BAC LIEU PROVINCE. 1 Basic Information

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1 BAC LIEU PROVINCE 1 Basic Information 1.1 Geography Bac Lieu Province, the largest salt producer in the Mekong Delta, has many large rice fields and fertile land, which make a good condition for fruit tree planting. 1 The province has a 56-km coastline and a 5,000-ha protective forest which is most favourable for marine ecotourism, three large estuaries, and a large fishing field of over 40,000 km 2 diversified with valuable aquatic species of shrimp, squid, and fish. - Area (km 2 ) 2,570 - Population (mil.) 873,300 * Male/Female 434,500/438,800 * Population of labor age - Administrative units: Provincial capital Bac Lieu and 6 districts - GDP growth (%) (2011) 12 GDP in 2011 (at current price) (bil. VND) 9,826 Average GDP per capita (US$) (2011) 1,123 - Total accumulated FDI projects until * Total registered capital (mil. US$) (accumulated)... Can Tho City 5 Soc Trang Province 4 6 Ca Mau Province 3 I Kien Giang Province 2 1 EAST SEA National Road no. 1A to Ho Chi Minh City: 280 km Ca Mau City: 67 km I Bac Lieu Town Districts 1 Hoa Binh 2 Dong Hai 3 Gia Rai 4 Phuoc Long 5 Hong Dan 6 Vinh Loi 1 1

2 - Export turnover (mil. US$) (2011) 260 (rice, sea products,...,...) - Import turnover (mil. US$) (2011) N/A (...,...,...) Bac Lieu is situated in the Mekong River Delta. It shares its border with Can Tho City and Soc Trang Province to the north, the East Sea to the south, Ca Mau and Kien Giang provinces to the west. Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces were merged in 1976 to form Minh Hai Province. The area was a part of the Khmer Empire which ruled most of Indochina many centuries ago. In 1996, Minh Hai was split into two, with the northeast for Bac Lieu Province and the southwest, Ca Mau Province. Bac Lieu is around 113 km south of Can Tho City, and 280 km from HCMC. There are estuaries of Ganh Hao, Cai Cung, Chua Phat, and Nha Mat, which are favorable conditions for trading and goods transport to and from the province. Specifically, Ganh Hao can be developped as a large maritime center of economy to provide services for fishing and sea product processing. The National Road (NR) No 1A crosses the province and links it to Soc Trang and Ca Mau provinces. The 8-km Cao Van Lau road links NR 1A with the sea together with many secondary and tertiary roads along NR 1A stretch off into many sites in Bac Lieu, facilitating the communication and trasport Population 3 Please see Annex 1: Population of Bac Lieu Province, , page 14 Bac Lieu is a small province, having total population 873,300 in 2011, ranking no. 10 in the Mekong Delta. The number of urban and rural population is respectively 234,700 and 638,600. The population growth is 10,1. 4 The population dwell in clusters, concentrating in Bac Lieu Town and along the National Road (NR) no. 1A, accounting 51.5% of total population in The remaining dwell in districts townlets. Year Population 709, , , , , , , , ,300 Source: General Statistics of Vietnam There are 20 ethnic minorities living in Bac Lieu, mainly King (90%), Khmer (7%), Chinese (3%), and the remaining having population under 100. The Khmer dwell in a scattred manner in all districts, concentrating in two districts of Vinh Loi, Hong Dan, and Bac Lieu Town. They depend on agriculture and some of them on fish farming. The Chinese concentrate in Bac Lieu Town, being sproficient in business and processing industry. 1.3 Administration Bac Lieu has 1 Bac Lieu town and 6 districts of Vinh Loi, Hoa Binh, Gia Rai, Phuoc Long (since 2005), Hong Dan (since 2005), Dong Hai (since 2005), among which Bac Lieu town is the center of culture - politics - economy - and society of the province N0ZDMjBB/Tinh-Bac-Lieu 4 2

3 Provincial People s Committee (since 2011) + Chairman Mr. Pham Hoang Be 5 - Native village Phong Thanh Tay Commune, Gia Rai District, Bac Lieu Province - Date of birth 25/11/ Education 12/12 (High school graduated) - Current position Vice Secretary of Provincial Party Committee Chairman of Bac Lieu Provincial People s Committee - Party admission date 18/11/1976 Official admission date 18/11/1977 Service record - 02/1972-9/1973 Police of Phong Thanh Tay Commune, Gia Rai District, Bac Lieu Province - 9/1973-3/1975 Clerk of the Propaganda and Instruction Board, Phong Thanh Tay Commune, Gia Rai District, Bac Lieu Province Secretary of the Youth Union of class - 3/1975-3/1978 Head of the Cabinet, Party Committee of Phong Thanh Tay Commune, Gia Rai, - 3/1978-6/1979 Clerk of the Propaganda and Instruction Board, Phong Thanh Tay Commune, Gia Rai District, Bac Lieu Province - 6/1979 Chairman of the Phong Hiep Communal People s Committee, Hong Dan District, Bac Lieu Province - 7/1979-9/1982 Secretary of the Phong Hoa Communal Party Commitee, Hong Dan District, Bac Lieu Province - 9/ /1984 Studying continuing education at the Industry and Agriculture School 3, Minh Hai province - 02/1984-9/1985 Studying Politics of medium level. Vice Head of Finance Office, Vice Head of the Economic Committee, Hong Dan District, Bac Lieu Province - 9/ /1989 Member of the District Party Committee, Secretary of the Phong Hoa Communal Party Committee, Hong Dan District, Bac Lieu Province - 12/ /1994 Member of the District Standing Party Committee, Head of Personnel Board, Hong Dan District, Bac Lieu Province - 01/ /1997 Member of the District Standing Party Committee Vice Chairman of the Hong Dan District People s Committee - 02/1997-4/1999 Vice Secretary of the District Party Committee Chairman of the Hong Dan District People s Committee - 4/ /2000 Vice Director of the Bac Lieu Department of Communication and Transport - 10/ /2005 Secretary of the Phuoc Long District Party Committee Member of the Provincial Party Committee - 02/2006-9/2010 Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee 5 Id=1327&govOrgId=1161 3

4 Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Lieu Provincial People s Committee - 10/ /6/2011 Vice Secretary of the Provincial Pary Committee Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Lieu Provincial People s Committee - 20/6/2011-present Vice Secretary of the Provincial Pary Committee Chairman of the Bac Lieu Provincial People s Committee + Vice Chairman Mr. Le Thanh Dung + Vice Chairwoman Ms. Le Thi Ai Nam + Vice Chairman Mr. Le Minh Chien Provincial Communist Party Committee + Secretary Mr. Vo Van Dung Chairman of Bac Lieu Provincial People s Council 2 Topography and climate 6 The provincial topography is relatively flat, mainly at a mean sea level of 1.2 m. The remaining is sand dune and some sunken areas. The terrain comprises mainly delta, which tends to dip from coast to inland and from the northeast to southwest direction, and a complicated network of waterways. The average slope is cm, dividing into two distinct area: (i) in the south of NR no. 1A: the terrain has interrupted sand ridges with average elevation of m, inclining and lowering to the inland, (ii) in the north of NR no. 1A: the sunken area of Bac Lieu, with average elevation of m as of mean sea level. There are wide alluvial grounds stretching towards the sea with thousnad hectares of preventive forest. This is a favorable environment for clamshell and oyster farming. Moreover, the provincial continental shelf has potential of oil and natural gas. In recent years, Bac Lieu has faced the problem of erosion along river banks, especially in estuaries contacting Ca Mau Bac Lieu Canal (Gia Rai Townlet, Ho Phong Bridge). Climate Bac Lieu is situated in the tropical monsoon area, having 2 distinct seasons: rainy season from May to November and dry season from December until April of the following year. The average annual rainfall is 2,000-2,300 mm. The average temperature is 26 o C with its maximum and minimum temperature of respective 31,5 o C and 22,5 o C. The yearly sunshine is 2,500-2,600 hrs. The average humidity during the dry season is 80%, increasing to 85% during the rainy season. The area is less affected by storms, tropical low pressure, and floods of the Mekong River. However, it is under strong impacts of the East Sea tides and a part of the diurnal system of the West Sea. The province suffers less storm, tropical low pressure. However, major storms hit the province, causing serious damages, i.e. No. 5 in 1997 and No. 4 in In general, the climate is relatively favorable for agriculture production, especially aquaculture and paddy cultivation. 6 and 4

5 3 Resources 3.1 Land resources 7 (Please see Annex 2: Land use status, page 15) Bac Lieu has a total area of 257,094 ha, ranking no. 8 in the Mekong Delta. A small section under alluvial sedimentation extends to the sea (from Go Cat Dong Hai to bordering areas of Vinh Chau District, Soc Trang Province) at a speed of m/year. However, there are erosion sites along river banks, too. Saline soil Alkaline soil Sandy soil Silt deposit Rivers, canal Other Proportion (%) The soil is divided into two areas in terms of crop adaptation: (i) in the north of NR no. 1A with 11 adapting sites, in the northeast there are sites suitable for cultivation paddy, cash crops, and other industrial plants; (ii) in the south of NR no. 1A: there are 10 adapting sites, suitable for fish farming, salt production, and mangrove forest. The forest in Bac Lieu is maily salt-march, submerged in alkaline water with main plants of cajeput and mangrove. After being dredged and dug, the majority of Bac Lieu waterlogged land is drained and protected from salinity intrusion. Consequently, over 240,000 ha have been reclaimed to make Bac Lieu rank no. 1 in terms of paddy production area and no. 2 after Kien Giang Province in terms of aquaculture resources. Land type Paddy land Aquaculture Forestry land Salt marsh Land for Other land special use Area (ha) 77, ,139 4,743 2,513 11,323 45, Water resources There are two groups of rivers and canals. Group 1 flows to the south sea current, comprising Ganh Hao River (55 km) with tributary streams of Giong Ke, Lo, Nha Tho, Cai Keo, Goc. etc. and My Thanh River (70 km) with tributary streams of Le, Bac Lieu, Tro Nho, Tra Nieu, Tra Teo, of which the length of Bac Lieu stream is 35 km. Group 2 flows to Ba Thac River (or Hau River), comprising Ba Xuyen stream and its smaller tributary. Canals have been used to drain alkaline for land reclamation. The French authority had the 140-km Quang Lo Phung Hiep Canal and the 5-km section of Bac Lieu Ca Mau dug in In 1915, the French authority had used dredgers to enlarge the section of Bac Lieu Ca Mau with a length of 66 km and dug the 18-km Bac Lieu Co Co Canal. After the First World War , the French authority continued to exploit Bac Lieu area in a larger scale by digging the 29-km canal of Ho Phong Chu Chi Cho Hoi, the 18-km Lo Be Ganh Hao canal in 1925, the 13-km canal of Xom Lung Cong Cai Cung in 1931, The province has a coastline of 56 km, extending from Vinh Trach Dong Commune, Bac Lieu Town to Ganh Hoa Townlet, Dong Hai District. The water territory covers 40,000 km 2 in Ca Mau Penisula, bordering Thailand Gulf and providing a significant economic potential and important defence. There are many high quality sea products such as squid, clamshell, oyster, with a total estimated reserve of 800,000 tons for yearly exploitation of 240,000 tons. Maritime 7 and 5

6 animal comprises 661 spices of fish some of which have substantial reserve (snapper, mackerel, pomfret, butterfish, Otolithoides biauritus), etc. There are 33 species of shrimp with a fishing capacity of 10,000 tons a year. The fish reserve of largehead hairtail and pegalic is over 100,000 tons a year. There is a network of complicated waterways such as Quan Lo Canal, Can Den Canal, Phuoc Long Canal, Phung Hiep Canal, Ca Mau Canal. The water supply for Bac Lieu is from surface and underground water. However, both of them are at risk of being polluted by excessive fishery and utilization of chemical in agriculture. - Surface water: canals collecting water from the Hau River, supplying to the living and production in the north of NR no. 1A. - Underground water: Bac Lieu Town and districts in the south of NR 1A mainly use water underground water. According to scientists assessment, the underground water reserve is at an average depth of m, which is prone to alum contamination. 3.3 Mineral resources N/A 3.4 Forest resources 8 Bac Lieu Province is in the ecosystem of mangove forest flooded with alum, having high biological productivity and high value for environment protection. The plants comprises cajeput, mangrove, and brackish water plants such as Excoecaria agallocha L., Limnitzera racemora Wild. There are 104 species of vegetation, 10 species of small-size animals, and 8 species reptiles. Bac Lieu has a 30-ha shelter for 40 species of wild birds in Hiep Thanh Commune and two stork gardens in Phuoc Long Townlet and Vinh Phu Tay Tourist resources 10 Bac Lieu has tourist facilities such as bird sanctuaries of Hiep Thanh, Lap Dien and Phuoc Long Stork Garden, Dong Noc Nang historic relics, Vinh Hung Ancient Tower (Oc- Eo culture), ancient Giong Nhan, white salt field, Xiem Can Pagoda, the 300 year old mango stump, and other famous cultural relics. Bac Lieu is not only the birthplace of folk songs da co hoai lang, the precursor of today's Vong co, but also one of the cradles of Don ca tai tu well-known in Vietnam. Currently, the province and investors are implementing tourism projects such as coastal resorts, race track, eco-tour, and maritime tourism. Two typical tourist destinations of Bac Lieu are Ho Nam eco-tourism zone and monument zone of Cao Van Lau musician. At Bac Lieu City, many tourist destinations are a central point which attracts domestic and international tourists. Other important cultural, religious tourist destinations in the city are houses of Bac Lieu mandarin s son, monument zone of Cao Van Lau musician, Buddha statue were invested to upgrade tourism service. Bac Lieu City restored and upgraded historical - cultural vestiges such as Thai Duong stone clock. Developing eco-tourism only at initial stage but it is also a positive signal for tourism. For example, Ho Nam eco-tourism zone with sufficient standards was certified as a typical tourism 8 and and 6

7 destination of the Mekong Delta. Besides, there are projects such as coastal Rong Viet Resort, Nha Mat Resort, upgrading and opening Bac Lieu bird garden. Now, Bac Lieu City is promoting the cooperation with the Department of Culture, Sport, and Tourism to plan Nha Mat - Ganh Hao tourist route. After experimenting this route, Bac Lieu prepared conditions to establish tours on the Bac Lieu - Vam Leo River. 3.6 Human resources 11 The labor resource is abundant and increasing due to young population. Majority of laborers engage in agrriculture forestry aquaculture, accounting for 74.6% of total laborer in 2001, in industry and construction: 8.1%, and in trade and service: 18.4%. There were structural transformation in recent years: laborers in aquaculture has increased while those engage in agriculture and forestry decreased. However, the employment situation has not been stable. The provincial unemployment rate in 2004 was 3.2%, including urban 2.5% and rural 3.2%. The laborers technical standard and workmanship are low. Only 20% of 401,400 laborers has a professional level or higher People of working age (from 15 to 59) 440, , ,700 Proportion (%) People of working age being employed 401,400 Employment proportion (%) Education and health care 4.1 Education 12 According to the General Statistical Office, there are 234 secondary-level schools in 1007, being the lowest in the Mekong Delta. The rate of pupils graduating the high school examination in the school year of is 59.18%, lower than the average 80.62% of the Mekong Delta and 80.42% of the whole country. Total until 31/12/2007 Primary Lower secondary Upper secondary Total Pupil 75,006 44,715 18, ,141 Teacher 3,720 2, ,960 Bac Lieu has one university, two colleges, three technical and vocational secondary schools, and 18 vocational training centres. The basic training of human resources has raised the provincial rate trained labours up to 33% of the total 527,115 people of working age. The province has 234 schools of primary, secondary, and third levels and 6,960 teachers for 138,141 pupils in Health care 13 Please see Annex 3: Health data , page 16. The current difficulty is lacking of the medical waste treatment sytem in all medical facilities of the province. Majority of the waste is discharged directly into rivers and streams or simply buried. The medical branch has been published in the country newspapers for its derogation in terms of finance and staffing and

8 Medical Facilities Medical Staff Provincial Hospital District Hospital Regional Polyclinic Communal health station Hospital Bed Doctor Assistant Doctor Nurse Midwife ,167 1, , Infrastructure 5.1 Transportation + By land 14 Bac Lieu is 280 km from HCMC, 67 km from Ca Mau, 50 km from Soc Trang, and 113km from Can Tho City. The road of Ho Phong-Ganh Hao connects Ganh Hao seaport with NR no. 1A; the road of Ganh Hao Gia Rai Vinh Thuan connects to HCMC Road. Specially, the highway of Bac Lieu Hau Giang Ha Tien, linking Xa Xia border gate with Kampuchea facilitates border trade with Southeast Asian countries. The road of Northern Hau River along the coast from Soc Trang through Bac Lieu Province crosses Bac Lieu City. After 10 years of re-establishment, Bac Lieu has invested and upgraded 82 important roads of provicial, district, and communal levels, with a total length of km and 60 bridges of 2,318 m. The rural communication reaches 600 lines with a total length of 2,220 km, including 1,083 km of asphalt and 839 km of concrete. The total investment capital of period is 1,190 billion VND, including 286 billion from people s contribution. Consequently, the system increased to 1,781 km of solid road of various types in 2007, an increase of 11 times as of However, the key roads linking district centers with NR no. 1A are so narrow (only 3.5 m wide) that only trucks under 3.5 tons can transport commodities among districts. The communication still depends on waterway. The province has concentrated on the following key projects: - NR no. 1A: 63.7 km was upgraded in Quan Lo Phung Hiep Road (crossing 4 provinces of Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, and Ca Mau) will shorten 40 km from Can Tho City to Ca Mau Province as compared to the NR no. 1A itinerary. Over 50 km of the new line crosses Bac Lieu Province would help the isolate and remote locals to access business opportunities and commodity exchange. - Southern Hau River crossing Bac Lieu nearly 14 km is in the process of investment. This new road would help improve communication coditions of the people residing along the south of Hau River because they currently depend mainly on waterway for commodity transport. Main indicators of transport in 2007 Source: General Statistics Office Volume of goods Volume of passengers Freight (thousand tons) Freight traffic (million tons/km) Passenger (million admissions) Passenger traffic (million admission/km) Waterway Road Waterway Road Waterway Road Waterway Road 1,388 1,

9 + Railway There is no railway in Bac Lieu Province. + Waterway 15 Local transport infrastructures include waterway and roadway. However, major transportation means in Bac Lieu is waterway with total km long. 16 Waterway transport with river routes of Bac Lieu Ca Mau Phung Hiep canal, Ganh Hao- Ho Phong canal, Ganh Hao seaport (accommodating 10,000-ton ships) are convenient for the local development. + Airway There is no airport in Bac Lieu Province. 5.2 Electricity and water supply + Electricity The first ten turbines with a capacity of 16MW started generating electricity and liked with the national grid. The ten turbines are capable of generating more than 55 million kwh a year. The plant, located on 500 ha in coastal Vinh Trach Dong Commune, Bac Lieu City, is invested by the Cong Ly Construction-Trading-Tourism company with a sum of 5.2 trillion VND. With a total capacity of 99 MW from 62 turbines, the wind mill is expected to generate 320 million kwh per year once its remaining 52 turbines are put into operation in December Water supply N/A 5.3 Communications N/A 6 Economy 18 Total GDP in 2011 reached 9,826 billion VND, up 12% compared to In 2011, per capita income reached nearly 25 million (approximately 1,123 US$). The agriculture sector accounts for 51.7% of GDP structure, the industry - construction accounts for 24.52%, and the service accounts for 23.78%. The total developed investment made in 2011 reached 5,603 billion, up 18.36% over 2010 (approximately 25.83% of GDP) Economic results implemented from 2010 to Indicators Gross Domestic Product (billion VND) (at current price) 8,774 9,826 11,062 - Gross Domestic Product growth (%) Increased output value of agriculture forestry fishery (%) and 9

10 Indicators Increased output value of industry and construction (%) - Increased output value of service (%) - Average per-capita GDP (US$, 1 US$ = 21,100VND) 1,079 1,123 1,446 - GDP structure (at current price) + Sector I : Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture (%) Sector II: Construction and industry (%) Sector III: Service (%) Total export value (mil. USD) Total import value (mil. USD) N/A - Total revenue in area (billion VND) 1,484 - Total budget expenditure in area (billion VND) 2,082 2,490 - Tourism activities Tourism turnover (billion VND) Total visitor (thousand visitor arrival), of which 423, ,000 International visitor (thousand visitor arrival) 15,000 17,000 Domestic visitor (thousand visitor arrival) 408, ,700 - Investment activities Newly registered enterprises Newly registered capital (billion VND) - Skilled labor rate (%) Job creation (men) 15,000 - Poor household rate ( o / o, poverty standard , estimated) Rural population accessing fresh water (%) Agricultre Aquaculture Forestry 21 Please se Annex 4: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, , page 17 + Agriculture The paddy area has decreased nearly 70,000 ha due to paddy fields being transferred to shrimp farming. However, the paddy output remains stable at 550, ,000 tons/year., ensuring food security and export. Farmers have changed their farming habits from paddy monoculture to paddy cultivation accompanied with other plants and domestic animals. Specific models of paddy fish, paddy cash crops, paddy shrimp, paddy crab, and the Garden Pond Cage Biogas model could create a profit of million VND and sustainable environment as compared to paddy monoculture. Results of agriculture 22 Cultivation area (ha) Average paddy output per Paddy Cash Crop Annual Plant Perennial Plant capita (kg/person/year) , ,451 13, , ,658 11, Variation rate (%) -5% Unit Buffaloe - Cattle Head 6,492 3,278 2,982 3,018 2,297 Pig Head 206, , , , ,372 Chicken Thousand head 3,309 1,988 2,329 2,192 1, and 22 Website of Bac Lieu Province and Geography of Provinces in Vietnam, Education Publishing House 10

