A corner of Song Cong city.
The decision specifies: Recognizing Song Cong city, Thai Nguyen province as a type II urban area (the scope of the entire administrative boundary of the current Song Cong city, including 07 wards and 03 communes, with a total area of 9,730.56 ha).
This Decision takes effect from April 17, 2024.
* Song Cong is an industrial city located in the South of Thai Nguyen province; is a pivotal city for the exchange of goods between Thai Nguyen province and surrounding cities, especially the Northern key economic region.
Song Cong city has a total area of about 97.31km 2 , of which the inner-city area includes 7 wards with an area of 51.12km 2 , the suburban area includes 3 communes with an area of 11.28km 2 . The total urban population in 2022 was 128,357 people, the total urban population density was 1,319 people/km 2 , the proportion of the inner-city population reached 81.8%, with an annual population growth rate of 1.92%.
Song Cong city is a satellite city of Thai Nguyen province, has a favorable location, convenient and fast connection with areas in the Hanoi capital region and the Northern mountainous midlands; located on the traffic route linking with provinces in the Northern key economic region; Conveniently linked to national and international airports; at the same time, it also has an important national defense and security position.
Taking advantage of these advantages, Song Cong city has promoted a shift in the economic structure towards increasing the proportion of Construction – Industry – Services, and reducing the proportion of Agriculture – Forestry – Fishery. The proportion of non-agricultural labor in the whole city in 2022 was 81.97%. The average economic growth rate in the last 3 years reached 10.7%. In 2022, the average income per capita of Song Cong city reached 5.97 million VND/person/month, which is 1.42 times higher than the average income per capita nationwide; the multidimensional poverty rate decreased to 1.91%. In the same year, the city’s budget revenue was 1,587 billion VND, and the budget expenditure was 1,400 billion VND…
