(DTO) On the morning of April 8, Dong Thap Province held a scientific workshop to collect suggestions on the draft report for adjusting Dong Thap Province’s planning for the 2021-2030 interval, with a imaginative and prescient towards 2050.
The workshop was co-chaired by Pham Thanh Ngai, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, and Dr. Nguyen Van Khang, former Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and former Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, now Chairman of the Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations. The occasion gathered specialists, scientists, representatives of institutes and universities, in addition to companies and traders inside and outdoors the province.

Dong Thap Province was fashioned by the merger of the previous Dong Thap and Tien Giang provinces. Following the merger, the province’s inhabitants scale, growth area, infrastructure corridors, progress poles, and land-use allocation have undergone vital adjustments.
As a consequence, the built-in planning frameworks of Tien Giang and Dong Thap previous to the merger not align with the brand new context, situations, and growth potential.

By 2030, Dong Thap goals to grow to be a fast-growing industrial province, a pioneer in ecological agriculture, fashionable rural growth, and progressive farming communities, and one of many main localities within the Mekong Delta.

Dong Thap’s upcoming growth orientation will observe a mannequin of: one principal growth hall alongside the Tien River; two key financial zones, that are the Dong Thap Border-Gate Economic Zone and the Go Cong Coastal Economic Zone; three pillars of sustainable growth, guaranteeing balanced financial, social, and environmental progress towards inexperienced growth; and 4 strategic gateways connecting to the Southeast area, the Mekong Delta, Cambodia, and the maritime financial area.

Five socio-economic subregions are related by 5 financial corridors, together with the central Tien River subregion; the border subregion; the Dong Thap Muoi ecological agriculture subregion; the coastal financial subregion; and the southern Tien River and northern Hau River subregion. Six central city areas, My Tho, Cao Lanh, Sa Dec, Go Cong, Cai Lay, and Hong Ngu, are designated as built-in and specialised facilities positioned to drive regional growth.
During the workshop, specialists, scientists, traders, and enterprises shared intensive suggestions on the draft provincial planning report.
Speaking on the workshop, Chairman Pham Thanh Ngai expressed his honest gratitude to specialists, scientists, and companies for his or her beneficial contributions, which assist refine the province’s planning and growth orientation for the approaching interval.

The Chairman affirmed that accumulating suggestions for the provincial planning wouldn’t cease at this workshop however proceed all through the drafting and implementation course of. Even after the provincial planning is authorised, the province will proceed listening to scientists, companies, and on-the-ground realities to make well timed changes, guaranteeing the provincial planning is sensible and efficient.
He emphasised the necessity to preserve stability and consistency within the planning framework in order that it actually serves as a key authorized foundation for implementing growth insurance policies within the years forward.
He harassed that the planning should tackle current bottlenecks, create breakthroughs, and help the province’s objective of reaching double-digit progress. In its growth orientation, the province prioritizes industrial progress linked to agriculture, particularly processing industries, to boost added worth.
At the identical time, industrial zone planning will probably be reviewed and adjusted based on accessible land sources and precise wants. Alongside financial targets, the province additionally locations sturdy emphasis on cultural elements in planning, viewing tradition as a basis of inside energy.
Following the workshop, the province will maintain thematic conferences to disseminate the planning framework to all ranges and sectors, guaranteeing native officers totally perceive the event instructions. It may also proceed dialogue with companies in fields similar to agriculture, business, and tourism to take away obstacles, promote funding, and drive progress.
By HA NAM
Translated by ANH DUC