A bird's eye view of Ha Long Bay (Photo: VNA)Quang Ninh (VNS/VNA) - More than 2.5 trillion VND (108.7 million USD)sourced from the State budget, private donors and Ha Long Bay’s entrance feeswill be invested this year in building 57 new pieces of infrastructure in HaLong city, the northern province of Quang Ninh.
From 2016, local authorities have been granted management of 100 per cent ofthe collection from Ha Long Bay’s entrance fees (minus a certain percentagecontributed to the State budget and maintaining operation of the bay’smanagement board). The collection is supposed to be invested in infrastructureon the mainland and in the bay.
This is an important policy of the Party Committee's Standing Board andPeople's Council of Quang Ninh province to mobilise focused resources for thecity’s infrastructure, especially transport and tourism projects, creating adriving force for the city’s breakthroughs.
It aims to turn Ha Long into an international tourism and service centre withsynchronised, modern socio-economic infrastructure and creates an impetus forthe city to become a central-level city by 2030.
Along with the development target, Ha Long looks to preserve values of theWorld Heritage Site Ha Long Bay.
During the 2016-19 period, Ha Long city allocated nearly 3 trillion VND (130,500USD) from Ha Long Bay’s entrance fees to renovate and construct newinfrastructure.
A number of major projects have been constructed in this period using Ha LongBay’s entrance fees like Tran Quoc Nghien road, road surface extension andrenovation on main streets, pavement renovation for pedestrian zones, upgradingwater drainage systems and replacing street lights with energy-saving systems.
According to local authorities, the collection from tourism sites’ entrancefees have decreased in the first half of this year due to COVID-19, affectingconstruction progress of infrastructure projects.
After the pandemic, the city’s authorities are accelerating public investmentdisbursement to meet the projects’ deadlines./.
From 2016, local authorities have been granted management of 100 per cent ofthe collection from Ha Long Bay’s entrance fees (minus a certain percentagecontributed to the State budget and maintaining operation of the bay’smanagement board). The collection is supposed to be invested in infrastructureon the mainland and in the bay.
This is an important policy of the Party Committee's Standing Board andPeople's Council of Quang Ninh province to mobilise focused resources for thecity’s infrastructure, especially transport and tourism projects, creating adriving force for the city’s breakthroughs.
It aims to turn Ha Long into an international tourism and service centre withsynchronised, modern socio-economic infrastructure and creates an impetus forthe city to become a central-level city by 2030.
Along with the development target, Ha Long looks to preserve values of theWorld Heritage Site Ha Long Bay.
During the 2016-19 period, Ha Long city allocated nearly 3 trillion VND (130,500USD) from Ha Long Bay’s entrance fees to renovate and construct newinfrastructure.
A number of major projects have been constructed in this period using Ha LongBay’s entrance fees like Tran Quoc Nghien road, road surface extension andrenovation on main streets, pavement renovation for pedestrian zones, upgradingwater drainage systems and replacing street lights with energy-saving systems.
According to local authorities, the collection from tourism sites’ entrancefees have decreased in the first half of this year due to COVID-19, affectingconstruction progress of infrastructure projects.
After the pandemic, the city’s authorities are accelerating public investmentdisbursement to meet the projects’ deadlines./.
VNA
