Socio-economic development situation in Ben Tre province in 2014

In 2014, although the province's economy was still facing many difficulties, the attention and direction of the Central Government and the efforts of the political system, business community and people of all classes In the implementation of objectives and tasks, the socio-economic situation continues to be stable and developed. Of the 24 major socio-economic targets, 19 are completed and exceeded the plan; 5 targets were not met. The specific results are as follows:
- The economic growth rate (GDP) is estimated to increase by 7.7% (Resolution 7.5%); Inside:

+ The added value of agriculture, forestry and fishery is estimated at 3.8% (Resolution 2.11%); in which agriculture increased by 5.39% and fishery by 2.24%. The reason for this increase is due to fluctuations in prices and consumption of agricultural products in favor of the people.
+ The added value of industry-construction sector is estimated at 14.49% (Resolution 15.68%), of which industry increases by 15.91%, construction industry increases by 9.15%. The cause was not achieved because the activities of a number of foreign-invested enterprises tended to slow down, production of cigarettes, sugar, garments, bags ... decreased compared to the previous year.
+ The added value of service sector is estimated at 7.74% (NQ8.01%). The reason for the low achievement was due to the slow growth of activities of finance, banking, transportation, education, state management, entertainment and entertainment.
- GDP per capita: VND 31.15 million (Resolution 31.5 million);
- Economic structure: Region I accounts for 43.5%; area II accounts for 21.3%, area III accounts for 35.2% (Resolution is 42%; 21.6%; 36.4%);

PERFORMANCE RESULTS OF MAJOR SECTORS AND FIELDS
I. In the economic field
1. Agricultural, forestry and fishery production
The Provincial Agriculture Restructuring Scheme has been initially implemented by branches and levels, especially the agricultural sector, which organized and guided people to breed and select new and good quality varieties. For farming, such as raising Zébu, Sind hybrid cows, seedless watermelon, green grapefruit, seedless guava, fragrant rice, etc. At the same time, reviewing the planning to zoning production and orient the structure of plants and animals to guide people to arrange production seasons, take initiative in spreading crops to avoid adverse impacts of the market and minimize risks; select the objects of rearing and planting in accordance with the soil conditions and the needs of the market; thereby overcome the situation self-sufficient production, in particular, most of the mixed garden area in the province has been renovated, gradually forming quite clearly the production areas such as areas specializing in fruit trees, seedlings and ornamental plants in Cho Lach; concentrated aquaculture areas in the coastal districts of Ba Tri, Binh Dai and Thanh Phu; areas for growing coconut and cash crops in Mo Cay and Giong Trom. Model villages of seedlings and ornamental flowers at Cho Lach; The cow raising model in Ba Tri was highly appreciated by organizations and individuals inside and outside the province and organized delegations to visit and learn from experience;

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- Breeding is favorable compared to 2013, the price of cattle and poultry is maintained at a high level, so the farmers are profitable. The cow herd continues to grow in the direction of improving the quality, currently the proportion of crossbred cows makes up over 80% of the total. The model of raising pigs on biological pads has been applied and maintained by 50 households in Mo Cay Nam district. Sustainable livestock development. Poultry farming is relatively stable, especially in backyard chicken farming, which has been invested and developed by households. The vaccination on cattle, poultry, quarantine and slaughter control has been focused; avian influenza and foot and mouth disease have occurred in pigs but were detected and controlled in time so the damage has been negligible.
- The care and protection of forests is maintained regularly; newly planted 100 hectares of protective forests, reaching 100% of the plan. The fire prevention and fighting was well implemented so there was no forest fire; organized 235 inspections, detected and handled according to 42 violations.
- Salt production area in the crop year 2013-2014 increased by 10.7% compared to the plan and the same period; Although the average selling price of salt is quite high, due to the influence of unseasonal rain, 843 hectares were damaged with 3,891 tons of salt, affecting the income of salt farmers.

- Stable fishing activities, long-time fishermen on the sea, along with the development of the model of fishing groups and teams on the sea have helped improve product quality and efficiency of fishing. Currently, the province has 3,538 ships registered for fishing operations, of which 1,755 ships are offshore fishing; Average capacity of 406 CV / unit. During the year, 19 groups of cooperatives were exploited at sea, bringing the total number to 124 teams to cooperate with 996 ships. Mining output is estimated at 160,006 tons, up 1.3% over the same period. The operation of the fishing ports was relatively stable, the number of ships loading and the amount of aquatic products passing through the ports increased over the same period.

