The city is located in a potential economic border region with crucial transportation lines connecting with international border gates.
With a total population of 158,787 people, the city’s average growth rate reached 16.03% over the past three years. The city attained remarkable achievements in terms of the proportions of urbanization (92.55%) and poor households (1.0%).
The GPD per capita reached VND60.32 million (around US$3,000) in 2014.
By Thuy Dung
