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AN GIANG PROVINCE 1 Basic Information 1.1 Geography An Giang is one of 4 provinces in the Key Economic Zone of the Mekong Delta. 1 Lying in the riverhead of the Mekong River, An Giang is a mountainous delta province, possessing many resources for the development of agriculture, aqua-culture, industry, trade and tourism. The province has mineral resources, rivers and irrigation channels providing quality drinking water all year round, a convenient road and river transport network, beautiful, historic sites and popular traditional festivals. 2 - Area (km2) 3,537 - Population (mil.) (2011) 2,151,009 * Male/Female (%) 49.31/50.69 - Administrative units: 1 city, 2 towns, 8 districts, 156 communes and wards - GDP growth in the period 2006-2010 (%) 10.34 - GDP at current price (2012) (bil. US$, 1 US$ = 21,000 VND) 3.339 Average income per capita (US$) (2012) 1,551 - FDI projects in total 20 * Total investment capital (mil. US$) 90

1 The Mekong Delta Key Economic Zone includes 3 provinces and 1 city directly under the central authorities, namely, Can Tho, An Giang, Kien Giang and Ca Mau, with the natural area of 1,786,700 ha, and a population of over 6.5 million people, making up more than 1/3 of the population of the whole region. 2 http://www.vietrade.gov.vn/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1257:overview-of-an-giang-province-part-1&catid=303:overview-of-provinces-cities&Itemid=296 and http://www.vietrade.gov.vn/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1257 and Statistical Yearbook of An Giang Province, 2012

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- Export turnover (mil. US$, 2012, est.) 850.21 (rice, sea products, vegetable, garment, embroidery products) - Import turnover (mil. US$, 2012, est.) 98.44 (chemicals, insecticides, wood, soy pulp, etc.) An Giang shares its border with Dong Thap Province to the east and northeast, Kien Giang Province to the south and southwest, Can Tho City to the southeast, and nearly 100-km borderline with Kampuchea to the northwest with 5 border-gates that are permitted to do the customs clearance of goods, including: 2 international border-gates, 2 national border-gates, and 1 subborder-gate. An Giang lies between the Tien River and the Hau River. Consequently, the province has profuse surface water source that is very favorable for rice planting and aquaculture. It is the commercial economic center of three big cities of Ho Chi Minh (HCMC), Can Tho and Phnom Penh, and is the trading gateway between the Mekong Delta, HCMC, and the countries of the Mekong River Delta Sub-region. An Giang thus becomes the focal point for communication with the Mekong Sub-region of Viet Nam, Kampuchea, Laos, and Thailand. Public transport - An Giang – HCMC: 200 km by car on National Road (NR) nos 1, 80, and 89. - An Giang – Phnom Penh: 150 km, by car through NR no. 91 and Kampuchean NR no. 2. 1.2 Population Please see Annex 1: Population of An Giang Province, 1995, 2000-2011, page 20. An Giang has a population of about 2,151,000 in 2011, in which female makes up 50.69% and the rural area makes up 71.6% of the population. The natural birth rate in 2009 was 1.2%.

Year 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (est.)

Pop. 2,077,017 2,146,756 2,170,138 2,192,726 2,210,957 2,231,062 2,250,573 2,250,573 Urban 446,732 523,403 559,896 615,717 624,647 634,313 639,397 639,397 Rural 1,630,285 1,623,353 1,610,242 1,577,009 1,586,310 1,596,749 1,611,176 1,611,176

An Giang is inhabited by four communities of Kinh, Hoa, Cham, and Khmer Krom, forming a mosaic cultural unique with cultural and population festivals, such as the Festival of Saint Mother Xu at Sam Mountain, the Khmer Dolta New Year Festival, and the Islamic Ramadan of Cham. 3 There are 23,561 ethnic households, accouting for 5% of the provincial population.

Ethnic group

Household/ Person

Residence Main income

Khmer Krom

18,512/ 86,592

16,838 households/80,000 persons (75.54% of the ethnic group, 3.9% of the provincial population) reside in 2 mountainous districts of Tri Ton and Tinh Bien. Others dwell in districts of Chau Phu, Chau Thanh, and Thoai Son.

Cultivation and home-based animal husbandry, seasonal hired laborers

Cham 2,660/ 13,722

Accounting for 12% of the ethnic group. Residing in An Phu District, Tan Chau Town. Others dwell in districts of Phu Tan, Chau Phu, and Chau Thanh. Majority of the Cham believe in Islam, having relations with Islamic followers in

Fishing, petty business, traditional weaving

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Ethnic group

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Residence Main income

Arabian countries, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Kampuchea. Chinese 2,389/

14,318 Accounting for 12 % of the ethnic group, 0.65% of the provincial population. Majority of them reside in cities, towns, and townlets, having close connections with other Chinese in the world.

Business, industrial production, handicraft. The living is stable with higher income than other ethnic groups.

1.3 Administration An Giang Province has 11 administrative units directly under the provincial authorities, including: 1 city (Long Xuyen), 2 towns (Chau Doc and Tan Chau), and 8 districts of Cho Moi, Phu Tan, Chau Thanh, Chau Phu, Thoai Son, Tri Ton, Tinh Bien, An Phu, and 156 communes and wards. Provincial People’s Committee (since 2011) + Chairman Mr. Vuong Binh Thanh - Native village Phu Hoa Town, Thoai Son District, An Giang

Province - Date of birth 11/3/1959 - Education Bachelor in Economics - Current position Vice Secretary of Provincial Party Committee Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee - Party admission date 11/5/1984 - Official admission date 11/11/1985 Service record - 5/1975 Staff of the Armed Forces of Chau Thanh District, An Giang

Province - 1976-1979 Being appointed by the agency for studying and transferred to An

Giang Provincial Armed Forces. Rank: Sergeant, Position: Platoon. Vice Leader, belonging to the An Giang Provincial Armed Forces.

- 1979-1981 Student at the Thu Duc Technical Teacher Training University in Ho Chi Minh City.

- 1981-1982 Expert of the Science and Education Department of of An Giang Provincial Party Committee.

- 1982-1983 Vice Head of Phu Hoa Commune Police, Thoai Son District, An Giang Province.

- 1983-1985 Vice Head of Phu Hoa Commune Police, Thoai Son District, An Giang Province.

- 1986-1988 Member of the District Party Committee, Secretary of the Phu Hoa Communal Party Committee, Thoai Son District, An Giang Province

- 1988-1990 Vice Standing Secretary of the Thoai Son District Party Committee, An Giang Province. - 1990-1996 Vice Secretary, Chairman of Thoai Son District, An Giang

Province. - 1996-2002 Member of the Provincial Party Committee,


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Director of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of An Giang Province. - 2002-2005 Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Chau Phu District Party Committee, An Giang

Province. - 2005-2007 Standing Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Chau Doc Town Party Committee, An Giang. - 01/2007-6/2011 Standing Member of Provincial Party Committee. Vice Chairman of the An Giang Provincial People’s Committee, term 2004 – 2009. - 6/2011-present Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. Chairman of An Giang Provincial People’s Committee, term 2010 - 2015. + Vice Chairman Huynh The Nang + Vice Chairman Vo Anh Kiet + Vice Chairman Ho Viet Hiep + Vice Chairman Le Van Nung Provincial Communist Party Committee + Secretary Mr. Phan Van Sau Chairman of the An Giang Provincial People’s

Council - Native village Long Thuan Commune, Hong Ngu District, Dong Thap Province - DOB 9/10/1959 - Education Bachelor of Politics - Nationality Kinh 2 Topography and climate 4 An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta. The Hau Giang and Tien Giang branches of the Mekong River are the dominant geographical features of the province. With the exception of the west, most of An Giang is fairly flat, and is criss-crossed by many canals and small rivers. This terrain has led to An Giang being a significant agricultural centre, producing significant quantities of rice. Climate 5 There are two distinct seasons: the raining season is from May to November and the dry season from December to April next year. The annual average temperature is about 27oC. The highest temperature is 35oC- 37oC from April to May and the lowest is 20oC- 21oC from December to January the following year. In general, the climate conditions are favorable for agricultural development. An Giang is affected by 2 winds: the southwest monsoon and the northeast monsoon. The former is cool and humid, creating the raining season, the latter creates hot and dry weather.

