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Ben Tre sets 14% growth target
The Government has set a growth rate of 13.8 per cent for the southern province of Ben Tre for the next 10-year period.
The socio-economic development plan for the province through 2020, approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, calls for an export revenue of US$1.4 billion in 2020.
The province will bring into play its advantages in the garden and marine economy in its aim to reach a similar growth rate of nearby provinces.
Under the plan, the annual growth rate of the agricultural and forestry sector will be 6.3 per cent.
Products to be developed include fruit, coconuts, seafood, ornamental trees, pork and beef. Rice will be farmed on around 25,000 hectares.
The mainstay of the economy in Ben Tre is the garden and orchard economy, which will be carried out on 87,600ha of agricultural land.
About 54,000ha of land will be reserved for planting coconut trees. In addition, 31,000ha of water surface will be set aside for breeding shrimp and fish.
For the industrial sector, the province plans growth at 22 per cent every year.
The mainstay of the industrial sector will be food processing, chemicals, garments, handicrafts and electronic products.
The province's export turnover is expected to have an annual growth of 20 per cent over the 10-year period, thanks to co-operation with neighbouring localities.
In addition, the province has targeted reducing the poverty rate from 17 per cent to 7 per cent over the next five years.
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