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Master plan for Mekong Delta in 2021-2030 announced

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 21 chaired a conference to announce the Master Plan and investment promotion programme for the Mekong Delta in the 2021-2030 period, with the theme "Mekong Delta: New thinking - New vision - New opportunities - New values”.
Master plan for Mekong Delta in 2021-2030 announced ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (C) chairs the conference to announce the Master Plan and  investment promotion programme for the Mekong Delta (Photo: VNA) 

Can Tho (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June21 chaired a conference to announce the Master Plan and  investment promotion programme for the MekongDelta in the 2021-2030 period, with the theme "Mekong Delta: New thinking- New vision - New opportunities - New values”.

New highlights and significance of the Action Programme to implement ResolutionNo. 13-NQ/TW of the Politburo, the Master Plan for the Mekong Delta in the2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, were spotlighted at the event.

During the meeting, ministers, chairmen of People's Committee ofprovinces and cities, representatives from economic groups at home and abroad,and ambassadors and leaders of international organisations in Vietnam gavepresentations to clarify issues in order to successfully implement theResolution on development of the Mekong Delta region in the coming time.

Participants focused their discussion on agriculture restructure; investment attraction in the processing industry; irrigation infrastructure development;trade promotion and expanding markets for farm produce; renewable energydevelopment; culture and tourism; and regional connectivity.

They also emphasised the role and position of Can Tho as the centre of theMekong Delta in regional development linkage; and proposed orientations topromote development links between the region with Ho Chi Minh City and the southernkey economic region.

Measures to promote sustainable marine economic developmentassociated with mangrove ecosystem and coastal protection, naturaldisaster prevention and control and climate change adaptation, and cooperation andsupport for the Mekong Delta’s development were also put on the table.

Also at the conference, commitments to finance theimplementation of a number of infrastructure development programmes andprojects in the framework of the master plan were announced./.

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