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- Cloud: The cloud is relatively inconsiderable, increasing in the raining season. During the dry season, it is cloudy but sunny. The monthly average cloud volume during the dry and raining season is respectively 3,1/10, and 6,9/10.

- Sunshine: An Giang is one of provinces having the highest sunshine in Vietnam. The average sunny hour is 10 hours/day, decreasing to 7 hours/day during the raining season.

- Temperature: the avreage temperature is high and stable. The variation between raining and dry months is 1,5°-3°; in raining months: about 1°. The highest temperature occurs in April, varying about 36°- 38° ; the lowest temperature occurs in October, about under 18° (in 1976 and 1998).

- Wind: The dominant wind occurs in the dry season is northeast and in the raining season is southwest. The average speed is about 3 m/second. An Giang suffers less storm because it is an inland province.

- Rain: the rainy season starts in May and ends in November, reaching an annual rainfall of 1,400-1,500mm. The total rainfall during the raining season accounts for 90% of the annual rainfall. Heavy rains coincide with the Mekong River in full spate flood the province, affecting seriously the production and living.

- Vaporation: During the dry season, the vaporation increases to a monthly average of 110 mm/month (160 mm/month in March) because of excessive sunshine and low humidity, but decreases to an average of 85 mm/month during the raining season (52 mm/month in September and October).

- Humidity: the humidity is lower than 80%, staring form December and lasting until next April.

In addition, there are also weather phenomena of tornados, hails, droughts, and effects of Elnino và Lanina. 3 Resources 6 3.1 Land resources 7 An Giang has 37 different kinds of land, forming 3 main groups. + Alluvial soil - In flooded fields: mainly distributed in districts of Chau Thanh, Chau Phu, Phu Tan, An Phu,

Tan Chau, Thoai Son, and Cho Moi, and a part of Long Xuyen City, Chau Doc Town, comprising the following types: :

* Island soil: distributed mainly along the two rivers of Tien and Hau and a small section in the Vam Nao River. The soil is generated by alluvial sedimentation, having high nutrients and no toxic ion for vegetation.

* In the Tien River: 21 islands in the Tien River. * In the Vam Nao River. - Grey alluvium soil having less organic matters: occupying a considerable area in 4 island

districts of Cho Moi, Phu Tan, An Phu, Tan Chau, and series of ricefields along the Hau River in 2 districts of Chau Thanh and Chau Phu. The relatively flat area is flooded every

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year, having main sediments of clay mixed with organic matters. The alluvial thickness is from 1 to 2 m. The area covers about 24,455 ha, mainly serving paddy cultivation of 2 crops a year.

- Grey alluvium soil having less deposits: distributing in low terrain area, having elevation from 0.8-1 m to 1-1.2 m. The area is far from two rivers of Tien and Hau and Long Xuyen Canal, covering 44,525 ha, mainly in communes of O Long Vi, Dao Huu Canh, Thanh My Tay (Chau Phu District), Tan Lap (Tinh Bien District), Vinh An, Tan Phu (Chau Thanh District), Tay Phu, Vinh Nhuan, Vinh Phu (Thoai Son District), and a small section of Cho Moi District and Chau Doc Town.

- Alluvium soil having alum: distributing mainly in districts of Chau Thanh, Chau Phu, Thoai Son, and Tri Ton, with an area of 84,872 ha, accounting for 24.7% of the provincial area, having elevation from 0.8 to 1 m.

- Ancient alluvium soil covers an area of 94,446 ha, accounting for 27,58% of the provincial area, mainly distributing in highe terrain of Tri Ton and Tinh Bien Districts. The soil does not intoxicate vegetation. However, it nutrients and porosity are poor and low. Due to new alluvium of the Hau River sedimented by floodings, the new surface soil has been formed and mixed with many organic matters, creating a relatively thick layer of humus which is appropriate for planting.

+ Alum soil The soil contains sulphate with very low pH index, varying about 2-3 m, distributing in districts bordering Kien Giang Province, with a total area of 30,136 ha - Potential alum soil distributes in communes of Vong The, Vong Dong (Thoai Son District),

O Long Vi, Thanh My Tay (Chau Phu District), Tan Tuyen, Ta Danh (Tri Ton District), Tan Loi (Tinh Bien District), etc. Depending on terrain, there is a difference in thickness of wrapping layer and alum generation level. Majority of potential alum soil have main components of clay (40.83%), powder (45.13%), and fine sand (4.15%).

- Soil having high concentration of alum is under developped. It has a very active alum and an alum generation layer underneath, distributing in the western narrow valleys of the Bay Nui Region. The granular composition is clay (41.31%), powder (36.68%), and sand (4.75%).

- Soil having less alum distributes in high terrain which is under a 80-100 cm layer of alluvial sedimentation. It is distributed in the foot of Co To Mountain, bordering area of Thoai Son and Chau Thanh District. The granualar composition has a high concentration of clay (60-63.9%) and a little powder and sand.

- Peat soil having alum is characterized by a thick and porous layer of peat, distributing along valleys of ancient rivers in Tri Ton District, Tra Su Cajeput Forest, and communes of Luong An Tra, Ta Danh. Its mineral content is low and poor but its nitrogent content is very high.

+ Mountainous and hilly soil The soil is formed by erosion and decomposition of rocky hills and mountains, and carried to the mountain foot by floodings. It distributes in 2 districts of Tri To and Tinh Bien, a small section of Thoai Son District, covering an area of 29,320 ha, accounting for 8,6% of the provincial area. 3.2 Water resources An Giang has two big rivers of Tien and Hau that belong to Mekong River system. Together with the system of canals, ponds and lakes, these are huge aquatic product resources that are


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favorable for the development of fish breeding in floating houses and ponds, and aquaculture in paddy fields. 3.3 Mineral resources 8 An Giang has more mineral resources than other provinces of the Mekong River Delta such as granite, sandstone, tile clay, kaolin, peat, clamshells, puzzoland, feldspars, bentonite, sand, gravel, etc. that meet the requirement for construction material for the region. + Construction stone: comprising many types of sedimentary rock and magma, distributing in mountainous areas of Ta Pa, Nam Qui, Phu Cuong, Co To, Tra Su, etc. The stone is used for road pavement, construction, and concrete works. + Granitic rock - Brilliant color with fine granular: distributing in mountains of Tra Su, Ket, Ba Doi, Sap,

Little Ba The, Tuong, Choc, Troi (Thoai Son District.) - Dark color with coarse granular: distributing in mountains of Co To, Ba The. The estimated

reserve is about 11 million m3. + Eruptive rock: distributing in mountains of Dai, Phu Cuong, Sa Lon, and the south of Cam. The stone has a blue-black color and low pressure strength (700-1,000 kg/cm2) but can be used for construction because it is shatter-proof. + Construction sand - Mountain sand: distributing along mountain slopes between mountains of Cam and Dai of

An Cu Commune (Thoi Son District). It is the deposit generated by water containing sand from higher slopes.

- River sand in Tan Chau District is yellow and famous for its utilization in construction. There are 4 exploitation sites in the Tien River and 8 exploitation sites in the Hau River.

+ Clay for tile and brick production distributes in districts of Chau Phu and Chau Thanh, serving over 400 brickyards in An Giang. The clay is under a surface soil layer of 0.2-0.3 m and refilled by 2 – 3 flooding seasons after being exploited. + Ashlar facing stone comprises groups of multicolor granite, granodiorite, rhyolite for hi-grade decoration. In addition, there is field stone in mountains of Phu Cuong, Nam Qui. The stones can be exploited at quarries of: - Cam Mountain, mainly in the southwest slope of Cam Mountain, - Gap Ghenh, in the north of Little Dai Mountain. + Aplite stone is exploited to supply raw materials for brick plants of Dong Tam, An Giang, HCMC. In addition to aplite stone, there are rock ledges found in Sap Mounatain and the Bay Nui Region, having kali and natri which are precious for industry of ceramic and porcelain. + Peat distributes mainly in the Bay Nui Region of two districts of Tinh Bien and Tri Ton. The estimated reserve is about 7, 632,430 tons (category A + B + C1) and the total potential is

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16,886,730 tons. Majority of peat mines have high quality peat, meeting demands of producing organic microbiologic fertilizer and humic acid. + Clamshell mine is formed in river estuaries, scattering and stretching along the southwest – north-east direction. The shell becomes bigger at deeper layer, having an average layer thickness of 0.69 to 1.55 m and an average length of 6.83 to 7.55m. Main chemical elements of calmshell are oxyt canxi (CaO), accounting for 54,20 - 54,91%. In addition, there are clamshell having a little content of oxytmaghe (MgO) and oxit silic (SiO2), which is used to produce white cement and NPK fertilizer. + Clay - Kaolin clay concentrates mainly in the Bay Nui region, being created by the weathered

process of mineral rock in mountains of Cam, Dai, Co To, Nam Qui, and Ta Pa, etc. This is the materials to produce hi-grade ceramic insulators.