11 Duck Thousand head 2,495 1,249 1,613 1,200 No. Item Paddy area (ha) 165, Paddy output (ton) 814,000 2 Fishery Farming area (ha), of which 243, , Shrimp area (ha) 10, Salt marsh (ha) 266,000 3 Output value of agriculture (at constant price 1994, VND) 9,558 10,908 + Aquaculture The province has set up a stable zoning of three ecological areas, i.e. (i) a fresh water for paddy production with an output of 800,000 tons a year, fruit tree, and secondary crops, (ii) a brackish water area with many combined production models such as paddy shrimp, shrimp crab, fish, etc. to yield highly economic efficiency in average income above 50 million VND/ha/year, and (iii) a saline area in the south of NR no. 1A, mainly for raising various valuable sea products such as eel, grouper, Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus, crab, and other molluscous species. Aquaculture becomes an important economic field with the yield of 241,000 tons/year, in which the amount of black tiger shrimp reach 80,000 tons/year, contributing in 219 million US$ of export turnover in The area of 4,000 ha of salt-marsh can produce 120,000 tons of salt a year. The sea product processing is the main provincial industry, producing nearly 40,000 finished products a year. 23 In the salt season, which normally begins in December and lasts until the end of August, Bac Lieu has 2,660 ha of salt with a total output of 138,642 tons, meeting more than 94% the target. The area of salt fields that uses plastic canvas sheets to produce clean salt has increased to 62.6 ha during the current salt season. Bac Lieu began using this method in Bac Lieu farmers had a bad harvest during this salt season because of unusual rains during the middle and the end of this salt season. In the salt season, the province targets increasing the area that uses plastic sheets to produce clean salt to 100 ha, with an estimated yield of 52 tons per hectare Farming: 70,000 ha of agriculture land has been changed to fish farming, especially shrimp rearing of industrial scale. There are 135,000 ha of land in saline and brackish ecology along NR no. 1A which is suitable for farming and developping of high value sea products, especially tiger shrimp, crab, and mudskipper fish. Simultaneously, the area can be developed as a breeding farm for fishery. In recent years the movement of rearing new species such as crab, mudskipper, marble sleeper, eel, featherback, etc. has been thriving. - Catching: The water territory has a reserve of 460,000 tons of various types of sea products which can be exploited over 100,000 tons a year. There are three large estuaries suitable for offshore fishing and providing quatic fingerlings. According to the statistics in 2008, the province has 350 off-shore fishing boats that catch 77,421 tons of sea products a year

12 Bac Lieu Province is striving to achieve the following targets until Total fishery output: 250,000 tons/year, including farming output: 130,000 tons, catching: 120,000 tons. - 80% of the fishing boats are equipped with engines having over 90 HP. - Fish farming area: 62,823 ha. - Export value from maritime products: 550 million US$. - The maritime economy accounts for 50% of the provincial GDP. - Forestry Bac Lieu has a coastal preventive forest and forest of special uses for bird sanctuary. Total area having forest in 1997 is 4,517 ha, increasing to 5,390 ha in According to data of the General Statistical Office, total forest area is 4,300 ha on 31/12/2008, including natural forest: 2,300 ha and planted forest: 2,000 ha, reaching a forest coverage of 1.7%. The preliminary value of forestry production is 19.6 billion VND (at constant price 1994) and the wood output is 2,900 m 3 in Industry 25 The sea product processing with an output of 40,000 tons/year is becoming the key industry of Bac Lieu. The province has built infrastructure of Tra Kha Industrial Park (IP) and continued to implement other IPs of Lang Tram, Ninh Quoi, and industrial clusters in districts and townlets. The Government has planned to build Gang Hao Sea Port, Ganh Hao Economic Zone, and Bac Lieu Thermal Power Center having a capcity of 3,600 MW, and wind plant. - Total provincial output in 2008 is 2,817 billion VND (134 million US$), ranking 12 out of 13 Mekong Delta provinces. It is contributed by the state, private, and FDI sectors by respective amounts of 903 billion VND, 1,439 billion VND, and 475 billion VND. - By the end of 2008, the province has 12 frozen factories, processing 28,700 tons of finished product. Other products are milled rice (357,000 tons), salt (91,000 tons), iodine salt (6,000 tons), and animal feed (3,620 tons). - Handicraft comprises weaving products, mat weaving, textile and garment, sugar processing, various type of food and spices. 6.4 Export and Import N/A 6.5 Tourism 26 The tourist number and tourism turnover have increased in recent years, 9.6% and 4.7% respectively. The average staying time per tourist is 1.4 day/night. The income from tourism was 300 billion VND from 200,000 tourist admissions in 2008, increasing 16.7% of income 27.2% of tourist admissions as of

