland Other European countries America USA Canada Other American countries 17.6 Africa Oceania Import The total import value in 6 initial months of 2011 is estimated at 250 million US$, increasing 56% as of the same period in Main import products are machinery, equipment, materials and accessories serving production. Import Jan-Jun 2011 State sector Private sector FDI Sector Total Value (mil. US$) 35,000,000 46,000, , ,500 The total import value in 2013 is estimated at million US$. Main products imported from 60 countries and territories are paper (decreasing 16.44% as of 2012), steel (decreasing 16.2%), raw material for cigarette production (increasing 16.39%), animal feed (increasing 31.9%), chemicals of various kinds (increasing nearly 400%), machinery and eauipment (decreasing 69.2%), processed food (decresing 41.68%). 14

15 6.4 Tourism Thanks to its beaches of over 200 km and 200 islands of various sizes, beautiful bays such as Nha Trang, Van Phong, and Cam Ranh, etc., and many famous beautiful landscapes, the tourism services have developped strongly, attracting 1.6 admissions of tourists in Tourism forms are diverse, comprising eco-tourism at islands, sight-seeing, and cultural tourism. 6.5 Industry 20 Khanh Hoa Province is among major industrial centers of the Central and the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The primary industries include shipbuilding, seafood processing, construction material, and garment production, etc. Morever the province possesses a great number of mineral resources. There were about 72 mineral mines detected for registration sites in Total industrial production value reached 14,095 billion VND in Khanh Hoa has some large scale industrial parks such as Suoi Dau, Ninh Hoa, and North and South Nha Trang. Together with good sea port facilities, Khanh Hoa became one of the tenth provinces achieving considerable economic growth. At present, Khanh Hoa has 10 companies majoring in textile and garment production with total output of 12,000 tons of cotton per year. They produce about 10 million m of fabric, 3,000 tons of knitted fabric and 20 million m of zipper. Khanh Hoa is planning for bulding a textile majoring center which covers the whole region of south central. Other yearly industrial products include 500 million packs of cigarette, 50 million litters of beer, 20,000 cubic metters of wood, 200,000 tons of food and 60,000 tons of fruits (e.g. banana, coconut, mango and pineapple). Khanh Hoa Province currently has 2 ship building firms, including Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard Co., Ltd., Nha Trang Ship Building Factory. The province plans to build other shipyard of Cam Ranh Ship Building Factory. They build tens of vessels, earning about 350 million US$ in turnover and delivering thousands of billion VND to the State budget. The Hyundai Vinashin is capable of building 400,000 ton vessels and oil rigs. 6.7 Investment + Domestic investment N/A + Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 21 Over the past years, Khanh Hoa has been famous for being one of the leading localities in Vietnam in terms of investment attraction. The province has licensed between five and seven more foreign direct investment (FDI) projects per annum in recent years. In the first nine months of 2009, the province licensed five FDI projects worth 48 million US$ including two tourism projects in Bai Dai and Cam Lam areas, one in Suoi Dau industrial park, one in Van Phong economic zone and one in Nha Trang City. Former FDI projects had raised registered capital by 27 million US$ in total during the period, bringing the total FDI investment in the Jan-Sept to 75 million US$, down 87.4 % from a year earlier, which is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of and

16 Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) started building two ports under the Van Phong international ports in late October, 2009, which can receive 9,000-TEU ships. In addition, investors are speeding procedures to invest in two big projects including Van Phong power centre and petrochemical-oil refining plant. Investors are negotiating to set up a joint venture to carry out the petrochemical-oil refining project that is estimated to cost between 4.4 billion US$ and 4.8 billion US$ and will seek approval from the government as well as compile environmental impact reports. Meanwhile, investors are preparing documents to submit the power project worth around 3.8 billion US$ to relevant authorities for approval soon. No. Attracting FDI Unit Khanh Hoa Province 1 Number of projects (accumulated) Project 86 - Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture Project - Industry Construction Project - Services Project 2 Registered capital (accumulated) Million US$ 1,224 - Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture % Industry Construction % 61 - Services % Implemented capital (accumulated) Million US$ Newly issued projects in 2012 Project 6 5 Newly approved, registered capital in 2012 Million US$ Thai investment in Khanh Hoa N/A 6.7 Border gate economy There is no border gate in Khanh Hoa Province. 7 Industrial Parks and Economic Zone (IP) 22 Please see Annex 4: Industrial Parks in Khanh Hoa province, page 22 No. Index Unit Khanh Hoa Province 1 Number of economic zone Unit 1 - Area of registered rental land Ha 6, Number of projects Project Registered capital Billion VND 281, Implemented capital Billion VND 11, Number of Industrial Park Unit 4 - Land area Ha Number of operated IPs Unit 2 - Area of land for lease Ha Area of rent land Ha Rate of occupied land Ha Number of investment projects Project 55 Domestic project Project 34 International project Project 21 5 Investment capital of Industrial Project Domestic investment capital Million VND 4,223 International investment project Million US$ Investment Promotion For The Central Coastal regions of Vietnam, 21-22/3/2011, Da Nang 16

