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year-on-year drop in the labor structure; the agriculture, forestry and fishery
sector was the “load-bearing component” of the economy amid Covid-19
pandemic, so the labor structure in this sector witnessed an increase.

6.2. Education, health, social security

In the school year 2021-2022, the education network and scale
maintained its stability. There were 399 kindergartens, general schools and
other centers in the province. Amid complicated evolution of the Covid-19
pandemic, schools pro-actively and flexibly developed teaching plans to
adapt to pandemic situation and kept academic progress on schedule.

Medical network was strengthened, investment in physical facilities
and technical infrastructure for healthcare were focused and concerned to
maintain medical examination and treatment properly. Following the
motto "fighting the pandemic like fighting the enemy", the Covid-19
control measures were taken to follow up closely situation and evolution
of the pandemic in each stage in a flexible manner, therefore, any Covid-
19 cluster outbreak was immediately contained and controlled.

Following the goal "Leave No One Behind", social security must be
well performed in a timely manner to ensure publicity, transparency, and
right beneficiaries. In 2021, monthly income per capita in the province
reached 3,025.7 thousand VND. In 2021, the proportion of poverty
households in the province was estimated to reduce from 7.03% in early
2021 to 5.82% in late 2021, a contraction of 1.21%.

In general: In 2021, the province faced many challenges in socio-
economic development such as severe aftermath of flooding in late 2020,
negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; key projects behind schedule,
limited resources for development investment, etc. However, under the
leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the supervision of the
Provincial People's Council, the efforts and determination of stakeholders,
people, and business community, etc. the socio-economic situation of the
province saw positive achievements such as economy witnessed a relative
increase; investment attraction and budget revenue achieved positive
performances, winter-spring crop recorded a bumper crop, the livestock
production showed its recovery and development, industry production
witnessed positive growth, much attention was paid to social security and
gained several results; social order and safety were maintained./.

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