Socio-Economic Overview in August 2009 and first eight months of 2009; Some key tasks in September 2009

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A. Socio-Economic Overview in August 2009 and first eight months of 2009

I. ECONOMY:

1. Manufacturing:

1.1. Industrial manufacture-building:

Estimated value of industrial manufacture and building in 8/2009 (fixed price in 1994) is VND7,289.9bil in which the value of industrial manufacture is VND7,159.1 bil, increasing 0.8% against the previous month. The total value of first eight months reaches VND50,281.2bil, in which that of industrial manufacture is VND53,108.7bil, achieving 63.3% of the plan and increasing 7.8 % compared with the same period.   

a/ Central state owned industrial sectors:

Estimated value of industrial manufacture in 8/2009 is VND846.5bil, increasing 0.1% against the previous month, the total of first eight months reach VND5,921.5bil, achieving 67.4% of the plan and increasing 0.8% compared with the same period.   

9 out of 13 secondary industries and 18 businesses have their production value increased against the previous month while the remaining ones have their value fallen or approximate to the previous month.

b/ Local state owned industrial sectors:

The production value in 8/2009 is estimated to reach VND242.5bil, up 0.6% against the previous month; the total value of first eight months reaches VND1,793.6 bil, achieving 57.6% of the plan, 2.5% as much as the same period.   

8 secondary industries and 14 businesses have production value increased against the previous month while the remaining ones have their value fallen or approximate to the previous month.

c. Non-state industrial sectors:

- Estimated value of industrial manufacture in 8/2009 is VND941.7bil, up 0.9% against the previous month; the total of first eight months reaches VND7,303.9bil, achieving 65.1% of the plan, up 8.7% against the same period.  

d. Foreign-Invested Industrial Sectors:

- Estimated value of industrial manufacture in 8/2009 is VND5,128bil, up 0.9% against the previous month; the total of first eight months reaches VND38,089.7bil, achieving 62.6% of the plan, up 9% against the same period.

* Overview of Key Industrial Sectors’ Growth:

In August 2009, key industrial sectors continued growing.

Table: Growth rate and structure of 9 key industrial sectors up to August 2009:

No.	Industrial sectors	Production value (VND bil), Structure (%)				Increase rate over the same period (%)
		8 months of 2008		8 months of 2009
		Value	Structure	Value	Structure
	Total	49,281.5	100	53,108.8	100	7.77
1	Mineral resource exploiting and Building material	2,668.2	5.41	2,535.5	4.77	-4.97
2	Processing industry of agricultural products and foods	11,879.3	24.10	13,431.9	25.29	13.07
3	Textile and Footwear	10,335.9	20.97	11,517.8	21.69	11.43
4	Wood processing	3,270.5	6.64	3,592.9	6.77	9.86
5	Production of papers and made-of-paper products	1,419.3	2.88	1,331.2	2.51	-6.21
6	Chemical substances and rubber	6,649.9	13.49	7,210.3	13.58	8.43
7	Mechanic	6,405.5	13.00	6,777.7	12.76	5.81
8	Electricity and Electronics	5,988.5	12.15	6,026.1	11.35	0.63
9	Power and Water	664.4	1.35	685.2	1.29	3.13

+ Building material exploring and manufacturing sector: The total value in the first eight months is VND2,535.5 bil, 95% as much as the same period. Among these sectors, rock and mines exploring increase 3.9% over the same period.

+ Processing industry of agricultural produce and foods: The total value in first eight months is VND13,431.9bil, up 13.1% over the same period, including the increase of 13.4% in food and beverage manufacturing sector over the same period.

+ Textile, garment and footwear: The total value in first eight months is VND11,517.8bil, up 11.4% over the same period in which textile up 10.4%, suit making up 7.7% and leather and pack manufacture up 13.4% against the same period.

+ Wood processing: The total value in the first eight months is VND3,592.9bil, up 9.8% over the same period.

+ Paper and Publishing: The total value in the first eight months is VND1,331.2bil, 93.8% as much as the same period in which production of paper and paper made products up 93.5%.

+ Chemical substances, rubber and plastic: The total value in the first eight months is VND7,210.3bil, up 8.4% over the same period, including the increase of 7.4% in production of chemical substances and chemical products against the same period.

