Japanese investors are interested in
investment cooperation in building and operating deep water ports in
Vietnam, said Japanese Deputy Minister of Land-Infrastructure-Transport
and Tourism Fujita Takehino.
A number of Japanese firms plan to take part in bidding for supplying
equipment and operating ports after projects are operational, Deputy
Minister Fujita Takehino told Deputy Minister of Transport Ngo Thinh
Duc during their working session in Hanoi on March 9.
Apart from the Cai Mep-Thi Vai port project in the southern coastal
province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau which has been carried out with Japan’s
official development assistance (ODA) resource, three major Japanese
firms – Itochu, NYK and Mitsubishi – are conducting surveys to provide
capital for construction of infrastructure and systems to operate Lach
Huyen port in the northern city of Hai Phong.
According to Deputy Minister Duc, the Lach Huyen port project will be
invested under the form of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). The
first phase will entail to construction of a 700m-long wharf, capable
of simultaneously receiving two 100,000-tonne ships and a logistic
system.
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) agreed to fund the
construction of a road and a bridge linking Lach Huyen port to the
Hanoi-Hai Phong highway.
The JICA also agreed to provide additional capital to increase the
receiving capacity of the Cai Mep-Thi Vai port for 100,000 tonne ships
from it’s current limit of 65,000-80,000 tonne ships./.