Vị Thanh Town upgraded to a provincial city

VGP – The Government has adopted a resolution to upgrade Vị Thanh Town of the southern province of Hậu Giang to the provincial city.

September 26, 2010 12:07 PM GMT+7

A corner of Vị Thanh City

The city covers the natural area of 11,867.74 hectares and has a population of 97,222, with nine commune-level administrative units.

Vị Thanh has completed the technical infrastructure construction of an industrial park with the total investment capital of VND 116 billion. First projects have beed registered here.

Some 70% of the city’s land has been planned through 48 ratified projects. Separate urban, administrative, trade-service sections will be set up soon.

By, the year of 2015, the city eyes to achieve an annual GDP growth rate of 18-19% and income per capita at VND 70 million/year. Industrial production value is projected at VND 25,000 billion and urbanization rate some 75%.

By Hải Minh