+ Mechanic: The total value in the first eight months is VND6,777.7bil, up 5.8% over the same period

+ Electricity and Electronics: The total value in the first eight months is VND6,026.1bil, up 6.3% over the same period, in which  office accessories and computers manufacturing industry is as much as 52.3% over the same period.

+ Power and Water: The total value in the first eight months is VND685.2bil, increasing 3.1% over the same period.

1.2. Agricultural, forest and aquatic products:

1.2.1. Agricultural production:

a/. Farming:

The seeding and planting progress of crops: By 14/8/2009, the total area of 5,242ha has been seeded, achieving 7.3% of the plan, 28.6% as much as the same period; including 1,705ha in rice crops, achieving 5.5% of the plan, 28.8% as much as the same period; 1,902ha in corn, achieving 8.5% of the plan, 26.4% as much as the same period; 387ha in starchy crops, achieving 14.3% of the plan, 22.5% as much as the same period; 901ha in vegetables, achieving 10.4% of the plan, 39.5% as much as the same period; 162ha in short-term industrial crops, achieving 2.9% of the plan, 14.8% as much as the same period.

b/ Breeding

- Disseminate methods to control epidemic diseases and new regulations in vaccination against foot and mouth disease in cattle, and influenzas in poultry; antidotally sanitize vulnerable areas.

- Keep enhancing the operation of veterinary collaborator network to get information about epidemics.

1.2.2. Forestry

- Directed by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the management board of the preventive forest in Long Thanh District has built and implemented the project on recovery and development of mangrove forest from 2008 to 2015.

- Control forest exploiting under the instruction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Document No. 1376/BNN-LN dated May 22, 2009 and Document No. 459/VP.UBND dated June 12, 2009 of the Provincial People Committee.

1.2.3. Aquaculture

- Coordinate with economic secretariats in districts and cities to control the area of water surface for aquaculture to survey, do statistics and catch the development of aquaculture there.

- Take samples at shrimp-breeding farms to check excessive amounts of antibiotics and chemicals potentially harmful to consumers in accordance with Circular No. 15/2009/TT-BNN dated March 17, 2009 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

2. Trading and service, export and import, tourism:

2.1. Trading and service sector:

2.1.1. Domestic market:

Estimated total of commodity retail sale in 8/2009 is VND3,801.6bil; that of the first eight months is VND26,061.2 billion, gaining 57% of the plan and surging 20.8% over the same period.

State economic sector: Estimated total of commodity retail sale in 8/2009 is VND318.7bil; that of the first eight months is VND2,004.1bil, gaining 52.5% of the plan and surging 4.5% over the same period.

Non-state economic sector: Estimated total of retail sale in 8/2009 is VND3,281.9bil; that of the first eight months is VND22,373.2bil, gaining 56.8% of the plan and surging 23.3% over the same period.

Foreign-invested sector: Estimated total of retail sale in 8/2009 is VND201.1bil; that of the first eight months is VND1,684.3bil, gaining 67.5% of the plan and surging 11.4% over the same period.

2.1.2. Market price

- Consumer Price Index (CPI) in 8/2009 rose 0.33% compared to 7/2009. Among 10 commodity and service groups, 3 groups have a higher increase than the average rate: garment, headwear and footwear up 0.37%; transportation and telecommunication up 1.59%; culture, entertainment and tourism up 0.35%. The rest have a lower increase than the average rate: food and eating service up 0.16%;  medicine and medical service up 0.24; educational service up 0.04%; commodity and other services up 0.21%; beverage and cigarette up 0.19%; household devices and housewares up 0.32%; house, water, electricity, fuel and building materials up 0.3%.

- Consumer Price Index (CPI) in 8/2009 rose 3.35% compared to 12/2008. Among 10 commodity and service groups, 6 groups have a higher increase than the average rate: baverage and cigarettee up 3.94%; garment, headwear and footwear up 4.02%; house, water, electricity, fuel and building materials up 8.76%; medicine and medical service up 4.73%; transportation and telecommunication up 4%; commodity and other services up 8.46%;.The rest have a lower increase than the average rate.

- Gold price index: Gold price in 8/2009 increases 2.71% in comparison with that in 7/2009 and 16.9% over the same period.

- US Dollar price index: In 8/2009, it is 99.5% as much as that in 7/2009 and surge 7.89% over the same period.

2.1.3. Post & Telecommunications – Information Technology:

a. Post & Telecommunications:

- Estimated turnover in 8/2009 was VND 150 billion and VND 1,339.1 billion in 8 months, gaining 72.4% of the plan.

- Developed phone number: Estimated fixed-line subscribers in 8/2009 are 3,500, that of the first eight months are 38,261, gaining 51% of the plan. Cell phone subcribers are 35,000 and that of the eight months are 290,607, gaining 72.7% of the plan.

- Internet subscribers in 8/2009 (ADSL) are 2,000, that of the eight months are 18,585, gaining 92.9% of the plan.

b. Information technology:

- The Department of Information and Communications supports districts of Tan Phu, Vinh Cuu and Nhon Trach, and Long Khanh Town to develop open source softwares in accordance with  Direction No. 07/2008/CT-BTTTT dated December 30, 2009 of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

- In coordination with the Customs Service and the Industrial Zones Authority, Tax Service makes a general list of enterprises in the province to support them  in participating  in e-trade transactions.

2.1.4. Financial acitvities:

- Estimated local budget revenues in eight months is VND 8,720 billion, achieving 72% of estimate, as much as the same period in 2008.

- Estimated local budget expenditure in eight months is VND 2,767 billion, gaining 62% of estimate, surging 28% over the same period in 2008.

2.1.4. Banking activities:

- Capital source: Estimated locally-mobilized capital by 20/8/2009 is VND 34,681 billion, rising 24.1% in comparison with 31/12/2008. Out of the total locally-mobilized capital, deposit in economic organizations is VND 13,546 billion, occupying 39.1%, rising 16.5% in comparison with 31/12/2008; residential deposit  is VND 21,135 billion, occupying 60.9%, rising 29.5% in comparison with 31/12/2008.

- Debit balance: The total debit balance till 20/8/2009 is estimated at VND 34,527  billion, rising 26.4% against 31/12/2008. Specifically, short-term debit balance is VND 23,883 billion, rising 34.7%; medium and long-term debit balance is VND 10,644 billion, falling 11.1% against 31/12/2008.

2.2. Export and import:

Export: Estimated turnover in 8/2009 is USD540.8 million and that of eight months is USD3,767.9 million, gaining 51.9% of the plan, 93.9% as much as the same period.

- Central enterprises: Estimated turnover in 8/2009 is USD 8.5 million and that of eight months is USD 70.3million, gaining 47.8% of the plan, rising 84.2% over the same period.

- Local enterprises: Estimated turnover in 8/2009 is USD 29.6 million and that of 8 months is USD 194.7 million, gaining 54.2% of the plan, 90.3% as much as the same period. Exported commodities of the local are as follows: 20,856 tons in coffee, 76.2% as much as the same period; USD22.8 million in garment, 97.1% as much as the same period; USD3.8 million in pottery-handicrafts, 79.8% as much as the same period.

- Foreign-invested  enterprises: Estimated turnover in 8/2009 is USD 502.7 million and that of 8 months is USD3,502.9 million, gaining 51.9% of the plan, 94.3% as much as the same period.

Import: Estimated import turnover in 8/2009 is USD686.3 million and USD4,107.6 million in 8 months, gaining 49.9% of the plan, rating 73.5% over the same period. Specifically, estimated import turnover of central state enterprises in 8/2009 is USD4.4 million and USD 34.5 million in 8 months, gaining 52.3% of the plan, rating 68.5% over the same period. Estimated turnover of local enterprises in 8/2009 is USD8.1 million and USD55.2 million in 8 months, gaining 39.4% of the plan, rating 72.3% over the same period last year. Estimated turnover of foreign-invested enterprises in 8/2009 is USD673.8 million and USD4,017.9 million in 8 months, gaining 50.1% of the plan and rating 73.6% over the same period. Key import products are chemicals, medicines and raw materials for tobacco and manufacture.

2.3. Tourism:

The estimated number of tourists in August 2009 is 165,000 turns of people, gaining 69% of the plan, and bringing a revenue from tourism of VND27.6 billion, achieving 69% of the plan.

