Current Status of Infrastructure Development.

2,528 people (accounting for 1.45% of the total population of the district). Population density is concentrated in coastal communes.

1.5.2.2. Current status of economic sector development.

a. Agriculture, forestry and fishery production industry.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery production plays an important role in job creation, stabilizing people's lives and contributing to economic development. The land used for agriculture, forestry and fishery in the whole district is 9,520.59 hectares. For agriculture, promoting intensive farming, applying technical advances, and introducing suitable high-yield crops have brought about significant results. In addition, the livestock industry also brings in relatively high income. As of 2009, the whole district had a total of 16,450 buffaloes and cows, a total of 75,361 pigs, and a total of 928,000 poultry. The average annual growth rate of agricultural profits is 6.26%, in 2005 it brought in 499.0 billion VND, in 2007: 568.6 billion VND, in 2009: 652.1 billion VND.

The forestry sector is implemented according to Decree 02/CP of the Government on forestry land allocation and Project 327 (now 661) which has so far covered 68% of bare hills and mountains with green, equivalent to 1,354.62 hectares, expanding the mangrove forest area in coastal areas. The forest land for growing timber trees is also interspersed with industrial trees and fruit trees, along with some farm - garden - forest models that bring effective income.

The fishing industry is developed thanks to the potential of aquatic products. The growth rate of aquatic product exploitation is 13.27% per year. Aquaculture has developed rapidly in terms of area, output and income. By 2009, the total aquaculture area of the district was 1,126.08 hectares with an output of 9,326 tons. Regarding processing and logistics services for aquatic products, the district has expanded and upgraded investment in seafood processing facilities for export and encouraged the development of private processing facilities.

b. Development of industry - handicrafts and construction.

Industry and Construction is an important production sector, having a strong impact on the growth and economic restructuring of the whole district. In 2005, the industry and construction sector increased by 105 billion VND, with an average growth rate of 8.26%/year in the period 2001-2005. In 2009, the total added value reached 183.25 billion VND, the growth rate in 2008-2009 was 15.79%/year, accounting for 21.00% of the district's GDP.

The handicraft industry has undergone major changes with 3,453 establishments and individual households producing handicrafts. Some large production establishments include: Tunnel 26/3 Brick Factory in Thinh Loc Commune with a capacity of 15,000 million bricks/year; Paper and post-paper factory in Chau Loc Commune with a capacity of 16,000 tons/year, especially the appearance of the Vinaxuki automobile assembly factory which started operating in 2007, creating jobs for thousands of workers. In addition, there are handicraft production establishments and craft villages such as: forging; construction materials production; sedge mats for export; traditional salt production; seafood processing; rattan weaving and shipbuilding and repair, civil carpentry; mechanical equipment processing, electronic repair... which have developed relatively stably.

c. Trade and service development.

Services and trade have made strong leaps in terms of scale, quality, location and field of operation... attracting the participation of many economic sectors.

Commercial activities are developing throughout the town and countryside, purchasing power is increasing with agricultural products, food, seafood, consumer goods... Currently, the whole district has 18 rural markets, 2 large commercial and service areas (in Hau Loc Town). However, the markets still do not fully meet the current trading needs. Service industries are developing strongly in the era of increasingly high living standards, post - telecommunications, banking, insurance, job consulting information... are developing rapidly; material transportation services, hotels, motels are mainly concentrated in

Urban areas and towns; notably, some services serving information and entertainment needs such as: internet, roller skating, cafes - refreshments... are also increasing.

Regarding tourism, the district has a number of relics and scenic spots associated with famous legends of the province and the whole country such as: Ba Trieu Temple, Sung Nghiem Pagoda, Cach Pagoda, Han Temple, Hanh Cat, Hanh Cu, Loc Tien Village - Y Bich, Lach Truong, Ne Island... However, due to limited investment capital, business activities and tourism services in the district are not commensurate with the development potential.

1.5.3. Current status of infrastructure system development.

1.5.3.1. Transport system.

a. Road system:The road traffic network in the district has been invested in and built quite synchronously, including national highways, provincial roads, rural roads and specialized roads with a total length of 44,076 km, including:

- National highways: in the district there are 2 national highways: National Highway 1A with a length of 5.953 km with asphalt concrete road surface structure, meeting level III plain standards; and National Highway 10 with a length of 12.558 km with a base width of 6.5 - 8 m, road surface width of 3.5 - 5.5 m. Semi-penetrating asphalt road surface structure.