* New rural construction program: In 2014, the province strengthened direction and concentrated resources for new rural construction, prioritizing the allocation of investment capital to pilot communes in 2014 and 2015. Concentrating honestly. present important criteria such as rural transport, production development, environment, residential housing ... to make a premise for the implementation of the remaining criteria. Mobilized capital sources to invest in the construction of essential infrastructure works with the amount of 12,778.7 billion dong, including 969.3 billion dong from central capital, 134.9 billion dong from provincial, district and commune budgets. VND, credit capital 11,300 billion VND, capital mobilized from enterprises and other economic organizations 104.4 billion VND, capital mobilized from people 210.89 billion VND, capital mobilized from other sources 59,165 billion VND. It is expected that by the end of 2014, the communes of Chau Binh, Phu Nhuan, Son Dinh and Huu Dinh will be recognized to meet the new rural standards.

- Production activities in industrial zones and ICs are stable and have good growth; industrial production value, export turnover and import turnover increased over the same period; thereby contributing to creating stable jobs for about 23,000 local workers. Currently there are 39 valid investment certificates, with a total registered capital of VND 9,696.34 billion (converted), of which 24 projects have been put into operation. Giao Long Industrial Park, phase 1 has 20 projects, 66.6 hectares of land for lease, the occupancy rate reaches 94.99%; Giao Long Industrial Park, phase 2 has 04 projects, the leased land area is 33.39 ha, the occupancy rate is 73.35%; An Hiep Industrial Park has 15 projects, the land area for lease is 50.89 ha, the occupancy rate reaches 100%.

- Infrastructure in industrial parks and complexes continues to be invested; Up to now, infrastructure of Giao Long Industrial Park of phase 1 has been implemented about 88.63%, Giao Long Industrial Park of phase 2 has reached 55.07%, and An Hiep Industrial Park has reached 80.12% of total investment. Due to difficulties in capital, the progress of infrastructure investment in Giao Long Industrial Park Phase 2 is behind schedule, affecting the progress of land allocation to investors and the progress of secondary projects. Phong Nam Industrial cluster has filled phase I, is expanding phase 2 (40.3 ha); Industrial cluster in Ba Tri - An Duc Town (20,568 ha) has leased 3.8 ha to invest in material yards and is carrying out procedures for leasing 4.7 ha; Phu Hung IC (30 hectares) is implementing the planning of the period 1/500. In addition, procedures are being carried out to establish Binh Thoi IC (Binh Dai), An Hoa Tay IC (Ba Tri) and An Nhon IC (Thanh Phu) as a basis for calling for investment.

The stabilization of the market has been carried out regularly, the inspection and control activities have been strengthened, contributing to stabilizing the market prices, maintaining the business order in the area. However, the situation of trading counterfeit goods, pirated goods and banned goods still happens, especially in consumer goods; through checking more than 955 cases, detecting and handling 898 violations with a total fine of VND 5,048 million.
The situation of market prices in the province is relatively stable. The average consumer price index is estimated to increase by 4% for the whole year, of which culture and entertainment group has the highest growth with 9.2%; beverage and cigarette by 9.1%; medicine service increased by 7.7%; the lowest is food and food service up 1.2%; Particularly, the group of post and telecommunications decreased by 1.6%.

- Tourism activities have developed well, tourism infrastructure is increasingly improved; many businesses and tourist businesses have invested to improve the quality of products and services, to enhance facilities, to better meet the needs of tourists such as Con Phung tourist area, stops. An Khanh's foot, Phu An Khang tourist site, Dong Khoi Palace ...; Con Con tourist destination (Thanh Phu) has not been invested in infrastructure, but the number of tourists visiting is increasing, which is a tourist destination with development prospects in the future. Focusing on speeding up the construction of infrastructure investment projects in service of tourism in communes along Tien river in Chau Thanh district. The total tourism revenue is estimated at 560 billion dong, up 24.9% over the same period, the number of visitors is estimated at 857,000 arrivals, up 17.6% over the same period.