3. Transportation:

- Commodity transportation: Estimated output in 8/2009 was 1.944 millon tons for transport and 196.136 million tons per km for rotating carriage, rising 1.2% for transport and 1.6% for rotating carriage over the previous month. Among them, state-owned commodity transportation gained 23.7 thousand tons for transport and 807 thousand tons per km for rotating carriage, rising 0.9% for transporting and 1.1% for rotating carriage over the previous month. Non-state commodity transportation gained 1.920 million tons for transport and 195.328 million tons per km for rotating carriage, rising 1.5% for transporting and 2.7% for rotating carriage over the previous month.

- Passenger Transportation: Estimated passengers in 8/2009 are 4.569 million for transport and 324.396 million per km for rotating carriage, rising 1.5% for transport and 1.9% for rotating carriage over the previous month. Among them, state-owned passenger transportation gained 904 thousand passengers for transport and 5.228 million per km for rotating carriage, rising 1% for transport and 1.6% for rotating carriage over the previous month; Non-state passenger transportation achieved 3.665 million passengers for transport and 289.168 million passengers per km for rotating carriage, rising 1.6% for transport and 2% for rotating carriage over the previous month.

4. Investment and Development

- Total investment and development capital of 8 months in 2009 is estimated at VND16,597 billion, achieving 59.3% of the plan, rising 0.7% over the same period.

Overview of key projects in 2009

a/ Transitional projects: there are 6 ones

+ Project to refurbish Thong Nhat General Hospital: the works has been finished 100% in eight months. It is estimated that the works has been finished over 90% from the begining to 8/2009. It is expected to complete in 2009.

+ Project to build Dong Nai General Hospital: the pile foundation package has been finished 100%. Its estimate making consultancy, technical design and erection drawing design for the whole works are being rented.

+ The project to construct 25A road (DT769): the first-section construction package is in progress with the cost of VND1.73 bil, rating 5.1% of the plan. The first-section road is being documented for compensation in detail; the second one is being made a decision to confiscate individual land; the third one is being documented for the total compensation; the fourth one is being made a decision to confiscate individual land. It is estimated to finish 80% of the construction package in late 2009.

+ The project to build road 319B-HL19: the works is in progress. The first-section road is being documented for the total compensation; the second one is being made a decision to confiscate individual land. Till now, the total cost is VND7.9 bil. It is estimated at VND75 bil till the end of 2009, rating 35% of the works.

+ The project to construct the biological – cultural – historical center of war site D: The works is in progress and has been finished 75% till now. It is expected to begin the art package in late 2009.

+ The Project to build Bau Sao – Xuan Lap Road: The works has been finished 85% of the plan, and 88% of the whole project. It is estimated to finish 100%, and accept and bring into use in late 2009.

b/ Newly-developed projects: there are 2 ones

+ Lo Ren flood control project: the works has already begun in mid 7/2009, and finished 7% till 8/2009. It is expected to finish 40% till the end of 2009.

+ Project to build Tran Bien High School: the bidding results are availble in 7/2009. It is expected to finish 25% of the works till the end of 2009.

c/ Proposed projects: there are 2 ones

+ The project to construct the road in Bien Hoa city’s centre: the result of the consultancy package on estimate making and technical design in 7/2009 is availble. The consultancy unit is now documenting.

+ The project for Vuon Mit traffic cluster: the result of the consultancy package on estimate making and technical design 7/2009 is availble. The consultancy unit is now documenting.

5. Overview of foreign investment attraction:

- From the beginning of the year to 20/8/2009,  the total of capital from newly licensed projects and  capital adding projects is USD 483.2 mil, 19% as much as the same period and rating 24.2% of the plan, including USD 256.9 mil from 21 newly licensed projects and USD 226.3 mil from 24 capital increasing ones.

Till 20/8/2009,  there are totally 970 valid licensed projects with the total capital of USD 15.25 bil.

6. Overview of domestic investment attraction

- The investment attracted in 8 months of 2009 is estimated at VND 46.578 bil (USD 1,009.3 mil), 2.9 times as much as the same period and 2.3 times of the plan. Till 20/8/2009, there are totally 178 domestic investment certificates (including registered investment projects) with VND95,978 bil of registered capital.

