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Prime Minister highlights strategic role of Da Nang port

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc toured Da Nang port – the most modern and important deepwater port in the central region, in Da Nang city on December 31.
Prime Minister highlights strategic role of Da Nang port ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets staff of Da Nang port (Source: VNA)
Hanoi(VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc toured Da Nang port – the most modernand important deepwater port in the central region, in Da Nang city on December31.

The PMunderlined the special strategic role of Da Nang port in national defence andsecurity, and urged the port to continue to improve capacity for both cargo andpassenger handling, thus helping promote Da Nang city as a hub for sea-based tourism.

He also gave nodto Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) and Da Nang port company’sproposal to build a logistics centre in Lien Chieu port.

The leaderadvised taking advantage of natural landscapes around Tien Sa port to developit into a cruising centre, making it easier for travellers to tour localitiesin the central region.

Located withinDa Nang Bay and shielded by Hai Van mountain and Son Tra peninsula, Da Nangport is capable of receiving vessels of up to 50,000 DWT.

It is a gatewayto the east-west economic corridor and is connected with an extensive roadnetwork as well as aviation and railway routes.

Currently, theport serves container, cruising and high-capacity vessels and also providesthem with logistics services. It handled 7.25 million tonnes of goods in 2016,up 13 percent from 2015.

Up to 70 cruiseliners anchored at the port last year, up 23 percent year-on-year.

Da Nang Portlooks to become a green port by 2020 with plans to upgrading infrastructure ata total cost of 2.2 trillion VND (95.6 million USD).

On the occasionof his working visit to Da Nang City, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc also visited theMaritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre Zone 2, which operates in thewaters of the central region and Vietnam’s Hoang Sa, Truong Sa archipelagoes.

Each year, thecentre successfully saves 1,000 people, according to its managers.

In his speech,the PM lauded the centre for fulfilling assigned tasks, thereby contributingsafeguarding the country’s sea and island sovereignty.

He requested theprovincial authorities arrange convenient location for the centre to conducttraining./.
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