- Bentonite clay: a soil containing many montmorillonite minerals, raw material commonly used to produce degreasant and grease absorption in oil rig. Bentonite is found in communes of Le Tri (Tri Ton District) with a relatively substantial reserve.

+ Gem and pearl distribute in mountains of Nam Qui and Ta Pa. The locals sometimes find agate and fossil plants in paths paved with mountainous stone. There is rubby in some fringes between granit and surrounding stone. Some kinds smoky quartz and violet quartz are found in pegmatite sledges in mountains of Ba The and Ket. + Metal ores - Molybdenum has a dark grey color accompnanied by pegmatite was exploited by the

Japannese 40 in the past in Sam Mountain. In addition, molybdenum is found in some rock ledges in mountains of Tra Su, Ket.

- Manganese ore, distributing in Ta Lot, has been exploited since 1936. + Natural mineral water The natural mineral water is found along neo-tectonic rupture zones in the Bay Nui Region. - There are 6 exposed points Nha Ban, i.e. Mounatain Cau, An Cu, Soai Chet, Suoi Vang, Sa

Lon, and Ta Pa, having mineralized content from 500mg/l to 2,750mg/l. - The second system is along the fault separating two mountains of Ket and Dai (along the

provincial road linking Nha Ban and Tri Ton), comprising the following exposed points: * Nha Ban, in the north of Ket Mountain and Vinh Trun: there are many dug wells having mineral water. * Chi Lang: mineral water appear in many shallow wells. * Tri Ton: in the north of Tri Ton Town. * Co To: in drilled wells at a depth of 123 m. + Diatomite is found in Le Tri (Tri Ton District), at a depth of 1.8-2.2 m, with a thicness of 1.7 – 2 m and an approximate reserve of 800,000 to 1,000,000 tons. It usually has a grey-black or yellow color because of mixing with iron and organic matters. However, the white diatomite in An Giang is quite special, which can be used in activated filtration, especially that of beer, wine, and edible oil.


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3.4 Forest resources An Giang has over 583 ha of natural tropical forest, most of which is large leaf canopy trees with 154 kinds of valuable and rare trees belonging to 54 families. Besides, there are 3,800 ha of indigo forest. The provincial authorities have paid much attention on afforestation recently because the forest area has been rapidly reduced. The fauna of An Giang is also rich with several valuable and rare species.

3.5 Tourist resources An Giang is a land rich in tourism potential, especially eco-tourism, resort tourism, sightseeings and pilgrimate tourism. An Giang is also renowned as traditional handicraft such as Tan Chau silk, Chau Doc fish sauce and other consumer products. Especially, long-standing handicraft weaves fabric industry of Cham ethnic group. The number of tourists to An Giang increased from 3.8 million in 2005 to 4.6 million in 2010. Therefore, the province is concentrating on investment and exploitation in order to rapidly develop such historical cultural monuments as Sam Mount (Chau Doc Town), Cam Mount (Tinh Bien District), Tuc Dup Hill (Tri Ton District), Oc Eo archaeological site (Thoai Son District). Besides, the province also has tourist sites as Soai So Lake, To Mount (Tri Ton District), Giai Mount, Tra Su Indigo Forest Ecotourist Area (Tinh Bien District), and other festivals such as Dolta Festival (the Khmer people’s annual bull-racing festival taking place from August 29 to September 1 of the lunar year), Khmer people’s Chol Chnam Thmay Tet, Ramadan Festival of the Cham people taking place from September 1 to September 30 every year. Other tourist atrractions are Ong Ho (Tiger) Island, An Giang Museum, Oc Eo Remains Site, Tay An Pagoda, Thoi Ngoc Hau Tomb, and President Ton Commemorative Area. 9

3.6 Human resources The province generates jobs for around 35,000 employees a year. Trained workers account for 38% number of employees while the figure for vocational workers is 26.2%. The average income is around 1,800,000VND per person per month. The province provides 3,500 university and college graduates, 3,500 vocational training intermediate graduates, and 53 post-graduates yearly. Besides, there are about 8,000 graduates from university and vocational training schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City and Vinh Long Province, etc. working in An Giang. 4 Education and Health 4.1 Education Some higher educational and training institutions include An Giang University (interdisciplinary training, having over ten thousand students, a placing providing university- and college graduated human resource), Health Intermediate School, An Giang Vocational Training College, two vocational training intermediate schools (Chau Doc Town and Tri Ton Minor Ethnic Boarding-school), vocational training centers, provincial and district continuing educational centers, etc.

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Education data of schoolyears 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 10

Items 2010-2011 2011-2012 School Classes Classroom Teacher Pupil School Classes Classroom Teacher Pupil

17,695 326,919 180,029 331,042 Primary 395 6,344 5,515 7,969 182,857 390 6,450 5,571 8,259 185,391 - Public 395 6,333 5,504 7,955 182,692 389 6,436 5,559 8,239 185,150 - Non-

public 11 11 14 165 1 14 12 20 241

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155 3,051 1,859 6,796 101,652 155 3,090 1,896 6,824 102,973

- Public 155 3,048 1,856 6,775 101,602 155 3,082 1,888 6,796 102,829 - Non-

public 3 3 21 32 8 8 28 144

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49 1,158 958 2,894 41,882 48 1,190 1,041 2,946 42,678

- Public 45 1,124 912 2,747 40,677 45 1,162 994 2,827 41,700 - Non-

public 4 34 46 147 1,205 3 28 47 119 978

Higher educational and training institutions of the province

Founded Faculties Annual intake An Giang University 1999 Agriculture & Natural Resources, Cultures & Arts,

Economics & Business Administration, Philosophy and Technology & Environment

Student enrollment:

12,815 Secondary Medical School

1976 Electric power industry, Mechanics, Construction, Automobile Technology etc.

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An Giang Vocational College

2007 1,600

2 Secondary Vocational Schools

Construction Technique, Accounting, Computer technique, Air Conditioner Technique

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4.2 Health care Please Annex 2: Health data 2005 – 2011, page 21 There are four provincial hospitals, 11 district hospitals, and 11 clinics with 3,580 beds. The ratio of hospital beds per 10,000 people reaches 14.63. The number of doctors per 10,000 people is 5.09. The percentage of malnourished children under 5 is 16.2 %. 5 Infrastructure 5.1 Transportation + Road - All road are asphalted and concreted to all of town centers (Provincial Road no. 14 with 404

km in length) and to other Mekong Delta Provinces.

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- National Road 91 (91 km in length) connects the province with Kampuchean National Road no. 2, Laos, and Thailand through 2 border gates of Tinh Bien and Vinh Xuong. In the period of 2011-2015, the Highway 91 from Nguyen Trung Truc Bridge to Chau Doc will be upgraded to level-III plain road standard, and the Long Xuyen–Chau Doc–Khanh Binh Expressway will be completed by 2020.

- District roads no. 941, 942, 952, 954, 956, and the Tri Ton–Vam Ray Road will be upgraded into the standard of highway level-III plain road in the period of 2011-2015.

- Road N1: In the period of 2011-2015, the Tan Chau–Chau Doc Road will be upgraded to level-IV plain road standard.

- Road N2 (Ho Chi Minh Trail): In the period of 2011-2015, Vam Cong Bridge, Vam Cong Bridge path, Long Xuyen City bypass through Thoai Son District to Kien Giang Province will be completed.

+ Railways There is no railway in An Giang Province. + Waterways - Tien River (section through An Giang: 87 km) and Hau River (100 km) are two important

rivers linking the province with Kampuchea, Laos and Thailand. In addition, a network of channels level 2, 3 ensures activities of waterway transport with the scale of 50-100 tons.