7. The development of private enterprises:

- From the early period of the year to 15/8/2009, the total capital of business registration from all private businesses is VND 9,327 billion (including newly-registered and added capital), achieving 77.7% of the plan and 78.8%  over the same period. Out of them, there are 1.437 newly-established businesses, achieving 75.6% of the plan and rising 15.3% over the same period  with the total capital of business registration is VND 6,143 billion and 404 turns of enterprises added VND 3,184 billion in their business registration capital.

Until now, the total number of local private enterprises registering their business is above 9,400 with the registration capital of more than VND 58,900 billion (supplemented registration capital included) 

8/ Management of Land, natural resources and environment:

- Review the status and stored amount of rock mines in Bien Hoa City, and suggest the Provincial People’s Committee extend exploitation time.

- Continue collecting environmental protection fees from businesses in the province in accordance with Decree 67/2003/ND-CP of the Government. 80 out of 173 businesses have been checked and VND 1.24 bil has been collected, rating 21% of the plan.

- Do periodic inspection of  14 enterprises including 6 specialized in resources and envirnoment, 8 ones in land.

9. Scientific and Technological activities:

- Continue conducting the Action Program 168 to address intellectual property rights violations in the period of 2006-2010 in the province.

- Enhance the inspection and checking on measurement-quality-safety, and control radiation based on the plan of 2009.

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II/ CULTURE – SOCIETY:

- Work on holding culture-sports-tourism activities to celebrate the War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27), 80th foundation anniversary of Vietnam Union (July 28), 64th anniversary of the day for culture and information sector, and disseminating public holidays, prevention of A/H1N1 influenza and traffic safety.

- Districts, towns and city enhance their dissemination via various ways like visual promotion, mobile information, radio broadcast, publishing, banners, billboards and electronic bulletins; create more than 5638 meters of banners, renew 576 m2 of panels, radio broadcast more than 5,858 hours, hang up more than 1,490 different flags and release more than 299 publications.

- Enhance the inspection on business of public culture and tourism services.

1/ Sports activities 

- Hold sports activities to celebrate public holidays; sports movements in districts and cities ebulliently occurred.

- Some sports with high achievements: Holding badminton competition for provinces in Southeast Vietnam; taking part in A1 National Championship and 20 nationwide championships.

2. Education and Training

- Continue fostering knowledge for re-examined students and hold refresher courses on civic education and geography subjects for secondary school teachers as planned by the MOET; continue completing the projects on high quality senior schools, physical education and school health.

- Hold professional training courses for teachers in English or Informatics, change textbooks for schools and deliver profiles to educational units.

- Professional Education: sending selection and admission notes of universities and colleges to students, inspecting and supervising entrance exams in the province.

3. Health care

 Strengthen the prevention of dengue fever, malaria, acute cholera and other epidemics in the province.

Examine the compliance of 12 medical ethics; improve treatment quality and people’s health care.

Fortify health education and communication; improve knowledge of epidemics and disease prevention in the province.

4. Social policies:

- In 8/2009, manage to seek jobs for 8,314 employees, 4,820 of them to work in enterprises, and 3,494 ones via socio-economic programs. The total number of people provided with jobs in 8 eights is 70,542, gaining 83%.

- Vocational training: in August, 2,988 vocational certificates have been issued to students.

- Poverty reduction: In 8/2008, 1,541 poor families have reached the preferential loans with the total sum of VND18,620 million; hold 2 training courses for 200 officials working on poverty reduction in districts, Long Khanh Town and Bien Hoa City in 2009.

5. Internal affairs:

- Hold the first civil servant exam in 2009.

- Draw up and develop the plan on directing departments, sectors, and People’s Committees of districts and communes to review administrative procedures (2nd stage) of the Project 30.

6. External affairs

- Manage to permit 21 individuals and 13 delegates of 97 public servants to go abroad in Cambodia, US, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Italy, Germany, Philippine and Australia with many purposes including researching, working and other purposes.

- Manage to allow 10 foreign delegations to pay working visits to the province

- Oversee the management of passports, individuals and delegates going abroad as stipulated in the province.

III. Other work:

1. Implement the program 134:

- Till August 14, 2009, the districts and communes have supported 2,584 ethnic minority households with houses; its progress as follows: 2,423 houses were completed and put into use, basically gaining 100% of the plan (161 households were not supported due to no demands). 2,985 households were supported to buy water container and dig wells.

