PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the Viet Nam Seaport Development Master Plan, which calls for total investment of between VND360trill and VND440tril to 2020.
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Seaports building decisions will be based on local natural conditions, the need for economic development and interaction with nearby ports. |
The six-group seaport system would help the country compete with others in the region and across the world.
To have sufficient capital to implement the plan, all sources, both local and international, will be sought.
The plan encourages all economic sectors to invest in the system, especially in the form of private-State ventures for large ports.
Seaports building decisions will be based on local natural conditions, the need for economic development and interaction with nearby ports.
The capital will also be spent on developing public infrastructure connecting seaports, including dykes and roads linking ports to the national road system.
The estimated volume of goods transported annually via the seaport system by 2015 will be 500-600 million tonnes, 900-1,000 million tonnes by 2020 and 2,100 million tonnes by 2030.
To achieve that number, the plan will focus on developing several international-standard deep-water ports that can receive large ships, especially the international Van Phong transit port in central Khanh Hoa Province designed to receive container ships ranging between 9,000 and 15,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit).
Besides the international transit port Van Phong in Khanh Hoa Province, the plan also focuses on developing a Lach Huyen seaport complex in Hai Phong and a specialised seaport at the Nghi Son oil refinery from now to 2015.
In addition, seaports will also be designed for different kinds of goods. Depending on the size and function of every port, they will be classified into three categories: national general ports, local ports and specialised ports. Goods transported via ports include oil, coal or ore.
National general ports are the main ports in the country’s seaport system, including international transit port Van Phong in Khanh Hoa Province, international ports in Hai Phong City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province and regional ports in Quang Ninh Province, Nghe An Province and others.
In Group 1, the volume of goods handled is estimated at 163 million tonnes by 2020. Hai Phong port would be both a national general port and an international gate with specialised ports like Dinh Vu and Cai Lan.
Viet Nam currently has 39 seaports. Planning to 2020 with a vision to 2030 divides them into six groups according to area. Group 1: seaports in the north from Quang Ninh to Ninh Binh; Group 2: seaports in the north centre from Thanh Hoa to Ha tinh; Group 3: seaports in central Quang Binh to Quang Ngai; Group 4: seaports in the south centre from Binh Dinh to Binh Thuan; Group 5: seaports in the southeast and Group 6: seaports in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta. |
Nghe An would be the national general port in Group 2 with Cua Lo, Son Duong, Vung Ang being functional ports. The volume of goods transported via the system by 2020 would be about 152 million tonnes.
Of Group 4, Quy Nhon port in Binh Dinh and Van Phong port in Khanh Hoa, which are national general ports, would be used mainly for industrial zones or as transit places for oil products.
Nha Trang port will gradually be converted into a major port for receiving sea tourism ships and will be able to receive international tourism ships up to 100,000 Gross Register Tonne (GRT).
Can Tho port zone in Group 6 includes functional ports like Cai Cui and Tra Noc-O Mon that would be used mainly as general ports, receiving ships from 20,000 to 100,000 DWT (dead weight tonnage).
VietNamNet/Viet Nam News
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