1. Potential & Development of Luang Prabang Province 2009 by: WREO LuangPrabang

3. Location of Luang Prabang Province LuangPraBangPROVINCE Ou dom Say Phong Sa Li Phong Sa Li Hoa Phanh Xieng Khuang Sayaboury Vientian e Vietnam I. Location and Characteristics of Luang Prabang

4. Khanh River Mekong River

5. No District name Area (km 2 ) Villag e Family Population (p) statistic 2007 TotalPoorLow lander Mid lander High lander Total 16.87 5 83868.713 10.94 0 162.25 7 187.220 66.56 6 1LuangPraba ng 81811613.2143830.98635.75312.71 1 2 Xiengngue n 1.210725.62126113.38515.4445.491 3 Nan1.021555.02916511.20912.9344.599 4 Pak Ou720584.4977999.59211.0673.935 5 Nam Bak1.5249310.21760123.77927.4379.755 6 Ngoy2.5091126.89690116.39818.9216.727 7 Pakxeng1.314633.94110959.36310.8043.841 8 Phonxay2.001634.7802.35111.84213.6634.858 9 Chomphet1.241675.01015611.58213.3644.752 10 Viengkham3.538966.3583.67816.03518.5026.579 11 Phoukhoun979433.1508958.0879.3313.318 Total population416.043 Population

6. NoDistrict name Rice field (ha)Crop (ha) Wet season rice field Dry season rice field UplanMaizeJob tear Total 12.8401.44616.4016.665,15.583,6 1 LuangPrabang 2.631114500 2Xiengnguen6132451.1945001.000 3Nan1.8913187961.8002.000 4Pak Ou1.1801351.217165255 5Nam Bak2.7913701.3841.5001.000 6Ngoy987502.620768,146,4 7Pakxeng227111.696550370 8Phonxay228122.604265165 9Chomphet1.6361481.002400200 10Viengkham294432.800217 11Phoukhoun3621.09450047,2 Cropping Area

7. NoDistrict name Rice field (T)Crop (T) Wet season rice field Dry season rice field Uplan MaizeJob tear Total 54.0586.46418.91025.89012.824 1LuangPrabang 10.7876571.050 2 Xiengnguen 2.3299152.2702.500 3 Nan 8.5101.4459557.2004.000 4 Pak Ou 4.7185672.076264382,5 5 Nam Bak 13.1191.8483.0029.0003.000 6 Ngoy 3.4551803.4062.074162,4 7 Pakxeng 1.1352.8861.375555 8 Phonxay 912274.6571.060495 9 Chomphet 6.8706774.0171.200580 10 Viengkham 8821485.346217 11 Phoukhoun 1.3411.9691.00099,1 Production

8. NoDistrict name Cattle (head) BuffaloCowGoat and sheep PigPoultry Total 55.05955.29042.576163.2811.365.197 1 LuangPrabang 5.0042.2621.2574.056189.690 2Xiengnguen3.0449.1835.52423.797187.934 3Nan3.1102.8953.3567.644110.752 4Pak Ou3.7293.8561.0648.277101.380 5Nam Bak7.9435.3524.34216.923192.966 6Ngoy5.6283.4212.41210.518107.235 7Pakxeng4.2622.4727.59829.68290.864 8Phonxay5.8957.8897.43621.555108.866 9Chomphet3.6895.9531.9779.177105.485 10Viengkham7.0864.4395.14824.301134.475 11Phoukhoun5.6787.2082.4627.40135.550 Livestock

9. NoDistrict name School (number)Health (number) SecondaryPrimaryHospitalDispensar y Total 497521259 1 LuangPrabang 138427 2Xiengnguen 66117 3Nan 54817 4Pak Ou 25213 5Nam Bak 58314 6Ngoy 310015 7Pakxeng 45815 8Phonxay 26317 9Chomphet 47016 10Viengkham 39314 11Phoukhoun 24014 Education & Health