2. Implement demand stimulation packages of the Government

3. Inspection, settling complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption:

- In August 2009, the provincial inspection sector conducts 23 inspections for 34 units in many fields, six of which have derogation. For the field of specialized inspection, 54 cases are penalized with VND412 million due to administrative violations.

4. SECURITY AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

- In 8/2009, there have been 132 cases of violation against social order, decreasing 38 ones against the previous month, 2 dead, 17 wounded, the damaged property estimated at VND2.4bil.

- Unveil 38 cases of economic offence. 5 cases have been prosecuted, 6 cases have been brought into administrative processing, and the rest are documented for process.  

- Detect 21 cases of violation against environment protection, up 5 cases against the previous month. 4 cases have been brought into administrative processing and the rest are being documented for process.

- There have been 20 cases of road traffic accidents, down 5 ones against the previous month, 23 dead (down 1 person), and 5 seriously wounded (down 5 ones). They were caused by subjective awareness of traffic participants.

IV. Evaluation of the Situation in August and the First Eight Months of the Year

In the first eight months of 2009, the province has focused on implementation of socio-economic targets, leading to quite good results. Values of industrial production of the existing month gets higher than the previous one, which is a good sign. The disease control is regularly maintained. Working investment capital payments from the budget in the first eight months to reach higher than the same period is a major effort in the direction of leaders at all levels and sectors and the focus on the implementation of the joint and private contractors. In the eight months, 70,542 jobs are offered to workers, in which 7,630 new jobs are created for workers who lost their previous jobs.

B. KEY TASKS IN SEPTEMBER, 2009

1. Economy

1.1. Industry

- Implement newly-approved planned projects such as those for development of agricultural product and food processing, textile, garment, footwear and handicraft industries in the province as the plan of 2009.

- Supervise, monitor and report on development and implementation of projects for industry encouragement periodically.

1.2. Agriculture:

- Continue the training plan in the agriculture-encouragement project entitled “Give a support to raise agricultural production ability for poor households in the stage of 2008-2010”.

- Hold training courses to disseminate raisers about bio-safety, veterinary hygiene, and food hygiene and safety.

- Coordinate with the local Department of Waterway Traffic Police to monitor exploitation of aquatic products in Dong Nai river, Tri An lake, and Long Thanh-Nhon Trach salt-water forest.

- Direct locals and units to afforest, take care of forest and plant scattered trees in 2009.

1.3. Trade:

- The Department of Industry and Commerce continues monitoring market planning, and directing the local government to solve problems about investment and market relocation.

- Conduct approved plans on the program of “Week of Vietnamese Goods” and “The Vietnamese should consume Vietnam-made Goods”.

1.4. Budget revenue and expenditure

- The Department of Finance reviews imbalanced expenditures to handle; closely manage expenditures as regulated by the Budget Law.

1.5. Investment and construction:

- Promote investment to build houses for students, workers in industrial zones, and those who have low incomes in accordance with the planning, program and project of the province and the government.

- Make regulations to manage and monitor the exploitation and production of building materials, especially the exploitation of building material mines in the province.

1.6. Information and Communication:

- Coordinate with businesses to ensure communications and network security working for economic development in the province.

- Continue coordinating with the Farmers’ Association and implementing Directive No. 34/2008/CT-TTg dated December 3, 2008 on enhancement of using email system and Directive No. 07/2008/CT-BTTTT dated December 30, 2008 on promoting the use of open-source software.

1.7. Banking activities:

- Enhance safety of funds, regulate and circulate cash well, and ensure that there are enough all kinds of money during cash flow.

- Develop payment via cards and modern banking services.

1.8. Environmental resources:

- Appraise and make proceduces on water and mineral resources to send to the Provincial People’s Committee.

- Perform the project of environment protection in the province till 2010 and towards 2020 according to Resolution No. 125/2008/NQ-HDND dated December 5, 2008 of the Provincial People’s Council.

- Monitor and classify units that cause environment pollution in 2009 in accordance with 07/2007/TT-BTNMT Circular dated July 3, 2007 of the Ministry of Resources and Environment.

