| THE PRIME MINISTER -------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------- |
| No. 34/2009/QD-TTg | Hanoi, March 2, 2009 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE TONKIN GULF COASTAL ECONOMIC BELT UP TO 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Report No. 4332/TTr-BKH of June 17, 2008; and considering opinions of concerned ministries, branches and localities on the Master Plan on Development of the Tonkin Gulf Coastal Economic Belt,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Master Plan on Development of Tonkin Gulf Coastal Economic Belt up to 2020, with the following principal contents:
I. SCOPE OP THE TONKIN GULF COASTAL ECONOMIC BELT
The Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt section in the Vietnamese territory covers Quang Ninh province and Hai Phong city, with a land area of 7.414.8 km2 and a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing 2.24% of the national land area and 3.44% of the national population.
II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
1. General objectives
To develop the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt into a dynamic economic zone able to drive the whole northern region, becoming a motive force in economic, scientific and technical development cooperation with China and ASEAN countries and linking with other coastal areas nationwide to form a fast developing coastal economic belt, which boosts and links with other inland regions for common development.
2. Key objectives
- To build a complete transport system in the economic belt, especially the main coastal road from Mong Cai to Do Son and seaports and airports for connection with the two Vietnam-China economic corridors and the southern Chinese coastal region in the economic belt, facilitating the trade expansion and active and effective development cooperation with China and ASEAN countries.
- To concentrate on developing the motive region and central urban centers along the economic belt, creating a breakthrough in boosting the fast and sustainable development of the entire economic-belt matching the southern Chinese coastal region.
- To form and develop a number of major industries, including high-class sea-island tourism, shipbuilding, thermoelectricity, mining, mechanical engineering, building material production, petrochemical industry and aquaculture and processing up to the regional advanced level.
- The economic growth rate will be 1.4-1.5 times the national GDP growth rate. By 2020, the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt will contribute about 6.5-7% of the national GDP and its per-capita GDP will reach USD 3,500- 4,000 on average.
III. ORIENTATIONS FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE ECONOMIC BELT
1. To build complete trunk roads
To concentrate on completely building and modernizing the Mong Cai- Ha Long- Hai Phong-Ninh Binh trunk road, facilitating convenient and smooth traffic between Vietnam and Chinese provinces in Yunnan through the economic belt. In the 2009-2010 period, to invest in upgrading the Cam Pha-Mong Cai section to grade-Ill delta road and building a road with 4-6 lanes running through Cai Bau island (along with building Van Tien bridge) to the Ha Long-Mong Cai expressway. To build important expressways, Hanoi-Hai Phong and Noi Bai-Ha Long, and put them to use before 2015. After 2015, to further build the Ha Long-Mong Cai section. To consider the construction of the QuangNinh-Hai Phong-NinhBinh expressway for connecting Quang Ninh with Hai Phong and the economic belt with southern provinces, the expressway network nationwide and the southern Chinese coastal expressway system.
2. To develop the motive region
To quickly develop a number of important economic zones and industrial parks, linking with big urban centers into a stretch of motive regions and key areas of breakthrough nature along the economic belt.
a/ To develop Van Don economic zone (Quang Ninh) with its main functions as a high-quality sea and island eco-tourism zone, a high-grade service center and an international trade hub in the direction of rapidly developing eco-tourism and forming a high-quality sea and island eco-tourism center of regional and international magnitude. To diversify forms of tourism on both islands and the sea. To build a number of high-grade entertainment and recreation zones, including golf courts, in the heart of Cai Bau and some other islands. To develop clean industries and export. To build modern trade centers serving tourism. To develop the rearing of marine resources for export and tourism. To develop agricultural production towards establishing farms and hi-tech agricultural zones. To protect and develop forests on islands for environmental protection combined with sightseeing;
To build roads crossing and surrounding Cai Bau island and roads on important islands, meeting the socio-economic development and defense and security maintenance requirements of the economic zone. To make preparations for the construction of Van Don airport after 2010. To build Van Hoa port; to renovate Cai Rong port into a tourist port. To complete the piers on Quan Lan, Minh Chau, Ngoc Vung and Ban Sen islands for tourist puiposes. To rearrange population areas; to build on Cai Bau an urban center with beautiful and modem architecture of regional and international magnitude.
