Ba Ria-Vung Tau aims to become Southeast Asia’s maritime service centre
The southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is aiming to become a gateway to the sea of the Southeastern region and the country, a national marine economic centre, a maritime service centre of Southeast Asia, and an international-class high-quality tourism centre by 2030.
Ba Ria - Vung Tau deep-water port (Photo: baodautu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau isaiming to become a gateway to the sea of the Southeastern region and thecountry, a national marine economic centre, a maritime service centre ofSoutheast Asia, and an international-class high-quality tourism centre by 2030.
The targets are set in the province’s master planning scheme for the2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, which was recently approved by the planning scheme appraisal council.
Pham Viet Thanh, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee,said that under the planning scheme, in the 2021-2030 period, Ba Ria-Vung Tau focuses oncarrying out development breakthroughs, including completing regional andinter-regional connectivity routes, developing a seaport system, forming anational-level logistics centre, and establishing a free trade area in Cai MepHa.
The province also works to form tourism urban areas with theaim of turning it into an entertainment and resort centre of internationalstandards, and establish hi-tech industrial parks to attract investors and humanresources in advanced production industries.
By 2050, Ba Ria-Vung Tau will continue modernising its infrastructure system, with focus on Bien Hoa-Vung Tau railway, metro linesconnecting urban areas, and a monorail system linking coastal tourism urbanareas from Vung Tau city to Binh Chau hot mineral spring, Thanh added.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, head ofthe appraisal council, asked Ba Ria-Vung Tau whose economy is mainly based onoil and gas exploitation, to exert more efforts to develop urban areas,high-value industries, and new economic sectors and products./.
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Ba Ria - Vung Tau deep-water port (Photo: baodautu.vn) 
