Thai Binh province to have first littoral EZ

February 11, 2011 | 08:00

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PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the proposal to establish the littoral economic zone (EZ) with a total acreage of 30,583 hectares in the northern province of Thai Binh.

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The local People’s Committee is assigned to direct further study and finalize the Project on establishment of the littoral EZ, then send to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for assessment before submitting to the PM for approval.

The Government chief also agreed to add the project to the country’s Overall Planning Scheme of littoral EZs development until 2020.

By 2020, Vietnam plans to build 15 littoral EZs, namely Van Đon (Quang Ninh), Đinh Vu - Cat Hai (Hai Phong), Nghi Son (Thanh Haa), Đong Nam (Nghe An), Vung ang (Ha Tinh), Hon La (Quang Binh), Chan May - Lang Co (Thua Thien Hue), Chu Lai (Quang Nam), Dung Quat (Quang Ngai), Nhon Hoi (Binh Đinh), Southern Phu Yen (Phu Yen), Van Phong (Khanh Hoa), Phu Quoc (Kien Giang), Đinh An (Tra Vinh), and Nam Can (Ca Mau).

From 2020, the country will complete the national coastal road system, according to the above-mentioned Overall Planning Scheme.

Vietnam has the coastline of 3,260 km in length. Currently, some national highways running along the coast have been developed. Some littoral EZs have already been built or planned.

The country strives to increase the contributions of the EZs to about 15 – 20 per cent of the gross domestic product and to create 1.3 – 1.5 million non-agricultural jobs within the next ten years.

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