On July 26, 2022, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 892/QD-TTg ("Decision 892") approving the project on the development of sea-based industrial clusters associated with the construction of strong sea-based economic centers by 2030. The specific objective of the project is to create sea-based industrial clusters in advantageous sea and coastal areas, striving to form approximately 7 sea-based economic centers by 2030, in which, there are 3 strong international sea-based industrial clusters and 4 leading international sea-based economic centers in Southeast Asia.
Specifically, the direction of development in each sea-based industrial cluster are as follows:
|
No. |
Sea-based industrial cluster |
Territory |
Key area |
Construction objective |
Priority industry |
|
1 |
The North |
Sea and coastal areas: Quang Ninh – Hai Phong – Thai Binh – Nam Dinh – Ninh Binh |
Hai Phong – Quang Ninh |
Leading international sea-based economic center in Southeast Asia |
- International seaports, offshore freight, maritime services, multimodal logistics services; - Building technology of containers, large tonnage ships, dedicated ships; - Mechanical engineering, automobile industry, high-tech industry producing electronic and telecommunications equipment; - Resort tourism, entertainment; - Aquaculture. |
|
2 |
The North Central |
Sea and coastal areas: Thanh Hoa – Nghe An – Ha Tinh – Quang Binh |
Coastal area of Nghe An – Ha Tinh |
Strong international sea-based industrial center |
- Import and export seaports; - Logistics services; - Manufacture of electronic goods, steel rolling, textiles for export, supporting industries for automobile production; - Coastal tourism; - Offshore fisheries and coastal aquaculture. |
|
3 |
The Central Central |
Sea and coastal areas: Quang Tri – Thua Thien Hue – Da Nang – Quang Nam – Quang Ngai |
Da Nang – Thua Thien Hue |
Leading international sea-based economic center in Southeast Asia |
- Transshipment container seaport and international tourist and shipping seaport; - International finance, high-tech scientific services; - Exact mechanics, machine and automation equipment production; - Information technology, pharmaceutical chemistry, drug production; - Maritime tourism. |
|
4 |
The South Central |
Sea and coastal areas: Binh Dinh – Phu Yen – Khanh Hoa – Ninh Thuan |
Khanh Hoa – South Phu Yen |
Leading international sea-based economic center in Southeast Asia |
- General seaport, seaport logistics services; - Biological products, chemicals, pharmaceutical chemicals; processing seafood for export; - Maritime and island tourism, adventure entertainment at high international level. |
|
5 |
The expanded Southeast |
Sea and coastal areas: Binh Thuan – Ba Ria – Vung Tau – Southeast of Ho Chi Minh City – Tien Giang |
Ba Ria – Vung Tau – Southeast of Ho Chi Minh City |
Leading international sea-based economic center in Southeast Asia |
- International transshipment port, shipbuilding, offshore freight; product inspection, training services for marine economy; international trade and financial services; - Petrochemical and chemical industry; high-tech production of electronic and telecommunications equipment; automobile industry; - Ecotourism, entertainment, beach resort. |
|
6 |
The East of the Southwest |
Sea and coastal areas: Ben Tre – Tra Vinh – Can Tho – Soc Trang – Bac Lieu – Southeast Ca Mau |
Area along the downstream of Hau river mouth (in Tra Vinh - Can Tho - Soc Trang) |
Strong international sea-based industrial center |
- Seaports for the export of agricultural and aquatic products and goods; - Port logistics services and seafood processing; - Ecotourism and tourism in nature reserves. |
|
7 |
The Southwest |
Sea and coastal areas from Kien Giang – Ca Mau |
Phu Quoc island area and coastal area of Rach Gia city - Ca Mau - Nam Can economic zone |
Strong international sea-based industrial center |
- Tourist seaports and import-export ports; - Seafood processing; - Extraction industry of oil, gas and renewable energy; - Offshore fisheries; - Resort - entertainment - finance at high international level. |
Notes:
Policies for encouraging and giving incentives to develop sea-based industrial clusters are as follows:
- Incentives on tax, credit, land use, water surface, technical support, technology transfer to attract businesses and economic sectors to invest in operation and cooperation with each other, in order to form sea-based industrial clusters.
- Incentives on development of marine science and technology centers, marine research zones associated with marine conservation, marine high-tech economic zones, science and technology establishment, specialized technical human resource training establishment in the field of sea, sea-based economy at international level.
- Support enterprises, organizations, business associations, marine economic industry associations to establish and expand partnerships and cooperation with related foreign partners abroad.
Decision 892 shall take effect from 26/07/2022.
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