GREEN GROWTH ACTION PLAN FOR AN GIANG PROVINCE IN THE PERIOD 2016 2020

According to the socioeconomic development master plan of An Giang province by 2020, the province will develop towards “Accelerating sustainable economic growth developing the economy in line with natural resources and environment protection, and climate change adaptation”. The development scenario of the province by 2020 indicates that An Giang province will achieve the socioeconomic growth rate which is higher than the average rate of the region, combining industrialization of agriculture, modernization of rural areas and expansion of urbanization areas, key economic and industrial areas, and participation of the service sector

GREEN GROWTH ACTION PLAN FOR AN GIANG PROVINCE

IN THE PERIOD 2016 - 2020

Support for Developing the An Giang’s Green Growth Action Plan

Integrated Coastal Management Program

Abbreviations

ARD Agriculture and Rural Development

C-S-T Cultural- Sport- Tourism

C&E Conservation and efficiency

GRDP Gross Regional Domestics Production

I&P Investment and Planning

INDC Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

IPCC International Panel on Climate Change

S&T Science and Technology

UNFCCC United Nation Framework on Climate Change Convention

VGGS Vietnam’s Green Growth Strategy

CONTENTS

1.2 Requirements to improve competitiveness, resource efficiency, green growth,

climate change response and sustainable development

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1.3 Goals and orientations of the Green Growth Action Plan in the period 2016 -

2020

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2.5 Group of solutions on greening lifestyles and promoting sustainable

PART 3: TARGET PROGRAMS AND KEY PROJECTS ON GREEN GROWTH 16

3.5 Group of tasks and projects on greening lifestyles and promoting sustainable

4.6 Department of Industry and Trade (DOIT) 21

APPENDIX 1: LIST OF PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, ACTION PLANS OF GREEN

1 Prioritized programs and projects on GHG emission reduction and clean and

renewable energy

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3 Prioritized programs and projects on greening the lifestyle and sustainable

APPENDIX 2: ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATUS OF AN GIANG’S

APPENDIX 3: POTENTIAL GHG EMISSION REDUCTION IN AN GIANG

3.3 Results of calculating potential of GHG emission reduction according to sectors 66

PART 1: ORIENTATION ON GREEN GROWTH

TO 2020

1.1 Context and requirements in the new period

According to the socio-economic development master plan of An Giang province by 2020, the province will develop towards “Accelerating sustainable economic growth developing the economy in line with natural resources and environment protection, and climate change adaptation”

The development scenario of the province by 2020 indicates that An Giang province will achieve the economic growth rate which is higher than the average rate of the region, combining industrialization of agriculture, modernization of rural areas and expansion of urbanization areas, key economic and industrial areas, and participation of the service sector

socio-In the period 2016-2020, the average economic growth of the province is aimed at 7% annually; GRDP per capital by 2020 at USD 2,266 The economy is restructured under the orientation of Commerce-Service and Industry–Construction sectors taking more shares of the economy while the share of Agriculture getting smaller The Commerce–Service is planned to account for 54.81%, while Agriculture–Forestry–Fishery decrease to 27.97% and Industry–Construction increase to 15.63% by 2020

Agricultural development aims to produce mass products, with rice and fish as strategic products, to apply science-technology (S&T) and mechanical cultivation methods, to produce high quality agriculture products Aquaculture is one of the key economic sectors, with main and strategic products such as pangasius catfish and basa catfish In the next period, the agriculture sector is required to develop sustainably, to comply with the agriculture development plan and to apply high technologies Besides, the agricultural development will be linked with solutions to water scarcity risks due to climate change and water consumption activities in the upstream of the Mekong River

The development of industry and small-scale industry is planned to take place within centralized industrial zones and some other industrial or small industrial zones It is expected that industrial zones in the province will be fully developed by 2020 Key industries of the province include (1) Food and fishery processing: most of agricultural and fishery products are to be processed before entering the market; (2) Manufacturing and mechanical industry to support mostly for rice seeding, harvesting, and drying; (3) Mining and construction material industry will be enhanced in terms of modern technologies and equipment, and high quality construction materials The small-scale handicraft industry will develop to meet the demands of the tourism industry and local citizens

Commerce and service will be promoted towards diversifying commercial patterns, improving infrastructure, and expending domestic and exporting markets All economic components are encouraged

to participate in potential areas Markets in rural, mountainous and bordering areas will be effectively explored Tourism is expected to be a key sector of the province; the tourism sector develops towards products and forms diversification and quality improvement The province is expected to attract 6.5 million visitors by 2020 Different tourism types will be developed, including sight-seeing, leisure, eco-tourism, sport, entertainment, cultural, and religious tourisms, and etc

In order to meet the above mentioned development targets, An Giang province has both favourable conditions and difficulties

Strengths and development opportunities

An Giang has geographical and socio-economic advantages It is bordered with Cambodia where, international border gates are located; and,has both strategic waterways and roadways for the whole country and the Mekong Delta An Giang province is the bridge connecting the Mekong Delta, South East Region to other countries in the region The province’s location has a comparative advantage for the provincial socio-economic development, with the potential of a linkage centre to attract development investments and resources from the Mekong Delta region as well as outside the region

The GRDP growth rate and GRDP income per capital of An Giang province have been growing in recent years The economic structure has been positively changed; the agricultural structure has been developed into polyculture and diversification of products The industry of agriculture, forestry and fishery processing has been expanding in term of scale, technology innovation, contributing to promotion of commodity economy and increase in exporting values

The transportation network of the province is considerably equally distributed, connecting Long Xuyen city to districts, towns and economic centres of the province Waterways, especially the waterway routes

of Hau River are convenient These are favourable conditions for expanding economic exchange not only with other provinces in the Mekong Delta, but also with neighbouring countries such as Laos and Cambodia

Climate conditions, soil and water resources of the province are diverse, which can contribute to the comprehensive development of the agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors In fact, An Giang province is one of key agricultural provinces, with the strength of productive and high quality food crops, fishery exploitation and aquaculture Besides, An Giang has mountainous areas with favourable conditions for the development of eco-tourism and cultural-historical tourism

An Giang is located in the upstream area, bordered with Cambodia; the mountainous topography allows the development and growth of watershed forests which contribute to GHG emission reduction, environmental protection and climate change adaptation

The labour force is young and diverse If they are well-trained, they will be the driver for the development

of the province

In summary, the above mentioned strengths will bring the opportunity for the province to sustainably develop its agriculture and tourism sectors which get significant attention at national and regional levels Through the promotion and development of commerce, transportation and logistics and other relevant sectors, the province will enhance the integration with other provinces and other countries

Limitations and challenges

The provincial economic structure is modest, with a large proportion of the Agriculture – Forestry – Aquaculture sector Most of the local people work in the agriculture sector, with low productivity and limited skills, which creates small added values The agricultural and rural economy is impetuous and unsustainable The province’s economy largely depends on the agriculture sector, meanwhile key

products of the province such as agriculture, forestry and fishery products are facing with difficulties of competition from domestic and international markets

The industry sector contributes inconsiderably to the economic structure, mostly from the agricultural products processing industry The applied technologies are backward Industrial zones and industrial clusters are invested slowly, which suspends the industrial growth rate

The province’s infrastructure is limited and asynchronous, especially the roadways The traffic capacity of roadways is lower than the national average The internal connection capacity of the provincial roadway is not high Particularly, the connection capacity between key economic zones and remote areas is limited The business and investment environment has not been improved; low competitive capacity is the barrier for attracting investments in An Giang province The competitive capacity indicators including market entry cost, land access, private business support service, time cost for administration procedures in An Giang province rank low

The rate of trained labourers in the province is low; the number of skilled workers with high profession is insignificant Therefore, An Giang province has to face with the shortage of human resources to meet the provincial demands of “green and clean” development The professional training system of the province is limited, with inadequate training contents and quality The existing training system has not met the demand of high quality human resources for key economies, especially for the clean energy sector and the tourism industry

The province’s natural conditions have not been well explored to develop key economic sectors Both natural and social conditions have not been promoted to support the development of the tourism industry, despite it is identified as one of the key economic sectors of the province

Different types of renewable energy such as biomass electricity and solar power have not fully developed according to their potentials

As a province is greatly affected by severe events of climate change such flood, salt intrusion and landslide, however, climate change resilience in the province is limited Therefore, natural disasters are still great threats to economic growth and sustainable development of the province

Intellectual level and awareness on environmental protection and natural resources of a majority of local people are low; the force of technical staffs and environmental managers are in shortage of quality and quantity The awareness and participation of the non-state economic sectors in green growth is limited

1.2 Requirements to improve competitiveness, resource efficiency, green growth, climate change response and sustainable development

According to the provincial socio-economic development master plan by 2020, the province will develop from the current state to an economy with a medium socio-economic growth rate in the region, comprehensively develop the economic infrastructure, culture-society, and education-training, gradually enhance local people living conditions, promote global integration, and strengthen development linkages, especially with other provinces in the Mekong Delta and the Southern key economic region

