My Thuy Light Up

In the last days of 2024, the construction site of My Thuy deep-water port in Hai An commune, Hai Lang district, is busier and more bustling. The contractor mobilized maximum machinery and human resources to speed up construction, striving to put a wharf into operation in 2025 according to the set schedule. After nearly 4 years of "silence", the My Thuy Port Area project was restarted and started construction from March 2024, promising to open up opportunities to attract investment, exploit potentials and strengths, and be a driving force to promote the construction and socio-economic development of the province.

Construction launch ceremony of My Thuy Port Area in March 2024 - Photo: TT

People's hearts are in harmony, difficult things can be accomplished.

These days, the concern of the people in My Thuy fishing village is the story of site clearance (GPMB), relocating the village temple to hand over the site to the construction unit to build My Thuy Port Area.

When this project was restarted and implemented from the beginning of the year until now, the locality has thoroughly carried out land acquisition to reclaim 133.67 hectares of land, of which 56 households were affected and 1 village temple was forced to be relocated. The village elders said that the village temple has existed for 600-700 years, since the village was founded, touching the village temple was taboo. When the State's policy was to relocate the temple to build a seaport, everyone was concerned, because it was an unprecedented spiritual matter.

Mr. Dang Minh Canh, Village Chief, Head of the My Thuy Village Association, recalled that making a decision and signing the minutes of the meeting with the local government on relocating the village temple was a difficult task, no one dared to decide. Before that, there had been nearly 10 meetings between district and commune leaders and the village association heads, heads of departments, and clan leaders to discuss this issue.

At the end of October 2024, a meeting of the My Thuy Village Council of Chiefs was held to reach a final consensus on temporarily relocating the My Thuy village temple to the location of the ghost temple, until the spiritual resettlement area is completed, then both temples will be relocated there. The villagers have agreed to the plan to relocate the village temple, pending agreement on a cost support plan to carry out spiritual procedures according to the customs of coastal residents.

Implementing phase 1 of the project, there were 54 cases of relocation when land was recovered, of which 52 cases were arranged for resettlement and allocated land with land use fees. Hai An Commune People's Committee organized many dialogues to mobilize 15 households to receive land in the resettlement area.

Overview of construction of My Thuy Port Area - Photo: TT

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Trung, over 70 years old this year, has been attached to the sea for most of his life, to the ancestral land left by his ancestors in Moi hamlet, My Thuy village. As a household subject to relocation, Mr. Trung has agreed to the policy and received compensation for land acquisition of more than 6.3 billion VND. “People have handed over the land and received compensation.

Now our biggest wish is to soon be allocated land to build houses, stabilize our lives in the resettlement area to settle down and make a living," Mr. Trung shared. Sharing the same view, Mr. Le Van Thuyet, My Thuy village confided: "For generations, people have lived by the sea, familiar with the land and the village, now because of the common policy, we have agreed to move to the resettlement area. Hopefully in the near future when the project comes into operation, it will create more jobs for the children of our hometown."

To serve the relocation and site clearance work for the project, the Provincial People's Committee has approved the resettlement project in Hai An commune, including phase 1 with an area of ​​about 16.5 hectares, a total investment of more than 71 billion VND and 278 land lots; phase 2, with an area of ​​43.6 hectares, a total investment of more than 268 billion VND and 222 land lots. Up to now, the resettlement area in Hai An commune (phase 1) has been completed.

Chairman of Hai Lang District People's Committee Le Duc Thinh said that the district has directed the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review, appraise, and submit for approval detailed plans for resettlement land allocation for eligible cases, implemented in a rolling manner. That is, eligible cases will be submitted for approval first to promptly carry out land allocation procedures and issue land use right certificates to people. At the same time, Hai An Commune People's Committee is required to coordinate with the Land Acquisition and Clearance Council to specifically identify cases with residential land and other legal housing in the commune to serve the preparation of resettlement land allocation plans in accordance with regulations.

The "sea gate" has opened...

On August 23, 2008, Quang Tri province held a workshop to discuss, clarify and complete the project, creating a basis for submitting to the Government for approval. On September 22, 2008, at a working session with the leaders of Quang Tri province, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung agreed to the policy of building My Thuy deep-water seaport and developing the Southeast Quang Tri Economic Zone.

