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1 BINH DINH PROVINCE 1 Basic Information 1.1 Geography Binh Dinh is a coastal province sitting in the Key Economic Region of Central Vietnam and the East West Economic Corridor. Binh Dinh lies inn the middle of the North - South route (National Road (NR) no. 1A and Trans-Viet Railway) and is the most convenient gateway to the sea for the Central Highlands, Southern Laos, Northeastern Kampuchea and Thailand (through National Road no. 19 and Quy Nhon International Port). - Area (km 2 ) 1 6,025 - Population (2012) 1,497,0000 * Male/Female 729,039 (48.7%)/767,961 (51.3%) * Labour 852, Administrative units: 1 city (Quy Nhon), 1 town, 9 districts. - GDP growth in 2012 (%) GDP in 2012 (at constant price 1994) (bil. VND) 11,192 Average GDP per capita (US$ $) (2012) 1,342 - Total accumulated FDI projects until 20/6/ * Total registered capital (mil. US$) (accumulated) 701 Quang Ngai Province 4 5 6, Gia Lai Province I Quy Nhon City Districts 1 Van Canh 2 Tay Son 3 Vinh Thanh 4 An Lao 5 Hoai Nhon 6 Hoai An 7 Phu My 8 Phu Cat 9 An Nhon 10 Tuy Phuoc I Phu Yen Province NR no. 1A & Railway to - Hanoi 1,065 km - HCMC 686 km EAST SEA 1 Investment Promotion For the Central Coastal Region in Vietnam,, March

2 - Export turnover (mil. US$, 2012) (furniture, agricultural and forestry products, seafood, mineral products, granite stone, titanium, garment, footwear, pharma-ceutical products, handicraft, etc.) - Import turnover (mil. US$, 2012) 181 (Wood and raw materials for producing consumer goods and goods for export, machinery and equipment, etc.) Binh Dinh is 1,065 km from Hanoi and 686 km from Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The provincial territory stretches 110 km in the north south direction, with an average width of 55 km (the narrowest and widest sections are respectively 50 km and 60 km). Binh Dinh borders 63 km with Quang Ngai Province to the north, 50 km with Phu Yen Province to the south, 130 km with Gia Lai Province to the west. The province fronts the East Sea with a 134-km coastline to the east and includes both small and large offshore islands. The traffic network comprises road, railway, waterway, and airway. The average daily volume of traffic is about 2,500 2,700 vehicles. National Road (NR) no. 19 links Quy Nhon International Sea Port with Duc Co, Bo Y International Border Gate and the three-border zone of Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos. This is the best road in the horozintal axis of the central Vietnam, creating conditions of economic linkage between the east and the west and promoting outward economic cooperation. Binh Dinh is expanding cooperation with the Lao s provinces of Champasak, Sekong, Attapu, Salasan, and Thailand s provinces of Sisaket and Ubon Rathchathani. NR no. 1A NR no. 1D NR no. 19 Crossing Binh Dinh Province (km) Binh Dinh was probably one of the places where the Cham first arrived in what is now Vietnam. Its favourable geography led to the rise of the Cham Port of Thi Nai where Quy Nhon is now located. The city-state of Vijaya was located around this port and the main city, which was further inland. Its centre was in the southern lowland of Bình Định. However, its architecture implies that it did not become important until the eleventh or twelfth century Population 3 (Please see Annex 1: Population of Binh Dinh Province, 1995, , page 18) The population of Binh Dinh in 2012 is 1,470,000, making it the most populous province of the South Central Coast, of which the people of working age accounts for over 55%. It has been growing slowly from 2000 to at just 0.92% per year on average. However, the provincial population is in the tendency of mechanical decrease because according to the Population Census on 1/4/2009, the population number decreased to 1,485,943. As of 2010, 27.8% of the population live in urban areas, up from 19% in 1995 and 24.2% in More than 40% of the population settle in Quy Nhon City and two suburban districts of An Nhon and Tuy Phuoc. There is another relatively large concentration in the northern Hoai Nhon District with a population of 206,700 (2009) and a population density of 499/km 2. Population density in the rest of the province ranges from 30 to 40 in districts of Van Canh, An Lao, and Vinh Thanh to 982 in Quy Nhon City

3 The eastern lowlands and Tay Son District are largely ethnically homogeneous. There are about 250,000 people of ethnic minorities living in 1133 villages/222 communes of mountainous and midland area. They comprise Ba Na people in the sparsely populated districts of An Lao, Vinh Thanh, and Van Canh, some H're people live in Ann Lao and some Cham in Van Canh. Hoai An s population is mostly Kinh, but there are some remote communes that are dominated by Ba Na and H're people. 1.3 Administration Quy Nhon, the provincial capital, is a category II city. There are 10 districts (An Lao, Hoai An, Hoai Nhon, Phu My, Phu Cat, Vinh Thanh, Tay Son, Van Canh, An Nhon, Tuy Phuoc) ), 157 villages, wards and townships in the province. Provincial People s Committeee (since 2011) + Chairman Mr. Le Huu Loc - Native village Nhon Trach Commune, An Nhon District, Binh Dinh Province - Date of birth 16/10/ Education Bachelor of Economics - Current position Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Chairman of the the Provincial People ss Committeee Member of the Provincial People s Council, term Party admission date 17/3/ Official admissiond ate 27/9/1979 Service record /1982 Working at the Propaganda a and Training Board, Party Committee of An Nhon District - 9/1982-7/1983 Studying at the Central Propaganda and Training no. 2, Da Nang - 8/ /1987 Vice Director of the Foreignn Trade Company, An Nhon District Binh Dinh Province - 12/ /1990 Director of the General Commodities Company, An Nhon District Binh Dinh Province - 12/1990-3/1991 Director of the General Buying and Selling Servicee Company An Nhon District, Binh Dinh Province - 4/ /1998 Member of the District Standing Party Committee Vice Chairman of the People s Committtee of An Nhon District Binh Dinh - 12/1998-3/2001 Vice Chief of Cabinet, Binhh Dinh Provincial Party Committee - 4/2001-6/2004 Member of Provincial Partyy Committeee Chief of Cabinet, Binh Dinhh Provinciall Party Committee - 6/ /2006 Member of the provincial Standing Party Committee Vice Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People s Comittee - 10/2010 present Vice Secretary of Provincial Party Committee Chairman of the Provincial People s Committee 4 /portal/page/portal/chinhphu/cactinhvathanhpho/tinhbinhdinh/lanhdaotinhthanh?personprofi leid=1376& &govorgid=1337 3

4 + Vice Chairman Ho Quoc Dung Vice Chairman Mai Thanh Thang Vicee Chairperson Trann Thi Thu Ha + Provincial Party Committee - Secretary Mr. Nguyen Van Thien 2 Topography and climate 5 The topography is relatively complex, lowering from the west to east. Elevations range from 0 at the coast to around 1,200 m above sea level in An Lao District in the north-west.. The provincial west is a mountainous edge of the South Truong Son Range, adjoinedd by the lowland, and then the coast. While most of the mountains as well as the highest peaks are in the west, there are mountains throughout the province, even near the coast. Main topography comprises: Mountainous terrain at an average elevation of 500 1,000 m slopes down over 20 o, with an area of about 249,866 ha, distributing in districts of A Lao (63,367 ha), Vinh Thanh (78,249 ha), Van Canh (75,932 ha), Tay Son, and Hoai An (31,000 ha) ). Rivers and streams having steep slopes originate in this area. This terrain accounts for 70% of the provincial area. Hilly area borders mountainous terrain to the west and plain to the east, having an area of about 159,276 ha (accounting for 10% of the total provincial area) and an elevation under 100 m and a slope from This terrain is distributed in districts of Hoai Nhon (15,089 ha), An Lao (5,058 ha), and Van Canh (7,924 ha). Lowland area comprises small plains of 1,000 km 2, formed by topography and climate factors. The plains stretch along tributaries of rivers or along the coastline are separated with sea by lagoons, sandy hills, or mountain chain. The largest lowland area is located in the lower of Con River, encompassing much of Quy Nhon City, districts of Tuy Phuoc, An Nhon, the western part of Phu Cat District, and the eastern part of Tay Son District. Given its size and the access to a major port as well as Binh Dinh's major river, it has long been the place where most of Binh Dinh's people and economic activities concentrate. Coastal area comprises sand ridges and dunes, forming a narrow strip along the coast with an average width of 2 km. Large sand ridges stretch from Ha Ra to Tan Phung and Vinh Loi, from De Gi to Tan Thang, and from Trung Luong to Ly Hung. There are many lagoons along the coast, namely, Thi Nai, Tra O, My Khanh, etc. and bays (Lang Mai, Quy Nhon, Vung Moi, etc.) and embouchures (An Du, Ha Ra, De Gi, and Quy Nhon.) Mountains form natural borders to the neighbouring g provinces. Cu Mong Pass is the main border crossing to Phu Yen Province. NR no. 1A passess through this pass, while there is another road (no. 1D) along the coast. The border to Gia Lai Province is the most mountainous, with the only road connectionn at An Khe Pass between the towns of Phu Phong in Tay Son District and An Khe in Gia Lai Province. The border to Quang Ngai Province is also very mountainous, with the major road and railway passing through Binh De Pass near Tam Quan

5 Climate The tropical monsoon dominates the area. Due to complex topography, monsoons change direction and intensity considerably when they land in the province. The total sunny hours per year is 2,354. The raining season starts from September until December and is accompanied by storms and floods. There is a secondary rainfall from May to August in mountainous area due to affects from the Central Highland s rains. The dry season lasts from January to August and is accompanied by widespread droughts. The total rainfall tends to drecrease from the mountainous to coastal areas and from the northwest to southeast. The average temperature is 27 o C and the average humidity is 80%. Storms frequently hit the Central Coastal Region including Binh Dinh Province, increasing their frequency from September to November. The coast from Quang Nam to Khanh Hoa is struck by an average of 1.04 storm a year. Mountainous area Coastal area Average temperature ( C) 20,1-26,1 27 Highest temperature ( C) 31,7 39,9 Lowest temperature ( C) 16,5 15,8 Average absolute humidity (%) 22,5-27,9 27,9 Average relative humidity (%) Average rainfall (mm.) 2,000 2,400 1,751 3 Resources Land resources Under the effects of natural conditions and production, the soil has a general feature of good drainage, having light mechanical compositions, acid property, and poor in nutrients. There are 2 soil groups with 30 different types. The alluvial soil covers 71,000 ha, distributing along river basins. This is the best soil group for food crop and short-term industrial crop planting. The unused land accounts for 34% of the provincial total area. The agricultural land is 131,146 ha, categorised as follows in 2012 Land type Annual crops Paddy Grass for husbandry Other annual crops Perennial crops Perennial industrial trees Fruit trees Other perennial crops Area (ha) 99,228 53, ,945 31,918 25,534 2,553 3, Water resources + Sea Binh Dinh has a coastline of 134 km, territorial waters of about 2,500 km 2, and more than 40,000 km 2 of exclusive economic zone with various fishery resources. High value marine life conductive to fishing and farming comprises mackerels, tunas, shrimps, squids, swallow bird s nests, lobsters, king crabs, etc. The total area of natural brackish water surface is 7,600 ha, including 5,060 ha of the Thi Nai Lagoon, 1,600 ha of the De Gi Lagoon, and 400 ha of the estuary in Tam Quan District. There are thousands hectares of salinized land and coastal sandy strips suitable for aquaculture development with high value products such as tiger prawn, white prawn, grouper, red snapper, cockle, oyster, crab, and gracilaria. 6 Investing in Binh Dinh, Investment Promotion Center of Binh Dinh Province. 5

