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province was maintained, consolidated and increasingly improved in the spirit
of innovation. The gap in educational quality between the urban, rural and
disadvantaged areas was increasingly narrowing.

The work to prevent and control the Covid-19 pandemic and other human
being’s dangerous diseases was implemented effectively. Much attention to
preventive healthcare, medical examination and treatment, people's health care,
population and family planning continued to be paid; The health insurance
participation rate reached 96.1% of the province's population. Regular
communication activities on ensuring food hygiene and safety and monitoring
food contamination risks in the community were maintained.

100% of communes across the province meeting the national health
standards and medical stations with doctors were continuously been maintained.
Continuously management and creating favorable conditions for the non-public
health system to develop, contributing to reducing overload and improving the
quality of medical examination and treatment for people at public hospitals at

province, district, town, city level.
Many art programs, celebrations, and propaganda for major political

events of the country and the province were organized successfully. State
management of culture and cultural services was implemented regularly. The
preservation of cultural heritage was paid attention, especially the restoration
and embellishment of relics with signs of deterioration. Art activities,
traditional folk festivals, and mass sports were organized with many unique and
fruitful contents.

The results of implementing the main indicators on socio-economic
development of the province were achieved as follows:

1. Economic growth
The gross regional domestic products (GRDP) (at constant 2010 prices)
was estimated at 60,446.3 billion VND in 2023, a year-on-year increase of
7.61%. Of which, the estimate of agricultural, forestry and fishery sector was

14,995.7 billion VND, a rise of 3.17%, contributing 0.82 percentage point to the
overall growth; the estimate of industry and construction sector reached
18,412.4 billion VND, an upturn of 10.81%, contributing 3.20 percentage point

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