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This Decision approves the adjustment of the master plan on socio-economic development of Tien Giang province through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, with the following principal contents: Tien Giang province's socio-economic development must be in line with the development orientations of the country, Mekong River delta and southern key economic region; and ensure the consistency and harmony with the regions' socio-economic development master plans and sectoral master plans in the overall relationship and linkage with provinces in an open economic space with foreign countries. To speed up infrastructure construction toward modernity, especially urban infrastructure of My Tho city, Go Cong and Cai Lay towns, strategic areas in order to create a breakthrough in socio-economic development and accelerate the industrialization-modernization process; to create opportunities for the strong development of foreign trade; and to attract external resources for provincial socio-economic development. To quickly develop economic sectors to create a breakthrough in the economic and production restructuring in each sector or field to facilitate the early formation of strategic territories; to quickly develop industries, tourism and services and make tourism one of the province's spearhead economic sectors and a breakthrough in the province's economic development; to attach importance to agricultural development toward hi-tech agriculture and mass production; to strongly and comprehensively develop marine and coastal economy; to put Tien Giang province in an overall relationship with other provinces in the region and urban centers of the Mekong River delta, southern key economic region and greater Mekong sub-region for development of industries and tourism services.To build My Tho city as an economic, cultural, scientific and technical center into a provincially run grade-I urban center by 2020; to build Go Cong and Cai Lay towns into grade-III urban centers. At the same time, to restore, upgrade and develop the urban system and townships into developed economic centers functioning as nuclei to promote the development of, and create a spillover effect on, rural areas in the province. To improve the quality of human resources, adopt policies to attract high-quality human resources from developed provinces and cities at home and abroad to build the homeland, and encourage people to get rich lawfully for themselves and the society; to adopt mechanisms for building social justice in development of education and training, particularly training the contingents of civil servants, workers, technicians, technical experts, managers and entrepreneurs. To combine economic growth targets with social justice targets so as to create jobs, alleviate poverty and improve people's spiritual and material lives; to actively and proactively promote domestic, regional and international economic integration and make full use of opportunities for development; to combine socio-economic development with consolidation of national defense and security, protection of the ecological environment and the maintenance of political stability and social order and safety. To take the initiative in preventing impacts of global climate change and sea level rise.The general objectives are: To develop Tien Giang's economy at a fast rate and in a sustainable manner to create big changes in the economic and labour structures. By 2020, to strive to build Tien Giang into one of the strong socio-economic development provinces in the Mekong River delta, a development pole of the southern key economic region and a transport and tourism service development hub of the Mekong river delta with a synchronous and modern infrastructure system; to constantly improve people's material, cultural and spiritual lives with a healthy culture imbued with national identity; to maintain a fum national defense, security and social order and safety.
Repeals: Decision No. 17/2009/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Tien Giang province till 2020. (2009-01-22)