6 + Rivers The provincial rivers originate from high mountainous areas in the east of the Truon Son Range. They are not large but steep and short. The alluvium content is low with a water reserve of 5.2 billion m 3 for a potential hydropower of million kw. Binh Dinh Province is endowed with large rivers such as Con, Lai Giang, La Tinh, Ha Thanh and a network of creeks and streams easily amenable to irrigation works, hydro-power development and fresh water for household consumption. + Lakes and ponds There are many artificial lakes in Binh Dinh to serve irrigation during the dry season. They comprise Hung Long Lake (An Lao District), Van Hoi Lake in My Du and Thach Khe (Hoai An District), My Binh Lake (Hoai Nhon District), Hoi Son and My Thuan Lake (Phu Cat District), Diem Tieu Lake, Hoc Nhan Lake, Phu Ha Lake (Phu My District), Dinh Binh Lake, Thuan Ninh Lake (Tay Son District), etc. In addition, there is a relatively large fresh water lagoon named Tra O in Phu My District and two brackish water lagoons De Gi (Phu My Phu Cat districts) and Thi Nai (Tuy Phuoc, Quy Nhon City). The network of lakes and ponds create favorable conditions for agriculture development and aquatic farming. It is very convenient to develop sea port of national scale in Thi Nai Lagoon for Nhon Hoi Economic Zone. 7 The total area of fresh water surface is 5,176 ha including natural and lagoons, low paddy fields, dams, and reservoirs of which the largest, Chau Truc Lagoon, is 1,200 ha. The largest lake is Dinh Binh Lake, an artificial lake mainly used for irrigation in the highlands of western Binh Dinh. Also in western Binh Dinh is Vinh Son Lake at Vinh Son Hydropower Station. Other major lakes include Nui Mot Lake in the south and Hoi Son Lake in the centre of the province. The Con River is the largest and most important river, forming a small delta north of Quy Nhon. These water surfaces are suitable for the development of fresh water farming such as tortoise, turtle, black eel, giant freshwater shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and can be used as an inland waterway for transport. Other rivers are Lai Giang at the centre of the lowland areas of Hoai Nhon and Hoai An in northern Binh Dinh, My Cat in central Binh Dinh, and Ha Thanh along the valley in Van Canh District in southern Binh Dinh. 3.3 Mineral resources There are 18 kinds of raw materials and several hot springs and mineral water sources. High-value minerals comprises different mineral rock types, granite for use as high class construction material (noteworthily red and yellow granite, are exclusive finds of the province). Metals includes iron in Hoai An District, lead, zinc, aluminium bauxite in two districts of Hoai An and Vinh Thanh. Other minerals used for industries consist of fluorite, glass sand, quartz, graphite, kaolin, and peat. Mineral rock reserve amounts to some 700 million m 3, located mainly in proximity of communication hubs. Ilmenite is found mostly in districts of Phu My, Phu Cat, Hoai Nhon at a volume of 2.5 million tons. Glass sand in two districts of Hoai Nhon and Phu Cat and white sand beaches spread along the shore, in valleys and river bed by alluvial accretion to an approximate volume of 16 million m 3. Peat is distributed in Phu My District with a reserve of approximately 372,000 tons. Kaolin is found mainly in two districts of Phu Cat, Tuy Phuoc District and Quy 7 6

7 Nhon City at about 27-million ton reserve. Clay can be mined mostly in Tay Son, An Nhon, Tuy Phuoc, Hoai Nhon District. Exploitable reserve amounts to 13.5 million m 3 approximately. Gold ore deposit approximates 22 tons, can be found mostly in distritcs of Hoai An, Vinh Thanh, and Tay Son. There are 5 hot - mineral springs: Hoi Van, Chanh Thang (Phu Cat), Dinh Quang, Vinh Thinh (Vinh Thanh), and Long My (Tuy Phuoc). Long My springs have been exploited and in operation, providing 50 million liters annually with international quality accreditation. 3.4 Forest resources Most of the city forest land of 384,097.9 ha is in the west and northwest, consisting of - Natural forest 203,984.7 ha - Forest plantation 92,943 ha - Treeless land 155,170.2 ha There are three types of forest planning - Specialized forest 33,498 ha - Protection forest 194,997.3 ha - Production forest 155,602.6 ha 3.5 Tourist resources 8 Binh Dinh is known for its alluring landscapes (Thi Nai Lagoon, Phuong Mai Penisula, Ghenh Rang) and beautiful beaches (Quy Nhon, Cat Hai, Cat Tien, Nhon Hoi, Nhon Ly), splendid, attractive sea scape scenic sites (Tam Quang, Tan Thanh, Vinh Hoi, Trung Luong, Hai Giang, Dao Yen), and artisanal villages (conical hat crafting, copper casting, art craft, silkworm raising, blacksmith). Morover, the province possesses traditional festivals (Ngoc Hoi Dong Da victory, Deo Nhong Duong Lieu victory, fishing season rites, mountainous ethnic minorities festivals, coastal folks festivals), rich beverage and culinary specialties (Bau Da wine, pork and vermicelli, Song Thang vermicelli, Cho Huyen meat roll, banh it pie). A number of towers built by the Cham are now significant tourist attractions. The Quang Trung Museum commemorates the event 18 th century farmer movement led by Nguyen Hue or King Quang Trung. Binh Dinh used to be the ancient kingdoms and famous with Sa Huynh and Champa cultures. The relics of Tay Son dynasty, Do Ban (Vijaya) Citadel and 14 Cham Towers with unique and majectice architectural art are a typical part of Binh Dinh. Especially Duong Long towers are the most magnificient remaining brick towers in Southeast Asia. In 2012, Binh Dinh has 120 tourist accommodation companies, with 68 hotels and resorts ranging from 1 to 5 stars with a total of 2,923 rooms. No. Index 9 Unit Binh Dinh Human resources for tourism sector People 15, 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 % Investing in Binh Dinh, Investment Promotion Center of Binh Dinh Province 9 Investment Promotion For The Central Coastal regions of Vietnam, 21-22/3/2011, Da Nang 7