b/ To develop Dinh Vu-Cat Hai economic zone (Hai Phong) into a modern international trade center of the northern region and the whole country and at the same time a main seaward gate of the two corridors and one economic belt. To encourage development of various industries in the economic zone, including shipbuilding, thermoelectricity; mechanical engineering, electronics, high-quality consumer goods production; petrochemical industry; port industry, port services; production of information equipment and automation equipment; production of new materials and hi-tech materials; assembly and manufacture of heavy equipment; production of high-quality plastic products, detergents and cosmetics; agricultural, forest and aquatic product processing; trade in services, export and import, tourism. To build non-tariff zones with highest incentives. To build modern urban areas and public service zones in the economic zone;
To build a synchronous infrastructure system in the economic zone; to upgrade Hai Phong port and build new pons in Dinh Vu area. To proceed with the construction of Lach Huyen international gateway port. To upgrade Cat Bi international airport. To build a complete system of intra-economic zone roads, roads leading to ports and power supply, water supply and drainage systems, meeting the development requirements of the economic zone.
c/ To develop Hai Ha industrial park (Quang Ninh) into a big industrial and seaport center strongly attracting investment, with its functions as a large-scale heavy industry center of the northern region and the whole country; a port-service and ocean-shipping center; and a big gateway of the whole region, creating conditions for further economic cooperation with China and exploitation of the Chinese market, especially southern China, through this economic belt. In the immediate future, to expeditiously establish an industrial park, build external infrastructure facilities, particularly seaports, shipyard and trunk roads (national highways 18 and 4B, an expressway to Mong Cai); to build related urban and service areas and key industrial facilities. By 2020, to basically complete the construction of Hai Ha industrial park and seaport in connection with Mong Cai international gateway city into a big industrial, seaport and financial center and a big and modem free-trade zone in the region;
d/ To develop Dam Nha Mac industrial-service park (Quang Ninh) into a multi-function industrial-service park linking with Hai Phong city, Lach Huyen port and Dinh Vu area. From now to 2010. to set up Dam Nha Mac industrial-service park. After 20107 to build a seaport and roads linking with Hai Phong, national highway 18 and Ha Long city; to build industrial works, urban areas, administrative center, trade and tourism areas. After 2015, to build a bridge or a tunnel crossing Bach Dang river and linking with Dinh Vu; a railroad linking with the Yen Vien-Bai Chay railroad and a synchronous road system in the industrial park. By 2025. to basically complete the construction of this industrial-service park;
e/ To develop Hai Phong city into a big and modem port service and ocean-shipping center, holding a considerable position in the region and the world. Hai Phong’s economy will be structured to comprise seaport, industry and service. To strongly develop port, shipbuilding, machine tool and hi-tech industries, high-quality consumer goods and export production, food processing, tourism and general services. To build an international Vietnam-China trade fair and exhibition center functioning as a main hub to promote economic and trade cooperation between the two countries through the two corridors and one economic belt. By 2020. to build Hai Phong into a civilized and modern port city with an inner-city population of 1.4-1.5 million;
f/ To develop Ha Long city into a development center of the northern key economic region, playing a role as one of the two central cities of the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt. Ha Long will develop toward taking tourism and services as development cores in order to boost other industries and incrementally reducing industrial coal mining. In the immediate future, to focus on vigorously developing tourism, building Ha Long into a modern national and international sea-tourism, entertainment and recreation center. To coordinale with Chinese localities in the economic belt in building tourist infrastructure, particularly high-class entertainment and re-creation facilities, and organizing trans-national tourist routes (by road and waterway) through the economic belt. To strongly develop trade and services in order to make Ha Long a big trade center in the economic belt. To develop port industries and services in association with the construction of Cai Lan port of appropriate scale, meeting the requirement of environmental protection in Ha Long Bay for tourist development;
To comprehensively build and incrementally modernize the urban infrastructure system, to renew the economic structure suitable to the functions of a tourism-service-port industry city. To further expand and upgrade Ha Long into a grade-I urban center with a population of some 300,000- 330,000 by 2010 and over 600,000. including more than 500,000 urban dwellers, by 2020.