- Post and telecommunications activities continue to be maintained stably, meeting well the demands of the people. Up to now, the whole province has 46 post offices 3, 104 commune cultural post offices, 42 multi-service post agents, 955 BTS stations, 1,259,379 mobile phone subscribers, 79,497 landline phone subscribers, general use density of 105 machines / 100 people; 40,372 Internet subscribers, density of 23,5 people / 100 people; Post and telecommunication revenue reached VND 1,071.43 billion, up 12.1% over the same period.
- The transport of goods and passengers has been steadily developing, promptly meeting the people's demand for traveling and transporting goods; the work of transport services of the car terminals and ferry wharves ensures safety, no congestion or lack of means during holidays and New Year. 8 new inter-provincial routes have been opened during the year. Cargo volume was estimated to increase by 8.7% and passenger carriage increased by 3.2% over the same period.

4. Export and import grew well; export markets continued to expand from 66 countries to 77 countries, through which export turnover reached USD 624.3 million, up 19.7% over the same period; many key export items of the province maintained a high growth rate such as: activated carbon increased by 12.8%, seafood increased by 11.6%, desiccated coconut 74.1%, and the electric wire set increased. 16.58%; Besides, some export items decreased such as sintered coal decreased by 25%, coconut milk decreased by 2.7%, garments decreased by 20.2% ... Import turnover was estimated at US $ 258 million, increasing by 5.5% compared to 2013, mainly importing sewing materials, labor protection nets, materials for manufacturing electric wires, pharmaceutical materials, pharmaceuticals ...

5. Finance and Banking
- Regarding finance, the estimated budget revenue in the year is 1,476.42 billion VND, reaching 105.5% of the plan, down 6.6% over the same period, mainly due to the implementation of the policy of reducing the value added tax on with unprocessed agricultural - forestry - fishery products, the province's budget revenue is estimated to decrease by 140.97 billion dong. Operating budget spending in the spirit of thriftiness, prudence and efficiency but still facing many difficulties due to unsecured revenues; Facing this situation, the province has focused on exploiting the sources of revenue and tax arrears, and at the same time, enlisted the support of the Central Government to make up the deficit, to ensure the need for regular spending, social security, and early payment. development investment and other unexpected expenses. Estimated total budget expenditure is 4,726 billion Dong, reaching 105.6% of the plan, down 4.2% over the same period.

- Banking operations have been stable and growing well, meeting the demand for capital for production and implementing social security policies. Total mobilized capital was VND 19,800 billion, up 10.8%, of which local mobilization was VND 17,600 billion, accounting for 88.9% of total capital, up 17.9% from the beginning of the year. Total loan sales was VND 23,500 billion, up 6.8% over the same period; total outstanding loans of VND 15,620 billion, an increase of 10% compared to the beginning of the year; NPL ratio accounted for 1.8%, increasing by 0.47% compared to the beginning of the year.
Implementing the program of connecting banks with enterprises, 116 enterprises were approached to assess in the year, of which 22 new loans were loaned out with the total amount of VND 77.5 billion, 11 enterprises raised the limit for granting additional 52. , VND 7 billion, reducing interest rates for 10 enterprises with total outstanding loans decreasing interest rates by VND 84 billion; 14 enterprises are in the process of handling, 29 enterprises are not enough to save loans, and 30 enterprises have no demand. Currently, banks are surveying and approaching the remaining businesses in the area.

6. Mobilizing capital for development investment:
Mobilizing resources for development investment achieved fairly; estimated total social investment in 2014 reached 12,603 ​​billion dong, up 5.2% compared to 2013. Particularly, the capital construction investment capital from the state budget is still difficult but thanks to the support of the Central Government, the close and drastic direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the provincial People's Council, the provincial People's Committee and the efforts of all branches and levels have been promptly overcome difficulties and obstacles, so the implementation progress and disbursement reach the plan . It is expected that by the end of 2014, 45% of projects and works will be arranged with the completed capital plan and put into use. The arrangement of public investment structure is ensured according to Directive 1792 / CT-TTg of the Prime Minister. The inspection, examination and supervision have been strengthened, contributing to improving the efficiency of managing capital construction capital sources from the state budget.

7. Promotion and attraction of investment:
- Investment promotion continues to change positively; held and participated in 05 investment promotion workshops; welcomed and worked 198 domestic and foreign investment delegations to discuss investment cooperation, including 77 foreign investment delegations from countries such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, India. India, Indonesia, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, etc., through which 6 projects were approved.
- Attracting investment has achieved good results, from the beginning of the year until now, there have been 06 new certificates of FDI investment, with total registered capital of 48,075 million USD; It is expected that by the end of the year, one more project will be granted an investment certificate, with a total registered capital of USD 30 million; In addition, re-issued and adjusted for 8 projects; estimated implementation of about 49.2 million, up 51% over the same period. Up to now, the whole province has 47 FDI projects, with a registered capital of 405.4 million USD. For domestic investment, new investment certificates were granted for 09 projects with registered capital of VND 2,575.2 billion; grant adjustment for 07 projects; By the end of the year, it is expected to attract 5 more projects with the registered capital of VND 137.87 billion. Up to now, the whole province has 98 valid projects with a capital of 10,294.6 billion dong. In addition, there are 04 projects that have to withdraw their investment policies and 5 projects that have their investment certificates revoked due to slow implementation and no longer able to invest.

- Irrigation: During the year, 4 projects of dyke and 2 sluice gates were completed and put into use; dredging 74 canal routes (Giong Trom, Binh Dai, Chau Thanh) with a total length of 101.8 km; preparation and acceptance of water regulating sewers in Tan Trung commune (Mo Cay Nam); continue constructing sluices of Sa Ke and Giong Keo (Mo Cay Bac) and items of the Northern Ben Tre Irrigation Project (phase 1); deploy infrastructure projects in service of aquaculture in 03 districts of Binh Dai, Ba Tri and Thanh Phu ...
- The electricity supply situation in 2014 was relatively stable, meeting the needs of production, business and daily life; electricity infrastructure has been enhanced investment, renovated and developed 47,928km of lines and 110kv stations; repairing 95.32 km of medium voltage lines, 47.9 km of low voltage lines ... Commercial electricity output is estimated at 922 million kWh, up 13.26% over the same period; in which electricity for industry - construction reached 331.83 million kWh, accounting for 36% of commercial electricity. The estimated electricity output is estimated at 21.29 million kWh, reaching 2.26% of the commercial electricity. The percentage of households using electricity in the province is estimated at about 99.65%.

- Rural clean water supply is focused; has completed and put into use Hung Nhuong Water Plant, completed construction of Chau Binh Water Plant; deploy to upgrade and expand Thanh Phu Water Plant (phase 2) to reach 40% of the volume; make connections to supply water for households to exploit well the capacity of investing in factories and meet the needs of the people. At the same time, is calling for investment in the construction of Thanh Phuoc Water Plant, Binh Dai District. It is estimated that the proportion of rural households using clean water is estimated at 84%, of which households use clean water about 39%.
- Urban development continues to be focused, approved general planning for construction of Mo Cay town, Mo Cay Nam district; Chau Thanh district construction planning; provincial water supply planning. Along with investment capital from the budget, localities have mobilized other sources of capital to invest in construction and urban embellishment. It is expected that by the end of 2014, Ben Tre city will increase by 2 criteria according to grade-II urban standards, bringing the total to 36/49 criteria; Binh Dai town increased by 04 criteria, reaching 44/49 criteria; Ba Tri town increased by 06 criteria, reaching 42/49, Mo Cay town stabilized 36/49 criteria according to urban standard type IV.

9. Multi-sector economic development
- Arranging state enterprises to comply with the set plan is expected to complete the equitization of Ben Tre Urban Construction One Member Co., Ltd. and put into operation in early 2015; at the same time, prepare conditions to implement the plan of shares of Ben Tre Water Supply and Sewerage One Member Limited Company in 2015.
- Cooperative economy is interested in the implementation of industries and levels; policies, laws, Cooperative Law in 2012 were deployed to grassroots level. A number of cooperative economic units have promoted their internal resources well to maintain and develop, contributing to creating jobs and improving the lives of rural laborers. Through the activities of cooperative models, farmers have been united, supported to rise out of poverty, improve the quality of cultural households and join hands in building a new rural commune. In the new year, developing 2 cooperative groups and 03 cooperatives, bringing the total number of existing provinces with 1,916 active cooperatives / groups, with about 20,905 members and over 13,000 employees; 88 cooperatives operating in different fields, with 26,577 members, 6,339 employees, total charter capital of about 134.4 billion dong. In parallel with the new development, the compulsory dissolution of 8 cooperatives is expected, the reason is due to ineffective business, inactivity for a long time, no longer able to consolidate.

- Farm economy continues to grow in size, with 21 farms raising pigs granted new farm certificates in the year; bringing the total number of farms in the province to 118, including 115 pig farms, 02 chicken farms and 01 quail farms.
- Developing private enterprises: The operation of enterprises in the province has gradually been stable. The number of newly registered enterprises increased significantly, in the year, there were 216 newly established enterprises, with a registered capital of VND 454 billion, up 43% in terms of the number of enterprises and 22% in registered capital; Up to now, the whole province has 2,574 enterprises with registered capital of 10,334 billion dong. However, the number of enterprises dissolved, suspended from operation and having their business registration certificates revoked is still high, with 33 enterprises and 30 attached units conducting dissolution procedures; 74 enterprises and 3 branches revoked business registration certificates; 38 enterprises and 9 affiliated units suspend their business.

 Business support is focused. During the year, the Government has strictly implemented supportive policies for enterprises on reducing lending interest rates, tax exemption and reduction; supporting 03 enterprises to renovate equipment and technology; building 01 column "Law and Life" to propagate the provisions of law related to the operation of enterprises; assisting enterprises in solving difficulties and speeding up the implementation of the approved projects.
- Foreign-invested enterprises continue to develop quite strongly, contributing greatly to the growth of the industry; Estimated export revenue in 2014 is USD 435 million, reaching 120.8% of the plan and up 16% over the same period. Currently, the province has 48 valid FDI projects with a total registered capital of 435.44 million USD and a total of 23,182 employees.

10. Resources and Environment:
- The management of land use has many changes, ensuring the settlement of administrative procedures in accordance with regulations. Completed the implementation of the 2013 Land Law to grassroots; issued 167 administrative decisions related to land allocation, land lease, land acquisition, change of land use purpose, extension of land use, with a total area of ​​335 hectares and 100 land allocation decisions to the Committee. district and commune people with an area of ​​248.72 ha. It is estimated that at the end of the year, to grant 3,334 land use certificates to organizations, households and individuals, reaching 96% of the land area to be granted. However, the rate of granting paper to organizations is low (60.98%); The legal establishment of state land fund is still slow because some localities have not paid attention to the review, establishment of legal procedures, and recommendations for handling solutions for land plots under their management.

- The management of natural resources and environment has continued to be focused, checking the implementation of sand mining planning (adjusted); organized interdisciplinary inspections on compliance with regulations on river sand exploitation, thereby handling 94 violating individuals, with a total amount of VND 779 million; organize the inspection of transfer and exploitation at sand mines, dredging ferry channel of licensed units. It is expected that by the end of 2014, 3 sand mines with traffic affecting and unlicensed will be closed for 2 sand mines that have explored and adjusted to reduce the area of ​​3 sand mines; to organize 2-point buoy on the Fried River and Ham Luong Rivers according to Resolution 08/2014 / NQ-HDND of the Provincial People's Council. The environmental management has been strengthened, inspecting the situation of importing and using scrap; situation of collection and treatment of clumping oil on the beach, treatment of underground gas gushing into the environment in Thanh Ph1u Dong commune; inspection of 24 production, business and service establishments on environmental protection; issue 14 hazardous waste source owner books.

- Propaganda to raise awareness about response to climate change is maintained regularly on the mass media; at the same time accelerate the implementation of projects to cope with climate change and sea level rise. During the year, the project was completed and put into use the dyke to prevent floods and prevent saline water intrusion in Son Dinh commune, Cho Lach district and infrastructure works to serve the arrangement of population in Con Nhan new economic region. -In addition to Bao Thuan commune, Ba Tri district; The project of strengthening and upgrading the dyke system to prevent saline intrusion in Phu Long commune is being carried out, the local dike project from Hoa Loi to My Hung in Thanh Phu district and the project of upgrading dike route from Vam Ho sluice gate to the sluice gate. Ten gates, Tan Xuan commune, Ba Tri district.

Primary education universalization at the right age and lower secondary education universalization continues to be maintained in all localities in the province, currently 152 communes, wards, towns and 05 districts / cities achieved preschool education standards for children 5 years old; 100% of communal units and 8/9 districts and cities met primary education standards at the right age level 1; 87 communal units and 01 district unit met level 2 standards; 100% of communes, wards, towns, districts and cities will reach lower secondary education standards; 87 communes, wards, townships and Ben Tre city meet the standards of high school education.
The work of building schools up to national standards continues to be concerned; During the year, 3 more pre-schools, 11 primary schools, 5 junior high schools and 2 high schools were recognized. Accumulated to the end of 2014, the whole province had 155 schools meeting national standards.
Preparing a new school year 2014-2015, the province has invested over 144 billion VND to build 16 new rooms, repair and upgrade over 485 classrooms and invest in the purchase of teaching equipment. Besides, with the capital of the Scheme of solidifying schools, classrooms and teachers' houses for teachers in the period of 2008-2012, the province has completed 1,707 / 2,439 rooms, accounting for 69%; Teacher service houses completed 4,628 / 5,232 m².

The project to improve the quality of human resources is focused on implementation, basically achieving the set targets and targets; The quality of human resources has been gradually improved. As a result, after 3 years of implementation, 79,554 people have been trained and trained, accounting for 97.1% of the approved project.

2. People's health care work:
Disease prevention and control have been effectively implemented, regular epidemiological surveillance, early detection of cases and timely prevention, the number of infectious diseases has decreased significantly compared to the same period. period. As of October 8, 2014, 542 cases of dengue were recorded, down 45.2%; 02 cases of malaria, down 86.7%; Particularly, hand, foot and mouth syndrome occurred 2,764 cases, up 2.06%. Newly recorded 222 cases of HIV infection, 98 cases turned to AIDS, 54 deaths; cumulative since 1993, there have been 942 deaths. The rate of children under 1 year old fully injecting 8 vaccines reached over 90% of the plan, up 1.37% over the same period.
The work of medical examination and treatment at the hospitals has been well cared for, the spirit of service attitude and the quality of medical examination and treatment have been raised. Up to now, the capacity of using beds is 89.11%; The percentage of communes with doctors is 98.78%.

The mobilization of people to participate in health insurance was carried out synchronously from the provincial to grassroots levels, resulting in 65% of the population, of which the rate of voluntary health insurance participation was only 13.5% of the population mainly due to awareness. of people about health insurance is not sufficient, psychology only participates in health insurance when having diseases, the income of a part of people is low, the service attitude of some medical doctors and doctors is not good, medical examination and treatment procedures cumbersome .... Food hygiene and safety is concerned to be done regularly and seriously, up to now only 01 person has suffered from food poisoning, no deaths, decreased 172 people. over the same period.

The health network continues to expand widely from the province to grassroots level, contributing to the implementation of the criteria of communes / wards / townships that meet national health criteria; It is expected that by the end of 2014, there will be 35 communes meeting national criteria for health. Investment in construction of hospitals at all levels has been focused on implementation, the progress of construction of some relatively good projects such as: HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control Center, Department of Internal Medicine A Department of Nursing, Nursing Nursing Area Hospital BV Traditional medicine ...; completed and put into use 25 commune health stations. The Korean General Hospital project using Korean ODA is being finalized to submit to the Central Government for consideration and negotiation with donors in the 2015 plan year.

3. Culture - physical training and sports: Focusing on the implementation of Action Program No. 36-CTr / TU of the Provincial Party Committee on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people. Cultural, information and communication activities are organized vigorously, well serving political tasks, major holidays of the province and the whole country, creating a joyful and joyful atmosphere among the people. The movement "All people unite to build cultural life" continues to develop in the direction of integrating with the criteria of building a new rural commune. During the year, 08 new communes were recognized as meeting cultural standards, bringing the total number of existing 163/164 communes, wards, towns and 01 cultural district.

The work of restoring and embellishing cultural and historical relics in the area has also been focused, having recognized four new provincial monuments, bringing the total number of existing provincial monuments to 19 and 15 monuments. National level. In addition, key cultural and sport works have been focused on speeding up and completed and put into the Provincial Stadium (phase 1); deploying the construction of a 500-seat hall hall - the cultural center of the province center and the monument of Lo Tho victory; complete the economic and technical report on the restoration and upgrading of Nam Ong Tomb (total investment is over 14.9 billion dong); complete the package of ground leveling of the project of Preserving, embellishing and promoting the historical values ​​of Ho Chi Minh road at sea (phase 1) and organize the bidding package for the construction of the fence and yard. internal roads (package 3);

The district and cultural city project was implemented on schedule, in 7 years Ben Tre city achieved 7/13 criteria, accumulated 42/55 criteria so far (76.56%); Mo Cay Bac district has achieved 4/8 criteria and accumulated 41/57 criteria so far (71.92%); Cho Lach district has achieved 3/3 criteria, accumulated to date reached 55/86 criteria (63.95%).
The physical training and sport movement in units and localities continues to be maintained and developed. The number of people participating in regular physical training and sports reaches 33% and the sports families 31%. During the year, successfully held the final round of the Seventh Provincial Gymnastics and Gymnastics Conference in 2014, coordinated to organize the national men's biking competition for the 16th Ben Tre Television Cup, the men's and women's volleyball tournament. strong southern team competes in Sanatech-Ben Tre Cup; at the same time sent teams to participate in regional, national and international tournaments with many results, with more than 200 medals (including 45 gold medals).

The broadcasting programs continue to improve the content and quality, ensuring full and timely reflection of political events, national defense and security, local socio-economic results, ... Completed the broadcast of Ben Tre TV channel on Vinasat satellite, contributing to improve the sound and picture quality to serve better.

4. Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs:
Labor management, vocational training counseling, job placement have many changes. Policies to support job introduction, vocational training, and support for labor export loans are implemented in a synchronized manner. From the beginning of the year until now, it has provided jobs and jobs for 49,057 people; creating jobs 23,713 people, reaching 103.1% of the plan, of which labor export 516 people, up 35.4% over the same period. Vocational training establishments enroll and train 8,950 people, thereby contributing to raising the percentage of trained workers to 48.72%; the percentage of trained workers reaches 19.87%

Poverty reduction has been implemented with many practical solutions, helping the poor to stabilize their lives and gradually rise out of poverty to support preferential loans for 23,274 households, with a total amount of VND 309.74 billion. ; support for electricity for the poor and the poor in 16 coastal communes along the coast, with an expense of 12.9 billion dong; constructing 992 houses of compassion for poor households, with a budget of 34.1 billion VND ... Implementing the proposal for poor and near-poor households in 2014, the initial survey results are expected to decrease to 7%.
The socialization in the field of gratitude, poverty reduction and social assistance has been maintained and developed, of which: Gratitude fund has mobilized VND 19.08 billion; Fund for the poor has mobilized VND 16 billion; Children Sponsorship Fund mobilized over VND 1.3 billion; departments, branches, unions, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, organizations mobilized VND 219.7 billion to carry out medical examination, scholarship, scholarship, housing ... support for the poor, children, people in difficult circumstances.

5. Science and technology: Activities of research and application of science and technology in production have been strengthened and contributed positively to economic development, especially in the field of agriculture and fisheries; many new models have been researched and applied, contributing to product diversification, increasing incomes for people such as: planting color in net houses, raising Dong Tao chicken, raising pigs on biological pads, raising giant freshwater shrimp. in the garden ditch from artificial breeds, especially the cross-bred cow models of Brahman, Red Angus, Sind breeds have become famous brands for Ba Tri cows; researching and extracting virgin coconut oil for application in medicine and pharmacy, opening new directions on diversifying and improving the quality of coconut tree products; building a new model of intensive sugarcane planting on alum and saline soils .... In addition, in the five industries, 250 businesses have been inspected and tested on standards, measurement, quality and longan. goods and industrial property; As a result, 32 violating establishments were detected and handled with a total fine of 261.61 million VND. Acceptance and use of the project Strengthening the operational capacity of the Sub-department of Standardization, Metrology and Quality; The project progress of Cai Mon Biotechnology Application Area is well implemented, estimated volume is more than 30%.