8 No. Index 9 Unit Binh Dinh Travel agent Unit 2.1 Total Unit International Unit Domestic Unit Agency Branch 1 3 Accomodation company Unit 3.1 Total Unit star hotel Hotel star room Room Number of room Room 2, Rate of filled room % 51 4 Tourism revenue 4.1 Total revenue Billion VND Average expense Domestic Million VND/tourist - International USD/tourist - 5 Tourist market 5.1 Total arrival visitors Visitor 1,462, International Visitor 120, Average staying day Day Human resources 10 The population is young. The age group under 30 years old accounts for 62.8% of the provincial population. There are 795,700 laborers out of total 822,100 laborers working in the provincial economy. The result of universalization education at primary and secondary levels and anti-illiteracy has been maintained since its completion in The task of training and fostering profession has been implemented, benefitting over 10,000 people admissions and providing jobs for over 12,000 laborers in the last 5 years. The number of technical and scientific cadres at junior college and university level reaches 20,000, out of which there are nearly 100 doctorate degree and 300 master degree holders. 4 Education and health care Education Binh Dinh has 594 schools: 174 kindergarten, 240 primary schools, 127 lower secondary schools, 32 upper secondary schools, 5 primary and lower secondary schools and 16 lower and upper secondary schools (the combination of lower secondary school and upper secondary school from grade 6 to grade 12). Total number of currently available classrooms is 8,744. The teaching staff is 14,422, namely 12,534 elementary-mid-high school teachers and 1,888 nursery school teachers. Total number of pupils, students is 378,863 out of which 40,300 are nursery school pupils and 338,563 elementary-mid-high school students. Currently Binh Dinh avails 2 universities, 4 junior colleges with some 533 teaching staff and 24,596 student enrollment. Qui Nhon University provides training in 40 different disciplines. Present day enrollment exceeds 15,000, annual graduation exceeds 3,000. Quang Trung 10 Investing in Binh Dinh, Investment Promotion Center of Binh Dinh Province

9 University, founded in 2007, is admitting students to 14 study courses. There are 3 colleges: Pedagogy College, Professional Training College, Agricultural and Rural Development Professional Training College of the Central Vietnam and other professional training schools turning out annually thousands of technical cadres, skilled workers to serve Binh Dinh Province and the region. The mentioned facilties enlist 162 teachers and enroll 2,160 students together with several professional training organizations, turning out thousands of science and technology cadres, skilled workers to the province and the region. The International Centre for Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting in under construction. It focuses on creating meeting, exchange, transfer of science and technology between Vietnam and other countries. The centre will contribute to improving the teahcers level at universities and meet the demand of international training in the central region and in Binh Dinh in particular. 4.2 Health care 12 (Please see Annex 2: Health data , page 19) There are 185 health establishments in the province; of which: 19 hospitals, including one provincial hospital with 1,100 beds, 8 regional polyclinics, 1 sanitorium and rehabilitation hospital and 157 medicial service units. Together with one private general hospital, and many private clinics, the health network can meet the demand of health care and treament in Binh Dinh and the neighbouring provinces Ratio of bed/people Ratio of public bed/people 22.6/10, /10, Doctor 13 Assistant doctor Medical staff 772 (5.15 doctor/ 10,000 people) Nurse Midwife Pharmacists of university graduate (0.26 doctor/ 10,000 people) Pharmacists of Drugist high school level Infrastructure 14 Locating at the site of a major port and the intersection of two national roads has further increased Binh Dinh's role as a gateway to the Central Highlands and access to the latter's resources. As a result, the province has received one of the highest infrastructure scores in the Provincial Competitiveness Index 2009, second only to Da Nang in central Vietnam. 5.1 Transportation - Roads There are national roads (NR) with a total length of 208 km and provincial roads a total length of km. NR no. 1A runs through the province from north to south with a length of 118 km, connecting eastern districts of Hoai Nhon, Phu My, Phu Cat, An Nhon, and Tuy Phuoc to much of the rest of Vietnam. A branch of it, NR no. 1D passing 19 km through Binh Dinh, The national standard of doctor/10,000 population is and 9

10 connects Quy Nhon to NR no. 1A and Song Cau Town in Phu Yen Province. NR no. 19 runs from Quy Nhon Port through northern Quy Nhon, towns of Tuy Phuoc, Phu Phong, to An Khe, Pleiku, and Le Thanh Border Gate. This direct link from Quy Nhon to the west highland, southern Laos and northeast Kampuchea, is important for Binh Dinh's role as a gateway to the west highlands and its industrial development, since the wood processing and furniture industry has relied on raw materials from the highlands, Kampuchea, and Laos. Besides, Binh Dinh also avails hundreds of kilometers of provincial roads, mostly built of concrete or asphalt, and thousands of kilometers of inter-district, inter-village rural concrete roads. The coastal road Nhon Hoi Tam Quang, 107 km long serves tourism development. The western road An Nhon Hoai Nhon, 112 km long, is now under construction. Road transport is by far the most important mode of transport within the province. It accounts for between 97 % and just under 100 % of passenger and freight movements million passengers and 7,928 tons of cargo were transported by road in Railway Like NR no. 1A the national North-South Railway cuts through the province lengthwise over 150 km, comprising 11 stations, including the largest of Dieu Tri. All Unification Express trains stop at this station which is 12 km away from Quy Nhon City and Quy Nhon Port. The station, ranked among the 10 largest rail stations of Vietnam, is served by a daily train from Quy Nhon to Saigon Railway Station and a 3-times weekly train from Quy Nhon to Vinh Railway Station. Tam Quan Railway Station, located along North South Railway in Hoai Nhon District, is frequented by only a few trains, such as the train to Vinh. - Water transport Much of the Con River - almost up to the border in Vinh Thanh District with Gia Lai Province - and a small stretch of the Lai Giang River up to Bong Son Town in Hoai Nhon District are inland waterways which can be used for transportation. There has been a significant change in the use of inland waterways away from passenger and towards freight traffic between 2006 and The number of passenger decreased from 113,000 in 2006 to 42,000 in 2007 and 7,000 in 2008 and 2009, while freight transport on inland - apparently almost non-existent until has accounted for 10 tons and around 70 tons/km in 2008 and This is, however, still minuscule compared to other modes of transportation within the province. Maritime transport within the province has showed a declining trend in recent years and was at 171 tons and 31,000 passengers in The two main ports of the province - Quy Nhon Port and Thi Nai Port - are both located in Quy Nhon. In 2009 they had a combined freight turnover of 4,500 tons, with 30,856 tons handled by Quy Nhon Port, including 2,016 tons of exported goods (mainly processed wood, furniture and stones). Thi Nai Port, in contrast, mostly handles domestic trade. The volume of cargoes handled has increased by more than 50% between 2005 and Quy Nhon Port Quy Nhon International Sea Port is one of the 10 biggest ports in Vietnam, being reckoned as priority for port development. It ranks high as a wind shelter mooring place; deep water port with large storage yard, accommodating 30,000 ton in-and-outgoing vessels. The Port is 10 km from NR 1A, 175 nautical miles away from Da Nang Port, 90 nautical miles from Nha Trang Port

11 nautical miles from Vung Tau Port and 445 nautical miles from Hai Phong Port. Presently the Ministry of Communication and Transport is investing to widen the current breadth to 120 m., to dredge the bed depth to 11.5 m. and take the buoy No 0 to a distance of 6 nautical miles away from the port. Departing from Quy Nhon Port, ships can sail towards major Asian sea ports. - Total port area 306,568 m 2 of which Warehouse/shed 20,960 m 2 including 1,971 m 2 Containter Freight Station Open storage 201,000 m 2 including 48,000m 2 for containers Tank 12,000m 3 Total storage capacity 200,000 MT Berth length(m) Berth depth (m) Vessel/Cargo Wharf no ,000 tons/bag. bulk, wood logs Wharf no ,000 tons/bag, container Wharf no ,000 tons/bag, container Wharf no ,000 tons/bag, bulk Wharf no ,000 tons/bag. bulk, container Wharf no ,000 tons/bag. bulk, container Throughput of Quy Nhon Port from 2004 to 2012 Unit: MT Total 2,415,745 2,450,000 2,671,001 3,208,879 3,310,799 3,855,679 4,501,555 5,492,997 Impor 869,584 66, , , , , , ,261 Export 855,485 1,076,374 1,302,586 1,603,210 1,524,644 2,016,017 2,638,674 3,331,268 Domestic 690,676 7, , , ,467 1,004,051 1,101,310 1,417,468 Container 38,771 1,97 51,96 61,86 72,27 54,69 72,2 62,549 (TEUs) Ship calls 1,102 1,032 1,091 1,264 1,296 1,510 1,599 1,660 + Thi Nai Port is next to Quy Nhon Port, but smaller, having a 268-meter pier with a 4 6 m water depth, it can accommodate 3,000 5,000 ton vessels. The current handling capacity is about 0.5 million ton a year. Nhon Hoi sea port in Nhon Hoi Economic Zone with 12 millionton cargo handling capacity is under construction. + Airways 15 Phu Cat Airfied is in Phu Cat District between the towns of Ngo May and Dap Da, around 30 km northwest of Quy Nhon City. The airfield is 3,050 m in length and 45 m in width, providing easy landing and take-off for big aircrafts. The terminal has a capacity of handling 300 passengers an hour. Three flights to HCMC and one flight to Hanoi are available every day. 5.2 Electricity and Water 16 + Electricity