Apart from efforts of promoting the development of different economic sectors, in order to achieve the expected goals, it is essential for the province to improve its competitiveness, resource efficiency and climate change resilience, including:

 Economically, the development of different economic sectors needs to be closely collaborated

with Green Growth (GG) activities, clean and renewable energy development, sustainable production and consumption, and sustainable agriculture and rural development Economic activities should be developed towards cleaner production, reduction of GHG emission, and mitigation of environmental impacts The application of modern technology is a vital requirement

to reduce energy and resource consumption, and pollution Agriculture development with the application of high technology and environmental friendly technology will ensure the development of An Giang province towards the mass and high quality agriculture production

 Socially, it is necessary to concentrate on social progress and equity; hunger eradication and

poverty reduction; stabilise the population in terms of scale and quality improvement; sustainable development (SD) of urban areas, new rural construction, appropriately distribute the population and the labour according to regions; improve education and training quality so as

to improve awareness and professional quality to meet the development requirements of the nation, the region and the province

 Regarding the management of resources, environment and climate change response, the province

needs to properly exploit and economically and sustainably use land resources, prevent soil degradation; protect and sustainably use water resources; protect and expand forest cover; reduce air pollution and water pollution in large urban areas and industrial zones; ensure effective management mechanisms of wastes, particularly solid waste and wastewater, improve awareness and participation of stakeholders in environmental protection and green growth activities

 Regarding the completion of institutional framework for sustainable development and green growth, in order to promote the implementation of green growth, in the near future, the

institutional and policy framework on GG and SD needs to be completed to integrate GG and SD goals into strategies, action plans and master plans at the national, regional and local levels; it is necessary to promote education, propagation, and awareness raising on GG and SD, to train and enhance the management capability on GG and SD for managers at enterprises, political- social- professional associations and communities

1.3 Goals and orientations of the Green Growth Action Plan in the period 2016 -

2020

1.3.1 Vision

 Green growth plays an important role in the orientation towards rapid and sustainable economic development of An Giang province, which is the provincial commitment to implement the National Strategy on Green Growth and Climate Change Response

socio- Green growth is in line with the economic growth transformation and restructuring towards effectively exploiting provincial potentials and comparative advantages, promoting economic integration, enhancing the connection to other provinces in the Mekong region and other regions and provinces in the country

 Green growth is implemented on the basis of extensive investment on conservation, development and effective consumption of natural resources, GHG emission reduction, environmental quality improvement, which will eventually boost the economic growth

 Green growth is implemented by human and for human, contributing to job creation, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, livelihoods improvement, both in emotional and physical aspects, environmental friendly lifestyle encouragement and sustainable consumption

 Green growth is developed to be suitable for the socio-economic development orientations of the province, the region and the country, being in line with strategies, development master plans of relevant sectors

 Green growth activities ensure the combination of immediate requirements and long-term benefits, prepare specific and proper steps with breakthroughs and identify priorities, which can

be adjustable to be suitable for new situation and context, taking into consideration of the interdisciplinary and interregional connections, meeting the demand of experience sharing within the province and at the national level

 In the provincial GGAP, the role of stakeholders including government agencies, social and civil associations, and communities are identified

1.3.2 General objectives

The general objectives are to effectively implement the National Strategy on Green Growth and to promote a rapid and sustainable economic growth, particularly developing key economic sectors to be greener, towards the low carbon economy, increasing GHG absorption, energy and resource efficiency, and enriching national capitals The construction of infrastructure is synchronous and gradually modernized The environmental quality, living standards and landscape quality are improved, aiming at environmental friendly lifestyles and enhancing climate change adaptation

1.3.3 Specific targets

GHG emission reduction by 2020

Reducing the GHG emission intensity by 16.7% compared to the BAU scenario, in which the voluntary emission reduction is 10.4%, and the remaining emission reduction will be achieved with further national and international supports

Greening the production

 Establishing and developing the “green economy” structure on the basis of promoting economic sectors to apply modern technologies and to create substantial added values, to use land and water resources more effectively, and to adapt to climate change

 Transforming the economic structure of the province to increase the share of the Industry – Service sector, decrease the composition of the Agriculture sector, while ensuring that the Agriculture is still the key economic sector, to green the existing sectors and encourage the development of economic sectors that promote energy and resource efficiency and conservation and create high added values

 It is planned that by 2020:

 100% of existing industrial zones will be installed with centralized wastewater treatment system which meets the environmental standards;

 80% of industrial zones and industrial clusters, and 50% of craft villages will be installed with the standardized solid waste collection and treatment system;

 85% of domestic solid waste will be treated according to standards;

 80% of manufacturing facilities and business will meet the environmental standards, 50%

of which will apply clean and environmental friendly technologies;

 Investment on development of environmental protection supporting sectors and enrichment of the natural capital will constitute 3 - 4% GDP

Greening lifestyles and promoting sustainable consumption

Environmental friendly lifestyles develop through creating green jobs in different sectors including industry, agriculture, service, investments on natural capital, and development of green socio-economic infrastructure It is planned that by 2020:

 50% of communes will meet the environment sanitary standards according to new rural indicators

 90% of medical waste will be collected and treated according to environmental standards; 90% of urban solid waste and 70% of rural solid waste will be collected, 60% of which will

be reused, recycled or re-manufactured into fertilizer

 85% of nylon bags used in supermarkets, shopping centres will be reduced compared to that of 2015

 100% of local people will have basic knowledge and awareness on responding and adapting to climate change

 100% of urban areas have standardized green areas

 The green coverage rate (including perennial industrial plants) will be 22.4%

 100% of urban households will have clean water, 90% of rural households will have sanitary water

PART 2: GREEN GROWTH SOLUTIONS TO

2020

2.1 Group of solutions on capacity and institutional building

 Reviewing existing legal documents, strategies, master plans and plans of the province to identify areas which are unsuitable for the goals and orientations of green growth, environmental protection and climate change adaptation; and to recommend the adjustment and revision which are considered as an important criterion for the approval of these documents

 Enhancing close collaboration among governmental agencies, governmental authorities and sectors in implementing tasks and activities to achieve the targets of green growth and sustainable development

 Completing the governmental authority on environmental protection, climate change response and green growth implementation to meet practical requirements which are increasingly diverse and complex

 Developing specific mechanisms and policies on mobilizing and effectively managing both domestic and international resources for sustainable development and green growth to 2020 with vision to 2030

 Promoting international, multilateral and bilateral collaboration and support on developing the green development models, ecological models and human resources development for green growth Focusing on cooperation on science and technology development with the region

 Enhancing information and data exchange to be used for regular monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the growth status, environmental and resource management in the locality

 Developing the indicator framework or method for monitoring, evaluating and reporting the implementation of the Green Growth Strategy and Action Plan of the province

2.2 Group of solutions on awareness raising

 Enhancing the propaganda and information dissemination on sustainable development and green growth, benefits of energy efficiency and conservation, public transportation and application of clean and renewable energy, in order to raise awareness of individuals and the community on the Green Growth Strategy

 Enhancing training, education and skills for staffs and government officers, especially officials at district and commune levels on sustainable development, climate change response and green growth

 Promoting training of human resources, particularly human resources for implementing sustainable development strategy, climate change response and green growth;

 Increasing investments in capacity building for the state management system on environmental protection, sustainable development and green growth, particularly at district and commune levels

 Studying, selecting and integrating training activities on green growth, green technology and sustainable resource exploitation into suitable school education levels

 Mobilizing social – political associations, unions, governmental institutions and the mass media in improving local community’s awareness on green growth, climate change mitigation and adaptation Focusing on improving responsibility awareness and knowledge of business owners, project investors in urban areas on the importance and requirements of waste registering, regular report on environmental monitoring, plans on response to environmental accidents, investments

in waste treatment construction, and etc

2.3 Group of solutions on GHG emission intensity reduction

2.3.1 Solutions in agriculture - forestry - aquaculture

Developing high tech agriculture, organic agriculture, applying cultivation methods that save resources, particularly soil and water resources to reduce GHG emission from the agriculture sector Developing a water resource management system to prevent soil erosion and bleaching; applying water saving irrigation methods; limiting the use of chemical fertilizer and pesticide; transforming the plant and domestic animal structure to be suitable for soil and climate conditions of the province to improve soil, water and power efficiency and eventually reduce GHG emissions

Promoting afforestation and forestry development, increasing the forest cover to expand the carbon sink, reducing forest loss due to exploitation and economic development Strategically selecting forest with high productivity to replant and increase the forest cover Strictly preventing deforestation Protecting the existing forest cover, especially special-use forest and protection forest Constructing the buffer zones surrounding the conservation areas to effectively manage the forest

Ensuring that the infrastructure development will not significantly affect the key conservation areas, will not negatively impact threatened flora and fauna species; applying exploitation and transportation methods which cause least impacts to the surrounding environment