- Bridge and ferry * Vam Cong ferry, connecting Dong Thap and An Giang with total load of 200 tons are

capable of transporting cars and passengers at the same time with good and professional services in only 15 minutes.

* The construction of Vam Cong Bridge (2,037 m. in length) will connect the two river banks of An Giang and Dong Thap, conveniently reducing time to get to HCMC (about 01 hour)

* Con Tien Bridge links Chau Doc to Khanh Binh National Border Gate and Phnom Penh (70km) to form the shortest route which is convenient for visitors of HCMC – An Giang – Phnom Penh tour.

* An Hoa Bridge over Hau River will be built in the period of 2011-2020. * Chau Doc Bridge over Hau River will be built. - Port * My Thoi Port (10 km from Long Xuyen) is capable of accommodating vessels of 10,000

tons and throughput of 0.8 million tons. * Binh Long Port (Binh Long Industrial Park, Chau Phu District) capable of accomodating

vessels of 150,000 tons and barges of 500 DWT. * Vinh Xuong Wharf is located at the most convenient position connecting Vinh Xuong

International Border Gate to Kampuchean market, Laos and Thailand. + Airways There is no airport in An Giang Province. 5.2 Electricity and water supply


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+ Electricity To build the Rach Gia–Tri Ton–Chau Doc power transporting line; to build the transformer stations in Long Xuyen, Cho Moi, Tan Chau, Tri Ton, Tinh Bien, Chau Thanh and to increase the output capacity of those existing transformer stations. + Water supply The province has upgraded and built water plants in towns and cities to adequately meet the needs of service activities and industrial parks. By 2020, it plans to invest and upgrade the sewer and waste water systems of other towns and districts and industrial clusters of districts. Some dredging projects has been implemented such as dredging and widening of 18 level-I canals, 228 level-II and level-III interior field canals with the total length of 4,156 km. The total digging volume for the embanking will be 20,000 m3 to serve for 210,000 ha of farming area. Song Hau II Water Plant in the area of Long Xuyen–An Giang with the output capacity at first stage of 1,000,000 m3/day will be built in the future with its ability to increase output capacity to 2,000,000 m3/day to serve Ca Mau Peninsula and the West Sea corridor (two provinces of Kien Giang and An Giang). The output capacity of the Pumping Station 1 will also be increased to serve the Song Hau I Water Plant when the salt water penetrates into the mainland and surpasses the Can Tho Bridge. The Song Hau III Water Plant will be located in Chau Doc with the output capacity of 200,000 -500,000 m3/day to serve the northwestern area of Hau River and the border corridor. 5.3 Communications N/A 6 Economy Please see Annex 3: Socio-economic Data of An Giang Province, page 22 Being one of the four provinces in the Mekong Delta Key Economic Zone 11, with abundant natural resources plus the advantages offered by Kampuchea - Vietnam border gates, An Giang Province has become a fast-developing dynamic economy in the region. The GDP growth rate in the period 2006-2011 is about 10.48%.

Indicators 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2015

(planned) GDP growth rate (%) 9.05 13.48 12.35 6.82 10.12 11.07 8.45 GDP structure - Agriculture (%) 34.56 35.29 39.56 31.51 33.46 34.04 25.24 - Industry- Construction

(%) 12.78 12.37 11.95 12.31 12.82 12.10

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- Services (%) 52.66 52.34 48.49 52.18 53.72 53.85 57.2 GDP per capita (US$) 625 797 975 1,032 1,141 1,334 1,551

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6.1 Economic results implemented in 2010 12

Indicators Implemented in 2009

Estimated 2010

- Gross Domestic Product (billion VND) (at current price) - Gross Domestic Product (billion VND) (at constant price 1994) - Gross Domestic Product growth (%) 6.82 10.12 - Increased output value of agriculture – forestry – fishery (%) 4.13 4.19 - Increased output value of industry and construction (%) 18.77 12.14 - Increased output value of service (%) 18.50 12.39 - Average per-capita GDP (US$, 1 US$ = 21,100VND) 1,032 1,141 - GDP structure (at current price) + Sector I : Agriculture – Forestry – Aquaculture (%) 35.51 33.46 + Sector II: Construction and industry (%) 12.31 12.82 + Sector III: Service (%) 52.18 53.72 - Total export value (mil. US$) 565 700 - Total import value (mil. US$) 72 80 - Total revenue in area (billion VND) 3,175 3,585 - Total budget expenditure in area (billion VND) 4,792 5,439 - Tourism activities

Tourism turnover (estimated, billion VND) 1,725 1,855 Total visitor (thousand visitor arrival), of which 4,95,2380 5,200,000

- Investment activities Newly registered enterprises 780 656 Newly regsitered capital (billion VND) 4,323 3,675 Accumulative number of operating enterprises N/A 4,437 Accumulative registered capital (billion VND) N/A 23,126

- Skilled labor rate (%) 30.28 34 - Job creation (men) 35,250 36,000 of which export labor (men) 63 100 - Population growth rate (o/oo) 11.9 11.7 - Total poor household (new poverty standard) 47,979 - Poor household rate (o/o, poverty standard 2011-2015, estimated) 5.81 3.59 - Under 5 children mortality rate (o/oo) - Rate of under-5 malnourished children (%) 17.50 16.20 - Rural population accessing fresh water (%) 45.83 46.54 - Rural population accessing fresh water (%) 88.66 93.62 - Forest coverage rate (%) 18.05 18.80

In the last five years the economic structure has been shifting, especially the service sector. The agriculture sector still accounts for a high ratio in the economic structure, meanwhile, the industrial sector’s development remains slow and lacks key products, excluding food processing. An Giang has been restructuring its economy by increasing the proportions of industries, constructions and services and reducing the agriculture one. By 2015, agriculture-forestry-fishery, industry and construction and service sector is planned to reach 25.24%, 17.56% and 57.2%, respectively. The province focuses on economic development through six key economic programmes, including agricultural and rural development programme; socio-economic infrastructure development investment programme; investment and trade promotion programme; natural resources and environment protection programme.

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In the short term, particularly in 2013, the province will focus on promoting modern agricultural production development, using high-tech applications as stated in the Resolution 09-NQ/TU of the Provincial Party Committee, developing models of production - processing - consumption combination in association with the National Target Programme on New Countryside Construction. In addition, the province will continue to accelerate standard agricultural production, apply appropriate production management models, and strengthen plant and animal disease prevention. In the long run, An Giang will plan large-scale commercial agricultural development, and apply advanced science and technology to create organic, high-quality agricultural products to meet the demand of domestic and international markets. It identifies that rice, tra and basa catfish are the main products of the province. It will focus on improving high-quality seedlings and breeds for the Mekong Delta region, and conducting research on suitable crops and animals for the province and the region. 6.2 Agriculture – Aquaculture – Forestry Please see Annex 4: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, 2000-2011, An Giang Province, page 23 and Annex 5: Data of agriculture and industry, page 25. An Giang Province has considered rice, Tra catfish and Basa fish as its strategic products and developed fisheries into a prioritized industry, focusing on quality of its aquatic products. As for rice cultivation, An Giang’s rice production has increased continuously in recent years, reaching 3.8 million tons in 2012. This advancement is partially attributed to new technology options such as ecologically based rodent management, the ‘Three Reductions, Three Gains’ program, and greater use of high-quality seed. However, many farmers still use too much seed, fertilizer, and pesticide, and experience high postharvest losses.

- Agro-forestry-fishery area ensures the annual average growth rate in the period of 2006-2010 of 3.77%, in which agriculture increases by 4.1%, forestry 3%, and fishery 1.9%.

- Cultivation has step by step moved to goods production in association with the market, enhancing the quality and value of products. There has been much attention paid on the research and application of high yield seedlings and breeding animals that contributes to the remarkable increase of output capacity of agricultural products.

- Breeding: the production value of the industrialized breeding keeps on increasing, 6.2% in 2010 compared to 5.19% in 2006.

- Forestry: Together with the development of concentrated forest, the planting of dispersed trees also develops throughout the years, especially in rural and remote area (mostly along the sides of canals, ditches, roadsides, estates, government offices, etc.).