12 The provincial network includes transmission lines of high voltage, low voltage of 35 KV, 220 KV and sdistributing transformer stautions. 158 villages and wards have connection to the national power grid. Only one isolated commune (Nhon Chau) uses diesel electric power. + Water supply Water supply to Qui Nhon City is 45,000m 3 /days. The water supply capacities of Phu Tai Industrial Park reaches 8,500 m 3 /24 hours, Nhon Hoi Economic Zone: 12,000 m 3 /day, and 9 townships: 21,300 m 3 /day. 5.4 Communications 17 Until now, the total number of telephones in Binh Dinh is nearly 1,64 million (of which about 1,45 million mobile phones), achieving 115 telephones/100 people. This is a rapid increase from the 101,230 in 2005, most of which was contributed by mobile phones. The calling time has also increased rapidly in the same period, from 53 to 488 million minutes. The quality of telecommunications has received relatively good assessments, with % of respondents to a survey stating that it is good or very good. As of 2012, there are 31,094 Internet subscribers, up from 18,260 in 2008 and 8,716 in While telephones and Internet connections have become much more widespread, the number of letters and money telegrams sent has decreased from 119,000 in 2005 to 77,421 in 2009 and telegrams services have been discontinued after Economy With a GDP per capita of 28.2 million VND in 2012 Binh Dinh is ranked 5 out of 9 provinces and cities in the Central Coastal Region. Binh Dinh. It is the region's third largest industrial center (mainly based on furniture manufacturing) and also has strong agricultural, forestry, livestock, and fishing sectors. 6.1 Economic results in implementing in Indicators Est. Implementation in 2012 Economic indicators - Gross Domestic Product (billion VND) (at constant price 1994) 11,193 - 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$) 1,342 - 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) Total revenue in area (billion VND) 4,271 Revenue from import export tax 1, Soci-economic Report of the People s Committee of Binh Dinh Province,

13 Indicators Est. Implementation in 2012 Domestic revenue 3,181 - Total budget expenditure in area (billion VND) 7, Tourism activities Tourism turnover (billion VND) 474 Total visitor (thousand visitor arrival), of which 1,462,300 International visitor (estimated, thousand visitor arrival) 120,700 Domestic visitor (thousand visitor arrival) 1,341,600 - Investment activities N/A Newly registered enterprises Newly regsitered capital (billion VND) - Skilled labor rate (%) 40 - Job creation (men) 22,585 - Population growth rate 3 o / oo - Poor household rate Rate of under-5 malnourished children (%) Forest coverage rate (%) Rate of urban population accessing fresh water (%) 61 - Rate of rural population accessing fresh water (%) Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture 19 Please see Annex 3: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, , page 20) Binh Dinh has the most productive primary sector (agriculture, fishery, forestry) in the South Central Coast region, mostly because of its large output of rice, coconuts and its strong livestock, forestry and fishing sectors. It contributes roughly 23% of sector 1 GDP and rice output of the South Central Coast (while it has 17.7% of the region's population) Agriculture The rice harvest is the largest of the South Central Coast region but accounts only for a modest 1.62% of the national output. The total production value of planting in 2012 is 2,037.4 billion VND. The paddy output is 651,878 tons in 2012 with an average yield is 5.86 ton/ha and the the highest yields around the lower Con River. The provincial output of coconuts (95,040 ton) accounts for 9% of the national total in Other significant crops include peanuts (13,700 ton, 2.71%), cashew nuts (4,200 ton, 1.39%), and sugar cane (185,700 tons, 1.07%). Coconuts are planted mostly in the districts of Hoai Nhon (30,000 ton in 2009), Phu My (27,000 tons), Phu Cat (16,400 tons), and Hoai An (15,700 tons).the livestock sector makes up 35% of the agricultural gross output, a relatively high value compared to other provinces. Binh Dinh is by far the largest producer of pork, both in terms of total output and per capita output (over 50 kg per capita). + Animal husbandry The numbers of domestic animals are as follows: Pig Buffalo Cow Poultry 2009 (Head) 684,300 18, ,400 5,000, (Head) 711,065 20, ,253 6,600, (Head) 720,000 20, ,000 6,500, and Socio-economic Report of Binh Dinh Province,

14 6.2.2 Aquaculture Binh Dinh has a large fishing sector. Its gross output contributes one fifth of the South Central Coast's total, ranking second after Khanh Hoa Province (as of 2007). In contrast to Khanh Hoa, the vast majority of this was contributed by sea fishing, with only a small share (11.1%) from aquaculture. As of ,900 people were employed in fishing, compared to 481,200 in agriculture and forestry. With a fishing fleet of over 7,772 motorized boats and a total capacity of nearly 698,687 HP as well as a water surafce of 12,700 ha, Binh Dinh achieves a total fishery output of 173,186 tyons in 2012, an increase of 7.4% as of 2011, of which the fishing output is 164,479 tons, an increase of 8.1% as of There are 6 processing plants with refrigeration facilities at total daily capacity of 35 tons, 4 fishing ports (Nhon Chau, Tam Quang, De Gi, Quy Nhon), and 17 ship building organizations capable of turning out annually 800 fishing boats of 45HP and above, and repairing thousands of boats. In addition, there are traditional craft villages producing seafood products such as fish sauce, dried squids, fish fin, etc for export. The products are diversified including fresh, dried, frozen one and exported to the markets of Japan, EU, USA, China, and the South East Asia. The annual export turnover is about 30 million US$ Forestry The province guides to implement contract-based protection of 102,693 ha, afforestation of 7,539 ha, and forest new planting of 8,010 ha in The planning of 5,000 6,000 ha of forest planting each year during the period of will help secure forestry coverage at 47.7% by 2013 and 48 50% by Export and Import N/A 6.4 Tourism N/A 6.5 Industry 20 Binh Dinh has established and developed key industries such as agricultural, forestry and fishery product processing, construction material, mineral exploiting and processing, footwear, export garment and footwear, animal feed processing, pharmaceutical products. More than two thirds of the province's gross industrial output are produced in Quy Nhon, which is the region's third largest industrial center after Da Nang and Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa Province). The province has transformed itself to a regional center of furniture manufacturing. The industry has been successful in creating large numbers of jobs, with furniture manufacturing enterprises employing around 40,000 workers and manufacturing in total around 107,000, making Binh Dinh leading in the South Central Coast in terms of industrial employment. The largest industries after furniture manufacturing ( billion VND in 2009) in terms of gross output are food products and beverages ( billion VND), non-metallic mineral products (938.4 billion VND), wood processing (843.6 billion VND), and chemical products (755.1 billion VND). The latter includes not only companies supporting the furniture industry, but also a 20 and Socio-economic Report of Binh Dinh Province,