g/ To expeditiously build Mong Cai international border-gate city, the starting point of the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt, into a modern international border-gate city, a center for trade in goods and services between Vietnam and China, a big regional center for tourist resort, entertainment and recreation and a center for export processing, fashioning and assembly;
First of all, to upgrade national highway 18A, the Mong Duong-Mong Cai section, expanded to Tra Co-Mui Ngoc. to grade-Ill delta road standards. To build the Mong Cai-northern Phong Sinh-Hoanh Mo-Bac Cuong border road and fish-bone roads leading into the inland. To build roads on VinhThuc island to serve tourism. To comprehensively develop the transport, electricity supply and water supply and drainage systems in the city. To build Van Gia port capable of handling 3-5 million tons of cargo a year (one million tons/year in the initial stage), meeting the domestic and international trade requirements.
To develop the processing of agricultural, forest and aquatic products for export, processing of industrial products for export to China and assembly of components imported from China for export to ASEAN countries. To build modern commercial infrastructure systems (including trade centers, department stores, transaction offices, representative offices and international trade fair-exhibition centers). To cooperate with China in building Mong Cai free trade zone after the “bilateral special economic zone” model with common incentive policies for both sides in order to boost economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and to strongly integrate with ASEAN countries.
IV. ORIENTATIONS FOR BRANCH AND DOMAIN DEVELOPMENT
1. Developing of leading industries in the economic belt
a/ Industries
To prioritize the development of fundamental and key industries and those with high added value in combination with the development of labor-intensive industries, striving for an industrial growth rate of around 18- 19%. By 2020, the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt will basically have a big and modern industry in the region.
To prioritize resources and incentive policies for a number of leading industries and products such as coal mining, thermoelectricity, shipbuilding, machine tool, steel production, building material production, petroleum, electric motor production, forest and aquatic product processing, textiles and garments, export and high-quality consumer goods production. To synchronously combine industrial development with infrastructure development in each locality.
- Coal mining: To invest in technological renewal of existing mines and scale up pit exploitation. To strictly manage illegal coal mining. From now to 2010 and afterwards, to strictly implement the Vietnam’s coal mining development strategy and planning already approved by the Prime Minister. To gradually reduce coal export through planned management measures, aiming to protect natural resources and guarantee the national energy security. To rationally arrange dump sites, and control and properly treat coal dusts in the process of coal transportation and processing;
- Power: To speed up the construction and commission of Uong Bi II, Cam Pha I and II, Ha Khanh (Quang Ninh) and Tam Hung (Hai Phong) thermo-power plants. To start building Mao Khe. Mong Duong and Thang Long coal-fired power plants and Cai Lan diesel oil power plant (Quang Ninh). To build a big thermo-power center in Hai Ha industrial park after 2010. To develop the use of wind energy and solar energy in coastal rural areas and on islands. The total electricity output in the economic belt will reach 2,500- 3,000 MW by 2010 and over 6.000 MW by 2020.
Shipbuilding: To concentrate resources on vigorously developing the shipbuilding industry. To build the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt into a big shipbuilding center of Vietnam by 2020. and a big and modern shipbuilding center of the region and the world, which will be capable of building cargo ships of up to 200,000- 250,000 DWT and other special-use ships such as oil tankers, container ships, project ships, petroleum exploring and exploiting ships, tourist ships, fishing ships of big capacity and military ships up to international standards.
