100 trillion VND needed for Bac Van Phong Special Zone
The People’s Committee in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa estimated that more than 100 trillion VND (4.4 billion USD) was needed to develop infrastructure for the Bac Van Phong Special Administrative-Economic Unit by 2025.
A corner of Van Ninh District, Khanh Hoa Province (Source:baokhanhhoa.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The People’s Committee in the central coastalprovince of Khanh Hoa estimated that more than 100 trillion VND (4.4 billionUSD) was needed to develop infrastructure for the Bac Van Phong SpecialAdministrative-Economic Unit by 2025.
Of the total, developing the technical infrastructure system required a sum of 53trillion VND by 2025. The money will be used to build a road system, 20kmrailway from Van Phong Port to the station of the North-South railway, powersystem, water supply system and waste treatment system.
An amount of 46 trillion VND would be spent on developing the socialinfrastructure system, including 65 kindergartens, 39 middle schools, 26 highschools, 67 medical stations and clinics and stadiums. The rest would be used for land clearance and planning.
The provincial People’s Committee said part of the capital would come from thebudget and through private investment under build-operate-transfer,build-transfer and public-private partnership practices.
Le Duc Vinh, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, was quoted by NguoiLao Dong (Labourer) newspaper as saying that the province had proposed specialmechanisms to develop Bac Van Phong.
Among the proposals was one according to which the province would be allowed tokeep revenue from import-export taxes collected in the current Van PhongEconomic Zone and the future Bac Van Phong Special Administrative-Economic Unituntil 2030, as well as 50 percent of the central budget’s collection in fiveyears from the foundation of the special zone.
In addition, the province proposed that the Government consider extending theroad system to Bac Van Phong when developing the North-South expressway orexpress railway, along with policies to attract strategic investors to developthe zone.
The province agreed to develop the unit from the current Van Ninh district,where has total area of 111,000ha with 13 communes and towns and a populationof 128,000.
The zone will focus on developing marine transport, logistics, trade andfinancial services, as well as tourism, healthcare, education services andhi-tech industries.-VNA
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A corner of Van Ninh District, Khanh Hoa Province (Source:baokhanhhoa.com.vn) 
