Dry port development plan adjusted
VGP – Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has signed Decision No. 2072/QD-TTg approving the adjustments to the development master plan of Viet Nam's dry ports until 2020 with orientations to 2030, towards forming and developing the dry port system meeting the needs of transportation of import-export goods and improving seaports' goods clearance capacity.
The adjustments also seek to organize container transportation in a reasonable manner, thereby helping to reduce transportation costs and to expedite cargo flow at seaports.
Accordingly, by 2020, the system of dry ports will be capable of clearing at least 15-20% of the demand for container cargo transportation through the seaport system, with an annual clearance capacity of 4.035-6.845 million TEU, including 720,000-1.81 million TEU in the northern region, 65,000-175,000 TEU in the central region and 3.25-4.86 million TEU in the southern region.
By 2030, the figures will be raised to 25-30% of the transportation demand and an annual clearance capacity of 12-17.6 million TEU, including 2.75-4.82 million TEU in the northern region, 350,000-630,000 TEU in the central region and 8.9-12.15 million TEU in the southern region.
Under the adjustments, the northern region plans to develop six dry ports in the coastal economic region, the Ha Noi-Lao Cai economic corridor, the Ha Noi-Lang Son economic corridor, Ha Noi’s northwestern economic region, Ha Noi’s southeastern economic region, and the Ha Noi-Thai Nguyen-Cao Bang economic corridor.
The central and Central Highlands regions plan to develop six dry ports in the Road 9 economic corridor, the Da Nang-Thua Thien Hue economic region, the Road 19 economic corridor, the Central Highlands region, the Nghi Son economic zone, and the Road 8 and Road 12A economic corridor.
The southern region will have three dry ports in Ho Chi Minh City’s northeastern economic region, HCM City’s southwestern economic region, and the Mekong Delta region.
The total capital demand for the development of Viet Nam’s dry ports will be roughly VND9-15 trillion (US$396-660 million) by 2020 and approximately VND20-22 trillion (US$880-968 million) for the 2020-2030 period.
In the period from now to 2020, Viet Nam will focus on investing in a number of dry ports along the transport corridors connected with big gateway seaports in the northern region (Hai Phong port) and the southern part (HCM City Port, Cai Mep-Thi Vai Port), and some dry ports connected with trans-boundary freight corridors.
Priority will be given to the dry ports, which are linked to two modes of transportation, attached to or located near industrial parks, export processing zones, the planned first-class logistics centers, and large international border gates.
The master plan also sets major solutions, mechanisms and policies, including strengthening state management over dry port development, optimally mobilizing resources for the development of the dry port system and the interconnected traffic system, combining the development planning of dry port and logistics centers, and strengthening the participation of railway and inland waterway transport in the field of container transportation and dry port development.
By Vien Nhu
