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The economy of Ho Chi Minh City consists of industries ranging from mining, seafood processing, agriculture, and construction, to tourism, finance, industry and trade. The state-owned sector makes up 33.3% of the economy, the private sector 4.6%, and the remainder in foreign investment. Concerning its economic structure, the service sector accounts for 51.1%, industry and construction account for 47.7%, and forestry, agriculture, and others make up...
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Read the passage and answer the questions.
The economy of Ho Chi Minh City consists of industries ranging from mining, seafood processing, agriculture, and construction, to tourism, finance, industry and trade. The state-owned sector makes up 33.3% of the economy, the private sector 4.6%, and the remainder in foreign investment. Concerning its economic structure, the service sector accounts for 51.1%, industry and construction account for 47.7%, and forestry, agriculture, and others make up just 1.2%.
Quang Trung Software Park is a software park situated in District 12. The park is approximately 15 km from downtown Ho Chi Minh City and hosts software enterprises as well as dot.com companies. The park also includes a software training school. Dot.com investors here are supplied with other facilities and services such as residences and high-speed access to the internet as well as favorable taxation. Together with the Hi-Tech Park in District 9, and the 32 ha. software park inside Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone in District 7 of the city, Ho Chi Minh City aims to become an important hi-tech city in the country and the South-East Asia region.
As of June 2006, the city had three export processing zones and twelve industrial parks, in addition to Quang Trung Software Park and Ho Chi Minh City Hi-tech Park. Intel has invested about 1 billion dollars in a factory in the city. More than fifty banks with hundreds of branches and about 20 insurance companies are also located inside the city. The Stock Exchange, the first stock exchange in Vietnam, was opened in 2001. There are 171 medium and large-scale markets as well as several supermarket chains, shopping malls, and fashion and beauty centers.
1. What does the economy of Ho Chi Minh City consist of?
2. How many percent does the service sector account for in the economic structure?
3. Where is Quang Trung Software Park?
4. How many export processing zones and industrial parks were there in the city in 2006?
5. When was the first stock exchange opened?
The tourism sector also (1)__plays__ an important part in the city's economy, providing income, employment (2)__and__expanding business opportunities. As an extension (3)_of___ this, many large worldwide hotel chains have presence in the (4)___city__. Kuala Lumpur has (5)___also___ developed into an international shopping destination(6)___with____ wide variety(7)__of____ shopping centers and mega malls (8)__which__ carry well-known golbal and(9)___local__ brands. Conference tourism has also expanded in recent years and is (10)__becoming__ a very impportant component of the industry.