2.3.2 Solutions in industry and energy

Modernizing technologies to reduce consumption of fuels and resources Applying low carbon technologies in key industries Limiting the consumption of fossil fuels by using power operated machines, enhancing the consumption of bio-fuels to reduce GHG emission It is planned that by 2020, all industrial zones and industrial clusters in the province will meet the environmental standards when they are constructed

Increasing the power supply for the socio-economic development of the province and improving the existing power grid, gradually improving the quality of the power grid to reduce power loss

Developing clean energy and renewable energy sources that An Giang province has the comparative advantage, such as solar power and biogas

2.3.3 Solutions in commerce and service

Constructing and improving the roadway transportation infrastructure, improving the connectivity of different areas in the province, and between An Giang province and other provinces in the region Prioritising investments in constructing key transportation lines according to sustainable standards

2.4 Group of solutions on greening the production

In An Giang province, green production is conducted through these following methods:

 Limiting and decreasing sectors or economic activities which cause large amounts of waste or environmental pollution (e.g sand and mineral exploitation for construction materials) Prioritising development of production sectors which cause insignificant impacts on the environment and natural resources

 Applying methods to reduce the disposal of waste from production or business activities, particularly air emission, wastewater and toxic solid waste

 Replacing toxic or non-recyclable materials by less toxic or recyclable materials Changing the process or production technology/ equipment to bring higher efficiency or limit GHG emission

 Using modern technologies in exploiting and processing agriculture - forestry – fishery and minerals in order to increase the exploitation and processing efficiency, and reduce environmental pollution

 Encouraging enterprises to save power and water and recycle their waste Constructing sustainable water supply management plans for different sectors, including reuse, recycling and treatment of used water Implementing activities to promote water savings

 Encouraging enterprises to plan and implement the reuse and recycling of waste Supporting private investment on reuse and recycling technology of agriculture and mining residues

 Better protecting existing water resources (surface water, ground water) Regularly monitoring and evaluating pollutants in the supply water to ensure that the concentration does not excess the allowed limit Developing the resilience plan against water reduction from the Mekong River

 Managing the industrialization towards natural resources conservation and nature rehabilitation Zoning land uses to reduce residential areas along the river or vulnerable areas, including the application of suitable resettlement mechanism, flood control and water consumption regulation

in different hydrological regimes and periods; improving and expanding the existing irrigation and water works

 Improving awareness and trainings on energy and water savings in production and business; integrating the requirements of climate change response into the programs of diversifying plants and domestic animals; improving cultivation methods, applying the plant seedlings that are salt-tolerant and flood-tolerant

 Preventing environmental degradation, especially typical phenomenon in An Giang province such

as river bank penetration and erosion Enhancing reforestation, combining the protection of watershed protection forest and conservation areas, increasing the forest cover to meet the ecological safety standards

2.5 Group of solutions on greening lifestyles and promoting sustainable consumption

“Green lifestyle” is to improve and promote human life towards environmental friendly ways of living The green lifestyle is regulated by individuals’, households’ and communities’ actions At the national, provincial and city levels, the green lifestyle is illustrated through the sustainable consumption, collection and treatment of wastewater, solid waste, safe transportation, greening of urban areas and pollution prevention

In order to promote sustainable consumption, An Giang province needs to improve its people’s and enterprises’ awareness on their behaviours and ways of production and consumption which bring benefits to the environment, especially in sectors related to sanitation, management and treatment of wastewater and solid waste Examples of green lifestyle solutions are:

 Improving the training on the importance of waste reduction and sanitary conditions in urban and rural areas

 Increasing the accessibility to clean water and/ or sanitary water Ensuring the compliance with food safety standards from production, transportation and distribution to the end-user phase

 Expanding the green coverage (tree and vegetation) in urban areas, industrial zones, and industrial clusters

PART 3: TARGET PROGRAMS AND KEY PROJECTS ON GREEN GROWTH

3.1 Group of tasks and projects on capacity and institution improvement

 Reviewing provincial legal documents, strategies, development plans, and plans which were promulgated, in order to identify the contents that are unsuitable for the targets and orientations

on green growth, environmental protection and climate change adaptation; and propose adjustments and revisions

 Integrating contents of the National Strategy on Green Growth into the socio-economic master plan and plan

 Planning the rural areas according to environmental friendly standards, increasing green areas, using green materials and fuels, and energy efficiency

 Reviewing and adjusting the urban planning and the urban design towards “green infrastructure”

in order to achieve a green and sustainable urban which can adapt to climate change and create a healthy living environment

 Developing policies to encourage agencies, institutions, and enterprises to transfer and apply new technologies on breeding, manufacturing, processing, and improving the competitiveness of agriculture and fishery products

 Developing and applying criteria for priority identification of provincial activities, programs and projects on green growth

 Building the capacity of the state management system to response to climate change and green growth, environmental treatment, and especially capacity of the lower levels, including districts and communes

 Building the mechanism for improving information and data exchange activities to be used for regular monitoring, evaluation and reporting on environmental conditions and green growth Developing the criteria framework or methods for monitoring, evaluating and reporting of the implementation of the green growth strategy and action plan of the province

 Developing mechanisms and policies to attract loans, ODA, and technical assistance from foreign countries and international organization to implement the green growth strategy Collaborating with international support projects which are being and will be implemented to build capacity for relevant departments and sectors in order to encourage the investments in clean energy, renewable energy and high tech agriculture

3.2 Group of tasks and projects on awareness raising

 Organising trainings on awareness raising for enterprises, community and local people on cleaner production, natural resource consumption and energy efficiency

 Organizing training courses and awareness raising programs on climate change, sustainable development and GHG emission reduction for staffs and officials of departments, sectors, localities and communities

 Broadly propagandizing and raising awareness on the application of potential clean energy and renewable energy in the province, including solar energy and biomass energy

 Organizing campaigns to raise awareness and improve the images of environmental friendly enterprises, especially of agricultural, industrial, commercial and tourism enterprises

 Integrating lessons on green growth, GHG emission reduction, energy efficiency, green technology application and sustainable resource exploitation into appropriate school curriculum, political ideology training programs, and state management training programs at the province

 Developing the curriculum and on-site activities on green growth, climate change response and sustainable development for pupils and students of the provincial schools

 Publishing the press, banners, TV programs, radio programs and other mass media to raise awareness and behaviour on green growth, energy efficiency, GHG emission reduction and sustainable development

 Building human resources for green growth, especially in key economic sectors of the province such as agriculture, forestry, fishery and tourism

 Organizing preliminary sessions to carefully review and evaluate the achieved results, identify strengths, weaknesses, causes and responsibilities of each department, sector and locality in the implementation of green growth Including the green growth implementation critics into periodical and final reports of local departments and sectors

3.3 Group of tasks and projects on GHG emission reduction

3.3.1 Tasks and projects in agriculture, forestry and fishery

 Sustainable management of natural protection forest

 Natural forest regeneration

 Development of production forest

 Applying the program of “3 reductions 3 gains” (3R3G) and “1 must 5 reductions” (1M5R) in rice cultivation

 Applying the alternate wetting and drying irrigation method in rice cultivation

 Utilizing agricultural residues to make organic fertilizer for rice

 Utilizing agricultural residues to make biochar for rice

 Utilizing agricultural residues to grow mushroom with application of high technology

 Treating animal dung by biogas tanks

 Improving the efficiency in fishing and fish breeding

 Improving the efficiency of irrigation by advanced irrigation techniques (drip irrigation)

3.3.2 Tasks and projects in civil areas

 Developing the sustainable community energy

 Using high efficient air conditioner with built-in inverter in urban households

 Using LED lights in households

 Encouraging solar power water heaters in urban households

 Using power saving fridge in households

 Developing the solar rooftop power system

3.3.3 Tasks and projects in service and commerce

 Energy management in accordance with ISO 50001 in hotel buildings;

 Using LED lights for hotels, offices, supermarkets and shopping centres;

 Using LED lights in governmental buildings, schools and restaurants;

 Using solar power water heater in small hotels;

 Using LED lights for public street lighting

3.3.4 Tasks and projects in industry, energy and waste treatment

 Using energy management system ISO 50001 in food processing

 Managing energy according to ISO 50001 in textile and garment industry

 Producing non-heat bricks in replacement of traditional bricks

 Developing grid-connected solar power plants

 Developing grid-connected biomass power plants

 Improving the cooling system in the food processing industry

 Treating urban waste by different methods: organic treatment, burning, recycling and anaerobic treatment

3.3.5 Tasks and projects in transportation

 Improving the capacity for freight transportation of the waterway system

 Piloting the use of biofuels for transportation vehicles

3.4 Group of tasks and projects on greening the production

The following priorities should be implemented to achieve the goals of green production in An Giang:

 Applying clean technologies: building policy mechanism to encourage investments, application

and renewal of high technology in production, especially in the agriculture industry which currently causes great impacts on the environment in the province Encouraging and promoting the transfer of green technology and cleaner production to small and medium enterprises and households

 Using modern technology in mineral exploitation and processing in order to improve the

exploitation and processing efficiency and reduce emission and environmental pollution