17 No. Index Unit Khanh Hoa Province Contribution into State budget of EZ and IPs Billion VND Competitive investment cost - Leasing ground for IPs and EZ US$/m 2 /50 years Expense of rent factory US$/m 2 /50 years 1 - Expense of factory building US$/m Expense of high building construction US$/m Skilled labor US$/month Unskilled labor US$/month Production electricity VND/kwh 1,225 - Service electricity VND/kwh 1,225 - Production water VND/m 3 7,250 - Service water VND/m 3 9, Van Phong Ecomic Zone (VPEZ) - Total area: 150,000 ha (70,000 ha of land and 80,000 ha of water surface) - Transportation * Road: NR 1A runs along the coastline of Van Phong Bay, NR no. 26 connects NR no. 1A with Buon Ma Thuoc City, NR no. 26B connects NR no. 1A with Southern Van Phong area. * Railway: the North-South railway passes VPEZ. * Seaport: Van Phong international transhipment port, Hon Khoi Port, and Petroleum Transhipment Port * Airway: Using Cam Ranh International Airport. - Water supply: The water reservoirs include Hoa Son Lake (19 million m 3 ), Da Ban Lake (70 million m 3 ), Dong Dien Lake (59 million m 3 ), and Tien Du lake (9 million m 3 ) The water plant include the north and south of Van Phong Water Plants - Power supply is from the national transmission line through Nha Trang transformer of 220/110/22KV 1 x 125 MVA, from Song Hinh Hydro-power Station through the transmission line Song Hinh Tuy Hoa Nha Trang of 110 KV and 220 KV. VPEZ is a synthesized economic zone, including two main functional zones: non-tariff area and tariff area. The former provides facilities for international container transhipment port, port logistics area, and the center of finance and trading. The latter deals with petrochemical industry, oil transhipment, oil products, services, industry, fish farming, urban residence, and administrative area. There are 84 invested projects in VPEZ so far, including 24 FDI projects and 60 domestic invement projects, with a total capital of 15,027 million US$. 27 project have been operated with a total capital of approximate 307 million US$ Date: 5 December 2013 Updated: 21 April 2014 Prepared by: Mai Viet Hung The report is prepared mainly on the basis of publicly available information, analysis, and comments retrieved from the internet and available provincial documents. All sources are cited and data stated in this report are for information purposes only. Users of this report should note that in the event of any inconsistency of data and facts between the English translations and the original Vietnamese text the latter shall prevail

18 Annex 1: Population of Khanh Hoa Province, 1995, Source: General Statistics Office (*) Population 959,400 1,049,600 1,115,000 1,125,200 1,137,500 1,149,300 1,158,200 1,164,600 1,174,100 Male 473, , , , , , , , ,100 Female 485, , , , , , , , ,000 Urban 345, , , , , , , , ,200 Rural 613, , , , , , , , ,900 Total Fertility Rate (TFR): no. of children per woman Crude birth rate ( o / oo ) Crude death rate ( o / oo ) Natural increase rate ( o / oo ) Death rate of newborn under 1 ( o / oo ) Population increase rate (%) In immigration rate ( o / oo ) Out immigration rate ( o / oo ) Net immigration rate ( o / oo ) Labor over ,3 612,9 608,9 611,6 639,5 656,6 years old (1,000) Labor over 15 35,4 34,9 34,8 40,9 41,2 years old working in the State sector (1,000) Labor over years / total population (%) Labor over 15 years old being trained (%) Note (*): Preliminary data 18

19 Annex 2: Health data Source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam Health care unit Total Hospital Regional polyclinic Convalescent and Functional Rehabilitation Hospital 1.4 Health stations at communes. Wards, agencies, enterprises Hospital bed Total 1,998 2,141 2,257 2,638 2,956 3,302 3, Hospital 1,593 1,671 1,700 2,118 2,473 2,744 2, Regional polyclinic Convalescent and Functional Rehabilitation Hospital 2.4 Health stations at communes. wards, agencies, enterprises Medical staff 3.1 Doctor Assistant doctor Nurse ,044 1, Midwife Pharmacist 4.1 Pharmacist of university graduate 4.2 Pharmacist of high school level 4.3 Druggist HIV Patient in Newly acquired cases AID patients detected HIV patient living until 1,678 31/12/2011 (accumulated) 5.4 AID patients living until /12/2011 (accumulated) 5.5 HIV death cases 59 19

20 Annex 3: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, Source: General Statistics Office Item (*) 1 No. of farm 850 1,784 2,498 2,449 2,430 2,430 1, Production value of , , ,118.3 agriculture (bil. VND) (at constant price 1994) 3 Area of cereals (ha) 43,200 50,700 40,000 52,600 47,000 51,400 51,900 50,200 51, Output of cereals 148,8 194,5 148,0 213,9 205,2 225,6 240,1 243,1 254,3 (1,000 ton) 4 Food output per capita (kg) 5 Paddy planted area 38,000 45,700 34,800 47,000 41,100 45,700 45,900 44,200 45, Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) 5.2 Paddy output (1,000 tons) 6 Paddy planted area 13,8 16,5 13,7 17,8 17,1 19,1 19,1 19,5 19,5 (1,000 ha). Spring Crop 6.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Spring crop 6.2 Paddy output (1,000 57,7 77,6 77,8 88,5 91,5 105,0 108,9 113,9 110,8 ton. Spring Crop 7 Paddy planted area (1,000 ha). Autumn crop 7.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Autumn crop 7.2 Paddy output (1, tons) Autumn crop 8 Paddy planted area (1,000 ha) Winter crop 8.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Winter crop 8.2 Paddy output ( ,0 26,1 24,4 31,5 33,9 17,0 22,1 24,4 25,1 tons) Winter Crop 9 Corn area (1,000 ha) 5,2 5,0 5,2 5,6 5,9 5,7 6,0 6,0 6,2 9.1 Corn yield (quintal/ha) 9.2 Corn output (1,000 tons) 10 Sweet potato area 0,1 0,2 0,2 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,2 0,2 0,2 (1,000 ha) 10.1 Sweet potato yield (1,000 tons) 11 Manioc area 4,8 4,5 5,9 5,0 5,0 6,5 6,2 6,2 6,7 (1,000 ha) 11.1 Manioc output 52,5 46,3 81,9 77,7 86,3 111,7 107,6 111,4 119,2 (1,000 tons) 12 Sugarcane area (1,000 ha)