Phát triển kinh tế biển làm động lực xây dựng thị xã Duyên Hải thành đô thị trung tâm

To build Duyen Hai into a central urban area with the marine economy as a driving force

To promote the position of a coastal city with many potentials and advantages in the development of industry, trade, services, tourism, and seafood processing, over the years, Duyen Hai has strengthened, effectively mobilized, and used resources for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development; at the same time, has focused on restructuring sectors, taking marine economy as a driving force for socio-economic development, striving to build the Town to become a grade III urban area by 2025.

Striving to build the Town to become a grade III city

Since its establishment until now (in August 2015), Duyen Hai has built a new stature and appearance with its spacious urban and innovative countryside, etc. To be successful as today, according to Mr. Duong Hien Hai Dang - Secretary of the Duyen Hai Town Party Committee, recently, with the support of the central and local governments, the Town has been implementing many vital projects such as the Duyen Hai power center, wind power projects, 53 and 53B National Highways, General port, the infrastructure of Dinh An economic zone, etc. After being put into operation, these works have positively impacted the local socio-economic development in particular and of Tra Vinh. Specifically, creating more favorable conditions for accessing and trading goods, reducing freight costs, attracting more investors, creating jobs, and increasing personal income and the local state budget,... In recent years, the electricity industry has contributed over 10,000 billion VND per year to the entire economic structure of the Town and the province and more than 1.000 billion VND to the state budget.

In addition, it must be acknowledged that the Party Committees and authorities throughout the Town always show the spirit of solidarity, creativity, and effort to overcome difficulties in carrying out local political tasks. The business community and local people always have the heart for overcoming challenges, the eagerness to learn and to get rich legitimately, and making significant contributions to the Party and State to complete the goals and targets set by the Resolution. As a result, the average production value for five years (2015 - 2020) increases by 48%/year (if the production value of Duyen Hai Power Center is excluded, the average increase is 20.8/year). Industry and construction accounted for 84% of the Town's economic proportion, completed seven more standards of grade IV urban areas (reached 54/59 grade IV urban standards) and 34 /59 urban standard grade III, urbanization rate got 32.8%.

The Duyen Hai government considers implementing the national target program on new rural buildings associated with the poverty reduction program critical. Solutions and schemes are implemented synchronously, creating positive spillovers in the population community, speeding up the progress of new rural construction, and promoting rapid and sustainable poverty reduction. People's lives are constantly improving; the Town's per capita income has increased from 54 million VND/person/year (in 2015) to 72 million VND/person/year (in 2022). Household poverty decreased from 2.8% (in 2015) to 0.89% (in 2021), and near-poor households decreased from 4.34% to 3.09%. The Prime Minister recognized the Town for completing the task of building a new countryside in 2018, finishing two years ahead of the set deadline. This result lays down the foundation for Duyen Hai to implement poverty reduction and social security and plan socio-economic policies in the coming time.

According to the Secretary of the Duyen Hai Party Committee, in the coming time, with the advantage of having a long coastline and being the dynamic economic center of the East - South of Tra Vinh and most of it is located in the Dinh, An economic zone facing the sea, Duyen Hai will continue to be a promising destination for investors. With such awareness, the Town will strengthen its use and mobilize all capital sources to continue investing in synchronously completing the socio-economic infrastructure for tourism and economic development and improving the urban standards so that by 2025, Duyen Hai will reach grade III urban standards. In addition, the Town will focus on building enhanced new rural areas, model new rural areas, and continue to mobilize and train high-quality human resources in various fields to meet the business's labor needs, firmly shift the labor structure from agriculture to non-agriculture, create jobs, and raise personal incomes.

Duyen Hai strives, from 2020 to 2025, to complete the target of 5-year production value (if the production value of the electricity industry is excluded), increasing by an average of 16.5 %/year. By 2025, the proportion of agricultural and fishery production value will account for 14%; industry and construction will account for 49%; Trade and services will account for 37% of total production value. The rate of urbanization by 2025 will reach 50%; domestic revenue will increase by 14 %/year on average; By 2025, per capita income will reach 107 million VND/person/year. By 2025, there will be 05/05 communes meeting the new enhanced rural standard (with 01 - 02 communes meeting the model new rural standard).

Taking the marine economy as a driving force for development

To promote local economic development, based on existing potentials and strengths, Duyen Hai has been focusing on developing the maritime economy, taking marine economic development as a driving force for socio-economic development. Accordingly, in the field of aquaculture and fishing, despite being an urban area, aquaculture and fisheries are still the local's leading sectors. Identifying this advantage, the Town's Party Committee and the Town's People's Committee have shaped and planned concentrated shrimp farming areas, taking advantage of various capital sources to invest and develop infrastructure for production for farmers, such as the Long Thanh industrial shrimp- farming area (Ward 1); Dong Don concentrated aquaculture project (Long Huu commune - Hiep Thanh); aquaculture infrastructure in Dan Thanh commune - Truong Long Hoa; dike area for concentrated aquaculture in hamlets 15, 16, 17, Long Huu commune. In addition, local authorities continue to mobilize people to switch from extensive farming to high-density intensive farming firmly, and at the same time, direct professional sectors to promote effective implementation of the new production model applying for scientific and technical advances in aquaculture and growing crops meeting VietGap and GlobalGap standards to increase productivity and profit for the people.

In the field of tourism, the Standing Board of the Town Party Committee has issued a thematic resolution on the tourism development of the Town until 2030; Accordingly, the Town's People's Committee issued the tourism development program for the period of 2019 - 2025 - this is an essential legal basis to attract all economic sectors to participate in tourism development. In particular, the Resolution of the 3rd Party Congress of the Town determined: "Developing tourism and marine services to become one of the key economic sectors of the marine economy."

Currently, the interlaced system of canals and canals and wind and solar power projects have been put into operation together with Duyen Hai Power Center, a channel for large tonnage ships to enter the Hau River and Ba Dong Sea. and the historical and cultural relics in the area (Lau Ba Co Hy Thuong Nui Nuoc cave, Tomb of Ong Con Tro, Shrine and Con Tau Temple, Con Tau weapon-receiving harbor,...) are conditions for connecting, forming tours, ecotourism routes, experience tourism combined with sightseeing, promising for the Town's tourism industry to thrive in the coming time.

In the field of trade and services, the Town has the advantage of being located almost entirely in the Dinh An economic zone and having critical projects of the central government in the area; many businesses have come to seek investment opportunities. This is also a good condition to develop trade, services, and supporting industries for critical projects. At the same time, the operation of the coal-receiving seaport system, Dinh An General Port, and National Highways 53 and 53B will promote the rapid and robust development of the Town's trade and service sectors.

The locality is always interested in creating the most favorable environment for site clearance, creating a clean land fund, and ensuring security for businesses to invest and operate safely and effectively. The Town prioritizes calling for investment in projects on shipping, seaports, building and repairing ships and means of sea transport, Sea travel, aquaculture, and seafood processing to promote the potential and strengths of the marine economy.