study on economic partnership projects

1.3 Study Area
1.3.1 Social Environment in Project Area
(1) Population, Ethnicity, Religion and Cultural Heritage
Population: The project area traverses the two southern provinces of Vinh Long and Tien
Giang. There are three communes 1 within the project area. One commune, Hoa Hung
Commune, is located in Tien Giang Province while the two communes, Tan Hoi and Tan Hua, are
located in Ving Long Province. Population and demography of these communes are shown in
Table 1-4. The population growth in these communes is around 1%, which is much lower than the
national average of 10.81%. Migration tendency in the project area is shown in Table 1-5. It is
noted that immigration in these communes is more than emigration.
Table 1-4 Population and Demography
No. Population (Female)
1
Nation
1-9
Number of
Households
Population Growth in the Last 10
Years (2000-2010)
%
86,024,600 (43427400) - 10.81
2 Tian Giang Province 1,673,900 (851,300) - 3.74
3 Hoa Hung Commune 14,700 (8,300) 3,700 1.1
4 Ving Long Province 1,029,800 (522,200) - 1.62
5 Tan Hoi Commune 8,204 (4,236) 1,977 1
6 Tan Hua Commune 8,552 (4,275) 1,886 1.2
Source: Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam 2009 and Study Team
Table 1-5 Migration within the Project Area
No. Commune Leaving the Commune Coming to Commune
1 Hoa Hung 0
10 households
(50 people)
2 Tan Hoa 0 10 households
3 Tan Hoi 5 households 20 households
Source: Study Team
Ethnicity: About 86% of the total national population belongs to the Kinh ethnic group, followed by
Mon-Khmer (2.7%), Hoa (1%) and other ethnic groups (10.7%). In the three communes, around
99% of the total population belongs to the Kinh ethnic group. The official language, Vietnamese,
is the mother tongue of the Kinh ethnic group. The distribution spread on ethnicity at the national
level and in the three communes is shown in Table 1-6
1 A commune is comprised of from 4 to 5 villages.