- Provincial road: total length is 19km, roadbed 4 – 6m. road surface width 3 – 3.5m. Semi-penetrating asphalt road surface structure.

- District roads : there are 4 district roads with a total length of

31,6238.

- Rural roads: including inter-village roads and roads

hamlet with total length of 420.28km

There are also routes that coincide with the dikes of the central dike system managed by the dike department.

b. Waterway system:In the district, there are 4 rivers and canals passing through, including: Len River with a length of 40km, Cau Sai River with a length of 4km, But River with a length of 9km. In addition, there are canals such as De Canal with a length of

6.6km, Tra Giang Canal has 2 branches, total length is 17km.

c. Bus station and port system:The passenger car station was built in Minh Loc commune with a total area of 3,007m2 , capable of receiving 50 vehicles/day. Cau De wharf belongs to De canal: is a natural wharf used for loading and unloading construction materials such as sand, coal....

1.5.3.2. Irrigation system.

* Current status of irrigation works: In the district, there are 192.7km of irrigation canals that have been solidified up to 79.5%. There are 357km of intra-field irrigation canals passing through 27 communes and towns, 297 irrigation culverts and 44 irrigation pumping stations with a capacity of 95,000m3 / hour in regular operation.

* Current status of drainage works : In addition to the drainage river system such as Tra Giang River, Nuoc Xanh River, Muoi Xa Canal, Nam Xa Canal, there are also 310km of level I and level II drainage canals and 349 large and small drainage culverts and 5 drainage pumping stations with a total capacity of 13,000m3 / hour.

* Dike system: 10km long sea dike system paved with concrete and raised; 32km long right bank of Len River, 10km long left bank of Cau Sai River, 12.5km long left bank of De Canal, raised according to design standards.

1.5.3.3. Electrical and water supply and drainage systems.

* Power supply system and power grid: Hau Loc district power grid is part of Thanh Hoa province's power system, supplied with power from the Northern power system. The district is supplied with 10kV power from Hau Loc intermediary with a capacity of 2x4000KVA, voltage 35/10kV. The power grid includes 35kV, 10kV lines and 35/0.4kV, 10/0.4kV transformer stations.

* Domestic water supply system: 2 Hau Loc water plants in the Town and Hung Loc commune were completed in 2007 and put into use with a capacity of 1,560m3 / day and night. About 31% of the district's population uses this clean water network, the rest mainly use well water which is also relatively safe.

1.5.3.4. Postal - telecommunications and radio and television systems.

* Postal and telecommunications system: The postal and telecommunications network of the whole district has been gradually improved over the years. Currently, 100% of communes use landline telephones, 28 cultural post offices, with about 18 telephones/100 people.

* Radio and television system: The district has a broadcasting station located in the district center, the station covers the entire district. Mobile information teams in 27 communes, towns and communes all provide daily information to facilitate management and leadership.

1.5.4. Social development.

1.5.4.1. Education and Training.

The system and scale of disciplines and levels of education continue to develop, the quality of education is increasingly improved. The number of excellent students at all levels and subjects has increased at a fairly good rate, many students have achieved high results in district and provincial level exams. The annual graduation and passing rate is from 97% to 100%. The whole district has 92 schools at all levels, of which 30 schools and 14 libraries meet national standards. The infrastructure system of education and training in the district is shown in the following table:

Table 1.3: Infrastructure of the education and training system of Hau Loc district.

Name

school

quantity school	quantity class	quantity classroom	quantity teacher	quantity pupil
Kindergarten - Kindergarten	27	138	138	361	4,617
Elementary	30	369	348	750	8,253
Secondary School	26	292	253	685	10,293
PTTH	5	122	83	195	5.513
TTGDTX	1	11	9	15	421
DTBDCT	1	5	3	3	76
TTDN	2	9	8	9	221

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Total

946

842

2.018

29,394

(Source: Department of Internal Affairs and Statistical Yearbook of Hau Loc District, 2014)

Improving education is given great attention by all levels and sectors. This is a favorable condition for educating, propagating and training future generations in all economic, social and environmental fields.

1.5.4.2. Medical work and community health care.

Over the years, the steering committees at all levels and communes have always closely directed medical activities and health care for the people. Currently, the whole district has 15 communes meeting national health standards, accounting for 55.5%. The public health network is organized according to a complete system from village, commune, town and district health care. The district level has 1 general hospital located in the town and a Minh Loc general clinic with 120 beds. The commune level has 27 health stations, with 168 beds. The number of doctors and nurses is 177, reaching 9 doctors and nurses/10,000 people; most health stations in communes and towns have 3-6 staff performing health care functions for the people.

1.5.4.3. Culture, information - Sports.

Cultural, sports, radio and television activities are maintained regularly to meet the requirements and contribute to promptly serving the local political tasks. The cultural and sports career has increasingly flourished, implementing the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life", cultural lifestyle, family, civilization, festivals... developed strongly and received positive responses. In 2009, the whole district had 59 villages recognized as provincial-level cultural, 107 villages, units achieved district-level cultural villages and agencies and 27,300 households met the standards of cultural families. The relics, tangible and intangible cultural values in the district are always preserved. In sports activities, up to now, it has attracted

41,500 people participate in sports activities regularly, 56 clubs maintain activities. The district continuously organizes exchange activities and sports competitions. The whole district has 65 soccer fields, 140 volleyball courts, 180 badminton courts, 51

athletics field

1.5.5. Current land use status.

The rational use of land funds is of great significance for the purpose of sustainable socio-economic development, therefore the district pays great attention to the implementation of land use planning in a reasonable manner to bring about long-term sustainable efficiency. In recent years, changes in land use planning have brought about good developments. The current status of land resource use in Hau Loc district is shown in the following table:

Table 1.4: Land changes in Hau Loc district in the period 2012 - 2014

Status

Land use purpose	2012		2014		Increase(+) decrease(-) (ha)
Land use purpose	Area (ha)	Structure (%)	Area (ha)	Structure (%)	Increase(+) decrease(-) (ha)
Total natural land area		14,355.74	100	14,355.74	100
1	Agricultural land area	9,607.60	66.93	9,520.59	66.32	- 87.01
1.1	Agricultural land	7,464.30	77.69	6,875.53	72.22	- 589.09
1.2	Forest land	1,354.62	14.10	1,354.62	14.23	0
1.3	NTTS water surface	674.97	6.74	1,126.08	11.83	451.11
1.4	Salt land	136.24	1.42	136.24	1.42	0
1.5	Other agricultural land	4.47	0.05	27.12	0.3	22.65
2	Non-agricultural land	3,969.27	27.64	4,296.81	29.93	350.19
2.1	Residential land	1,310.45	33.01	1,392.45	32.41	82
2.2	Special land	1,859.19	46.84	2,092.53	48.71	133.34
2.3	Land of religion and belief	8.75	0.22	10.75	0.26	2
2.4	Cemetery land	190.17	4.79	198.26	4.62	8.09
2.5	Land, rivers, water surface CD	600.71	15.13	600.71	13.99	0
3	Unused land	778.87	5.43	538.45	3.75	- 240.42

Land with coastal water surface (observation)

2,900.00

(Source: Hau Loc Department of Natural Resources and Environment, 2015)

Chapter 2

LOCATION – TIME

AND RESEARCH METHODS

2.1. Research location

Some communes of Hau Loc district - Thanh Hoa include: Van Loc, Tien Loc, My Loc, Loc Son, Loc Tan, Hau Loc Town, Thinh Loc, Hoa Loc

2.2. Research time:

Thesis implementation time from date .... .... .... to date ........../2015

2.3. Research methods.

2.3.1. Document inheritance method.

Collect and selectively inherit documents and previous research works in the area.

- Overview of natural, economic and social conditions of communes.

- Population data, infrastructure system, educational level, administrative data, land use planning...

- Documents in books, newspapers, magazines, on websites...

2.3.2. Field investigation method.

- Conduct 8 investigation routes in 8 communes that need to be evaluated including: Van Loc, Tien Loc, My Loc, Loc Son, Loc Tan, Hau Loc Town, Thinh Loc, Hoa Loc and investigate along the route, in addition to observing the reality combined with distributing survey forms to have a comprehensive view of the investigation route.

2.3.3. Participatory rural appraisal PRA.

This is a method of collecting information based on the understanding of the community combined with actual investigation. Mainly intimate conversation

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