THE PRIME MINISTER
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No. 05/2011/QD-TTg
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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Hanoi, January 24, 2011
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN KEY ECONOMIC REGION THROUGH 2020 AND ORIENTATIONS TOWARDS 2030
THE PRIME MINISTER
 
Pursuant to the December 25. 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the. Ministry of Transport (Report No. 7873/Tlr-BGTVT of November 9, 2010) regarding the master plan on transport development in the northern key economic region through 2020 and orientations towards 2030,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the master plan on transport development in the northern key economic region through 2020 and orientations towards 2030, with the following principal contents:
I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS
1. The master plan on transport development in the northern key economic region must be in line with the regional socio-economic development orientations as well as national and local transport development strategies and plans.
2. To develop transport with strong breakthroughs as a prerequisite for accelerating regional socio-economic development so that the region can lead in the cause of industrialization and modernization, foreign investment attraction, international integration, and security, national defense and social order and safety maintenance.
3. To develop transport on the basis of promoting to the utmost the advantages of the region as a central region and a strategic gateway for both seaway and airway; to ensure linkage between road, inland waterway, railway, airway and airport transportation; and linkage between Hanoi capital as a transport hub and provinces and cities in the region.
4. To develop high-quality transportation at reasonable costs, reduce traffic accidents, limit environmental pollution and conserve energy; to step up the application of advanced transportation technologies, especially multimodal transportation and logistic services.
5. To attach importance to maintenance work for thoroughly tapping the capacity of existing transport infrastructure; to concentrate investment in urgent important works with priority given to those that help ease traffic congestion.
6. To strongly develop urban transport, especially in Hanoi capital. To closely link national and local transport systems, attaching importance to developing local transport, especially rural transport.

 

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