 Reviewing and adjusting production industry master plans towards the limitation and decrease of

major economic emitters or polluters, prioritising environment-friendly sectors, efficiently use natural and non-natural resources Considering environmental protection as the first priority when considering investment projects, not approving investment projects of outdated and environmental-unfriendly technology and, equipment

 Developing high-tech and organic agriculture: Planning the areas for agriculture, forestry and

fishery production towards sustainable and environmental friendly production Transforming planting and domestic animal structure to be suitable for land and soil conditions in order to improve soil efficiency, water and power savings in irrigation Improving the application of biotechnology Providing information on integrated pest management (IPM) Expanding the application of advanced technology in storage and processing of agriculture and forestry products; reusing agricultural residues Zoning the areas for breeding cattle and poultries with disease control, sanitary stalls, far away from residential areas, and compliance with the strict regulations on safe husbandry

 Increasing the green coverage with fruit trees, perennial trees and protection forest

 Developing eco-tourism sustainably with community participation

3.5 Group of tasks and projects on greening lifestyles and promoting sustainable consumption

Under existing conditions, An Giang province takes efforts to achieve the “green lifestyle” through implementing these following priorities:

 Constructing sustainable urban areas: Integrating green growth into the provincial

socio-economic development plan Reviewing the urban planning of Long Xuyen city and other important urban areas, adjusting these plans according to a “green urban” approach Ensuring to increase the rate of waste to be classified and treated, particularly domestic waste and hospital waste Increasing investments in improving urban environment quality, technological innovation, modernization of wastewater collection and treatment facility Applying high technology on waste treatment Improving the protection of the surrounding environment according to green- clean- beautiful criteria Putting priority on public land allocation to expand the green areas in urban areas New constructing and improving green parks, focusing on green park allocation in central areas of the city, large residential areas and industrial areas; Reducing the utilization of good ecological areas to build special-use areas in urban areas

 Continuing to implement the New Rural Program: On the basis of achieved results in the period of

2011-2015, focusing on implementing contents relating to restructuring the agricultural sector and eight approved master plans Putting priority on mobilizing investment capitals for target communes in order to achieve the targets that by 2020 there will be 60/119 communes meeting the standards of new rural communes (50.42%); no commune achieving below 7 criteria; and at least 01 district meeting the standards of a new rural district

 Promoting sustainable consumption: Enhancing eco-labelling activities and having campaigns on

environmental friendly products; fostering the program on “green consumption”, power savings, clean water, packing, and bags; limiting and removing the use of nylon bags in supermarkets, shopping centres, shops, traditional markets, as well as daily living Encouraging the consumption towards saving, recycling, reusing and reducing wastes Raising public voice to criticize and handle environmental pollution or GHG emission activities

Implementing the “green public expenditure” that sets priorities on purchase and use of eco-label, recyclable, and reusable goods and products for public expenses The existing regulations on special consumption tax, environmental protection tax/ fee should be strictly applied in order to adjust improper consumption behaviours, particularly products that are harmful to human health, culture and the environment

 Solid waste management: Developing a comprehensive master plan to manage wastes for the

whole province Increasing the capacity of landfill to sustainably manage solid and non-toxic waste Constructing safe transportation and storage system for toxic waste

 Limiting the use of plant protection products: training and widespread disseminating the safe use

of pesticide, safe handling of containers of plant protection products and fertilizers

PART 4: IMPLEMENTATION

On the basis of the GGAP for An Giang province, the provincial People’s Committee, the provincial departments and sectors, the district, town and city People’s Committees shall actively implement the plan under their functions and duties, as followings:

4.1 Provincial People’s Committee (PPC)

Regularly directing the implementation of the provincial GGAP and guiding the review, adjustment and revision of relevant legal documents on state management to respond to climate change and implement green growth; directing the adjustment of development plans, master plans and socio-economic development programs; integrating the contents of climate change, green growth, resource management and environmental management into socio-economic master plans, plans and programs according to instructionng documents of the Government and relevant Ministries

4.2 Department of Planning and Investment (DPI)

 Being a focal point for GG, being responsible for chairing and collaborating with other departments, sectors, district, town and city PPCs to implement the GGAP;

 Directing, monitoring, evaluating, checking and synthesizing the activities of implementing the GGAP to report to the provincial PPC annually, preparing mid-term reports to evaluate and withdraw lessons from the implementation, study and recommend any adjustments and revisions

4.3 Department of Finance (DOF)

 Collaborating with the Department of Planning and Investment to appraise and submit the proposed budget for GGAP to the authorized agency for approval

4.4 Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

 Collaborating with relevant departments and sectors to advise on the selection of imported technologies; conducting research and developing the mechanism to encourage technology investment and transfer, applying S&T advances in the province

4.5 Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE)

 Advising the provincial PPC on sustainable environmental development policies according to orientations on GG; preparing short-term and long-term plans to respond to CC in the province;

 Strengthening the monitoring of enterprises’ activities operating in the environmental sector for immediate response;

 Regularly and well implementing environmental monitoring to timely give warnings to citizens and enterprises

 Comprehensive propaganda on environmental policies and development in order to raise people’s awareness on environmental protection responsibility

 Chairing, and collaborating with relevant departments, sectors, district, town and city people’s committee to monitor the environment in order to improve the effectiveness of environmental protection, especially in industrial sectors

4.6 Department of Industry and Trade (DOIT)

 Chairing and collaborating to implement projects and tasks relating to GHG emission reduction in industries, commerce, cleaner production, clean energy and renewable energy development in the province

 Regularly propagandizing and encouraging enterprises to replace outdated equipment that heavily consumes energy and emits emission by modern technologies and equipment

4.7 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD)

 Collaborating with the Department of Science and Technology to implement projects and tasks in smart agriculture, high tech agriculture according to GG orientations;

 Regularly propagandizing the upscale of efficient production models which use a small amount of chemical fertilizers and water for production; well implementing the cultivation and planting method restructure which is suitable for each location and meets the market demands

 Being the agency to chair and collaborate the implementation of projects and tasks relating to GHG emission reduction in agriculture- forestry- aquaculture, green agriculture development and the implementation of the New Rural Program in the province

4.8 Department of Transportation (DOT)

 Leading and collaborating the implementation of projects and tasks relating to GHG emission reduction in transportation, sustainable development of transportation infrastructure and public transportation in the province

 Regularly propagandizing and encouraging transportation enterprises to comply with regulations

on maintenance and removal of vehicles which heavily consume fuels and are out of date

4.9 Department of Construction (DOC)

 Leading and collaborating the implementation of projects and tasks relating to sustainable urban planning, infrastructure development, green building; ensuring the implementation of GG objectives and indicators and response to CC;

 Collaborating with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to manage urban wastes in the province

4.10 Department of Information and Communication (DOIC)

 Developing detail plans to propagandize, educate and raise people’s awareness on green growth and sustainable development, regulations and policies of the Party and legal documents of the

Government on sustainable consumption of resources, environmental protection, nature protection and biodiversity conservation

4.11 Other departments, sectors and district PCs

 Other departments, sectors and district, town and city people’s committees are responsible for implementing GGAP in the province; integrating the objectives, tasks and solutions into their annual or 5-year development programs and plans within assigned functions and duties

 Developing indicators on sectoral green growth which are suitable for the sector’s conditions and development characteristics; implementing monitoring and evaluation of green growth objectives and indicators within their assigned functions and duties Assigning the implementation and identifying responsible staffs Recommending programs, tasks, projects and activities relating to green growth that are being implemented or planned to implement;

 Organizing propaganda activities among staffs, officials and the public on the National Strategy on Green Growth, the Provincial Green Growth Action Plan, and the Sectorial Green Growth Plans;

 Regularly collecting and synthesizing information on the implementation of objectives and indicators for monitoring and evaluation of the provincial green growth Annually reporting the implementation of the green growth strategy, action plans that have been integrated into the sectoral development plan implementation report; identifying challenges and difficulties, and recommending the solutions These reports shall be submitted to the Department of Planning and Investment to synthesize and report to the provincial PPC

4.12 Political and social organizations, social and professional organizations

 Being active in building programs and plans to implement the GGAP of the province within their assigned functions and duties;

 Propagandizing, mobilizing the participation of the business community and the public to implement the provincial and sectorial GGAP

APPENDIX 1: LIST OF PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, ACTION PLANS OF GREEN GROWTH IN THE PERIOD 2016-2020

1 Prioritized programs and projects on GHG emission reduction and clean and renewable energy

No Task/ Activity Objectives

To be implemente/

coordinated by

Budget (bil VND)

GHG emission reduction (thousand tCO2)

by 2020

DARD/

Provincial Farmer Association

Farmers’ expenditures, support from State Budget Applying water saving

irrigation and ecological

technology

In the cultivation area of 10,000 ha

by 2020

DARD/Provincia

l Farmer Association

ODA Production according to

quality and large field

standards

In the cultivation area of 30,000 ha

by 2020

DARD/Provincia

l Farmer Association

State Budget, Farmers’ expenditures

2 Utilizing agricultural

Using rice straws to

make compost fertilizer

for rice farming and

high technology

mushroom production

Collection area of 30% by 2020

DARD/Provin cial Farmer Association, Provincial Business Association

Farmers’ expenditures, support from State Budget, ODA

Pollution reduction in

animal husbandry

80% of manure is collected and treated

DARD/Provincia

l Farmer Association

Farmers’ expenditures, support from State Budget, ODA

3 Solutions for emission

Farmers’ expenditures, support from State Budget,

by 2020

Farmers’ expenditures, support from State Budget,

State Budget,

performance

agriculture pumps

demands met by high performance agriculture pumps (total capacity 36,000kW)

expenditures, support from State Budget,

improved wood stove

and biogas stove for

rural areas

It is targeted that 10% of rural households use the improved wood stoves and 10% rural households use the biogas stoves

in replacement of wood stoves by

2020

DARD/ Farmer Union;

Women’s Union; unions and organizations;

rural households

Households’ expenditures, State Budget

2

Forest enriching and

managing, protecting

the existing natural

production forest, with

the exploitation cycle of

20 years

Zoning and natural regeneration of 590ha by 2020

DARD, Forestry Sub-

by 2020

DARD, Forestry Sub-

Moderate

Local State Budget, Central State Budget and ODA

by 2020

DOIT/ Provincial Power Company, Provincial News and Media

Households’ expenditures, support from State Budget and international support (ODA)

2

Using solar power

water heater in urban

households

Increasing the rate

of households with solar power water heater of 10% by 2020

DOIT/ Provincial Power Company, Provincial News and Media

Households’ expenditures and support from State Budget

3

Using high efficient

fridge (with inverter) in

urban households

Increasing the rate

of households with high efficient fridge of 10% by

2020

DOIT/

Provincial Power Company, Provincial News and Media

Households’ expenditures and international support (ODA)

1 Rural-based solutions are integrated in part A

DOIT/ DOT, Women’s Union, Provincial Farmer Association, Provincial Broadcasting Station, Provincial News

State Budget/ Households’ expenditures

DOIT/DOT, Women’s Union, Provincial Farmer Association, Provincial Broadcasting Station, Provincial News

0.62 Moderate

State Budget/ Households’ expenditures

1 Using LED lamps for

hotels and offices

Increasing the rate

of LED lamps by 20% by 2020

DOC / DOIT, Department of Culture-Sport- Tourism, Provincial Business Association…

Budget of enterprises, support from State Budget

by 2020

DOIT/

Provincial Business Association, Provincial Broadcasting Station, …

Budget of enterprises, support from State Budget and international support (ODA)

DOIT/

Provincial Business Association, textile and garment enterprises in the province

Budget of enterprises, support from State Budget

DOIT/

Provincial Business Association, food processing enterprises in the province

Budget of enterprises, support from State Budget

in fishery

DOIT/

Provincial Business

Budget of enterprises, Support from

processing industry

Association, fishery processing enterprises in the province

State Budget, and international support (ODA)

Budget of enterprises, support from State Budget, International support (ODA)

Budget of enterprises, support from State Budget, International support (ODA)

3 Installing amorphous transformers

Targeting at 800 amorphous transformers by

2020

Budget of enterprises, support from State Budget, International support (ODA)

D Industrial production 50.8 50.88

1 Manufacturing of non-fired brick

Amount of non- fired brick of 203.5 million ton

by 2020

Budget of enterprises, and support from State Budget

1

Collecting and recycling

materials from solid

waste

By 2020, 25% of wastes are treated

by collection and recycling methods

DOC, DONRE,

Budget of enterprises, and support from State Budget

3 Using and burning gas from landfill As above As above 22.83 3.49 Average

Budget of enterprises, and support from State Budget

4

Collecting and using

methane from the

controlled solid waste

anaerobic digestion

system

Budget of enterprises, and support from State Budget

2 Prioritized projects on greening the production

No Project, task Objective Chair (bil.VND) Budget Financial source

1

System of wastewater

treatment in Binh Hoa

industrial zone (Stage I)

2,000 m3/ day

Economic Zone Management board

64 Support from State Budget

2 Upgrading the Binh Thanh aquatic breeding farm 12ha DARD 35 Support from State Budget

Applying pollution reduction

solutions in pangasius catfish

facilities

The areas of households applying treatment measure before dumping waste into the environment of 120ha

DARD 3.6 Support from State Budget

5

Resettlement area with

landslide protection

embankment in Vinh Xuong

border economic zone

6

Conservation area for aquatic

species in Tra Su melaleuca

forest

7 Irrigation system for

Support from State Budget

8

Irrigation system for high

elevated areas in response to

climate change served for

agricultural restructuring for

local people in Bay Nui

9

Levelling and cleaning the

reservoir bed and the

irrigation system behind the

reservoir

Water storage capacity of 2,147,473m3 DARD 81 Support from State Budget

10 Water supply and rural environmental sanitation 200-1,200 m 3 /day

Centre for agricultural product and rural environmental sanitation

102 Support from State Budget

11 Improving the 3

rd Feb pumping station Irrigation for the area of 2,050 ha Tinh Bien district 85

Support from State Budget

53.4 Support from State Budget

13 Project of scattered forestry

Sub-Department

of Forest Protection

32 Support from State Budget

14

Project of Binh Minh and Vien

Thong production forest

protection and development

1,212.50 ha

Sub-Department

of Forest Protection

35 Support from State Budget

in order to treat and control pollutions, reduce degradation, limit the increase

of environmental pollution and

DOIT in collaboration with DONRE

Support from State Budget

improve environmental quality in An Giang province to 2020

16

Plan on developing and using

biomass energy in An Giang

province to 2025 with

consideration to 2030

- Effectively exploiting the biomass potential to reduce the provincial dependency on traditional power, carbon emission and environmental pollution;

- Bringing added value for production facilities and households when they participate into biomass supply chain (selling agricultural and forestry waste and residues for burning fuels)

3 Prioritized programs and projects on greening the lifestyle and sustainable consumption

No Project, task Objective Chair (bil.VND) Budget Financial source

1

Model of reservoir for drought areas

served for people’s daily living water

demand in Tri Ton

Area of 2.26 km2; capacity of 293,000

m3

DARD 119 Support from State Budget

2 Drainage and sewage system in Chau Doc town: Counterpart project 5,000 m 3 /day Water and Power Utility Company 311 Support from State Budget

3 Drainage and sewage system in Long Xuyen city: Counterpart project 30,000 m 3 /day Water and Power Utility Company 1.344 Support from State Budget

4 Infrastructure of Phu Tan waste

Support from State Budget

5 Infrastructure of solid waste treatment complex in Long Xuyen cluster (Stage I) 23.25 ha Urban Environment Company 84 Support from State Budget

6

National Target Program on Clean

Water and Rural Environmental

Sanitation (Counterpart local state

budget)

200 - 400 m3/day

Centre for agricultural product and rural environmental sanitation

Support from State Budget

7

Closing and treating environmental

pollution in residential landfills in An

APPENDIX 2: ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATUS OF AN GIANG’S DEVELOPMENT WITH REGARD TO GREEN GROWTH

Part 1: Introduction

1.1 Background and the necessity

International background

The Earth Summit in Rio de Janerio (Brazil) in 1992 and the World Summit on Sustainable Development

in Johannesburg (South Africa) in 2002 affirmed that sustainable development is “the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”, and the development process which combines three pillars of economic development (especially economic growth), social development (especially social improvement, equity and poverty eradication and job creation) and environmental protection (especially pollution handling and environment rehabilitation and improvement, together with effective exploitation and consumption of natural resources) After two decades of implementing sustainable development, the international development models are still “brown” economies with high dependence on natural resources and fossil fuels which cause pollution, natural resource degradation and ecological imbalance Recently there are a lot of crisis all over the world, in which climate change becomes a big challenge to the humanity in the 21st century The fight against climate change becomes tenser, especially after the 13th UNFCCC’s Conference of Parties (COP 13) in 2007 The international community, for a long period, could not reach agreement upon a legal commitment to climate change actions to replace the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012 (its effectiveness was extended to 2020 in the COP 18) In December 2015, at COP 21 in Paris, the agreement

on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission control, especially CO2, was officially signed by nearly 200 nations

In this context, many developed countries and industrial economies are turning to post-industrial economies and gradually to knowledge economies At the same time, economy model is turning from

“brown” to “green” economy The terminology of “green development”, “green economy” and “green growth” have been accepted and used Green growth, which means efficient consumption of natural resources, increase of low carbon energy and combination of economic growth with sustainable environmental development, becomes a new economic development approach and a global trend to cope with climate change, to develop sustainably and to ensure social equity

Background of Vietnam and An Giang province

Vietnam is implementing the 5-year socio-economic development plan in the period of 2016 - 2020, and the socio-economic development strategy in the period of 2011 - 2020 with the targets of rapid and sustainable development, and the aim of becoming an industrial country by 2020 At COP 21, the Vietnamese Government has signed the official commitment to reduce emission and increase GHG absorption in the future

The Government of Vietnam has promulgated and implemented many policies and guidelines on sustainable development and climate change response to achieve development goals, to meet the needs of economic restructuring and institutional reform, improve the growth quality and ensure the sustainability

of the environment and ecology Particularly, Decision No 2139/QD-TTg dated April 12nd 2012 on approving the National Strategy on Climate Change; Decision No 432/QD-TTg dated April 12nd 2012 on approving the Vietnam Sustainable Development Strategy in the period 2011-2020; Decision No 1393/QD-TTg dated September 25th 2012 approving the National Strategy on Green Growth in the period

of 2011 - 2020 and vision to 2050; Decision No 339/QD-TTG dated February 19th 2013 on approving the proposal of economic reform with growth paradigm shift towards improving the quality, efficiency and competitiveness in the period 2013 - 2020 These documents cover the comprehensiveness, meanings, viewpoints, principles, solutions and implementation approaches of green growth and are the legal basis to promote green growth in Vietnam

The National Strategy on Green Growth, which specifies the economy pillar and meets the needs of GHG emission reduction of the National Strategy on Sustainable Development, sets the common goals of achieving green growth, becoming a low carbon economy, ensuring the main trend of natural capital enrichment in the economic development, and sets emission reduction and GHG absorption as important and compulsory targets of the socio-economic development The GG strategy and action plan demonstrate strong commitments of Vietnam to contribute to the effort of international communities in response to climate change, while maintaining rapid and sustainable development The GG strategy, with three main strategic duties including (i) reducing GHG emission and promoting green and renewable energy; (ii)

“greening” production and (iii) “greening” lifestyle and enhancing sustainable consumption with 17 main solutions, is expected to achieve important targets and highlight the green economy transformation of Vietnam In the National Strategy on Green Growth, “the development GGAPs/programs in cities/provinces” are considered as a priority for local authorities at all levels

An Giang is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwest of the country, with a variety of advantages including fertile soils which are favourable for agricultural development; long border with Cambodia; international and domestic gates; important roadway and waterway transportation systems for the development of the commerce-service sector However, An Giang faces several difficulties The difficulties are the impact of climate change, the threat of natural resource shortage, the increase of environmental pollution, the low progress of development, the inefficiency of production and consumption, and the

“environmental unfriendly” way of production and consumption models

However, until now, the province has not conducted any studies, investigations, or comprehensive evaluation of the impacts of climate change on socio-economic and environmental aspects In the province, there are no detail investigations or reliable calculations of GHG emission, and the economic loss incurred from the impacts of climate change and sea level rise has not been quantified The results of these studies provide necessary information to identify climate risks, and essential inputs to direct and promote the provincial sustainable development strategies

The comprehensive socio- economic development master plan of An Giang province to 2020 reiterates the

province’s strategy on development: “Effectively explore the potential resources and advantages to sustainably increase the economic growth rate The economic development is in line with natural resource and environment protection, climate change adaption and infrastructure development to cope with natural disasters and sustainable development” The development of GGAP is not only an essential requirement to

implement the prioritized tasks in the National Strategy on Green Growth, but also a necessary and suitable condition to ensure sustainable socio-economic development, and turn the provincial point of view on the socio- economic development by 2020 into practice

The GGAP of An Giang province was built on the basis of the evaluation of comprehensive development of the Mekong Delta, practical situation of socio-economic development and ability to cope with climate change of An Giang province The development of GGAP aims at identifying necessary measures and actions to develop An Giang province towards GHG emission reduction, maintenance of sustainable ecology, effective consumption of natural resources, and improvement of capability to cope with climate change In the provincial GGAP, objectives, outputs, opportunities and challenges are identified The monitoring and evaluation of results will provide a reliable basis to propose orientations and solutions for the successful implementation of GG strategies in the province

1.2 Legislative basis

1.2.1 Central level

 Resolution No 24-NQ/TW dated June 03rd 2013 of the 11st Central Executive Committee on Active Response to Climate Change, Improvement of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Protection;

 Law on Biodiversity 2008, Law on Water Resources 2011; Law on Mineral s2010; Law on Forest Protection and Development 2004; Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control 2013, Law on Environmental Protection 2014; Land Law 2013 and other relevant laws;

 Decision No 2139/QD-TTg dated December 05th 2011 of the Prime Minister on approving the National Strategy on Climate Change;

 Decision No 1393/QD-TTg dated September 25th 2012 of the Prime Minister on approving the National Strategy on Green Growth;

 Decision No 1474/QD-TTg dated October 05th 2012 of the Prime Minister on introduction of the National Action Plan on Response to Climate Change;

 Decision No 1719/QD-TTg date October 04th 2011 of the Prime Minister on introduction of Evaluation Criteria on Prioritized Projects of Support Program on Response to Climate Change;

 Decision No 1183/QD-TTg dated August 30th 2012 of the Prime Minister on approving the National Target Program on Response to Climate Change in the period 2012-2015;

 Decision No 1651/QD-BTNMT dated September 05th 2013 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on approving Component Projects of the National Target Program on Response

to Climate Change in the period 2012-2015;

 Decision No 1474/QD-TTg dated October 05th 2012 of the Prime Minister on approving the National Action Plan on Climate Change in the period 2012 – 2020;

 Decision No 166/QD-TTg date January 21st 2014 of the Prime Minister on approving the Action Plan on the National Environmental Protection Strategy to 2020, vision to 2030

 Decision No 403/QĐ-TTg of the Prime Minister dated March 20th 2014 approving the Action Plan on the National Environmental Protection Strategy to 2020

 Decision No 432/QD-TTg dated April 12nd 2012 on approving the Vietnam Sustainable Development Strategy in the period 2011-2020;

 Decision No 1419/QD-TTg dated September 07th 2009 of the Prime Minister on approving the Strategy on Cleaner Production in Industry to 2020;

 Directive No 08/CT-BCN dated July 10th 2007 of the Ministry of Industry (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade) on applying Cleaner Production in industrial facilities;

 Development plans, projects, reports of relevant central Ministries and sectors regarding the Southern Central region and An Giang province;

 Green growth action plans of relevant sectors and ministries

1.2.2 Provincial level

 Political Report No 263-BC/TU, dated October 02nd 2015 of the Executive Committee of the An Giang Provincial Party session IX submitted to the Congress of the 10th Provincial Party Committee on “Building the Party to be pure and strong; promoting democracy, solidarity and innovation; and fully exploiting the potential advantages, accelerating industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural development for sustainable development”

 The socio-economic development master plan of An Giang province to 2020, approved by the Prime Minister in the Decision No 801/2009/QD-TTg dated June 27th 2012

 5-year socio-economic development plan in the period of 2016 -2020 of An Giang province (Decision No 228/QD-UBND dated January 29th 2016 of the Provincial PPC)

 The industrial development master plan of An Giang province to 2020 and vision to 2030 (Decision No 1004/QD dated June 30th 2014)

 5-year industrial and trade development plan in the period of 2011-2016, published in June

2016, An Giang provincial PPC (DOIT)

 Plan of waterway and roadway transportation system of An Giang province in the period of

2007-2020, An Giang provincial PPC (DOT)

 5-year science and technology development plan in the period 2016-2020, An Giang provincial PPC (DOST), Decision No 17/KH-SKHCN dated November 6th 2014

 Detail plan of water resource for agricultural production of An Giang province to 2020, Decision

No 1773/QD-UBND dated October 13th 2014

 Master plan of clean water supply and environmental sanitary of An Giang province to 2020, Decision No 1057/QD-UBND dated June 22nd 2011

 Master plan of aquatic product farming with high technology application of An Giang province to

2020 and orientation to 2030, Decision No 1021/QD-UBND dated July 2nd 2014

 Review Report of 5 years implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction

in the period 2011-2015, and orientations and tasks in the period of 2016- 2020 of An Giang provincial PPC dated April 1st 2016

 Master plan of construction material development of the An Giang province to 2020 and orientations to 2030, An Giang provincial PPC (DOC), Draft report in April 2016

 Summarized explanation of the urban development program of An Giang province in the period 2015-2020 and orientations to 2030 of the Ministry of Construction (Southern Institute for Urban and Rural Planning)

 Relevant Decisions and Directives of the Prime Minister on sectorial development plan at the national and regional level to 2020, and of sectors and ministries relating to An Giang province

 Master plans of the sectorial and regional development, urban construction plan, land use plan and other plans and report relating to An Giang province

 Statistical Yearbook of An Giang province from 2010 to 2014

1.3 Methodology and Approaches

1.3.1 Approaches

An Giang province’s GGAP was built on the basis of a systematic and interdisciplinary approach, and the contribution and combination of two approaches of top - down and bottom - up as illustrated in the Figure

1

Figure 1: Summary of the methodology to develop GGAP for the province

Some key points to be focused:

 Combination of two approaches of top - down and bottom - up: On the one hand, An Giang

province’s GGAP was built on the basis of legal documents and resources of the central government On the other hand, GGAP’s contents were identified on the basis of the analysis of institutional characteristics, actual situation, socio-economic development progress, and available and potential resources of the province

 Participation: During the development of the An Giang province’s GGAP, the participation of all

stakeholders including departments, science and technology organizations, enterprises, international organizations, social, civil and professional organizations, and local communities is necessary and effectively mobilized

1.3.2 Methodology to develop Green Growth Action Plan

a) The An Giang province’s GGAP was developed on the basis of three key factors, including:

 Legal basis: includes reviewing and analysing legal documents, relevant directions and documents from the central and provincial government

 Scientific basis: Apart from compliance with guidelines of the Ministry of the Planning and Investment to develop GGAP at provincial level (version 2015), in order to ensure coherence in the scope and methodology of GHG emission calculation and inventory of the whole country, the guidelines of GHG emission inventory of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (version 2016), the Global Protocol for community scale GHG emission inventories (GPC, 2014), and GHG Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) were used to investigate and develop the inventory and calculate the province’s GHG emission

 Practical basis: includes evidence and experience that were verified in actual situations and identifies development potentials of the province

b) Aspects of the AP were continuously considered along the development of relations in the system:

 Temporally: the past (the last 10 years), the presence (current socio- economic development) and the future (the scenario of socio-economic development and climate change, sea level rise) of the province

 Spatially: provincial, regional, national and international scale

c) Opinions of specialists: Green growth assists the achievement of sustainable development in the context

of climate change Hence, green growth, on the one hand, must ensure the sustainability of the economy, society and environment, and on the other hand, contribute to cope with climate change to meet both

“adaptation” and “mitigation” requirements From this point of view, green growth must be in relation with other fields of the socio-economic system, within institutional system and current development capacity (human, natural and financial capital) Therefore, the development of GGAP requires approaches

to relevant legal documents (especially national and provincial strategies and plans related to sustainable development, climate change and environmental protection) Similarly, the contents of green growth must

be integrated into socio-economic and relevant sectorial development plans during the implementation process

1.3.3 Steps to develop An Giang province’s GGAP

The An Giang province’s GGAP was developed with these following steps:

 Step 1: Analyse the opportunities, challenges, advantages and difficulties

 Step 2: Define short-term and long-term objectives, contents and prioritized activities

 Step 3: Calculate specific indicators to achieve the proposed objectives in the planning and

visioning years

 Step 4: Establish the list of programs and action plans

 Step 5: List prioritized tasks and projects for specific milestones

Part 2: Existing Situation of An Giang Socio-Economic Development

2.1 Economic growth and structure transformation

In spite of not achieving some targets in the period of 2011 – 2015, An Giang’s economy still increased stably at an average of 5.44% (CPI 2010); particularly, the service sector achieved the highest growth percentage (7.42%), followed by the industry – construction sector (7%) and agriculture – forestry – fishery sector (2.86%) respectively An Giang sets the target to reach the average GRDP rate at 7% by

2020, equal to the average national GDP, contributed by the estimated increase of 2.71% of agriculture, forestry and fishery sector, 9.39% of service sector and 9.31% of industry and construction sector respectively

Average GDP per capital has reached 31.234 million VND (at current price), 1.3 times increase compared

to that of 2010 By 2020, GRDP per capital (at current price) is expected to reach VND 48.628 million (USD 2,266 per capital)

The provincial economic structure has transformed positively, GRDP proportion of the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector has decreased to 35.28%, the service sector at 49.31%, the industry and construction sector at 13.52%, tax and subsidy policies at 1.89%, respectively The targets of the period 2016-2020 aim to transform into higher quality and competitive growth The agriculture development becomes a good basis for economic development and social stability The industrial and service development generates supports for the agriculture development Economic structure is re-directed with the aim of reducing the proportion of agriculture sector to 27.97%, while increasing those of the service sector to 54.81% and industrial sector to 15.63%

2.2 Priorities and achievements of economic targets

2.2.1 Priorities

The province’s strengths are agriculture and commerce, so the priority focuses on investing in

“Agriculture, followed by Commerce and Service, and Industry and Construction sector” Among them, agriculture and tourism play key roles in the economic sector of An Giang province

To achieve these targets, An Giang will develop the agriculture towards improving quantity, quality and competitiveness to be the foundation for the development of the commerce, service and processing industry sectors “Well combining the industrialization, modernization of agriculture and rural areas with the urbanization and broadening of industrial and service zones” is the province’s motto

Tourism is also a prioritized development direction in An Giang Promoting resources for tourism development, diversifying tourism products, and promoting collaboration between domestic and international tourism entities are encouraged to attract more tourists, develop key tourism destinations, open more trans-provincial and foreign tours, conserve and develop traditional craft villages linked with tourism and environmental protection

The province prioritizes on “green economy” development Although there is no official statistics on GHG emission of An Giang, the province’s direction of transforming the economic structure into high proportion of industry and service sector will lead to an increase in energy demands and high GHG

emission risks Therefore, in order to meet the “green economy” targets, the province has set out the goals

of reducing GHG emission, energy savings and energy efficiency as important and first priorities

In fact, “green production” is promoted by applying “cleaner production” procedures and reducing waste from agriculture, commerce - service, and industry – construction sectors; innovating or replacing inputs

of the manufacturing and processing activities; changing toxic materials and fuels into less toxic or recycled ones; applying new technologies or updating innovative technologies to limit wastes “Greening the production” is not a new definition because it was applied in many development sectors, especially key sectors such as agriculture and tourism In addition, “green lifestyles” are promoted by encouraging environment friendly consumption habits, limiting over-consumptions of natural resources, preventing and treating environment pollution; increasing the rate of wastes that are collected, transported and treated meeting the sanitary environmental standards; promoting measures to control wastewater and air emission to limit their impacts on local people’s health

2.2.2 Main economic targets

Industry and Construction

Despite a growth rate of 7% on average (in the period 2011-2015), the industry – construction sector did not constitute a high proportion of An Giang’ economy, only at 13.52% of the total GRDP

The processing and manufacturing industry contributes a high proportion in the industry sector with 95.39% of the total industrial production value of the province (VND 10,463.93 billion in 2015) This is mainly contributed by rice and fishery processing enterprises; some of which meet the exporting standards and have large scale production and capacity, modern equipment and innovative procedures In addition, there are manufacturers which produce mechanical agriculture equipment and supporting products for transportation infrastructure construction and civil construction

The value structure of the industrial production has turned into reducing the proportion of public industry, increasing non-public industry and foreign invested industry

In the province, there are three industrial zones including Binh Hoa, Binh Long and Xuan To and 17 planned industrial clusters which are able to attract investments Among planned industrial clusters, eight industrial clusters are operating with 21 projects In addition, some industrial zones and clusters are attracting investments Besides, there are 29 craft villages and traditional handicraft villages with 6.056 households working in wood craft, silk textile, bricks, tiles and ceramics producing, fish net weaving, and fishing, etc The operation of industrial zones and clusters reduces toxic wastes which causes environmental pollution which affects the socio-economic development of the province

Construction sector has positive changes, especially the development of the economic infrastructure and transportation system Some invested important projects are Bac Vam Nao flood control, Highway 91 Bypass (Chau Doc – Tinh Bien), Ha Hoang Ho road, Muong Khai Lon bridge, Cong Vong bridge, Ninh Phuoc bridge, provincial road 943, 02 provincial road bridges 948 (Hung Tien bridge, Ta Dec bridge), 07 bridges along Highway 91 in Long Xuyen city, An Giang university, and provincial and district schools and hospitals

Agriculture, forestry and fishery industry

In the period 2011 – 2015, the average growth rate of agriculture, forestry and fishery sector was 2.64%, with 3.1% increase in the agriculture sector, 0.5% decrease in the fishery sector and 0.2% increase in the forestry sector The agriculture, forestry and fishery sector contributed only 0.61% to the total growth rate of the province (at 8.63%)

The main target for this sector towards 2020 is to achieve the average growth rate at 2.7% To meet this target, An Giang has renewed the model of agricultural development by considering production rearrangement to be a foundation, scientific, technical and technology application to be a breakthrough, and markets to be a prerequisite and a goal; has converted from the approach of scope, productivity and volume development into one of values and economic outcomes In the upcoming time, the province will concentrate on 03 main strategic products including rice, fishes and vegetables

Crop production

Rice is the main product of An Giang In 2015, the rice productivity gained 4.078 million tonnes (increase

by 350 thousand tonnes compared to that of 2010) The agriculture production value was VND 129 million/ha in 2015 (increase by 51.5% compared to that of 2010) The productivity has been continuously increasing thanks to timely crop seeding schedule, the application of innovative technologies, and the higher rate of high quality seeds In 2015, the total area of rice production in An Giang is 633.9 thousand

ha, accounting for 90% of the total agricultural land area The productivity was 4.075 million tonnes in that year