To further upgrade and expand Pha Rung- Bach Dang, Ben Kien and Nam Trieu shipyards (Hai Phong); to complete the construction of Cai Lan shipbuilding industrial park. Ha Long and Ha An shipyards (Quang Ninh) to meet 80-85% of the northern region’s river ship repair requirement and 45-50% of the country’s sea-going ship building and repair requirements. After 2010, to build a number of big shipyards together with support industries in Dinh Vu- Cat Hai industrial park and Hai Ha, Dam Nha Mac and Quang Vinh industrial parks (Tien Lang). To synchronously develop industries in support of shipbuilding, gradually increasing the localization rate;
- Steel: To quickly develop steel production, meeting the increasing steel demand of the region, especially oT the shipbuilding industry. To further expand the existing steel mills. To construct other steel mills, particularly steel cast, steel sheet and high-quality steel plants. To prioritize the construction of large-scale steel mills in Dinh Vu-Cat Hai and Hai Ha industrial parks in service of the shipbuilding industry. By 2010, the steel production capacity in the economic belt will reach over 5 million tons/year and about 15 million tons/ year by 2020;
- Building materials: To strongly develop cement production into a spearhead industry. To upgrade existing cement plants to the advanced level so as to increase productivity and raise product quality and protect the environment. To speed up the construction of production chains II of Chinfon and Huong Duong cement plants for their commission before 2010. To further invest in the construction of Cam Pha. Thang Long and Lam Thach (Quang Ninh) cement plants. By 2010, the total cement output in the economic bell will reach 11-12 million tons/year. To rationally reorganize establishments producing building stone, clay and sand for the efficient exploitation of building materials in the localities while protecting the environment and tourist landscape;
- Mechanical engineering: To develop the mechanical engineering industry in order to make the area a strong mechanical engineering center of the northern region. To selectively invest in the construction of modern production establishments equipped with advanced technologies. To prioritize the development of mechanical engineering in service of shipbuilding, port and mining industries. To develop the manufacture of machinery and electric equipment; manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles; repair and assembly of heavy equipment, heavy vehicles and lifting equipment: manufacture of construction machines, machinery and equipment in service of cement, textile and garment, agricultural, forest and aquatic product processing industries. To prioritize the development of products for ship building and repair;
Other industries: To expand traditional industries producing products of great demand in the area, such as ship paints, light powders, general detergents, calcium carbide, accumulators, packaging plastic, construction plastic, industrial plastic, electronics, electro-refrigerating articles and other consumer goods. To develop textile, garment and leather industries in service of export, prioritizing the attraction of textile, garment and leather projects into industrial complexes in districts to employ rural workers. To develop the agricultural and aquatic product processing industry, building modem processing establishments and producing high-quality products for urban centers and tourist resorts in the economic belt and for export. To prepare conditions for the construction of a petrochemical plant in the economic belt after 2010 (in Dinh Vu-Cat Hai or Hai Ha industrial park);
- Development of industrial parks: To speed up the construction of infrastructure in existing industrial parks for attracting investment in order to raise their occupancy rate. To rationally develop new industrial parks and complexes. It is expected that by 2020, the entire economic belt will accommodate 25 industrial parks with a total land area of more than 22,100 ha, including nearly 10,000 ha for industrial construction. Besides, to develop medium- and small-sized industrial parks and complexes in districts, boosting the restructuring of labor and rural economy.
b/ Tourism
To quickly and sustainably develop the economic belt’s tourism in close association with Hanoi capital and southern China. To rationally organize tourist space in the entire area. To selectively invest in key tourist resorts, forming big tourist centers of national and international magnitude in coastal areas and a number of islands. To prioritize the development of sea-island tourism on such remote islands as Co To and Bach Long Vi for both economic development and defense as well as security maintenance.
To quickly develop Ha Long tourist zone into a big and modern tourist center of regional and world class. To build synchronous and modern tourist infrastructure facilities in the area. To prioritize the attraction of foreign investment in large-scale tourist projects, creating high-quality tourist products attractive to visitors. To further upgrade and modernize Do Son entertainment and recreation tourist zone and Cat Ba high-grade eco-tourist resort zone in association with Ha Long tourist zone.