- Fishery: The total area for aquaculture was 2,839.13 ha (2009) but expected to increase to over 11,800 ha by 2020. The water surface is used for caged fish rearing, focusing on raising quality and quantity of the rearing. Major rearing areas include Chau Doc River T-junction, Hau River section in My Hoa Hung Commune, Tien River section in Vinh Xuong Commune, Tan Chau District, Cai Rang River in Hiep Phu District and Tien River section in My Hiep Commune. The aquatic products in 2010 are estimated at over 280,300 tons (1.55-fold increase compared to 2005), remarkably contributing to the increase of the province’s export turnover of aquatic products.

- Livestock: Livestock farming is growing under industrial forms and mechanics. Value of livestock production has been increasing and accounting for high proportion of agriculture (5.19% in 2005 and 6.2% in 2010).


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6.3 Export and Import An Giang has strength in agricultural products exported to the world market, including seafood, rice, vegetables and bean. The province has a 100-km border line and national and international border gates, which is a very favorable condition to exchange goods and services and transport services with Kampuchea and Thailand.

An Giang exports agricultural products with the main items of rice, seafood and vegetables. The total export turnover in 2012 reached 850 million US$, an average increase of 24% per annum compared to 2009, to the markets in nearly 100 nations and territories. Some major exporting products of the province

Export Commodities Prelimiary 2011 Estimated 2012 First 4 months of 2013

Amount (tons)

Value (1,000 US$)

Amount (tons)

Value (1,000 US$)

Amount (tons)

Value (1,000 US$)

Rice 567,769 274,011 566,772 254,725 128.4 57,000 Seafood , of which 144,080 400,325 145,751 398,837 50.2 116,800 - Fish 142,272 144,086 - Others 808 Frozen vegetable 4,402 4,700 5,671 2.627 3,400 Garment products (1,000 pieces)

10,981 12,043

Embroidery products (kg) 214 The foreign trade activities in 2013 continues to encounter many contraints such as decreased market demand, prolonged time of payment for export contracts, trade barriers in some key markets, and decreasing sources of domestic raw material supply. Consequently, two mainstay commodities of rice and sea product have decreased their proportion of over 85% to 68% in the toal export turnover. Thriving business of other commoditis have contributed to the yearly export turnover of 940 million US$, increasing 8,6%, and achieving the planned target. The import turnover in 2013 is 110 million US$, increasing 8,9% as of the same period, and achieving 91.6% of the yearly planning. 13

Import Commodities Unit Prelimiary 2011 Estimated 2012 1 Import value, of which 1,000 US$ 91,205 - Direct import 1,000 US$ 91,205 2 Main commodities - Chemical of various types Ton 360 N/A - Insecticide of various types Ton 7,243 10,678 - Wood m3 44,654 22,901 - Soybean meal m3 18,959 26,787

6.4 Tourism The quantity of tourists increases from 3.8 million in 2005 to 4.6 million in 2010, making an increase of the stay and travel turnover from 92 billion VND in 2005 to 170 billion VND in

13 http://www.angiang.gov.vn/wps/portal

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

2013 Quarter 1

Export turnover (mil. US$) 446 554 750 565 780 830 850 174.9


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2010. The tourist industry has paid attention on eco-tourism and community tourism, attracting much more tourists. 6.5 Industry The annual added value reaches 12.975. In which, the mining industry increases by 19.6%, the processing industry increases by 14.7%, the water and power production and supply 10.9%, the construction field only 7.37%. 6.6 Investment + Domestic investment The province has issued certificate of investment to 325 projects with the total invested capital of 17,174 billion VND. The provincial great strength lies in agriculture, business, service, and tourism. The People’s Committee of An Giang Province and the People’s Committee of HCMC signed a partnership agreement on Socio-economic Development and Cooperation Program on 27/7/2007. Thanks to the close cooperation, there are 42 enterprises of HCMC implementing 54 projects in An Giang, of which 26 projects have been finished and put into operation, 14 project s under implementation, and 14 projects awaiting for implementation. The total investment capital is over 2,593 billion VND, focussing on business, supermarket, processing food, foodstuff, and sea products, industrial production, and infrastructure to link communication facilities and residential areas. 14 + Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) An Giang has 20 FDI projects valued at US$90 million, of which 12 projects have been put into operation and eight are underway. The province has concentrated on investment promotion activities and focused on holding investment promotion activities in the key markets of Ukraine, South Korea, Japan, the US and Australia. An Giang is calling for investment into projects of agro-forestry processing, high-tech, sea ports, airports, urban areas, tourism, border gate economic zones and industrial parks. It has also enhanced the image promotion via investment conferences, forums and documentary films. Besides, the province has strengthened its relations with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), embassies, consulates, and investment promotion agency. The province has recently stepped up investment attraction and introduced a list of 54 priority projects to investors and partners which prioritize fields such as transport, trade, service, urbanization, tourism, border economy, and industrial zone. 6.7 Border gate economy Please see Annex 6: Border Gates between Vietnam and Kampuchea, page 27 Border gate means sites in Vietnam where activities of entry, exit, import, export, transit, and border crossing by human being, means, goods, and other properties take place.15 Vietnam shares a 1,270 km border with Kampuchea through 23 border gates. An Giang has almost 100 km of border with Kampuchea and two international border gates, located at Tinh Bien and Vinh Xuong, together with two national border gates – Khanh Binh and Vinh Hoi Dong, as well as the subordinate border gate at Bac Dai connecting to the Kampuchean market.

14 http://www.mdec.vn/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=114&Itemid=154 15 http://www.triple-search.com/?babsrc=HP_ss&mntrId=0C760019D1E07B8A&affID=119357&tsp=4967


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6.7.1 An Giang Border Gate Economic Zone: An Giang BEZ 16 The An Giang BEZ, set up in 2008 and run under the Prime Minister’s decision, has total area of 265.8 km2, including three main areas: Vinh Xuong border gate with 99.16 km2, Khanh Binh border gate with 74.12 km2 and Tinh Bien border gate with 92.55 km2. Vinh Xuong and Khanh Binh are established in the beginning of 2000s. As planned, Vietnam will prioritize the establishment, infrastructure upgrading, and modernization of many international border gates, main gates, and auxilliary gates along the Kampuchean border, comprising three international gates of Bu Prang, Ma Quy Tay, and Vinh Xuong. 17 The border economy of An Giang plays an active role in pushing more commodities to Kampuchean market, promoting considerably the provincial economy. Main export items comprise miscellaneous goods, plastic products, household utensils, fertilizers, steel, fuel, construction amterials, etc. and main import items are fruit, wood, and construction sand. The export-import turnover between Vietnam and Kampuchea through the border gates in An Giang province has increased quickly from 600 million US$ in 2006 to 730 million US$ in 2007 and 929 million US$ in 2008. An Giang exports nearly 1 billion US$ out of the total export turnover 1.5 billion US$ in 2009 from Vietnam to Kampuchea. 6.7.2 Vinh Xuong Waterway Border Gate (WBG) Vinh Xuong WBG is situated in Tan Chau Town, comprising communes of Tan An, Tan Thanh, Vinh Xuong, Vinh Hoa, Phu Loc, Long An and wards of Long Thanh, Long Hung, Long Son, and Long Phu. Vinh Xuong WBG borders Kampuchea to the north, southern communes of Tan Chau Town to the south, the Tien River (a section from Kampuchean border to Tan Chau Town) to the south, and An Phu District to the west. Vinh Xuong WBG links with Kaam Samnor border gate of Kampuchea. The main communication line between Vietnam and Kampuchea in this area is by the Tien River. + Overview - Under the management of Customs Department of Vinh Xuong Internation Border Gate, An

Giang Customs Department - Kampuchean side: Kaam Samnor of Kandal Province - Type: International waterway - Geographical distance: to Phnom Penh, Kampuchea: 110 km, to Chau Doc Town: 30 km - Population: According to the Population Census in 2000, the total population is 101,697,

with a growth rate of 1,519%. The population of labor age is 40,678, of which those engage in agricultur sector accounts for 87.53% of the population.