15 pharmaceutical industry, the most significant company of which is Bidiphar, a local state-owned enterprise. Smaller manufacturing sectors include garments, paper, leather, plastics and rubber products. The industrial output value in 2012 is 8,056.2 billion VND (at constant price 1994), increasing 8.1% as of Out of 30 provincial industrial products, 21 have a high increasing rate such as titan ore (+36.7%), bottled beer (+23.4%), filet fish and various types of frozen fish (+21.5%), animal feed (+16%), Prominent industrial products of Binh Dinh No. Sector Unit Estimated Output in 2012 Target Wood processing m 3 85, ,000 2 Wood chip ton 388, ,000 3 Frozen seafood tons 7,919 15,000 4 Pulp ton - 70,000 5 Starch ton 23,500 30,000 6 Post-starch ton - 70,000 7 Animal feed processing 1,000 tons 8 Medication 1,000 US$ 1,800 2,500 9 Garment Million items 10 Footwear 1,000 pairs 939 7, Granite processing m , Ilmenite processing ton 1,850 20, Titanium slag processing ton 18, , Milled zicron ton 3,703 18, Investment + Domestic investment Binh Dinh has more than 425 domestic investment projects with total registered capital of 60,000 billion VND. The project licences are granted by - The People s Committee of Binh Thuan Province: 212 projects, registered capital: 28,189 billion VND - Nhon Hoi Economic Zone: 27 projects, registered 24,327 billion VND - Industrial Parks: 186 projects, registered capital: 5,661 billion VND + Official Development Aid (ODA) There are 26 ODA projects with a total commitment capital of million US$. + Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) In 2012, Binh Dinh issues 9 investment certificates for FDI projects with a total investment capital of 33,420,000 US$. Until 2012, the province has 50 FDI projects with a registered capital of 731 million US$, including 37 wholly foreign invested projects and 13 joint-venture projects. By enterprise type classification there are 40 enterprises, 9 branches, and 1 BCC entity. Investors come from China (9 projects), Thailand (6), Germany (5), Japan (4 projects), South Korea (4), US (3), Hongkong (3), Australia (3), New Zealand (2), UK (1), Singapore (1), British Virgin Island (1), Malaysia, France (1), Taiwan (1), Canada (1), India (1), Seychelles East Africa (1), Russia (1), Netherland (1). 15

16 No. Attracting FDI Unit Binh Dinh Province 1 Number of projects (accumulated) Project 50 - Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture Project 6 - Industry Construction Project 29 - Services Project 15 2 Registered capital (accumulated) Million US$ Agriculture Forestry Aquaculture Million US$ 35 - Industry Construction Million US$ Services Million US$ FDI projects by investment site - In Nhon Hoi Economic Zone Project Project 10 Registered capital Million US$ In Industrial Parks Project Project 9 Registered capital Million US$ 63 - Outside economic zone and industrial park Project Project 31 Registered capital Million US$ Implemented capital (accumulated) Million US$ Newly issued projects in 2012 Project 9 5 Newly approved, registered capital in 2012 Million US$ Thai investment in Binh Dinh N/A 6.7 Border gate economy There is no border gate in Binh Dinh Province 7 Industrial Parks (IP) and Economic Zone Industrial parks Binh Dinh Province has 8 IPs with total area of 3,270 ha, of which 3 has been now operating with total area of 727 ha. In the end of 2011, IPs attracted 191 investm,ent projects, of which 184 domestic projects at total area of 4,950.8 billion VND and 7 FDI projects at total capital of million USD. In 2011, industrial production value of IPs reached 2,867.3 billion VND, creating jobs for 17,070 labors, achieving export turnover of million USD, contributing to state budget billion VND. 22 Five IPs have been established, of which two (Phu Tai and Long My) are fully occupied. Nhon Hoa IP is almosy full for the stage 1. Hoa Hoi and Cat Trinh IPs are in the process of building infrastructure. According to the development planning of Vietnam IPs until 2020, there will be 8 IPs with planned area of 1,716 ha in Binh Dinh, including Phu Tai, Long My, Nhon Hoa, Hoa Hoi, Cat Trinh, Cat Khanh, Bong Son, and Binh Nghi Nhon Tan. 7.2 Industrial clusters (ICs) There are currently 32 ICs in business operation, covering an area of 1,056 ha. They are Quang Trung, Nhon Binh (Quy Nhon City), Go Da Trang, Nhon Hoa (An Nhon District), Hoc 21 Investing in Binh Dinh. Investment Promotion center of Binh Dinh Province 22 Investment Promotion For The Central General Coastal Region of Vietnam, 21&22 March 2012, Da Nang City 16

17 Bom, Phu an (Tay Son District), Go Mit (Phu Cat District), Binh Duong (Phu My District), Phuoc An (Tuy Phuoc District), Cay Duoi (An Lao), Ta Suc with 20ha (Vinh Thanh District), Van Canh 18ha (Van Canh District,) Cau Nuoc Xanh 47ha (Tay Son District), Cat Nhon 50ha (Phu Cat District). Still 4 other ICs have been developing: Thiet Dinh 13ha (Hoai Nhon District), Doc Soi 10ha (Hoai An District) Diem Tieu 23,5ha (Phu My District), Bui Thi Xuan 55ha (Qui Nhon City), etc. Four of these ICs have achieved full occupancy leasing, namely Quang Trung, Nhon Binh, Go Da Trang and Hoc Bom. Binh Dinh Province has planned to develop a total of 62 IC with an area of 1,921 ha with the main sectors of agriculture-forestry-fishery product processing, consumer goods, construction material, supporting industries, garment, minerals, etc. 8 Date: 18 November 2013 Updated: 18 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. 17