To quickly build essential infrastructure in Van Don economic zone in order to attract investment in the construction of Van Don-Bai Tu Long high-quality sea-island eco-tourist zone. To develop Mong Cai-Tra Co-Vinh Thuc tourist zone into a big tourist center, functioning as an important hub to attract visitors from southern China through this economic belt. To promote investment in the construction of southern 1 la Long urban, eco-tourist and cultural center, incrementally forming a modem tourist complex along Quang Ninh coast (from Hoang Tan island to Tuan Chau, Ha Long, Bai Tu Long, Van Don, Mong Cai andTra Co) of regional and international magnitude.
To form inter-regional tourist routes connecting with Hanoi and neighboring tourist sites. To enhance cooperation with Chinese localities in the two corridors and one economic belt in organizing transnational tours. To cooperate with ASEAN countries in organizing transnational tours. To step up tourist advertisement and promotion in order to call for investment and attract visitors. To try to attract around 7.5 million tourist arrivals, including 2.8-3 million international arrivals, by 2010 and 18-20 million arrivals, including 8-10 million international arrivals, by 2020.
c/ Trade and service
To fully tap the comparative advantages of the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt for trade development at high rates, strongly directing towards export and firmly integrating into the international markets, particularly Chinese and ASEAN markets. To strive for the economic belt’s average total goods circulation and service turnover growth rate of 17-18% in the 2008-2010 period and over 20% in the 2011-2020 period.
To develop department stores and modern trade centers in cities, towns, industrial parks and economic zones. To build a big and modern commercial center in Hai Phong, which will function as a main commercial hub and integration center of the northern region and the two economic corridors and one economic belt. To invest in the construction of Mong Cai trade center, which will play the role as the economic belt’s main gateway for trade with China and ASEAN countries. To develop appropriate-sized department stores and trade centers in association with the tourist zone of Ha Long, Mong Cai, Van Don, Cat Ba and Do Son and towns and township centers. To consolidate the trade networks from the provincial to communal level, forming a market for smooth goods circulation, boosting production development and meeting people’s needs.
To step up export, particularly to China; to renew the structure of export goods, planning to develop key export groups in response to China’s export demands and each locality’s advantages. To step up the export of refined products while limiting the export of crude and raw materials. To minimize the export of coal needed for domestic consumption. To completely build Mong Cai border-gate economic zone, upgrade Hoanh Mo and Bac Phong Sinh border gates for expansion of goods trade between the two countries’ localities in the economic belt.
To diversify on-spot Export activities such as temporary import for re-export, transshipment, transit, entrustment, bonded warehouse and other export and import services. To strive for an average export growth rate of 24-25% in the 2009-2010 period and over 25% in the 2011- 2020 period. To build non-fariff zones in border-gate areas, economic zones and duty-free shops in cities, commercial centers, big tourist centers, airports and key sea ports, aiming to boost on-spot export.
To comprehensively develop services towards diversification to meet production and daily-life needs. To prioritize the development of high added-value services such as transport, financial, banking and telecommunications, making services really a dynamic industry creating more jobs and making great contributions to the economy. To increase banking operations in the area. To create favorable conditions for attracting big domestic and foreign banks and foreign companies to make financial investment and open branches in Hai Phong, Ha Long and Mong Cai. To build in Hai Phong a big and modern financial center of regional and international scale.
To strongly develop road, railway, waterway and air transport services. To exploit to the utmost the “open-door” advantages for the development of diverse port and ocean-shipping services. To open express transport routes (by road and sea) to Chinese localities in the economic belt, meeting the goods trade and movement demands of people, particularly visitors. To develop express sea routes to southern provinces and express ocean-shipping routes to islands, meeting people’s travel demands and boosting the development of the island economy.
To develop information and communication services towards modernization, higher quality and competitiveness, meeting the regional and international integration requirements. To develop other services meeting production requirements and people’s daily needs.