13 6.6 Investment 27 (Please see Annex 5: List of Operating Official Development Aid projects in Bac Lieu, page 18) In 2010, the province licensed 11 domestic direct investment (DDI) projects capitalised at 8,786 billion VND (430 million US$) and four foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth 2,907,894 US$. In 2011, it granted investment licences to 13 DDI projects worth 2,477 billion VND and 5 FDI projects worth 13,075,000 US$. In 2012, although no FDI projects were licensed, Bac Lieu still drew 6 DDI projects valued at 4,803 billion VND. Many major projects have created new driving forces for local social and economic development. Typical projects include Bac Lieu Tower (319 billion VND), wind power plant (5,400 billion VND, officially connected with the national grid on May 29, 2013), Hoang Phat Residence (711 billion VND, with basic infrastructure completed), Nha Mat Resort (460 billion VND), Thanh Vu General Hospital (1,500 billion VND), and Saigon - Bac Lieu General Hospital (1,400 billion VND). + Foreign Direct Investment (Please see Annex 6: List of project calling investment in Bac Lieu, Period , page 20) + Thai investement in Bac Lieu N/A 6.7 Border Gate economy There is no border gate in Bac Lieu Province 7 Industrial Parks (IP) 28 (Please see Annex 7: List of Industrial Parks in Bac Lieu, page 122) Bac Lieu Province has invested in technical infrastructure of Tra Kha IP for investors deployment of their projects. The province continues performing completely infrastructure of Lang Tram IP, Ninh Quoi IP, and industrial clusters at districts and towns. 8 Date: 19 July 2013 Updated: 18 February 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 and Lieu 13

14 Annex 1: Population of Bac Lieu Province, Source: General Statistics Office (*) Population (x 1,000) 709,50 749,70 812,80 823,80 835,80 847,50 856,80 863,30 Male (x 1,000) 343,40 367,10 398,20 400,60 406,40 413,00 427,30 430,40 Female (x 1,000) 366,10 382,60 414,60 423,20 429,40 434,50 429,50 432,90 Urban (x 1,000) 171,30 184,70 207,80 212,20 216,80 221,50 225,60 229,00 Rural (x 1,000) 538,20 565,00 605,00 611,60 619,00 626,00 631,20 634,30 Crude birth rate ( o / oo ) Crude death rate ( o / oo ) 19,8 18,9 18,3 16,6 15,1 Natural increase rate ( o / oo ) 4,8 4,4 4,5 5,8 5,7 Total Fertility Rate 1,44 1,45 1,41 1,10 0,76 (no. of children/woman) Death rate of baby under 1 21,2 13,0 13,0 14,0 12,8 ( o / oo ) Population increase rate ( o / oo ) 1,8 1,6 1,4 1,5 2,6 In-immigration rate ( o / oo ) 2,6 6,6 3,1 10,8 13,2 Out-immigration rate ( o / oo ) -0,8-5,0-1,7-9,3-10,6 Net immigration rate ( o / oo ) 17,7 21,4 21,0 22,0 Labor > 15 years old (1,000) 439,4 451,6 483,1 474,3 487,8 Labor > 15 years old working 17,7 21,4 21,0 22,0 at State sector (x 1,000) Rate of labor over 15 years 50,6 54,4 53,7 54,3 56,7 51,5 old as of total population (%) Labor > 15 years old being trained (%) 6,5 6,5 6,5 6,5 Note (*): Preliminary data 14

15 Annex 2: Land use status 2002, 2003 Source Geography of provinces and cities in Vietnam, Education Publishing House Total (thousand hectares) Land under utilization Agricultural land Area (ha) Proportion (%) Forestry land having forest Area (ha) Proportion (%) Land for fisheries and salt marsch Area (ha) Proportion (%) Land for specialized purpose Area (ha) Proportion (%) Residential land Area (ha) Proportion (%) Unused land Area (ha) Proportion (%) Land use status of Bac Lieu Province compared to the whole country and the Mekong Delta, as of January 1, 2007 Source: General Statistical Office Whole country Mekong Delta Bac Lieu Province Agricultre land Forestry land Land for specialized purpose Residential land Total Area (1,000 ha) (%) Area (%) Area (%) Area (%) 33, , , , , ,

16 Annex 3: 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 1,564 1,554 1,672 1,734 1,734 1,734 2, Hospital 1,070 1,110 1,110 1,110 1,110 1,110 1, Regional polyclinic Convalescent and Functional Rehabilitation Hospital 2.4 Health stations at communes, wards, agencies, enterprises Medical staff 3.1 Doctor Assistant doctor Nurse 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 2,090 31/12/2011 (accumulated) 5.4 AID patients living until /12/2011 (accumulated) 5.5 HIV death cases 33 16

