Socio-economic

Tuesday, 24/12/2024
Infrastructure
  

As infrastructure is considered as the motivation to accelerate socio-economic development as well as an essential factor to promote investment attraction, Thua Thien Hue province has called for domestic and foreign investment, applied encouraging and assisting policies to unceasingly build and develop infrastructure. Local technical infrastructure system and socio-economic infrastructure have now been comparatively synchronous and basically met development requirement.

Favorable transportation system in terms of motorway, railway, waterway and airway include 1A National road, 49 National road, Ho Chi Minh road, trans-Vietnam railway; Hai Van tunnel connecting Thua Thien Hue province and Da Nang city is the largest tunnel in Southeast Asian region as well as an important transportation work serving regional trade exchange activities. Chan May deep seaport is capable of hosting cruise ships with up to 3.000 on board, 50.000 ton cargo ship; Phu Bai international airport is capable of ensuring Airbus A320, Boeing 747 airplanes to take off safely in every weather condition, etc.

110kV, 220kV and 500kV electricity transmission network through national hydroelectricity system being under construction to ensure stable high quality supply as well as satisfy the electricity demand of investors.

Local clean water supply system of city and towns includes 6 companies with the total capacity of 95.500m3/day and night. To 2010, the capacity reached 162.000m3/day and night well fulfil development demand in fields such as industry, services, tourism and locals' life.

Provincial banking service is diverse and has been unceasingly developed with international standard services. These services will be a safe and convenient bridge which facilitates transaction between enterprises and partners in financial banking activities.

Post telecommunication plays an important role in promoting economic growth. At present, Thua Thien Hue province has 100% telephone equipped hamlets, 100% wireless connected People's Committees and People Councils at commune level. Telephone density reached 85,93 telephones/100 people (the province is making effort to reach 100 telephones/100 people in late 2009); and 4 enterprises running in Telecommunication field. Thua Thien Hue provincial Post, Vietel Post, Express Parcel Service Commercial Joint Stock Company, Saigon Postel; units joining in post and telecommunication services have unceasingly developed, expanded coverage and operation scope to well satisfy requirements and ensure service quality.

Being one of the three intensive health care centers in Vietnam, Hue Central hospital has successfully applied high technology in kidney transplanting, bone marow transplanting, open heart surgery, coronary artery bypass graft, Laparoscopic Surgery. Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital has applied 3D positioning Gamma knife surgical technology, Eye Hospital, Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, etc as well as other specialized health care centers.

Hue University is a high quality multi-disciplinary multi-sectoral institution in Vietnamese education system. It is home to 7 member universities and affiliated faculties i.e. University of Pedagogy, University of Sciences, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Economics, University of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Tourism and Faculty of Physical Education; Music Academy, Phu Xuan Private University and system of Colleges, Secondary School. Hue University provides 90 university training majors, 22 Ph. D training majors, 33 specialist training type I and II. This is great advantage of Thua Thien Hue province in supplying abundant and high quality human resource.

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