18 Annex 1: Population of Binh Dinh Province, 1995, Source: General Statistics Office (*) Population 1,394,400 1,466,100 1,477,800 1,480,100 1,482,300 1,485,600 1,487,400 1,492,000 1,497,300 Male 676, , , , , , , , ,900 Female 718, , , , , , , , ,400 Urban 262, , , , , , , , ,300 Rural 1,132,000 1,111,100 1,091,600 1,087,400 1,082,900 1,079,100 1,074,900 1,078,200 1,082,000 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 ,8 792,5 837,9 848,0 861,1 880,4 years old (1,000) Labor over 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 2,640 2,632 2,976 3,136 3,506 3,806 3, Hospital 2,180 2,190 2,290 2,530 2,900 3,200 3, Regional polyclinic Convalescent and Functional Rehabilitation Hospital 2.4 Health stations at communes. wards. agencies. enterprises Medical staff 3.1 Doctor Assistant doctor Nurse ,095 1,048 1,623 1,553 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 /12/2011 (accumulated) 5.4 AID patients living until /12/2011 (accumulated) 5.5 HIV death cases 1 19

20 Annex 3: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, Source: General Statistics Office Item (*) 1 No. of farm 595 1, ,019 1,019 1,019 1, Production value of 1, , , , , , , , ,774.8 agriculture (bil. VND) (at constant price 1994) 3 Area of cereals (ha) 119, , , , , , , , , Output of cereals 405,4 532,5 560,9 644,5 617,9 660,8 642,8 673,6 692,6 (1,000 ton) 4 Food output per capita (kg) 5 Paddy planted area 118, , , , , , , , , Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) 5.2 Paddy output (1,000 tons) 6 Paddy planted area 45,0 46,5 46,8 47,2 46,9 47,3 47,5 47,7 47,8 (1,000 ha). Spring Crop 6.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Spring crop 6.2 Paddy output (1, ,0 217,5 265,7 264,4 257,2 262,8 278,7 295,5 298,1 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 ( ,8 131,3 110,1 137,4 118,5 119,0 87,4 103,4 98,8 tons) Winter Crop 9 Corn area (1,000 ha) 1,0 2,8 7,6 7,8 7,8 8,2 7,9 7,8 8,0 9.1 Corn yield (quintal/ha) 9.2 Corn output (1,000 tons) 10 Sweet potato area 1,2 1,2 0,5 0,4 0,3 0,4 0,4 0,3 0,3 (1,000 ha) 10.1 Sweet potato yield (1,000 tons) 11 Manioc area 10,9 10,1 12,0 13,1 13,2 13,9 14,0 13,3 13,5 (1,000 ha) 11.1 Manioc output 61,3 88,6 212,2 239,0 253,7 295,9 314,0 296,0 318,2 (1,000 tons) 12 Sugarcane area (1,000 ha)

21 Item (*) 12.1 Sugarcane output (1,000 tons) 13 Peanut area 8,7 8,3 7,7 7,4 8,1 9,2 8,9 8,3 8,8 (1,000 ha) 13.1 Peanut output 9,2 12,3 15,6 16,6 18,7 23,4 23,8 23,2 24,4 (1,000 tons) 14 Soybean area (1,000 ha) 14.1 Soybean output (1,000 tons) 15 Buffalo 18,500 18,600 19,300 19,300 20,200 19,200 18,900 19,400 20, Cattle 230, , , , , , , , , Pig 340, , , , , , , , , Poultry 3,462 3,004 2,992 3,633 4,269 5,065 5,663 6,227 (1,000 heads) 19 Forest status 19.1 Total forest area 261,9 272,0 287,5 (1,000 ha) 19.2 Natural forest 187,2 194,8 199,4 (1,000 ha) 19.3 Planted forest 74,7 77,2 88,1 (1,000 ha). of which 19.4 Newly planted forest 12,8 0 9,1 (1,000 ha) 19.5 Forest coverage rate (%) 20 Concentrated 6,3 2,5 6,8 6,7 6,8 6,1 7,8 6,6 9,3 afforestation (1.000 ha) 21 Forestry production 106,30 100,80 136,40 141,80 151,00 158,40 165,70 170,10 183,80 value (bil. VND) 22 Wood output 43,00 78,40 127,30 138,80 152,10 167,40 167,50 196,00 272,60 (1.000 m 3 ) 23 Burnt forest area 8,0 16,7 80,0 70,0 23,6 68,0 21,0 16,5 174,9 (1.000 ha) 24 Deforestation area 400,0 3,7 21,0 23,0 17,5 10,3 9,1 20,5 255,6 (ha) 25 Fishery area 3,80 3,70 4,50 4,50 4,60 4,30 4,50 4,70 4,70 (1,000 ha) 26 No. of fishing boat 2,795 3,784 3,903 3,793 3,679 3,813 3,827 3,827 (boat) 27 Horse power (HP) 116, , , , , , , , Production value of , , , , ,487.4 fishery (bil VND) 29 Fishery output 59,822 77, , , , , , , ,303 (tons) 30 Maritime Fish output 53,50 61,30 83,50 81,70 86,40 90,70 100,00 108,80 116,40 (1,000 tons) 31 Aquaculture output 1,163 2,419 3,194 4,205 4,983 6,308 7,858 8,743 9,193 ( tons) 32 Fish Farming output ,294 1,537 1,670 1,860 2,159 2,289 2,512 ( tons) 33 Shrimp farming output (ton) 481 1,559 1,709 2,310 2, ,147 5,971 6,166 Note: 21