(LDO)- Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said that in addition to a $2 billion loan, the Government plans to mobilize and allocate more capital for a number of projects in the Mekong Delta, especially some traffic routes.

This morning, November 3, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Mekong River Delta (MRD) for the 2021-2025 period, chaired an online conference to collect opinions on completing the Mekong Delta Master Plan. period 2021-2030, vision to 2050, the first planning project among 6 regional master plans of the whole country.

This is the first meeting of the Council to discuss planning. Attending the meeting were Council members who are leaders of a number of ministries, agencies and 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta.

High focus on the development of transport infrastructure in the Mekong Delta

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh emphasized that the Mekong Delta planning is very important. The whole country has 6 socio-economic regions, the Mekong Delta planning is the first regional planning. This is an area with many potential advantages for development, with great growth momentum.

“The Central Government, the National Assembly and the Government have set out many priority guidelines and policies for the region to maximize development potential. The Government and the Prime Minister have directed ministries and branches to focus highly develop transport infrastructure in the Mekong Delta in this term,” said Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Mekong Delta plan addresses many key areas, including production areas, transport infrastructure, climate change response systems, saltwater intrusion prevention, and irrigation systems. pepper…

The Deputy Prime Minister asked ministries and localities to discuss and contribute ideas to finalize the Mekong Delta Master Plan for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, before organizing an appraisal council to organize the appraisal according to regulations.

Notably, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said that in addition to the $2 billion loan, the Government plans to mobilize and allocate more capital for a number of projects in the Mekong Delta, especially some traffic routes. The Deputy Prime Minister proposed to discuss more about the budget support for the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in response to climate change.

From the conference, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will receive comments, finalize the planning for early submission for approval, creating a basis for implementing projects in the region.

Develop according to the principle of controlled favoritism

The Ministry of Planning and Investment said that the Mekong Delta Plan for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, is a strategic plan for the development of the region in general and the 13 provinces in the region in particular. The central planning inherits the current development status of the Mekong Delta region, approaches a new development ideology based on the assessment of potential advantages, identification of challenges of the region and the provinces in the region.

Over the past time, the Mekong Delta, the coastal area of ​​the lower Mekong River, accounting for about 20% of the population, 12% of the country’s area, has achieved many achievements in socio-economic development, contributing 15.4 times. % of GDP of the country. This place has formed many concentrated agricultural, forestry, fishery, industrial and tourist production areas, with an increasingly large scale; has become the largest agricultural production center of Vietnam.

However, at present, the Mekong Delta is facing many challenges like today, which are the negative impacts of climate change and sea level rise, especially the process of planning and implementing economic development plans. The society of the Mekong Delta still has many shortcomings. That has been putting increasing pressure on the infrastructure system, urban areas and living space of people in the Mekong Delta, increasing the risk of natural disasters in the present and in the future.

Recognizing the above challenges, the Government has issued Resolution 120/2017 on sustainable development of the Red River Delta to adapt to climate change, in which, the task of developing a master plan for the Mekong Delta region in the 2021- period is set forth. 2030, with a vision to 2050 following an integrated, multi-sectoral approach that the Planning Law stipulates is a prerequisite.

At the same time, it also assigns Government agencies to mobilize additional resources for the Mekong Delta region of 2 billion USD to carry out key, inter-regional, and highly pervasive projects to realize the proposed Mekong Delta plan. and aims to create a new growth engine for the region.

According to the draft master plan, the development of the Mekong Delta region is based on three pillars of economy – society – environment, of which environment and society are the foundation. Develop according to the principle of controlled favoritism, considering water resources as the core and human-centered factor, taking advantage of the rich natural conditions for diverse development but limiting violent interference in the environment. natural system.

Infrastructure development is considered as the most important strategy of regional planning towards the above development goals. Of particular importance are transport, energy, clean water supply and infrastructure to serve the transformation of the region’s development model.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/chinh-tri/se-co-hon-2-ti-usd-xay-dung-cong-trinh-tuyen-giao-thong-o-dbscl-20211103101215401.htm