Vietnam Today

The Long An Provincial People’s Committee has just approved the task of planning the Tan My New Urban Area in Tan My commune, Duc Hoa district, at a scale of 1/2000. The Mekong Delta province’s new urban area covers more than 930 ha and targets a population of 80,000-99,000. It will play an important role in linking Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta provinces and in the distribution of the urban population between the province and Ho Chi Minh City.

While working with leaders from the Mekong Delta’s Ben Tre province on July 1, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said its economy is recovering and many signs of improvement can be seen, with gross regional domestic product (GRDP) increasing 4.18 per cent in the first half of 2022. He also pointed to a number of areas where the province needs to give priority in development, and added that it is necessary to turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector and effectively exploit the potential of the local marine economy.

The central highlands has an important strategic location in terms of economy, politics, and national defense and security for the country as a whole and the Indochina region and especially for Greater Mekong Sub-Region cooperation, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. He suggested that the central highlands develop a green and circular economy, change mindsets from agricultural production to becoming an agricultural economy, and develop into a major tourism center in the country.

Figures presented at the seventh meeting of the Vietnam - Czech Republic Intergovernmental Committee in Prague on June 29 show that total trade turnover between the two countries reached nearly $295 million in the first five months of 2022, up 1.3 per cent year-on-year. The Czech Republic currently has 41 investment projects in Vietnam, with total registered capital of more than $92 million.

On the afternoon of June 30, at the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission, a meeting of the Steering Committee for the formulation of a project summarizing ten years of implementing Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW, dated December 9, 2011 from the Politburo was held on building and promoting the role of Vietnamese businesspeople in the period of rising industrialization, modernization, and international integration.

Hanoi has directed investors and construction units to concentrate resources to speed up project construction. However, the high price of raw materials has caused delays at many projects, but two key projects - Ring Road No. 2 Vinh Tuy - Nga Tu So Bridge section, and Vinh Tuy Bridge, second phase - have maintained progress.