Natural resources: There is 10,558 km2 natural area with quite fertile soil suitable for cultivation of industrial crops. In addition, there are 614,000 hectares of forest land including 611,300 hectares of natural forests with a wood reserve of 60.1 million m3. The province has various mineral resources such as bauxite, gold, kaolin, etc.
Travel resources: There are interesting tourist points such as Kon Tum prison, ChanhHoawooden church, E42 ĐắkTô, TânCảnh army station, PleiVẽnh, Hờ village; Ya Ly tourist area; and MăngĐen resort, etc.
Human resources: In 2010, the number of people in working age working in Kon Tum economy was about 234,114, in which 162,470 workers working in agriculture – forestry – aquaculture
Traffic: The transportation system is not sufficientbut has great potentiality. Kon Tum is located in the border conjunction with 117 km of national highway No. 14, 99 km of national highway No.24, 20 km of national highway No.40 and a border gate to the southern area of Laos.
Power system: The inner provincial grid was improved to provideservices to the whole province. Optical fiber transmission network has spread to 8 / 9 districts and towns
Water system:
Post and Telecommunication Systems: There is a standard communication system. 8/9 towns and districts have optical cable connected and can provide high quality communication services. The province has 16 switchboards. Two of them are HOST and 14 are RSS satellite; besides, there are several subscriber hubs installed in economic, residential areas.
Systems Industrial Zone: Kon Tum has industrial zones of HoàBình (100ha), Sao Mai (80ha), ĐắkTô, Đăk La.
The economic structure:
Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
Agriculture-Forestry-Aquaculture (%) | 33.73 | 33.53 | 37.81 | 43.72 | 41.04 |
Industry – Construction (%) | 36.04 | 37.36 | 33.92 | 22.67 | 24.41 |
Services (%) | 30.23 | 29.11 | 28.27 | 33.61 | 34.66 |
Growth:
In the period of 2006-2010, the growth rate of GDP was 16%.
Year
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
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2009
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2010
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GDP (%)
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17.33
|
20.32
|
12.6
|
15.5
|
15.62
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Attracting investment: