This Decision approves the master plan on socio-economic development of Can Tho city through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, with the following principal contents: To restructure the city's economy toward industry-service-hi-tech agriculture through 2020 and service-industry-hi-tech agriculture after 2020; to focus on conditions to create posture and momentum for development (key infrastructure facilities, key sectors and products, technologies and human resources). The economic structure grows in a fast, stable and sustainable manner, ensuring social equity and progress. To invest in economic development in width and depth, mainly in depth. To focus investment on a number of the city's sectors with competitive advantages such as services, tourism, hi-tech industries; hi-tech agricultural and aquatic products; focusing on fields with comparative advantages for local development (such as: agro-forestry, fisheries processing industry, food-beverages, biotechnology, chemicals and biochemical products). To align the city's socio-economic development in the Mekong River Delta region; building and developing Can Tho city as a momentum for boosting the region's development. closely combine economic development with the development of social fields, education and training, healthcare, culture and building of a new countryside, gradually narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, etc. The master plan's overall objectives are: to build Can Tho city into a civilized and modem city imbued with river characteristics so as to basically become an industrialized city before 2020; a socio-economic center, an education-training and science-technology center, a healthcare, cultural and sports center in the Mekong River Delta region; an important hub of regional and international transport; a key area holding a strategic role in the Mekong River Delta region's and the country's defense and security; to play the role as a momentum to boost the strong development of the entire Mekong River Delta region.
Viet Nam · 2013-08-30