2. Fishery
To develop fishery towards large-scale commodity production, strongly oriented to export To strongly restructure fishery production toward a lower fishing rate but higher aquaculture and service rates; to associate production with processing and resource protection, ensuring sustainable development. The total fishery output in the economic belt will reach 220.000 tons by 2010 and about 400.000 tons by 2020, including 120,000- 130,000 tons of exploited products and 270,000- 280,000 tons of reared products; and the export turnover will reach USD 600-700 million.
To step up offshore fishing, particularly in the fishing grounds of Bach Long Vi and middle-gull area, in the joint fishing zone, raising the offshore fishing proportion to 65-70%. To develop large fishing fleets with modem equipment in association with investment in fishery infrastructure and offshore fishing services. To reorganize on-sea production after the model of cooperation or joint venture; in the immediate future, to develop the model of offshore fishing teams or groups based on fishing trades for mutual support in production, product sale and safety at sea. To rationally reorganize onshore fishing in order to protect and develop resources while ensuring coastal inhabitants’ livelihood. To restructure production in Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long areas and around islands, reducing onshore fishing while developing aquaculture and tourist services. To comprehensively develop fish ports and storm shelters for vessels as well as search and rescue centers along the coastline and on such important islands as Bach Long Vi, Cat Ba and Co To, in order to boost offshore fishing, meeting the requirements of developing the sea economy and maintaining defense and security.
To develop aquaculture, particularly rearing at sea, with advanced technologies, ensuring environmental sanitation and sustainable development. To form aquaculture zones in the direction of intensive farming and higher productivity. To step up the rearing of aquatic animals in brackish water, particularly shrimps for export. To expand the rearing of mollusks (oyster, mussel...) in estuaries and coastal areas and around islands. To prioritize the strong development of the rearing of fish and sea specialty animals by industrial methods in combination with tourist development, particularly in the areas of Bai Tu Long, Co To, Van Don. Tien Yen and around Cat Ba island, step by step building the on-sea marine animal rearing in the Tonkin Gulf coastal economic belt into an industry of regional advanced level.
To further upgrade and modernize the existing processing establishments; to build modern aquatic product-processing establishments turning out high-quality products of international standards. To build Hai Phong into a big fishery service center of the Tonkin Gulf, an aquatic breed and feed production center and a scientific-technical, aquatic product processing, trading and exporting center of the northern region.
3. Agriculture and forestry
To develop agriculture in the economic belt towards ecological agriculture, efficiency and sustainability. To stably develop food production.
To maintain the food crop area till 2020 at 140,000-145,000 ha and food production will reach 0.9-1 million tons, meeting the food security requirements in the area. To further restructure crops suitable to the ecological conditions in each area, developing the model of urban agriculture for tourist and service development. To strongly develop the production of clean, safe and high-quality vegetables; to expand areas under flowers and bonsai in outlying areas. To step up the application of scientific and technological advances to production. To prioritize the development of farm and hi-tech agricultural zone models, considering this a breakthrough in agricultural production in the economic belt in the coming period. To develop husbandry towards commodity production, raising the husbandry proportion in the agricultural production value toover 40% by 2010 and 55- 60% by 2020. To prioritize the development of husbandry in the direction of farm and industrial production in association with processing.
To further step up the socialization of forestry to achieve both economic and social purposes, environment improvement and tourist sightseeing. To raise investment capital for the protection and development of forests in such key protection areas as Yen Lap. Dicn Vong and Trang Vmh reservoirs and Ha Dong lagoon, coastal mangrove forests and island forests. To step up the zoning of special-use forests for re-generation, particularly Cat Ba national park, nature conservation zones and tourist sites. To build consolidated timber raw material zones of about 200,000 ha to serve export processing, and about 30,000 ha of special-use forests for environmental protection and ecological development. To encourage commercial investment in production forests towards intensive farming and high productivity, combining forest planting and protection with forest product processing and tourist business.
