Department of Planning and Investment Vinh Phuc
Address:
40 Nguyen Trai Street, Dong Da Ward, Vinh Yen City, Vinh Phuc Province
Phone:
(0211).3862480
Fax:
Email:
Website:
skhdtvinhuc.gov.vn
The priority areas:
Tourism , Industry - Construction , Services , Agriculture - forestry - fishery
Geographical location:
Vinh Phuc is bounded by Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang to the North, by Phu Tho to the West, by Ha Tay to the South and Hanoi to the East.
Acreage:
1,231.8
Population:
1,008,300
Topographic:
Vinh Phuc is situated in the top of Red river Delta and is the meeting point between plain and mountains. Therefore, it is divided into 3 regions: plain in the South of the province, midland in the North and mountains in Tam Dao district
Administrative units: The province is divided into 1 city (Phuc Yen) and 7 districts: Binh Xuyen, Lap Thach, Me Linh, Tam Duong, Tam Dao, Vinh Tuong, Yen Lac.
Natural resources: Vinh Phuc has a large forest area, especially Tam Dao forest with various and diversified resources: 260 types of timbers and plants including precious wood such as Fokienia and valuable medical plants. Besides, there are several rare and precious mineral found in the province such as tin, gold and others with large reserves used for construction material production such as sand, stone, limestone, construction rock, granite stone (50 million m3) but they are mainly found in tourism spots and Tam
Travel resources: It is lucky for Vinh Phuc to own beautiful sceneries such as Tam Dao, Tay Thien, Dai Lai, Dam Vac, etc. Tam Dao tourism spot is considered one of the best place of interest in the Northern Vietnam. And Thac Bac, Xa Huong lake, Lang Ha dam and primeval forests, etc will be unforgotten memory of any visitor
Human resources: The province’s labour force is abundant, accounting for 61.6% of the total population. There are many universities, professional, vocational schools at central level located near the province. The province has 20,000 pupils and 10,000 school graduates each year. Therefore, the local labour force can meet the demand for economic development in term of quantity and quality.
Traffic: The system is convenient with roadway, railway and waterway. Besides, the province is situated near Noi Bai International Airport. There are 4 national highways No. 2, 2B, 2C and 23 running through the province. Hanoi – Lai Cai railway route (linking to Yunnan, China) runs through the province. There are several large rivers (Lo, Pho Day and Red rivers) running through the province, which creates favorable conditions for constructing Chu Phan, Vinh Thinh and Nhu Thuy Ports for transportation of
Power system:
Water system: The system is quite complete meeting the demand of households and production. There are two 110 kV transformer stations, one in Vinh Yen with the capacity of 65,000 KVA, the other in Phuc Yen with the capacity of 40,000 KVA.
Post and Telecommunication Systems:
Systems Industrial Zone: Vinh Phuc has 9 industrial zones and clusters:Kim Hoa IZ (117 hectares), Binh Xuyen IZ (271 hectares), Binh Xuyen II IZ (485 hectares), Khai Quang (262 hectares), Ba Thien IZ ( 327 hectares), Ba Thien II IZ (308 hectares), Chan Hung IZ (131 hectares), Son Loi IZ (416 hectares) and Hoi Hop IZ (150 hectares). Vinh Phuc continues to get governmental permission to open 14 new industrial zones with the total area of 5,576 hectares.
The economic structure:
Shifted in the positive way that is to increase the proportion of industry and services while decrease that of agriculture, Forestry and Aquaculture.
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Agriculture-Forestry-Aquaculture (%) | 16.9 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 14.0 |
| Industry-Construction (%) | 57.1 | 61.1 | 60.0 | - | 56.0 |
| Services (%) | 26.0 | 24.6 | 25.2 | - | 30.0 |
Growth:
Vinh Phuc has enjoyed high growth rate (even much higher than that of the country) thanks to its priorities given to investment, exploitation of all potentialities and of all resources for economic development. In the period of 2006-2010, the average growth rate was 17.6%, especially in 2006 the rate reached 19.8% ranking at the 7th nationwide.
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Year
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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GDP (%)
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19.8
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22.9
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17.77
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8.5
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19.11
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Attracting investment: