Under to the plan, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capital in Hưng Yên Province is expected to reach US $2,000 by 2015 and over US $4,300 by 2020.

The province’s average economic growth rate is estimated at 12.5% and 12-13.2% in the period of 2011-2015 and 2016-2020 period, respectively.

Besides, there will be a shift in the local economic structure with the proportion of service sector accounting for 33% by 2015 and 37.8-39.2% by 2020, industry-construction 50% by 2015 and 50-51% by 2020 and agriculture 17% by 2015 and 10.5-11.2% by 2020.

Hưng Yên Province will strive to reduce poverty to 3% by 2015, create jobs for over 22,000 laborers and increase the proportion of trained workforce to 55% by 2015 and 63-67% by 2020.

Hưng Yên City is expected to become the urban grade 2 before 2020.

By Thùy Dung