Department of Planning and Investment Cao Bang
Address:
No. 030 Xuan Truong, Co Giang Ward, City of Cao Bang, Cao Bang Province
Phone:
84.26.3852182
Fax:
Email:
Website:
sokhdt.caobang.gov.vn/
The priority areas:
Tourism , Industry - Construction , Services , Agriculture - forestry - fishery
Geographical location:
Cao Bang is located in the Northeast of Vietnam and bounded by Guangxi province of China to the North ahnd North-East, by Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang provinces to the West, by Bac Kan and Lang Son to the South.
Acreage:
6,724.6
Population:
513,100
Topographic:
Cao Bang has a topographic feature of limestone highland mixed with soil mountain with an average height of more than 200m and up to 600-1,300m above sea level. It has row on row of mountains. 90% of the province’s area is moutain and forests.
Administrative units: Cao Bang town and 12 districts: Hoa An, Quang Uyen, Phuc Hoa, Tra Linh, Thach An, Nguyen Binh, Bao Lac, Bao Lam, Trung Khanh, Ha Lang, Thong Nong, Ha Quang
Natural resources: Soil is a valuable resource to develop the economy of Cao Bang province. The province has 140,942 hectares of soils which can be used for agriculture, 408/705 hectares of soils which can be used for forestry. Many precious kinds of wood (bassia, sapan-wood, etc) and animals (bear, deer, stag, etc) can be found in Cao Bang’s forests. Cao Bang has plentiful and diversifies mineral resources with 142 mines and ore points including 22 different types of minerals such as tin, vonfram, gold, lead, zin
Travel resources: Cao Bang has not only many famous landscapes such as Ban Gioc water-fall Nguom Ngao cave, Thang Hen lake and Phia Oac mountain peak with 1931m heigh but also numerous ranked historical places like Pac Bo historical complex where Uncle Ho lived after 30 years overseas; Tran Hung Dao forest where original Vietnam army was established; Dong Khe historical complex and Underground Fortress of Cao Bang town. With the great potential, Cao Bang could develop various kinds of tourism.
Human resources: the population of working age was 331,400 out of the total population of 528,100 in 2010. Trained employees accounted for approx. 28%
Traffic: Cao Bang has rather complicated topography. It has only 1 way of transportation which is road one with 4 national lines: National highways No. 3, 4A, 34 and 4C in which National highways No 3 and 4 were improved. Provincial road has 9 main lines and 2 branch lines and most of them meet the V standard for mountainous areas. 100% roads to town center were standard based on the standard for rural roads.
Power system: Cao Bang’s power authority is currently in charge of managing approx. 85km of 110kV power network, more than 600km of 35kV power network. Besides national power network, Cao Bang has developed its own such as Cun stream hydroelectricity plant in Cao Bang town, Na Tau hydroelectricity plant in Quang Hoa district, etc. The province is constructing Na Loa hydroelectricity plant which is the ever largest hydroelectricity plant of the province to serve local household and production needs.
Water system: Cao Bang town is supply water by a water treatment station using French technology and other townlets were supplied by gravity water supplies. The percentage of town population using clean water was 50% in 2010.
Post and Telecommunication Systems: Cao Bang’s post and telecommunication system has been gradually developed. Mobile phone waves was covered all province even low areas. The ratio of telephone per 100 population increase rapidly and is estimated to reach 85 in 2010.
- Industrial zones: De Tham industrial zone in Cao Bang with planned 92,21 hectares is being leveled in the first phrase.
Systems Industrial Zone: Cao Bang has 3 border-gate economic zones which are Ta Lung, Tra Linh, Soc Giang. It is planned to 2011-2010 that Ta Lung and Tra Linh will be international border-gate and Soc Giang will be main border-gate of Cao Bang
The economic structure:
continues to shift the economic structure toward increasing industrial proportion and decreasing agricultural proportion. continues to shift the economic structure toward increasing industrial proportion and decreasing agricultural proportion
Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2010 |
Agri-Aquaculture and Foresty (%) | 39,7 | 36,5 | 36,8 | 33,2 |
Industry- construction (%) | 18,5 | 25,7 | 23,9 | 21,15 |
Services (%) | 41,8 | 37,8 | 39,3 | 45,65 |
Growth:
in the period of 2006-2010, the average growth rate of GDP was over 11.5% per year; GDP per capita was 605USD.
Year
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2010
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GDP growth (%)
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10,6
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11,0
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12,1
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12,5
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Attracting investment: