1. Major development goals:
Phu Thanh commune’s economic structure until 2020:
agriculture: 20%; small industry and handicrafts: 55%; trade and services: 25%;
average income per capita: VND65,000,000/ year; mobilization of development
investment capital: VND5,000,000,000 including VND2,000,000 from people;
proportion of tax and fee mobilization into the State budget has increased by an
average of 5.5% annually.
More than 95% of households have been able to use
electricity and clean and hygienic water; poor households have reduced by 5%;
the growth rate of population by 2005 will reach below 1.4%; laborers with
stable jobs account for 70%; and seasonal laborers are from 29%.
Gifts are offered to workers
2. Agriculture - forestry – fishery:
According to the land use planning until 2020.
+ Developing annual crop production areas: rice,
lotuses, and vegetables; building sugarcane material areas on an area of 800
ha; and building a vegetable growing area of about 200 ha.
+ Selecting perennial crops that are suitable for
the locality such as pineapples, coconuts, and jackfruits on an area of 20 ha.
+ Maintaining stable herds of cattle and poultry and
increasing the size of pigs.
3. Trade, services and tourism:
Phu Thanh commune has created favorable conditions
for organizations and individuals of all economic sectors to invest in
production and business activities in the field of trade and services and for
production and business facilities to establish branches or invest in the
expansion of their scale with various forms of bringing goods and services to
the countryside.