Quang Binh

Natural resources: Land resources: Quang Binh land is divided into two main types: alluvial soil in lowland and ferralite soil in mountainous areas. There are 15 land types with main groups as sandy, alluvial and barren soil. The barren soil laying mainly in the mountainous districts in the West accounts for over 80% of natural area of the province. Sandy dunes account for over 5,9% and alluvial soil accounts for 2,8%.

Flora and fauna: Quang Binh is located in the biological zone of northern Truong Son range with a unique and diversified fauna and flora of many rare and precious species. The Kast Phong Nha - Ke Bang reservation zone contains a typical biological diversity.

Fauna diversity: There are 493 species, 67 kinds of animal, 48 kinds of reptile, 297 kinds of bird and 61 kinds of fish....Many rare and precious animals can be found in this area such as Ha Tinh langur, bear, tiger, Saola, Giant muntjact, lophura with white tail, lophura with black crest, pheasant and others.

Flora diversity: Quang Binh has 486,688 ha of forest including 447,837ha of natural forest and 38,851ha of planted forest. Pine forests cover 17,397 ha. The barren land occupies 146,386ha. Flora is diversified and divided into 138 families, 401 branches and 640 species. There are various kinds of precious wood such as ironwood, sindora vietnamiensis, ebony, fragrant wood, pine, rattan, etc. Quang Binh is one of the provinces which contains a big reserve of wood. At present the total wood reserve is 31 million m3.

Marine and coastal resources: Quang Binh has 116.04km of coastline and 5 estuaries including 2 big ones. There are seaports namely Nhat Le,



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Gianh, Hon La. Hon La gulf, which is of 4km2 water surface, over 15m depth and surrounded by the islands of Hon La, Hon Co, Hon Chua, allows 30,000 – 50,000 tons ships to shelter without excavation. A large area of over 400ha of the mainland is a convenient condition for building an industrial zone and a deep water seaport.
The province enjoys beautiful landscapes along the sea. The sea platform with an area of 2.6 times bigger than the mainland creates a large fishing zone which provides a potential volume of about 100,000 tons of sea products. There are1650 kinds of sea products, including precious kinds such as lobster, tiger shrimp, cuttlefish, holothurians, coral. In the north of Quang Binh is located a white coral island with the area of tens hectare. This is not only a valuable resource of material for making artistic products but also forms an ecological area for the coral system. All these conditions enable the province to develop a comprehensive coastal economy.

Water surface for aquaculture: With 5 estuaries, Quang Binh has a large water surface for aquaculture. The total area of the water surface is 15,000 ha. As the salted proportion is varying within 8 – 30%o and pH proportion within 6.5 - 8 in the area from the estuary to 10 - 15km far way, it is very convenient to raise shrimp and crab for export. Semi-tide regime in costal area is good for water provision and drainage in shrimp and crab ponds.

Water resources: Quang Binh has a large system of rivers and streams with the density of 0,8 - 1,1km/km2. 5 main rivers are named Ron, Gianh, Ly Hoa, Dinh and Nhat Le. There are3 160 natural and artificial lakes with expected capacity of 243.3 million m3.

Mineral resources: Quang Binh has various kinds of metal minerals such as gold, iron, titanium, pyrites, lead, zinc and none-metal materials as kaolin, quartz, limestone, marble, granite. In particular, limestone and kaolin of big volume provide favorable conditions for development of big scale of cement and construction materials. A hot water stream at 1050C is located in the province. Gold potential enables to develop gold mining and processing industry.

Travel resources: Quang Binh land spreads out as a nice picture with mountains, sea, landscapes and famous spots as Ngang pass, Ly Hoa pass, Nhat Le estuary, Hac Hai lagoon, Cong Troi (Heaven gate), etc., especially, the natural heritage of Phong Nha – Ke Bang.

Human resources: The labor force in the all age groups is over 532,000 people, accounting for 64.5% of the total population.
Trained: 336,000 people, accounting for 63%.
Untrained: 196,000 people, accounting for 37%

Traffic: Quang Binh has a fairly synchronous transport infrastructure system including airports, seaports, roads, railways and riverways.
 + Roads: Convenient transport system (National Road 1A, Ho Chi Minh road, North - South railway) runs along the length of the province.
* Name and number of national highways passing through: National Road 1A; Highway 9B; Highway 12A; Highway 12C; Highway 15A; Ho Chi Minh Road (East Turn); Ho Chi Minh Road (West Turn).
* Name and number of provincial roads: 19 provincial roads with a length of about 392km
* Vision to 2030
+ Railway: North - South railway runs through and has main station in Dong Hoi city
* Name and number of national railways running through: North - South Railway

Hon La Seaport and 06 domestic ports (Len Bang Port; Van Hoa; Duc Toan; Quang Truong; Ngoc Thanh Petroleum Port; Nhat Le Port). Hon La seaport can accommodate ships of 3-5,000 tons in and out; cargo clearance capacity reaches 3 million tons / year.
Vision to 2030: Can accommodate ships of 7,000 tons in and out; cargo clearance capacity reaches 7 million tons / year.

Power system: There are 9 110KV power stations, 2 220 KV power stations
According to the electricity price set by the Ministry of Industry and Trade; installation services, repair quick response, synchronization.
The national grid system is 220kV and 110kV synchronous, warrantee for supply of electricity to investors.

Water system: 07 clean water plants and 113 clean water works clusters in the province. Capacity: about 70,000 m3 / day. Over 85% meet for industrial parks and residential areas. 01 waste treatment plant with Capacity of 245 tons / day and night Factories and wastewater treatment systems: 02 factories with capacity of 10,500 m3 / day * About 30% met for Industrial, Residential

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