Crop area has been expanded and reached 67 thousand ha at the end of 2015 An Giang has replaced a proportion of land for rice production into land for other crops with high economic value, and has applied high technologies in cropping

It is targeted that by 2020 the cropping area of “large-scale field” model will increase to 80,000 ha (equivalent to 65% of the rice area with consumption links) The rice growing area is stable, at about 640,000 ha and the crop production area is about 71,000 ha

Husbandry

Pig and poultry are the main domestic animals in An Giang The share of husbandry sub-sector is quite stable In 2015, the husbandry sub-sector accounted for 6.2% of the agricultural sector The technology in husbandry has improved significantly, for example, the biosafety husbandry model is widely used; many pig raising households have wastes treated in biogas tanks, composted or buried Some projects such as development of biosafety poultry raising methods, construction of slaughter houses and consumption of poultry meat and products, concentrated slaughter houses for domestic animals and poultry and etc were conducted The models of household farming facilities or large farms were established

At the end of 2015, the total number of domestic animals in the province was 124,000 buffaloes & cows, 145,000 pigs (smaller than that in the past) and 4,400,000 poultries

Fishery

Pangasius catfish aquaculture is the main fishery production in An Giang In 2015, the total area of aquaculture in the province was 2,480 ha, in which the area of pangasius catfish was 1,233ha The harvested productivity of the aquaculture in the province was 326,565 tonnes, of which the productivity

of pangasius and basa catfish was 248,604 tonnes This sub- sector has currently turned into the mass production sector and contributed significantly to the province’s exporting quota

In addition to pangasius catfish, other fishery products such as male blue legged prawn seeds, eel, red tail catfish, and African sharp tooth catfish are also widely bred In 2015, the total area of aquaculture in the province was 2,686 ha in which the area of pangasius catfish accounted for 1,220 ha, one of shrimps was

400 ha (a decline of 87 ha), the number of fish cages was between 1,800 and 2,000 The production of fishery seeds has been growing to 15 million blue legged prawn seeds, 300,000 pagasius catfish seeds, 70,000 barb seeds, and 1 million red snapper seeds The supply of other fishes such as sutchi catfish, eel, red tail catfish, and other native fishes meet the market needs

The target towards 2020 is to have the area of fishery to 2,800 ha (increase of 300 ha compared to that of 2015)

The target towards 2020 is to boost trade promotion and trade cooperation to support enterprises to broaden and exploit the domestic market, work closely with the supply chain; utilize the strengths of border province economy, and increase the export flow through the border to develop all kinds of services

Foreign trade: export quota from 2011 to 2015 achieved USD 4.53 billion (increasing by 51.5% compared

to that of the period 2006 - 2010) The annual average growth rate was 5.85% The key products were exporting rice with 2,585 thousand tonnes (equivalent to USD 1,210 million), fishery products with 805 thousand tonnes (equivalent to USD 1.960 million), frozen fruits and vegetables with 39 thousand tonnes (USD 53 million), and textile and garments with 79.6 million textile products (equivalent to USD 364 million) In 2015, the province’s products were sold in 133 countries and territories all over the world Among them, rice was exported to 44 countries; frozen vegetables were exported to 04 countries; and fishery products were exported to 75 countries Other main exported products such as frozen vegetables, rice, and etc meet the standards of demanding markets

An Giang has actively explored the border economy advantages; the border retails and exchanges are at a stable high rate, accounting for a third of the Vietnam – Cambodia foreign exchange rate The total export quota through the border gates located in the province was USD 1.3 billion in 2014

By 2020, the province targets to increase the export quota to USD1.4 billion with the annual average rate

at USD70 million in the period of 2016 - 2020

Tourism

An Giang tourism develops moderately The province has been promoting the image of friendly tourism, service improvement and diversified tourism products In the period of 2011 -2015, the total arrivals to tourism destinations in the province reached 28.3 million (5.6 million arrivals/year on average) with a growth rate at 2.9%/year International visitors made up 294,631 arrivals (58,900 arrivals/year on average), increasing by 9%/year Community based tourism, ecotourism, agri-tourism, and homestay initially develop Cambodia border tourism, Mekong river exploration tours have been continuously expanded and implemented with high efficiency

By 2020, An Giang aims to set tourism as the key economic sector and to be an attractive, reputable, high quality and competitive destination in the Mekong delta and Vietnam It is targeted that the province will become a national tourism destination Top 04 priorities of the provincial tourism sector consist of religious tourism, sightseeing and leisure tourism, ecotourism, river tourism and cultural, historical heritage tourism

Transportation

Transportation service has been developing to fulfil the requirements with many means of transportation

In the province, there are 5,507 km roadways and 1,639 bridges with a length of 55.7 km From 2011 to

2015, the average growth rate of transportation for freight achieved 4.5%/year while those of passenger transportation increased 2.6%/year

Transportation service quality has been improving; transportation vehicles were equipped with GPS, so the management authorities can control the route and the speed as regulated

The volume of roadway passenger transportation in the period of 2011 - 2020 is estimated to increase by 6%/year on average (40.5 million arrivals by 2020) An Giang aims to increase the average amount of goods transportation to 10%/ year from 2016 to 2020, to reach 3,162 tonnes/year by 2020 The amount

of roadway goods transportation will increase 10%/year on average, to gain 363 million tonnes/km by

2020 By 2020, the volume of transportation means will meet the requirements of goods and passenger transportation

The average increase of 7% is estimated for the waterway transportation for freight in the period of 2011-

2020 to reach 3785,810 tonnes (equivalent to 643.8 million tonnes/km) by 2020 The passenger transportation in the same period is expected to increase by 1.9%, reaching 4.95 million visitors (equivalent to 207 million visitors/km) by 2020 In order to achieve this target, it is necessary to increase the number of waterway transportation vehicles It is forecasted that the province would need 37,8581 vehicles for waterway transportation for freight and 15,482 seats for those of passengers by 2020

Posts and telecommunications

Posts and telecommunications infrastructure is invested with modern technologies and better service An Giang radio broadcasting covers the whole province In 2015, the proportion of the household having the access to the provincial broadcasting media was 98% TV programs in Khmer is broadcasted in channel 8-VHF to meet the local people’ demand District and community radio broadcasting is established, strengthened and improved to raise the coverage to 85%

Currently, posts and communications network are linked to remote areas to bring domestic and international information directly to local people In the province, there is one central post office, 11 district post offices and 154 post offices in communes, wards, and towns

2.3 Population, Labour, and Employment

2.3.1 Population and population growth rate and urbanization

An Giang is one of the most populated province in the Mekong Delta Over the last five years, the natural population growth rate showed a continuous decline from 1.18% in 2010 to 0.92% in 2015 However, An Giang still has a high population density (610 people/km2), 4th ranking in the region, only after Can Tho, Vinh Long and Tien Giang

In 2016, the average population of An Giang was 2,161 thousand, with 17 ethnic groups, with largest population of Vietnamese people around 97.4%, followed by 4.07% of Khmer ethnic people, 0.65% of Cham and 1.09% of Hoa Khmer people live in the mountainous areas in Tinh Bien and Tri Ton districts, while Cham people live in Tan Chau and Phu Tan districts; and Hoa people live in Long Xuyen city, Chau Doc town and Cho Moi districts

At the end of the year 2016, the urban population was around 700 thousand (made up more than 30%)

An Giang population is unevenly distributed, being crowded in Long Xuyen city, followed by Chau Doc town and Cho Moi district, while Tri Ton district has the smallest population It is targeted that by 2020, the population will reach 2,175,000

The increasing growth rate of urbanization is occurring throughout the province An Giang currently has

20 urban areas, including two level-II (Long Xuyen city and Chau Doc) urban areas, four level-IV urban areas and 14 level-V urban areas In Long Xuyen city, Chau Doc town, and Tan Chau town, the urbanization rates are the highest It is estimated that by the end of 2015, the urbanization rate in the province will reach 31% (compared to 29.85% in 2010) The development of central urban areas links with the modernization of rural areas; changing the urban areas and new rural areas to be more civilized; and enhancing material and emotional living standards of the people

An Giang targets to promote the urbanization rate to 35 – 40% by 2020

2.3.2 Labour and Employment

In 2016, the working-age population was 1,340 thousand (made up 62.1% of the total population), the number of employment in all economic sectors was 1,192,202 people (equivalent to 55.3% of total population) including 691,690 labourers in agriculture, forestry and fishery sector (accounted for 40.8%

of the total population)

In spite of sufficient human resources, the proportion of trained labourers (in all forms) only made up 50% of total labourers working in all economic sectors This proportion is inconsiderable compared to the development requirements It is expected that the proportion of trained labourers per total labourers will increase to 65% by 2020

From 2011 to 2015, the number of newly created jobs was 176,787, exporting hundreds of labourers to create more jobs and eradicate poverty The unemployment rate in urban area of An Giang is quite low (<4%)