Plan to implement Dong Thap Province Planning for the period 2021-2023, vision to 2050

(MPI) - On January 14, 2025, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 97/QD-TTg on the Plan to implement the Dong Thap Provincial Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

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Prioritize investment in projects with great impact

According to the Plan, Dong Thap province prioritizes investment in projects with great spillover effects, especially strategic transport infrastructure investment projects of the province, ensuring synchronization, modernity, connectivity, promoting connectivity between provinces in the region, connecting the Western economic corridor axis of the region with the key economic regions of the South and the Southeast (sections of the Western North-South Expressway, Hong Ngu - Tra Vinh, National Highway N1,...).

Prioritize investment in power grid infrastructure; healthcare,education , social security infrastructure; science, technology and innovation infrastructure; urban technical infrastructure in the four key economic sub-regions identified in the Provincial Planning to attract private and foreign capital to develop important socio-economic infrastructure of the province and inter-regions; at the same time, ensure a reasonable and effective investment structure between regions and fields, both creating growth momentum and ensuring social security.

Continue to prioritize investment in completing irrigation and dyke infrastructure to ensure people's safety, meet socio-economic development needs, ensure social security, prevent and mitigate natural disasters, and respond to climate change.

In addition, the Province encourages investment in projects using capital sources other than public investment capital: Focus on investing in completing the province's infrastructure, maximizing the efficiency of invested infrastructure works. Identify large, important projects, creating momentum to promote growth, socio-economic development for investment and investment attraction.

Prioritize attracting investment in Cao Lanh city, Sa Dec city, Hong Ngu city - the central driving force, the main driving force of the province, which is the center of trade, service, high-tech and modern industry of the Mekong Delta; three economic driving forces, important sectors and a number of sectors and fields that encourage socialization to ensure consistency with the development perspective, plan for organizing socio-economic activities and plan for developing infrastructure as determined in Decision No. 39/QD-TTg dated January 11, 2024 of the Prime Minister.

Priority sectors and fields for investment attraction include: agricultural and aquatic product processing industry associated with raw material areas, high-tech manufacturing in industrial parks and clusters; renewable energy; high-tech agricultural and aquatic zones; information and communication infrastructure to meet the requirements of digital transformation; urban infrastructure; commercial infrastructure; logistics services; eco-tourism, agricultural, rural, cultural tourism, resort tourism combined with health care; duty-free zones, bonded warehouses; water supply and environment; waste treatment; science, technology and innovation infrastructure, etc. based on the province's potential and strengths.

To achieve the economic growth target (GRDP) of 7 - 7.5% on average annually in the planning period 2021-2030, Dong Thap province is expected to need to mobilize a total social investment capital of about 477,000 billion VND (with ICOR index of 3.9-4.2, corresponding to an investment/GRDP ratio of about 28 - 30%), of which: the proportion of State capital, the proportion of non-State capital and the proportion of FDI capital in the period 2021-2025 are 27.47%, 71.22% and 1.31%, respectively, and in the period 2026-2030 are 23.8%, 73.7% and 2.5%, respectively.

Effectively implement policies to encourage, favor and support investment

Some key tasks and solutions to implement the planning in the coming time include: perfecting development mechanisms and policies: Within the scope of decentralization, Dong Thap province continues to research and promulgate mechanisms and policies in various fields to attract more resources for development, especially mechanisms and policies for dynamic regions, supporting investment in connecting inter-regional and inter-district infrastructure, industrial park infrastructure, Dong Thap border gate economic zone, industrial clusters, etc.

Regarding capital mobilization for development investment, using public investment capital and capital sources managed by the State effectively plays an important role in supporting and leading to attract maximum resources from other economic sectors; increasing the attraction of non-state investment capital sources; focusing on key and focal investments that create spillover dynamics.

Focus on mobilizing investment capital outside the state budget, focusing on promoting attraction in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) as soon as the central government issues new regulations. Research and develop a list of infrastructure investment projects in the form of PPP for each phase to attract investors, considering this a breakthrough solution to complete facilities and infrastructure to serve socio-economic development and towards the goal of building a synchronous and modern infrastructure.

In addition, continue to improve the investment environment, enhance the province's competitiveness, create advantages in attracting foreign direct investment. Innovate investment promotion work, attract new waves of quality investment to develop industry, services, and agricultural processing in which the province has competitive advantages. Strengthen investment promotion through enterprises operating in the area. Implement well the coordination regulations in building, managing and implementing the annual investment promotion program.

Effectively implement policies to encourage, favor and support investment in the province. Focus resources on investing in infrastructure of industrial parks and clusters, border economic zones, tourist areas, commercial and logistics infrastructure. Prepare best, create the most favorable conditions to attract investors to the province to invest in functional areas, industrial service areas... according to approved planning; such as preparing locations, coordinating compensation, site clearance, resettlement, human resource training,...

Regarding human resource development, train a team of qualified and strong state management officials in all fields. Research and develop breakthrough policy mechanisms to attract high-quality human resources and skilled workers associated with labor structure transformation.

Regarding environmental protection, science and technology and digital transformation, proactively apply scientific and technological achievements to serve the economic, cultural and social development of the province, focusing on the application of science and technology to serve the preliminary processing, processing and preservation of the province's key agricultural and aquatic products. Increase the proportion of investment capital for research and development of science and technology. Support enterprises in transferring technology and applying new and advanced technology in production.

Developing information technology infrastructure, digital infrastructure, specialized databases, and Internet of Things networks to serve comprehensive digital transformation to serve the construction of digital government, promote the development of digital economy and digital society. Prioritizing digital transformation in the following areas: Education, healthcare, e-commerce, high-tech agriculture, industrial production, environmental resource management, transportation and logistics. Striving to put Dong Thap in the leading group in digital transformation./.

Bao Linh

Ministry of Planning and Investment

Source: https://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/Pages/2025-1-15/Ke-hoach-thuc-hien-Quy-hoach-tinh-Dong-Thap-thoi-keo1wcc.aspx