Da Nang inaugurates the project to upgrade and expand Tho Quang fishing port phase 2

City leaders performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the project to upgrade and expand Tho Quang Fishing Port (phase 2)

Delegates performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the Tho Quang Fishing Port Upgrade and Expansion Project (Phase 2). Photo: Thanh Thao

On the afternoon of November 13, the People's Committee of Da Nang City held the inauguration ceremony and installed the signboard for the project to Upgrade and Expand Tho Quang Fishing Port (Phase 2).

The Tho Quang Fishing Port Upgrade and Expansion Project (Phase 2) has a total investment of 250 billion VND, invested by the Danang Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Transport and Agricultural Works.

The project meets the criteria of a type 1 fishing port (a dynamic fishing port belonging to the large fishing center of Da Nang) combined with a regional storm shelter anchorage area to ensure safe anchorage and synchronized fishing logistics services.

The investment scale includes upgrading and renovating piers 1 and 3, connecting to piers 2 (completed in phase 1); renovating the seafood trading area, water supply and drainage system, waste treatment, waterproofing, market floor; repairing the embankment of the boat dock, internal traffic roads. Constructing a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 300m³/day and night, meeting QCVN 11:2015/BTNMT standards; completing auxiliary infrastructure, trees, lighting, fire prevention and fighting, fences and public toilets.

Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Tran Nam Hung said that this is a national key project in the field of aquaculture, which has received attention and investment support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment for Da Nang.

Tho Quang fishing port is currently the largest fishing center in the Central region, a safe place for hundreds of thousands of fishing boats to anchor and take shelter from storms every year, contributing to ensuring the safety of fishermen's lives and property. This is also an important hub for tracing the origin of exploited aquatic products, meeting the requirements of combating IUU fishing that Vietnam is striving to overcome to remove the "yellow card" of the European Commission.

“The project not only has economic value, but also has profound social and humanistic significance, contributing to the modernization of fisheries infrastructure, ensuring storm shelter safety, developing a sustainable seafood value chain, and affirming the role of Da Nang as a fisheries logistics service center in the Central Highlands region,” Mr. Hung shared.

The city leaders pledged to direct management and exploitation units to use the works effectively, in accordance with investment objectives; maintain and repair regularly; maximize the function of fishing ports in serving fishermen, developing the marine economy, protecting the environment and the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

At the same time, the city leaders also hope that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and central agencies will continue to pay attention and support Da Nang in investing in completing fisheries infrastructure, fishing port systems, and storm shelters, contributing to the country's successful implementation of the goal of sustainable fisheries development and international integration.

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