On September 20, in Da Lat City ( Lam Dong Province), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang chaired the first Central Highlands Coordination Council Conference.
Attending the conference were Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang, Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Committee Hau A Lenh, leaders and representatives of a number of central ministries and branches, and leaders of five Central Highlands provinces, including Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Kon Tum and Gia Lai.
At the conference, the Ministry of Planning and Investment - the standing agency of the Coordination Council - presented a report on a number of contents related to the specific mechanisms and policies for the development of the Central Highlands region and the Coordination Council's action plan for the last months of 2023.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Transport to build 8 traffic routes in the Central Highlands by the end of 2030.
According to the report, the Central Highlands is a particularly important strategic area in terms of politics, economy, culture, society, national defense and security of the whole country, the "western fence of the Fatherland" and the "roof of Indochina", belonging to the development triangle of Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia, where nearly 6 million people of all 54/54 ethnic groups in the country live.
The Central Highlands has achieved many great and important results, such as the average GRDP per capita in 2022 is 11 times higher than in 2002, the average growth rate of gross domestic product in the area in the period 2002-2020 reached nearly 8%/year and is the highest compared to other regions. However, the Central Highlands still faces many difficulties, such as the average GRDP per capita is still the lowest among the 6 socio-economic regions, no locality in the region has been able to balance its budget...
At the Conference, localities reflected that the biggest bottleneck of the region is intra-regional and inter-regional transport connectivity, causing the Central Highlands to still develop below its potential. In addition, the level of connectivity between localities is still limited, mainly stopping at the level of information exchange, so the potential and advantages of the region have not been fully exploited, especially common key products such as coffee and durian.
The situation of spontaneous migration not only leads to the risk of deforestation for production land, even illegal transfer of residential land and production land, but also puts pressure on the education and training sector; the implementation of national target programs is hindered due to bauxite planning; the potential of forests has not been well exploited for tourism development and improving people's lives.
Responding to local opinions, the Minister of Transport said that the Ministry has submitted to the Prime Minister for approval 5 sectoral plans, and requested that provinces soon complete provincial plans as a basis for implementing investment projects.
Minister Nguyen Van Thang also said that the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Transport to build 8 traffic routes in the Central Highlands by the end of 2030 with a total length of more than 800km, of which 4 routes must be completed before 2025. This is a heavy task, so the Minister asked the provinces to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Planning and Investment to develop a list of priority projects to focus on implementation.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang emphasized that the establishment of the Central Highlands Coordination Council aims to work with localities to build a strong and effective mechanism to protect peace and promote development of the entire Central Highlands region.
Connecting traffic within the region and between the region and neighboring areas
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang requested that, in the immediate future, the provinces in the Central Highlands region need to focus on implementing the following groups of tasks: (i) Connecting intra-regional and inter-regional traffic with neighboring areas such as Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Coast; (ii) coordinating to attract investment in general, instead of individually, in which it is necessary to pay close attention to which industries investors want to invest in in the area and the ability to meet the wishes of investors for the common development of the whole region; (iii) trying to organize agricultural production in chains, strengthening linkages between raw material areas; (iv) implementing well national target programs.
Regarding the task of connecting traffic, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that in the current context, it is necessary to mobilize capital from the Central, local and investors.
Regarding the connecting routes between localities, the Deputy Prime Minister suggested that localities can jointly contribute capital for joint investment, with the locality with stronger resources contributing more; or refer to the experience of other localities, including Hai Phong, in implementing infrastructure projects connecting with neighboring localities.
The Deputy Prime Minister also asked localities in the region to quickly complete provincial planning, including integrating climate change response content.
Regarding forest-related issues, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the Forestry Law will be amended in the direction of decentralization and delegation of power to localities; strictly managing the current state of forests; increasing the level of forest protection contracts to make her feel more secure. In addition, localities should pay more attention to investing in digital transformation; and carefully prepare for the Conference to discuss mechanisms for the region scheduled to take place in October 2023.
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