10. No District name Service (statistic 2007)Tourist places (statistic 2007) Hotel (number) Guesthouse (number) Nature (place) Culture (place) History (place) Total 2022250529 1LuangPraban g 201566242 2 Xiengnguen 4610 3 Nan 2640 4 Pak Ou 1541 5 Nam Bak 9451 6 Ngoy 37423 7 Pakxeng 4340 8 Phonxay 1651 9 Chomphet 1600 10 Viengkham 4120 11 Phoukhoun 3311 Service & Tourism

11. II. Facilities National road linked with northern province and other countries. Road access to remote and focal areas. International Airport Navigation. Modern communication Good standard hotels, guesthouses and restaurants. Hospital for northern part. University of Souphanouvong. Big stadium and one golf court

12. All factors mentioned above are the conditions, basis for strategic planning and are the potentials to the provincial social-economic plan.

13. Strategic Development Plan of Luang Prabang Province To build Luang Prabang to be the center of historical, cultural and natural tourism and to be the service center for transit to northern provinces of Laos

14. Objectives and Targets from now to 2010: Luang Prabang - Build Luang Prabang to be the center of tourism, services and transit to northern provinces and the region. -Be the center of politics, economic, culture, social, techniques, scientific,educational institutions and health services. - Clean and nice city. - Calm and secure city.

15. Tourism -Develop tourism in the urban of Luang Prabang and other districts. -Increase knowledge of tour guides to understand the policy of the government and related laws. -Publish tourist brochures and maps. -Propagate tourists and investors to the rehabilitation of the world heritage of Luang Prabang.

16. - Increase gradually the standard of services of hotels and guesthouses. - Improve restaurants to be clean and meet international standard. - Improve system of land, navigate and aerial transports to meet international standard and safe. - Restore cultural festivals with specific unique of each area for tourism. Services

17. Food Production & Goods Focus on food production to meet the need of local people e.g. rice, animals, melons and vegetables. Promote food processing of agriculture products to supply food, traditional food and ready made food. Build facilities to be able to export products to the neighboring countries according to their demand Focus on the development of cropping and livestock for marketing and link to industries and services to be gradually self sufficient.

18. Plan for the development of main roads of the province Dienbienphu Phongsaly Hongsa Kasi Xiengkhuang

19. Cooperation with other Countries -Attract more domestic and foreign investors for the growth of socio-economic development. -Get more fund from grant and loan from the country and abroad for the development of Luang Prabang. -Special focus on the cooperation between Luang Prabang province and Seunla province (Vietnam) and between Luang Prabang province with Yunnan (China).

20. NoAreas Number of projects Type of investment Registered Fund Abr oad Dome stic Mixe d 1Agriculture9342 1,959,600 2Industry175111 4,038,528 3Trade2011 620,833 4 Service for bridge & road constructions6060 3,213,068 5Service sectors3312165 17,363,491 Total of investment67 20 389 27,195,520 Investoment of Private Sectors from the Country and Abroad

21. Economic Structure ¡½¦ò¡¿ Agricultur e ®ðìò¡¾­ Services ອຸສາຫະກຳ Industry

22. Focus of Planning To make economic growth to 7.5%/year. To implement projects for the production of agriculture and forestry to increase value added. To enhance and strengthen small and medium enterprises.

23. Focus of Planning (cont’) To optimize use the effectiveness and efficiency of investment, the implementation of investment law, business law and regulations of the investment management. To explore and strengthen income sources, financial management, bank to increase income and increase financial capacity. To implement projects for poverty alleviation in order to achieve its targets.

24. Villages names located upstream of the hydropower dam of Luang Prabang Province 1.Pak Neun village 2.Pak Lan village 3.Pak Mon village 4.Pak Khon village 5.Khok Man village 6.Muang Khai village 7.Thin Keo village 8.Thin Khom village 9.Saluean village 10.Sing village

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