- Main export and inport commodities: rubber, sand, timber, steel, construction equipment + Performance

2007 2008 2009 2010 Export (mil. US$) 523 785 76 505 Import (mil. US$) 9 16 21 3

16 http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khu_kinh_t%E1%BA%BF_c%E1%BB%ADa_kh%E1%BA%A9u_An_Giang and http://phapluat.tuoitre.com.vn/Van-ban/Kinh-te/Quyet-%C4%91inh-169-Q%C4%90-TTg-cua-Thu-tuong-Chinh-phu-phe-.aspx and http://www.sggp.org.vn/kinhte/tugioithieu/2012/8/296846/ 17 http://www.congan.com.vn/?mod=detnews&catid=707&id=503400


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+ How to access Vinh Xuong BG 18 Vinh Xuong WBG is 30 km north of Chau Doc Town, An Giang Province. It takes 40 minutes on the Tien River from the wharf at Victoria Chau Doc Hotel to Vinh Xuong Border Gate by motor-boat, then complete customs and immigration procedure to go to Phnom Penh. Passengers can take a bus or taxi from Phnom Penh to travel on National Road no. 1 and reach Neak Luong Town where they can hire a boat heading to Kaam Samnor Border Gate. From here, passengers take a Honda taxi to the border gate for formalities to leave Kampuchea and enter Vinh Xuong Border Gate, Tan Chau District, An Giang Province, Vietnam. It takes about two hours by car from Phnom Penh to Tan Chau. + Some functional areas at Vinh Xuong Border Economic Zone - Commodity department - Bonded warehouse - Border gate management area - River port - Duty-fee store - Gasoline station - Service area - Product exhibition and introduction area - Vinh Xuong urban residential area - Vinh Xuong processing and export area + Projects calling for investment

No Project title Objective Scale (ha)

Project Management Agency

1 Vinh Xuong urban residential area

Building an urban area to meet housing demand in the center of Vinh Xuong Border Gate

43.7 Management Board of An Giang BEZ

2 Vinh Xuong Non-tariff Zone

Building a business area having duty-free stores, bonded warehouse, services, product exhibition, and gorder gate management area

21.5 -do-

3 Vinh Xuong Industrial park

Developping industrial and handicraft production in the provincial border economic zone

20-30 -do-

4 Enlargement of business, services, entertainment

Developping business, services, and creating a playing ground for sight-seeing and tourism in the provincial border economic zone

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6.7.3 Tinh Bien International Border Gate + Overview - Under the management of Customs Department of Tinh Bien International Border Gate, An

Giang Province Customs Department - Campuchia side: Phnomden of Kampuchea - Type: International route - Geographical distance: to Long Xuyen city : 90km, to Can Tho City: 141km, to Ho Chi Minh

City: 277km, to Takeo of Kampuchea: 60km and to Phnom Penh: 120km - Main commodities: fertilizers, fruits, timber, electricity

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+ Performance

2007 2008 2009 2010 Export (mil. US$) 23 39 75 118 Import (mil. US$) 8 7 47 28

+ Economic Zone

No. Item Data 1

Land utilization status

9,255 ha including communes of Nhon Hung, An Phu, Xuan To, An Nong and Nha Bang Town.

2 Buildings Trade Zone, Bonded Warehouse & entertainment services including bonded warehouses; Booth for Fair trade, duty-free shops, farm market, car parking, Customs management blocks, petrol station area, recreation area.

3 Population (2000)

42,300 of which - Kinh: 92.87% - Khmer: 6.43% - China: 0.7%

4

Infrastructure

- A section of Highway 91 crosses the EZ with total length of 8km - Provincial road 53 pareleling Vinh Te Canal connects the EZ with Ha Tien Town - Provincial road 948 linking Tri Ton Town - Waterway transport is favorable with Vinh Te Canal and Tra Su Canal - 33KV Electricity station in Nha Bang Town and water plant with total capacity of

800 – 1000m3 per day 5

Projects calling for Investment

Tinh Bien EZ: 57 projects with total registered capital of 413 billion VND - Residential area and Tinh Bien Market with total area of 9.48ha and required

capital of 50 billion VND - Yard for goods transiting by waterway with area of 7ha - Expanding trade and service area (50ha) and recreation area (100ha)

7 Industrial Parks (IP) Please see Annex 7: Industrial Parks in An Giang Province, page: 28 8 Date: 20 November 2013 Updated: 14 February 2013 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.


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Annex 1: Population of An Giang Province, 1995, 2000-2011 Source General Statistics Office http://gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=714 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (*) Population (x 1,000) 1,970,10 2,061,70 2,118,10 2,125,80 2,134,30 2,142,60 2,147,60 2,148,90 2,151,00 Male (x 1,000) 966,70 1,014,10 1,039,40 1,045,00 1,049,20 1,059,60 1,066,90 1,068,00 1,069,60 Female (x 1,000) 1,003,40 1,047,60 1,078,70 1,080,80 1,085,10 1,083,00 1,080,70 1,080,90 1,081,40 Urban (x 1,000) 368,00 457,50 538,90 555,80 573,50 591,70 609,70 640,30 672,70 Rural (x 1,000) 1,602,10 1,604,20 1,579,20 1,570,00 1,560,80 1,550,90 1,537,90 1,508,60 1,478,30 Total Fertility Rate (TFR): no. of children per woman

2 1.86 1.86 1.97 1.97 1.92

Population increase rate (%)

0.51 0.40 0.39 0.24 0.06 0.10

Crude birth rate (o/oo)

18.4 16.9 16.9 17.6 17.3 16.4

Crude death rate (o/oo)

5.2 5.1 5.0 8.0 7.9 7.3

Natural increase rate (o/oo)

13.2 11.8 11.9 9.7 9.3 9.0

Death rate of newborn under 1 (o/oo)

20.9 20.6 21.0 17.0 15.8 14.2

Population increase rate (%)

0.51 0.40 0.39 0.24 0.06 0.10

In immigration rate (o/oo)

1.4 1.8 2.1 1.8 3.6 3.9

Out immigration rate (o/oo)

3.5 4.6 5.0 11.0 11.9 16.0

Net immigration rate (o/oo)

-2.1 -2.8 -2.9 -9.2 -8.3 -12.2

Labor over 15 years old (1,000)

1,223,9 1,221,3 1,244,9 1,227,3 1,255,0 1,300,4

Labor over 15 years old working in the State sector (%)

44.2 48.4 47.9 48.0 49.4

Labor over 15 years / total population (%)

55.1 54.7 56.0 55.5 56.2 59.2

Labor over 15 years old being trained (%)

8.1 7.2 7.2 8.0

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Annex 2: Health data 2005 – 2011 Source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam http://gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=714

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 1 Health care unit Total 169 179 180 180 182 182 182 1.1 Hospital 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 1.2 Regional polyclinic 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 1.3 Convalescent and Functional

Rehabilitation Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.4 Health stations at communes, wards, agencies, enterprises

143 154 154 154 156 156 156

2 Hospital bed Total 3,964 4,054 4,360 4,390 4,510 4,790 4,790 2.1 Hospital 2,264 2,264 2,570 2,600 2,700 2,980 2,980 2.2 Regional polyclinic 270 250 250 250 250 250 250 2.3 Convalescent and Functional

Rehabilitation Hospital 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2.4 Health stations at communes, wards, agencies, enterprises

1,430 1,540 1,540 1,540 1,560 1,560 1,560

3 Medical staff 3.1 Doctor 830 825 824 842 916 930 907 3.2 Assistant doctor 1,196 1,187 1,237 1,210 1,283 1,246 1,179 3.3 Nurse 971 1,006 1,108 1,224 1,328 1,457 1,545 3.4 Midwife 421 424 503 504 570 632 627 4 Pharmacist 4.1 Pharmacist of university

graduate 52 53 61 55 79 88 82

4.2 Pharmacist of high school level

369 360 479 427 614 614 621

4.3 Druggist 93 92 84 66 106 86 63 5 HIV Patient in 2011 5.1 Newly acquired cases 267 5.2 AID patients detected 277 5.3 HIV patient living until

31/12/2011 (accumulated) 4,450

5.4 AID patients living until 31/12/2011 (accumulated)

1,683

5.5 HIV death cases 103


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Annex 3: Socio-economic Data of An Giang Province, 2011-2012 Source: Statistical Yearbook of An Giang Province in 2011 and Socio-economic Report in 2012

No Item Unit Preliminary 2011 Estimated 2012 1 Population Person 2,150,999 2,152,342

1.1 Population at labor age Person 1,444,652 1.2 Population density Person/km2 608 609 2 Government staff Staff 55,211 3 Production of cereal Ton 3,933,553

3.1 Out put of cereals per capita Kg/person 1,829 4 Industrial production value (at constant price

1994) Bil. VND 729,267 (?)

