1. Highest national budget incomings.

National budget incomings is 1,855.8 billion VND, increasing 60.8 %, 66.3% compared to those of the plan and of the last year respectively. In which, domestic incomings is 1,105.8 billion VND, increasing 57 %, 61.4%  compared to those of the plan and of the last year respectively. 16 out of the total of 17 kinds of incomings are higher than estimated, especially the incomings from foreign-invested enterprises, domestic State-owned enterprises... Incomings of import-export tax increases 66.7%, 74% in comparison with the plan and those of last year respectively.

2. Agriculture overcomes difficulties to get bumper crops.

Thanks to solving well the widespread bird flu and the consequence of the waterlogged rain in July, the agriculture continues to increase. The value of agricultural, forestry and aquicultural products reach 3,654 billion VND, increasing 4.8% compared to those last year, in which agricultural products value increases 4.5%, aquiculture's 10.9%. Breeding continues to develop: pig herds in total increase 4.2%, cowherbs increase 3.9%. Rice productivity reaches 117.6 quintal/ha (1 quintal (Vietnam) = 100 kg), food products is 823 000 tons. Average value is 35.23 million VND/ha, increasing 3.8 million compared to it in 2003.

3. Investment capital for development increases sharply.

Total investment capital for development is 4,890 billion VND, increasing 19.8% compared to it in 2003, of which budget capital is 1,052 billion, credit capital 1,648 billion, SOE 220 billion, privately owned capital 920 billion, foreign invested capital 1,050 billion VND, increasing 15.4%, 25.8%, 15.8, 15%; 20.7% respectively. Many important works of the province, new industrial zones and complexes have completed to be used. 12 new foreign invested projects have been issued licenses, making the total of 70 foreign invested projects with total registered capital of 646 million USD.

4. Rural transport develops, surpassing the target of 5 - year plan (201-2005).

1,428 km of Hai Duong province's rural roads has been built, upgraded and repaired in 2004, surpassing 25% those of the plan. Total capital for these works is nearly 343 billion VND; 193 billion out of it is contributed by communes' budgets and people, 127.6 billion by the province's budget and 22 billion by national capital. That means, for the past 4 years, Hai Duong province has used more than 1000 billion VND for investing for building, upgrading and repairing rural roads, surpassing 60% compared to the target of 5-year plan; total length of these roads is 5,770 km, making more than twice as much as the plan's target.