page_title: Quảng Ninh Province
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Quảng Ninh Province / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Vendors on boats in Ha Long bay.
context_page_description: Quảng Ninh is a province along the northeastern coast of Vietnam. It is 153 km east of Hanoi. The province is home to Hạ Long Bay, a World Heritage Site. The provincial capital is Hạ Long. Nearly 80% of the province is mountainous with abundant land, forest water and mineral resources. Nearly 90% of coal output in the country is extracted in this province. Hạ Long Bay has 1,969 islands, out of which 989 have been given names. The province covers an area of
  6,102.4 square kilometres and as of 2014 it had a population of 1,185,200 people.
context_section_description: Although economy of the region is agriculture based, other sectors of industries and tourism are also getting priority attention.
  Being in the northern economic triangle (Hà Nội - Hải Phòng - Quảng Ninh), the province has abundant resources and has immense potential to develop the economy in every sector. The People's Committee of Quảng Ninh Province in 2007 approved proposals for development plans up to 2020. Industrial development is taking place at a rapid pace. Mineral extraction industries are being developed. Special economic zones are being created and the plans envisage making the province a modern industrial province by 2015. The two economic development zones under development are the Mong Cai Border Gate Economic Zone and the Van Don Economic Zone. Tourism is also a sector of economic development, which has been given priority. Quảng Ninh has targeted to become a regional high-quality tourism center and an economic growth hub in the North with synchronized socio-economic and technical infrastructure and improved living conditions.
  Some of the economic indicators in agriculture, industries and other sectors are the following.
  There are only 1,440 farms as against the national number of 120,699
  The output value of agriculture produce at constant 1994 prices in the province was 952.5 billion đồngs against the national value of 156,681.9 billion đồngs.
  The province produced 227,700 tonnes of cereals as against the national production of 43.68 million tonnes
  The per capita production of cereals in the district was 205.2 kg as against the national figure of 501.8 kg. in 2008.
  In 2007, the industrial output of the province was a meagre 37,987.5 billion VND against the national output of 1.47 million billion VND.
caption: Vendors on Hạ Long Bay
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