1. General evaluation:

The 14th Quang Binh Provincial Party Committee Congress put forward its tasks and objectives for the five-year socio-economic development 2006-2010 which is that “…, to make full use of all resources, to promote industrialization and modernization, to accelerate socio-economic development in an efficient and steady way, to bring the province out of poverty situation, with the target of achieving the national growth rate average level by the year 2010,…”. The provincial People’s Council adopted Resolution No.39/2005/NQ-HDND, dated December 9, 2005 on the five-year socio-economic development task for 2006-2010. On this basis, the Provincial People’s Committee carried out measures to deploy the implementation of the socio-economic development plan of Quang Binh province in the period of 2006-2010.

In the period of 2006-2010, despite of meeting many difficulties and challenges, especially the impact of global economic crisis in 2008 and 2009; heavy influence of natural calamity and flood in 2007 and 2010, with the assistance of the Government, Central ministries and agencies; the well-timed direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People’s Council and People’s Committee along with the great efforts made by all levels, sectors, enterprises and people, the province’s economy has developed stably; rate of growth has achieved fairly; main indicators have basically been completed and exceeded the plan; economic structure has shifted onto right orientation; the quality and efficiency of the economy have gradually been raised; socio-economic infrastructures have been improved; social and cultural fields have recorded positive changes; the life of people has been step by step improved; work of hunger elimination and poverty reduction, job creation and implementation of social policy has achieved fairly; the political security, social safety and order have been well maintained; management of environmental resources has been strengthened.

2. As estimated, the implementation results of main objectives of the 2006-2010 five-year socio-economic development plan

- The annual average economic growth is 10.7% (five-year plan is 11-12%)

- Agriculture - forestry - fishery production value increases by 5.45% (five-year plan is 4-4.5%)

- Industrial and handicraft production value increases by 19% (five-year plan is 20-21%)

- Value of service sectors increases by 13.5% (five-year plan is 11-12%)

- Economic structure to the year 2010:

     + Agriculture - forestry – fishery accounts for 21.7% (the plan until 2010 achieves 20%)

     + Industry – Construction accounts for 35.7% (the plan until 2010 achieves 40%)

     + Service accounts for 40.6% (the plan until year 2010 achieves 40%)

- Output of food in 2010 reaches 25.4 thousand tons (five-year plan is 25.5-26 thousand tons)

- Export turnover in 2010 reaches 109 million USD (the plan until 2010 us 45-50 million USD)

- Budget revenue in 2010 reaches 1,343.3 billion VND (the plan until 2010 is over 1,000 billion VND)

- 100% of health stations have doctor (the plan is 100% of health station having doctor)

- 71.7% of communes reach the national standards on health (the plan until 2010 reaches 70%)

- Rate of ill-nourished children under five years olds reduces by 23.5% (the plan until 2010 is 18-20%)

- 99.4% of communes, wards and townships reach secondary compulsory education (the plan is 100% of communes, wards and townships)

- Rate of poor households reduces by 3.99% a year (the plan is 3.5-4% a year)

- Providing jobs for 2.9 thousand laborers each year, in which creating new jobs for 1.8 thousand laborers (the plan is to provide jobs for 2.4-2.5 thousand laborers each year, in which creating new jobs for 1.7-1.8 thousand laborers)

- Rate of birth reduces by 0.25%o a year (the plan is 0.4-0.5%o a year)

- Rate of rural residents used fresh water reaches 73.2% (the plan until 2010 reaches 70%)

- Rate of forest cover reaches 67.2% a year (the plan until 2010 reaches 65%)

- GDP per capita at current price reaches 752 USD a person (the plan until 2010 reaches 700-800 USD a person). 

Source: Report No.157/BC-UBND, dated December 02, 2010