The plan is important

At the Second Northern Midlands and Mountain Coordination Conference on the afternoon of December 1, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung emphasized that the planning of the Northern Midlands and Mountains in the Northern period of 2021-2030, vision to 2050 is important, helping to "pave the way", take initiative in developing, with new thinking, new vision to create new opportunities, new development motivation for new regional development.

In particular, the plan has focused on solving interdisciplinary, inter-regional and inter-provincial issues; recombining regional development space and exploiting and promoting all resources to develop quickly and sustainably.

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Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

According to the Minister, the Northern Midlands and Mountains are especially important in politics, economy, society, defense and security, the "Rooster", the northern gateway of the country and plays a decisive role in the energy, water and ecological environment of the Northern region.

The localities in the region have become more and more aware of the role, position, importance and exploit the potentials and advantages of the region.

The regional planning consultancy representative is Encity International Consulting Joint Stock Company stated a number of overall orientations in the planning of the Northern Midlands and Mountains.

Specifically, sub -region 1 (the West sub -region including Dien Bien, Son La and Hoa Binh): is a green growth area associated with sustainable agriculture, eco -tourism and clean energy with Hoa Binh as a growth and Son La is the Center for Agricultural Products and Social Services.

Sub -region 2 (Northwest sub -region including Lai Chau, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang): is a tourist area, a focal point for economic and cultural trade with Yunnan and the southwestern provinces of China with 2 growth poles in Lao Cai and Phu Tho.

Sub -region 3 (the Northeast sub -region including Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan, Cao Bang): is the place where there is an industrial, educational and health center of the whole region, and a place to preserve history and roots with the potential for tourism development in terms of source.

Sub -region 4 (eastern sub -region including Lang Son, Bac Giang): is a place with a large growth, 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 southern provinces of China.

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The second northern midland and mountainous coordination conference took place on the afternoon of December 1.

Regarding the orientation of infrastructure development, the consulting unit said that before 2030, prioritizing investment in building the North - South Expressway, opening more ways to the sea.

In addition, prioritizing the upgrade and connection of Ring Road 1 (Highway 4) and Ring Road 3 (Highway 37) to accelerate the speed of connecting East and West, upgrading and investing in airports of Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Na San, and Sa Pa.

The planning consultant also proposes to invest in high -speed routes (80 km/h) connecting Hoa Binh to Ninh Binh with just over 40 km, to increase the ability to connect with North - South routes.

Many suggestions on transport infrastructure

Commenting on the planning, Mr. Trinh Viet Hung, Chairman of Thai Nguyen People's Committee proposed that, if the implementation organization, when approving, should consider the railway, road, infrastructure system, especially electricity.

In the same opinion, Mr. Tran Huy Tuan, Chairman of Yen Bai People's Committee, said that solving bottlenecks, the infrastructure problem is a huge issue;

Meanwhile, Mr. Ho Thieu, Chairman of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee, said that the plan to organize the regional space in the planning has mentioned Chi Ma border gate (Vietnam) - Ai Diem (China) but did not put up the issue of upgrading to the international border gate. The leader of Lang Son province proposed additional complementary.

In addition, Mr. Thieu assessed that the vertical traffic connection was okay, but the horizontal connection was not good.

“These horizontal highways are important because Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang can go to the border very easily, closer to Lao Cai;

Developing the railway, Lang Son has a Hanoi - Dong Dang railway.

Nguyen Le