5 Volume of freight traffic 1,000 tons/km 245,555,000 6 Implementing development capital Bil. VND 7,860 7 Total export value 1,000 US$ 830,604 850,218

7.1 Export turnover per capita US$/person 386.1 441 8 Total State budget revenue from the local

economy Bil. VND 4,410 5,012

8.1 Total State budget revenue from the local economy per capita

1,000 VND/person 2,050 2,329

9 Total budget expenditure VND 9,548 7,893 10 Total GDP at current price VND 58,851,498 70,128,097

10.1 - Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture VND 19,853,647 23,601,166 10.2 - Industry and construction VND 7,156,991 8,729,316 10.3 - Service VND 31,840,860 37,797,615 11 GDP structure by economic sector % 100 100

11.1 - Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture % 33.74 33.65 11.2 - Industry and construction % 12.16 12.45 11.3 - Service % 54.10 53.90 12 GDP structure by economic ownership %

12.1 - State economy % 13.83 12.2 - Non-state economy %

12.2.1 - Collective % 1.05 12.2.2 - Private % 12.11 12.2.3 - Household % 72.97 12.3 - Foreign Direct Investment % 0.04 13 GDP at constant price 1994 Bil. VND 18,716 20,128 14 GDP per capita (at current price) 1,000 VND/person 27,488 32,581 15 Pupil per 1,000 population Pupil 4.2 16 Number of patient bed Bed 3,420

16.1 Patient bed per 10,000 population Bed 15.9 16.1 17 Number of doctor and assistant physician Person 907


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Annex 4: Data of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, 1995, 2000-2011, An Giang Province Source: General Statistics Office http://gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=717

Item 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (*) 1 No. of farm 8,403 8,403 8,403 8,403 8,403 8,403 8,403 8,403 8,403 2 Production value of

agriculture (bil. VND) (at constant price 1994)

4,139.7 5,118.4 6,446.4 6,231.4 6,465.0 7,065.1 6,952.8 7,280.6 7,696.8

3 Area of cereals (ha)

402,500 469,500 539,500 513,500 530,800 576,000 566,500 596,400 614,300

3.1 Output of cereals (1,000 ton)

1,951,9 2,188,2 3,218,4 2,999,2 3,223,0 3,599,4 3,486,6 3,721,5 3,920,0

4 Food output per capita (kg)

990.0 1,053.5 1,519.5 1,410.9 1,510.1 1,679.9 1,623.5 1,731.8 1,822.4

5 Paddy planted area (ha)

391,800 464,400 529,700 503,500 520,300 564,500 557,300 586,600 603,900

5.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ha)

48.3 46.9 59.3 58.1 60.4 62.2 61.4 62.3 63.6

5.2 Paddy output (1,000 tons)

1,892.5 2,177.7 3,141.6 2,923.2 3,142.9 3,513.8 3,421.5 3,653.1 3.843.6

6 Paddy planted area (1,000 ha), Spring Crop

178,0 220,4 223,3 231,1 230,6 231,7 234,1 234,2 235,5

6.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Spring crop

61.2 61 69.3 68.1 71.1 73.1 71.6 73 75.1

6.2 Paddy output (1,000 ton, Spring Crop

1,088.9 1,344.9 1,547.6 1,572.7 1,639.6 1,694.8 1,677.2 1,708.9 1,768.8

7 Paddy planted area (1,000 ha), Autumn crop

185 232.8 298.1 265.1 282.5 324.7 315.6 347 363

7.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Autumn crop

41.6 34.7 52.6 50.1 52.6 55.1 54.4 55.4 56.5

7.2 Paddy output (1,000 tons) Autumn crop

770.0 807.0 1,568.7 1,327.0 1,486.3 1,788.0 1,715.8 1,920.9 2,051.5

8 Paddy planted area (1,000 ha) Winter crop 28.8 11.2 8.3 7.3 7.2 8.1 7.6 5.4 5.4

8.1 Paddy yield (quintal/ ha) Winter crop 11.7 23 30.5 32.2 23.6 38.3 37.5 43.1 43.1

8.2 Paddy output (1,000 tons) Winter Crop

33,6 25,8 25,3 23,5 17,0 31,0 28,5 23,3 23,3

9 Corn area (1,000 ha) 8,8 5,1 9,8 10,0 10,5 11,5 9,2 9,8 10,4 9.1 Corn yield

(quintal/ha) 65.7 20.6 78.4 76 76.3 74.4 70.8 69.8 73.5

9.2 Corn output (1,000 tons)

57.8 10.5 76.8 76 80.1 85.6 65.1 68.4 76.4

10 Sweet potato area (1,000 ha)

0,2 0,4 0,3 0,4 0,2 0,2 0,1 0,2 0,3

10.1 Sweet potato yield (1,000 tons)

2.2 7.7 6.3 3.4 4.4 2.1 3.7 6.5

11 Manioc area (1,000 ha)

1,4 0,6 0,6 0,8 0,7 1,0 0,5 0,8 1,1

11.1 Manioc output (1,000 tons)

11,6 8,1 14,5 18,2 16,1 23,9 13,0 21,6 25,2

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Item 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (*) (1,000 ha)

12.1 Sugarcane output (1,000 tons)

13 Peanut area (1,000 ha)

13.1 Peanut output (1,000 tons)

14 Soybean area (1,000 ha)

3,3 2,3 2,5 1,0 1,1 0,7 0,6 0,4 0,2

14.1 Soybean output (1,000 tons)

7,3 5,5 6,8 2,8 3,1 2,0 1,6 1,2 0,6

15 Buffalo (1,000 heads)

5,200 3,200 5,400 5,400 5,000 5,400 5,400 5,700 5,100

16 Cattle 35,700 37,300 69,800 74,000 72,900 71,100 73,700 75,300 75,700 17 Pig 139,300 186,100 209,200 190,900 175,600 169,300 181,900 170,800 177,900 18 Poultry

(1,000 heads) 2,492 2,835 2,953 4,552 4,802 4,021 4,067 4,119

19 Forest status 19.1 Total forest area

(1,000 ha) 14,1 13,4 13,8

19.2 Natural forest (1,000 ha)

0,6 0,6 0,6

19.3 Planted forest (1,000 ha), of which

13,5 12,8 13,2

19.4 Newly planted forest (1,000 ha)

0,3 .. 0,3

19.5 Forest coverage rate (%)

3.9 3.6 3.8

20 Concentrated afforestation (1,000 ha)

0,7 1,5 1,5 0,5 0,4 0,4 3,5 1,0 0,1

21 Forestry production value (bil. VND)

46,10 69,30 75,00 79,20 80,40 83,20 96,10 88,20 89,20

22 Wood output (1,000 m3)

30,00 45,90 58,40 60,30 61,60 68,90 71,00 51,00 74,70

23 Burnt forest area (1,000 ha)

79,0 63,0 41,2 .. 25,0 179,8 .. 130,5 5,0

24 Deforestation area (ha)

.. .. .. 28,0 13,8 .. .. .. ..

25 Fishery area (1,000 ha)

0,96 1,30 1,80 1,90 3,00 2,80 2,50 2,40 2,00

26 No. of fishing boat (boat)

27 Horse power (HP) 28 Production value of

fishery (bil VND) 883.6 1,283.7 1,789.1 1,819.0 2,474.5 2,818.6 2,676.1 2,636.6 2,579.4

29 Fishery output (tons)

103,107 171,424 232,192 235,355 315,840 356,097 338,366 333,482 334,749

30 Maritime Fish output (1,000 tons)

31 Aquaculture output ( tons)

35,060 80,156 180,562 181,952 263,989 315,447 298,235 296,273 295,216

32 Fish Farming output ( tons)

34,421 8032 179,112 181,137 262,532 313,739 295,370 293,441 292,471

33 Shrimp farming output (ton)

639 5 698 815 160 1,297 145 916 774


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Note: (*): Preliminary data Annex 5: Data of agriculture and industry Source: Statistical Yearbook of An Giang Province in 2011 and Socio-economic Report in 2012