1.9. Scientific and technological activities:

- Conduct and monitor the progress of ongoing studies and projects.

- Continue implementing procedures on establishment of high tech industrial zones that are specialized in biotechnology in Dong Nai Province.

2. Cultural and social fields:

2.1. Culture – Media - sports:

- Continue widely and deeply disseminating great resolutions the Party, and the campaign of “Learn and practice Ho Chi Minh’s moral examples”; promote cultural, arts and sports activities; present films for political tasks; help residents in remote and deep-lying areas and ethnic minority people to be able to get access to cultural activities.

- Promote the progress of research projects on restoration of historical and cultural works

- Continue focusing on directing the locals to successfully celebrate province and district-level Sports Games in early 2010.

2.2. Education and Training:

- Develop tasks of high school education; establish councils for junior and senior high schools.

- Carry out printing procedures, award secondary school and high school graduation diplomas in continuation education sector in 2009, and organize English and Informatics exams at level A, B, C for the third time.

- Professional Education: continue delivering the selection and admission of students to professional vocational schools in the province.

2.3. Health care:

Strengthen prevention for severe acute respiratory caused by H1N1 virus.

Continue the prevention of malaria, dengue and other epidemics in the province

Maintain medical examination and treatment, targeted health programs as planned

2.4. Labor-invalids-social affairs:

- Strive to create jobs for 7,000 employees and grant labor books to 1,000 people.

- Continue opening refresher courses for vocational training teachers of vocational training units in the province.

- Organize training courses for officials working in the field of poverty reduction in districts, Long Khanh Town and Bien Hoa City.

- The labor, invalids and social affairs sector develops vocational training work for rural areas and poor laborers.

- Coordinate with relevant sectors to disseminate ways of controlling social evils in the province

2.5. Internal Affairs:

- The Department of Home Affairs issued the decision on recogizing the results and that on recruitment for candidates who passed civil servant examination at province, district and commune levels in 2009.

- Continue suggesting the Department of Justice evaluate the project to support job rotation system for management staffs and the project to support for training and refreshing staffs and officials.

- Upload administrative procedures at province, district and commune levels to administrative renovation category in the information website to facilitate people and enterprises to search information. 

2.6. External Affairs:

- Continue dealing with the documents of visiting foreign delegations, consular affairs, guest reception, friendship and foreign non-governmental co-operations in the provincial area as stipulated.

3. Some other work:

3.1. Continue promoting administrative reformation, raising management validity and effect of the state apparatus.

- Focus on the implementation of Resolution No. 1/NQ-CP dated January 9, 2009 of the government on key solutions to direct and operate the implementation of the plan of socio-economic development and state budget estimate in 2009; Resolution No. 30/NQ-CP dated December 11, 2008 of the government on urgent solutions to prevent economic reduction and maintain economic growth, ensure social security and pay a special attention to resolving loaning problems in accordance with Resolution No. 497/QĐ-TTg dated April 17, 2009 of the Prime Minister.

- The Action Board supports and controls enterprises in the province, reflects and handles problems of enterprises in time.

- Departments and sectors continue conducting relevant programs and projects in service of the session of the People’s Council in late 2009.

3.2. Inspection, complaint and denunciation solving and anti-corruption

- The Provincial Inspection Board in coordination with units holds training courses on property and income declaration in 2009 according to the Plan No. 6372/KH-UBND dated August 10, 2009 of the Provincial People’s Committee.

- The Inspection Boards of departments and sectors enhance the inspection of implementation of policies and laws of organizations and individuals in specialized management fields.

- Enhance roles and responsibilities of inspection sector  in solving complaints and denunciations; reviewing and handling crowded and complicated cases; conducting decisions on solving remaining complaints thoroughly.

 3.3. SECURITY AND NATIONAL DEFENSE

- Develop the plan of inspecting pollice units in accordance with Directive No. 03/CT-BCA dated April 10, 2009 of the Ministry of Public Security on fully founding district-level public security units in new situation.

- Direct pollice units to implement regulations on publicity and transparence in activities of organizations and units in the province.

Above is the report on the socio-economic status in the first 8 months of 2009; some key tasks in September 2009; departments and sectors are asked for making effort to fulfil assigned tasks./.