17 Annex 4: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, Source: General Statistics Office Item (*) 1 No. of farm 6,111 12,386 13,336 13,281 13,014 13,760 13,432 3,613 2 Production value of 1, , , , , , , , ,855.8 agriculture (bil. VND) (at constant price 1994) 3 Area of cereals 130, , , , , , , , ,500 (ha) 3.1 Output of cereals 494,7 894,3 663,6 679,3 694,1 765, ,2 899,1 (1,000 ton) 4 Food output per capita (kg) Paddy planted area 130, , , , , , , , ,400 (ha) 5.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) 5.2 Paddy output (1,000 tons) 6 Paddy planted area.. 34,4 18,6 28,0 33,9 40,0 42,2 44,6 45,8. Spring Crop 6.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Spring crop 6.2 Paddy output (1, ,6 94,6 157,0 176,9 232,7 246,1 251,6 305,3 ton. Spring Crop 7 Paddy planted area Autumn crop 7.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Autumn crop 7.2 Paddy output (1, tons) Autumn crop 8 Paddy planted area Winter crop 8.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Winter crop 8.2 Paddy output (1, ,0 385,7 289,5 293,2 291,4 297,1 316,6 270,6 292,0 tons) Winter Crop 9 Corn area 0,2 0,3 0,5 0,5 0,2 0,2 0,1 0,1 0,1 9.1 Corn yield (quintal/ha) 9.2 Corn output (1,000 tons) 10 Sweet potato area 0,3 0,2 0,5 0,5 0,6 0,6 0,6 0,6 0, Sweet potato yield (1,000 tons) 11 Manioc area 11.1 Manioc output (1,000 tons) 12 Sugarcane area 17

18 Item (*) 12.1 Sugarcane output (1,000 tons) 13 Peanut area 13.1 Peanut output (1,000 tons) 14 Soybean area 14.1 Soybean output (1,000 tons) 15 Buffalo 11,800 6,300 1,600 1,600 1,700 1,700 2,000 1,900 1, Cattle ,500 1,700 1,800 1,600 1,700 1, Pig 223, , , , , , , , , Poultry 3,309 1,116 1,235 1,360 1,624 2,089 1,994 2,23 (1,000 heads) 19 Forest status 19.1 Total forest area 4,3 4,2 4, Natural forest 2,3 2,4 2, Planted forest 2,0 1,9 2,0. of which 19.4 Newly planted forest 0,0.. 0, Forest coverage rate (%) 20 Concentrated 0,2 0,3 0,1 0,1.. 0,1 0,5 1,3.. afforestation (1.000 ha) 21 Forestry production 3,60 18,60 17,00 17,40 19,60 19,60 21,10 22,60 22,40 value (bil. VND) 22 Wood output.. 4,20 2,90 2,80 2,80 2,90 2,90 2,90 2,80 (1.000 m 3 ) 23 Burnt forest area (1.000 ha) 24 Deforestation area.. 161, (ha) 25 Fishery area 41,45 54,00 118,70 120,20 122,20 125,60 126,30 125,40 126,90 26 No. of fishing boat (boat) 27 Horse power (HP) 74,183 91,200 87,600 91,400 96,700 63,500 88, , Production value of , , , , , , , ,165.3 fishery (bil VND) 29 Fishery output 33,295 79, , , , , , , ,889 (tons) 30 Maritime Fish output 20,27 38,41 46,90 46,40 51,40 58,10 57,00 60,90 66,20 (1,000 tons) 31 Aquaculture output 8,503 22, , , , , , ,579 ( tons) 32 Fish Farming output ,805 34,430 46,400 50,469 51,940 54,985 63,814 68,426 ( tons) 33 Shrimp farming output (ton) 7,214 10,403 63,616 58,400 64,151 63,984 68,200 70,462 72,400 18

19 Note: (*): Preliminary data Annex 5: List of Operation Official Developmet Aid in Bac Lieu Province, Source: Department of Planning and Investment, Bac Lieu Province Unit: mil. VND No Project Title Donor Investor Total capital ODA Fund 01 Thong Nhat II Road project JICA Dept. of Communication and 34,656 14,375 Transport, Bac Lieu 02 Project: Vinh Phong Water JICA Dept. of Agriculture and Rural 31,067 17,614 Resource Network Development 03 Water supply and drainage, Environmental sanitation in Bac Lieu Town Australian Government Bac Lieu Water Supply Co. 447, , Primary Education Development for Children in Especially Difficult Situation 05 Secondary School Project in Bac Lieu 06 Sustainable Management of Coastal Forest 07 Medical Support Project in the Mekong Delta 08 Development of Rural Commuication Infrastructre in the Mekong Delta, Component C, Bac Lieu province International Development Association Dept. of Education and Training, Bac Lieu 58,036 42,471 ADB Dept. of Education and Training, Bac Lieu 21,903 17,068 German Dept. of Agriculture and Rural 38,808 35,280 Government Development WB Dept. of Health 75,487 70,040 WB5 Dept. of Communication and Transport, Bac Lieu 164,482 76,060 19