No Item Unit 2010 2011 Estimated 2012 I Cultivation Total Ha 653,230 675,997

1 Annual crops Ha 642,253 664,787 1.1 Cereal Ha 599,019 618,004 1.2 Paddy Ha 589,253 607,590 625,186

1.2.1 - Winter paddy Ha 7,960 5,398 1.2.2 - Winter-Spring paddy Ha 234,212 235,482 1.2.3 - Summer-Autumn paddy Ha 232,045 232,987 1.2.4 - Autumn-Winter paddy Ha 115,037 133,723 1.3 Corn, of which Ha 9,766 10,414 10,676

1.3.1 - Hybrid corn Ha 4,556 4,731 1.4 Tuber Ha 2,638 2,854

1.4.1 - Sweet potatoe Ha 185 331 307 1.4.2 - Cassava, of which Ha 824 1,075 1,046

- Cassava for industrial purpose Ha 704 823 1.4.3 - Other tuber Ha 1,629 1,448 1.5 Vegetable and bean Ha 36,870 39,840

1.5.1 - Vegetable of various kinds, of which

Ha 34,800 36,261 37,888

1.5.1.1 - Watermelon Ha 1,384 1,600 1.5.2 - Bean of various kinds, of which Ha 2,070 3,579 1.5.2 - Green pea Ha 1,914 3,441 2,699

2 Annual industrial crops Ha 2,764 3,171 2.1 Soy-bean Ha 440 211 273 2.2 Peanut Ha 656 669 1,015 2.3 Sesame Ha 1,414 2,145 1,294 2.4 Sugar-cane Ha 97 73 43 2.5 Tobacco Ha 95 49 34 2.6 Jute Ha 58 13 2.7 Cotton Ha 4 5 2.8 Other annual crops Ha 962 918 3 Perennial crops Ha 10,977 11,210 II Animal husbandry Head 1 Buffaloes Head 5,863 5,053 5,103 2 Cattles Head 75,317 75,654 79,334 3 Pigs (excluding suckling piglet) Head 170,767 177,951 170,304 4 Sows Head 21,601 22,363 21,589 5 Pigs for meat Head 148,942 155,323 148,417 6 Chickens Head 892,267 785,276 922,000 7 Ducks Head 3,205,014 3,334,126 3,150,000 8 Goats Head 1,866 2,188 9 Gross output of animal husbandry Head

9.1 Liveweight, of which Ton 37,368 40,118 40,602 9.1.2 Pigs Ton 26,654 28,939 27,203 9.1.3 Buffaloes Ton 372 362 418 9.1.4 Cattles Ton 4,468 4,687 5,975 9.1.5 Poultry Ton 5,806 6,002 6,902 9.1.6 Chicken and duck eggs 1,000 eggs 216,622 213,304 278,633 III Fishery 1 Water surface Ha 2,415 2,370


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No Item Unit 2010 2011 Estimated 2012 1.1 Shrimp farm Ha 491 391 1.2 Fish farm, of which Ha 1,262 1,160

1.2.1 - Basa fish farm Ha 999 960 1.2.2 - Other fish farms Ha 185 186 1.2.3 - Fish breeding farm Ha 478 634 1.2.4 - Number of fish cage Unit 2,101 1,423

2 Gross output of fishery Ton 2.1 - Fish Ton 304,802 322,576 327,139 2.2 - Shrimp Ton 941 802 720 2.3 - Other Ton 11,239 12,049 11,465 2.4 - Breeding of various kinds Million

fingerling 689 671

3 Output of cultivation Ton 279,773 295,216 300,837 3.1 - Fish, of which Ton 276,942 292,471 298,395

3.1.1 - Basa fish Ton 231,071 251,005 265,176 3.2 - Fish in cage Ton 10,493 11,300 3.3 - Shrimp Ton 916 774 697 3.4 - Other Ton 1,916 1,971 1,745 4 Production of different breeding stock Million

fingerling 686 667

4.1 - Exploitation 37,208 40,211 38,487 4.1.1 - Fish Ton 27,860 30,105 28,744 4.1.2 - Shrimp Ton 26 28 23 4.2 Other Ton 9,323 10,078 9,720 4.3 Breeding of various kinds Million

fingerling 2.8 3.4

IV Main industrial products 1 Exploited stone of various kinds 1,000 m3 2,963 3,301 2 Sand and gravels of various kinds 1,000 m3 1,344 1,690 3 Frozen sea products Ton 181,622 187,564 165,568 4 Milled rice and corn 1,000 tons 2,079 2,174 5 Animal and fish feeding Ton 75,632 90,490 88,057 6 Molasses Ton 2,536 3,015 7 Refined sugar RS Ton 350 405 8 Sauce and soy sauce 1,000 litres 5,457 5,672 9 Cigarette 1,000

packages 33,842 63,714

10 Cement of various kinds 1,000 tons 193 226 11 Tap-water 1,000 m3 36,405 42,014 42,386 12 Elecricity Mil. kWh 1,229 1,217 1,474 13 Harvesting machines unit 1,100 1,200


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Annex 6: Border Gates between Vietnam and Kampuchea

No. Vietnam Kampuchea Province Border gate Type Border Gate

Economic Zone Border gate Province

1 Tay Ninh

Moc Bai Overland intl’ border gate

Yes Ba Vet Svay reng

2 Xa Mat -do- Yes Traepeing Phlong Kompongcham 3 Phuoc Tan Overland national

border gate Yes Romdoul Svay Rieng

4 Chang Riec -do- Dar Kompong Cham 5 Tong Le Chan -do- Satum Kompongcham 6 Ka Tum -do- Chan Mmoul Komponcham 7 An Giang Tinh Bien Overland intl’

border gate Yes Phnom Den Takeo

8 Vinh Xuong -do- Yes Kaam Samnor Kandal 9 Xuan To Auxiliary border

gate Phnom den

10 Khanh Binh Overland national border gate

Som Rong Svay Rieng

11 Vinh Hoi Dong

Overland national border gate

Kaam Samnor Kandal

12 Kien Giang

Giang Thanh -do- Ton Hon Kampot 13 Xa Xia Overland intl’

border gate Yes Lork Kam Pot

14 Long An My Quy Tay Overland national border gate

Somrong Svay Rieng

15 Binh Hiep -do- Yes Prey Voir Svey Rieng 16 Binh

Phuoc Hoang Dieu -do- Lapake Mondulkiki

17 Hoa Lu Overland intl’ border gate

Yes Trapeang Sre Kratie

18 Dak Nong

Dak Peur Overland national border gate

Yes Mondulkiri Mondulkiri

19 Bu Prang Overland national border gate

Yes O Raing Mondulkiri

20 Dak Lak Dak Rue Overland national border gate

Mondulkiri

21 Gia Lai Le Thanh Overland intl’ border gate

Yes Oyadav Ratanakiri

22 Dong Thap

Thuong Phuoc Overland intl’ border gate

Yes Koh Rokar Prey Veng

23 Dinh Ba -do- Yes Banteay Chakrei Prey Veng


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Annex 7: Industrial Parks in An Giang Province Source: http://viipip.com/ipen/?ipcode=205

No. Industrial Park Location Infrastructure and investment sector

1 Binh Long IP - Total area 30.7 ha. - Investor: Công ty CP TV -DV xây

dựng TSC - Lan rental price: 0.3 US$/m2/year

Being near Highway no. 91 and bordering Hau River, Chau Phu District Distance f rom: - Long Xuyen City 30 km- Chau Doc Town 23 km- Tinh Bien International

Gate Economic Zone 49 km

Main road system: - Width: 12 m Internal road system: - Width: 7-10 m. Power supply: - National Grid: 110/22KV – 25 MVA Water supply: - 2,000 m3/day

2 Vam Cong IP - Total area 198.8 ha. - Investor: - Lan rental price:

Belonging to Long Xuyen City Distance f rom: - Vam Cong Bridge 1 km- Long Xuyen City 10 km- Ho Chi Minh City 180 km- Phnom Penh 150 km

3 Binh Hoa IP - Total area 131.8 ha. - Investor: - Lan rental price: 0.3 US$/m2/year - Management fee: 0.2

US$/m2/month

Distance f rom: - Chau Doc Town 41 km- Long Xuyen City 15 km- Tinh Bien International

Border Gate Economic Zone 67 km

- Phnom Penh 150 km

Main road system: Internal road system: Power supply: - National Grid: 110/22KV – 2 x 40 MVA Water supply: - 6,000 m3/day Incentive industries: - Aqua – sea food products, - Garment, Footwears, - Foods, Processing Foods, - High-class fashion

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