PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)Discussing adjustmentsto the city’s master planning by 2030 with a vision towards 2045, the meetingwas presided over by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
By 2030, thecity is also expected to become a destination for global lifestyles, a centreof tourism and services, and a maritime economic hub in Vietnam and the regionat large. In the long term, it eyes becoming a special urban area and aninternational city.
Its populationis predicted to stand at about 1.79 million by 2030 and its urban area is tocover 31,836 ha, or more than 32 percent of the local land area.
The municipalPeople’s Committee signed a contract with a joint venture between SakaeCorporate Advisory Ltd. and Surbana Jurong (Singapore) on the project adjustingthe master planning.
During theprocess of building the project, the municipal People’s Committee organisedthree international workshops and collected feedback from local residents,businesses, departments, and agencies.
In anassessment, the Ministry of Construction said the project identified theposition and role of Da Nang as a core urban area of the Hue-Da Nang-Chu Lai-KyHa-Dung Quat (Van Tuong)-Quy Nhon urban area chain, forming the Da Nang urbanregion, encompassing Chan May (Lang Co), Da Nang, Dien Ban, Hoi An, and Nam HoiAn.
In his remarks,PM Phuc lauded Da Nang’s coordination with ministries and agencies as well asits response to opinions from local residents and socio-economic organisationsin the planning work.
Da Nang should developbeyond its current status as a first-tier urban area, he said, becoming aspecial city.
Given that it boastsone of the most beautiful beaches in the region, he urged the city to pay moreattention to waste water treatment and climate change issues and suggested it seeknew development drivers apart from tourism.
Corruption andother misdeeds in planning adjustment and implementation must be prevented, hereminded all in attendance, noting that planning and realisation must be intandem./.
VNA