20 Annex 6: Projects calling for FDI # Project Title and Objective Location Form of investment 1 High-rise building Objective: Investment to build the high-rise building, simultaneously to make a highlight of architecture for the area of Bac Lieu Bridge 3 2 Compound Building in Ba Trieu Vo Thi Sau Street Objective: Constructing compound building wih functions of commerce and service, offices for rent, apartments. 3 Residential Area along two sides of bypass of Highway No. 1A Objective: Construction of a beatiful and modern residential area. 4 Bridge and tourism area on encroaching beach Objective: Construction of a bridge (overpass) and artifical landscape area serving tourism at Bac Lieu Beach. 5 Tourism Area of Tay Son Zone Construction of a tourism area for recreation, sightseeing, pilgrimage. 6 Ganh Hao Economic Zone Objective: To develop Gan Hao into the important economic zone at sea and surrounding areas, exploiting advantages of geographic al location, natural condition, and extending domestic and international business. 7 Ho Phong River Port Objective: To meet demands of cargo tranport on the waterway and connect domestic cargo transport port in the southern area 8 Construction of Bac Lieu Bridge No. 4 and road linking with the East Sea Dike Objective: serving communcation and transport demands in the area. Ward 3, Bac Lieu City Ward 3, Bac Lieu City Ward 7, Ward 8, Bac Lieu City Nha Mat Ward, Bac Lieu City Tan Phong Commune, Gia Rai District Ganh Hao Town, Dong Hai District On the bank of Bac Lieu Ca Mau Canal, bordering Highway No. 1A, Ho Phong Town, Gia Rai District Ward 8, Ward 2, Bac Lieu City and Vinh Hau A Commune, Hoa Binh District Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct investment by domestic and international investors and from ODA source Direct, 100 % capital of investor Land use (ha) Proposed capital (bil. VND) Infrastructure, facilities for project services Infractructure of electicity, water, traffic, and communication has been invested Infractructure of electicity, water, traffic, and communication has been invested and completed in the city standard Available network of national electricity, communication, and water supply Combined with development of landscape of Bac Lieu beach. National electrical network, communication have been invested at site National electric network, communication available along National Highway ,000 Waterways, roads, national electric network, water supply, communication have been invested at site Roads, national electric network, water supply, communication have been invested at site The current communication is for motorbikes. Wateway transport accomodates boats of 30 tons 9 Technical Infrastructure of Lang Xom Moi, Direct, The project of detailed 20

21 # Project Title and Objective Location Form of investment Tram Industrial Zone Objective: A modern, complete, and synchonized infrastructure IP and accompanying technical works. 10 Technical Infrastructure of Ninh Quoi IP Objective: To balance the functions of industry, commerce service, and residential area and resettlement. 11 Hospital of cardiovascular specialty Objective: to meet the medical demands of people in Bac Lieu and neighbouring provinces. 12 Pharmaceutical Product Factory Objective: Producing drug and herbal products 13 Investing in agriccultural zone with applied technology Objective: to form a clue of reseach, experiment, performance, testing production, mutation and product selection and modern technological process in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture. 14 Construction of Bio-product to serve agriculture of Bac Lieu Objective: Production of finished agricultural product serving agriculture to increase the production efficiency Tan Thanh Commune, Gia Rai District Ninh Quoi A Commune. Hong Dan District Bac Lieu City Bac Lieu City Center of Agricultural Seed Aquaculture of Bac Lieu province Tra Kha IP 100% capital of investor Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct, 100% capital of investor Direct, 100 % capital of investor Land use (ha) 246,20 3 Proposed capital (bil. VND) Infrastructure, facilities for project services planning of scale 1/500 has been approved. Electric network, communication have been ivested at site 15,316 The project of detailed planning of scale 1/2000 has been approved. Electric network, communication have been ivested at site 5 1,000 Electric network, communication, water supply have been ivested at site Electric network, communication, water supply have been ivested at site Electric network, communication, water supply have been ivested at site Electric network, communication, water supply have been ivested at site 21

22 Annex 7: List of Industrial Parks in Bac Lieu Province No. Industrial Park Location Infrastructure 1 TRA KHA - Total area 69.3 ha. 2 LANG TRAM - Total area (ha) ha. 3 CANG BIEN - Total area (ha) 4 NINH QUOI - Total area (ha) 5 GANH HAO - Total area (ha) INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER (IC) 1 NHA MAT IC - Total area (ha) 60 2 NGAN DUA IC - Total area (ha) 50 3 GIA RAI IC - Total area (ha) 50 4 PHUOC LONG IC - Total area (ha) 50 5 VINH MY IC - Total area (ha) 50 6 VINH LOI IC - Total area (ha) VINH THINH IC - Total area (ha) 50 8 CHU TRI IC - Total area (ha) 50 9 RACH BA GIA IC - Total area (ha) CHAU HUNG IC - Total area (ha) 50 Ward 8, Bac Lieu Town Distance from - the center of Bac Lieu Town 3 km - Proposed multi-purpose sea port 25 km - Can Tho Airport: 125 km - Ca Mau Airport: 65 km Tan Thach Commune, Gia Rai District Distance from - the center of Bac Lieu Town 55 km - Proposed multi-purpose sea port 55 km - Can Tho Airport 180 km - Ca Mau City 15 km Vinh Hau Commune, Vinh Thanh District Distance from - the center of Bac Lieu Town 30 km - National Road 1A 15 km - Can Tho Airport 160 km - Ca Mau City 65 km Ninh Quoi A Commune, Hong Dan District Distance from - the center of Bac Lieu Town 40 km - Proposed multi-purpose sea port 50 km - Can Tho Airport 110 km Ganh Hao Townlet, Dong Hai District Distance from - National Road 1A 30 km - Tra Kha Industrial Park 60 km - Ca Mau Airport 65 km Nha Mat Ward, Bac Lieu Town Loc Linh Commune, Hong Dan District Gia Rai Townlet, Phong Thanh Commune, Gia Rai District Phuoc Long Townlet, Phuoc Long District Vinh My B, Hoa Binh District Chau Hung A, Vinh Loi Vinh Thinh, Hoa Binh Phong Thanh B, Dong Hai District - One beer factory of 30 million litre per year is under operation here. - Processing sea products, salt, ship building and repairing, - Producing ice and services for sea fishing. - processing food, animal feed, fish powder, boat repair, shrimp rearing, producing brick, tiles. - Processing sea products, rice mills, Producing salt, animal feed, and construction material. 22