An aerial view of Long Bien Bridge spanning the Red River in Hanoi (Photo: baotintuc.vn) A workshop was held in Nam Dinh province on July 26 to discuss the developmentof infrastructure and the marine economy in the Red River Delta by 2030, with avision for 2045.
Participants said transport connections between economic corridors are stilllimited and marine spatial planning in the Red River Delta is still overlappingand contradictory. Meanwhile, logistics infrastructure is not synchronous.
In particular, limitations in regional linkage are affecting the development ofevery single locality and the whole Red River Delta, they said.
There is no official mechanism to facilitate regional linkage.
The activities of the localities in promoting regional linkages have onlyfocused on enhancing exchanges, discussing policies, providing information andmaking common recommendations to the central government.
At the workshop, scientists, researchers, leaders of ministries,agencies and localities said that it is necessary to build, develop andcomplete regional infrastructure together, to create a premise to promotesocio-economic development.
The region must focus on building and completing the transport network, marinespatial planning, development of energy, coastal industry, and logisticsservices, taking advantage of each locality to promote regional andinter-regional economic development.
Nguyen Danh Huy, director of the Department of Planning and Investment(Ministry of Transport), said transport infrastructure plays an important rolein socio-economic infrastructure and is one of three strategic breakthroughs.
In the future, provinces and cities in the Red River Delta region need todevelop transport infrastructure step by step, ensuring the enhancement of theregion's advantages, traffic safety, transport connectivity and logistics.
Associate Professor Dr Tran Dinh Thien, former director of the VietnamInstitute of Economics, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment mustcoordinate with other provinces and cities in the region to evaluate conditionsand the region's potential and advantages, to implement an appropriate regionalmaster plan.
Regarding marine economic development in the Red River Delta by 2030 with avision to 2045, Dr Nguyen Anh Tuan, from the Institute of Sea and IslandResearch, said it should be based on the advantages of natural conditions andthe need for harmony between conservation and development.
Deputy Head of the Central Economic Commission Nguyen Duy Hung saidprovinces and cities in the region need to promote regional and inter-regionallinkages and complete infrastructure and marine economy.
Localities also need to soon complete and promulgate mechanisms and policies tocreate momentum for socio-economic development, paying attention to developingthe digital economy and applying science and technology, reforming theadministrative procedures, and attracting investment.
The Red River Delta region consists of 11 cities and provinces, namely Hanoi,Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, HaNam, Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh.
The region's economic growth rate in the 2011-20 period reached 8.02% a year,with the total export value of the whole region increasing from 50.2 billion USDin 2015 to 100.78 billion USD in 2020, with an average growth rate of14.95% a year./.
VNA