The potential forecasts have become reality, the My Thuy Port Area project was approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 16/2019 with My Thuy International Port Joint Stock Company (MTIP) as the investor. The project has an area of ​​685 hectares, a total scale of 10 berths (developed in 3 phases), a total investment of 14,234 billion VND with implementation progress from 2018 - 2035, ensuring the reception of ships with a tonnage of up to 100,000 tons. In which, phase 1 from 2018 - 2025, with a scale of 4 berths, an investment capital of 4,946 billion VND.

The contractor mobilized machinery to urgently construct the project, ensuring the set progress - Photo: TT

Head of the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board Pham Ngoc Minh said that up to now, the contractor has completed the construction of the dyke, the eastern breakwater, the storage yard, the casting yard, the traffic road and the blocks classified as 1A, 1B, 2B, 2A of the temporary wharf. At the same time, other items such as the breakwater, the weighing station, the concrete mixing station, the road, the yard, the well... are being implemented to ensure progress.

The project has completed many related legal procedures such as: Detailed construction planning, planning, land use plan, basic design approval, project feasibility study report approval (F/S), technical construction design approval, sea area handover, construction permit for phase 1 of about 320 m of the western breakwater, removing the project from the national mineral reserve area, and changing the purpose of forest use. The plan for dredging the water area and turning basin has been agreed upon by the Ministry of Transport.

According to research by Dr. Bui Quoc Nghia - Director of Vietnam Logistics Institute, head of the project "Southeast Quang Tri Economic Zone, My Thuy deep-water seaport", the port after being formed will be the first inland port in Vietnam. The location of My Thuy sea area is favorable for building a deep-water seaport for large-capacity ships. Currently, seaports in the Central region such as Da Nang and Chan May have a depth only enough for ships with a maximum capacity of 50,000 tons. The My Thuy offshore area, only 1 km from the shore, has a depth of 17 - 18 m, ensuring that ships with a capacity of up to 100,000 tons can dock.

For the additional land acquisition area of ​​phase 1 and phases 2 and 3, after completing the measurement procedures and land recovery, Hai Lang District People's Committee will carry out land acquisition and recovery procedures to hand over the clean site to MTIP in the second quarter of 2025.

Mr. Doan Danh Tien, Head of the Management Board of the My Thuy Port Construction Investment Project Phase 1, shared that in 2025, the unit will build 1,400 m of breakwater, along with the construction of two ports No. 1 and No. 2, striving to complete and put port No. 1 into operation in 2025.

My Thuy Port Project is considered an important project serving the socio-economic development of Quang Tri province and the region, being the nearest gateway to the East Sea on the East-West Economic Corridor, with a strategic position in terms of cargo transportation. In the near future, when My Thuy deep-water port is formed and a convenient connecting traffic system such as the Trans-Asia railway connecting My Thuy to Lao Bao International Border Gate, National Highway 15D connecting to La Lay International Border Gate and the North-South expressway will shorten the shipping distance from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

This is the advantage that helps My Thuy port become an important traffic hub, meeting not only the needs of the Southeast Quang Tri Economic Zone but also has the potential to reach the international level to become a transit center for inter-regional goods and transit goods to countries in the region such as Laos, Northeast Thailand, and Myanmar.

On the other hand, the project opens up opportunities to create jobs and stable income for tens of thousands of direct and indirect workers in many diverse industries, contributing to promoting import and export, expanding international economic relations with countries around the world, creating a breakthrough to shift the province's economy towards industrialization and modernization.

Implementing this key project together with other driving projects such as Quang Tri Industrial Park, Quang Tri Airport, National Highway 15D projects connecting La Lay International Border Gate to My Thuy deep-water port, Cam Lo - Lao Bao expressway project under survey and investment research... are important technical infrastructures, the premise for building the Southeast Quang Tri Economic Zone into a dynamic, modern, and prestigious economic zone in the Central region as well as the whole country and region.

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Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/bung-sang-my-thuy-190776.htm