The Northern Midlands and Mountains region is an area of special importance in terms of politics, economy, society, national defense and security. This is the northern gateway of the country and plays a decisive role in the energy source, water source and ecological environment of the entire Northern region.
At the second meeting of the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region Coordination Council held on December 1, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung emphasized that the planning of the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region is a step to concretize the National Master Plan, demonstrating the major and fundamental orientations of national sectoral plans on organizing development space. From there, creating new driving forces, potentials, and development spaces for the country and the region and specifically demonstrating them in the spatial scope of each locality.
"Opportunities include ethnic diversity, considering this diversity as an advantage in the creative economy; the trend of natural development, green transformation, circulation, carbon credits; shifting the supply chain to Vietnam. The ability to attract investment in new industries due to upgrading partnerships; domestic and international tourism trends; as well as mechanisms and policies from the Central Government to promote infrastructure platforms for development" - the minister pointed out.
Mr. Nguyen Do Dung - representative of the planning consultancy unit - assessed the Northern Midlands and Mountains as a colorful picture but there is a difference in growth between regions. The three main bottlenecks today are limited intra-regional and inter-regional connectivity, large intra-regional development gap, and low quality of human resources.
Based on the research, Mr. Nguyen Do Dung proposed to form 4 sub-regions to jointly develop socio-economy and share investment. From there, increase the ability to coordinate between localities for mutual development, ensure social security, develop shared infrastructure, protect natural resources and respond to natural disasters.
Specifically, sub-region 1 - the western sub-region (Dien Bien, Son La, Hoa Binh) will be a green growth area associated with sustainable agriculture, eco-tourism and clean energy. Hoa Binh is the growth pole and Son La is the center of agricultural processing and social services.
Sub-region 2 - the Northwest sub-region (Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai, Phu Tho) will be a large-scale tourist area, a hub for economic and cultural exchange with Yunnan and the Southwest provinces (China). The two growth poles are in Lao Cai and Phu Tho.
Sub-region 3 - Northeast sub-region (Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Cao Bang) is the industrial, educational and medical center of the whole region, and is also a place to preserve history and roots with the potential to develop origin tourism.
Sub-region 4 - Eastern sub-region (Lang Son, Bac Giang) is a place with great growth, the industrial center of the region, and has the most important international border gate with the role of connecting economic and cultural trade with Guangxi and the southern provinces of China.
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