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Mr. Pham Thien Nghia, Chairman of the Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee, spoke at the ceremony to announce the annual economic report of the Mekong Delta on the afternoon of December 14 – Photo: CHI QUOC
At the ceremony to announce the annual economic report of the Mekong Delta in 2020 held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in the city of Can Tho on the afternoon of December 14, Mr. Pham Thien Nghia, President of the Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee, expressed concerns about the current situation in the Mekong Delta, including migration and the quality of education.
“To say that the Mekong Delta is rich and laborious, but summarizing 10 years of migration of more than 1.3 million people is a very sad problem. Especially education, in the past, the government has given the Mekong Delta the mechanism for using resources. There has been a great change in the infrastructure, but the quality of the training requires thinking, almost 40% of the workers do not continue to attend general education, in an integrated society. Today it is very painful ” said Mr. Nghia.
Mr. Nghia said that the impact of climate change has caused the Mekong delta to change differently, so now this region remains a fertile area for agriculture or does not need further study in planning directions.
Second, if the development of the Mekong delta depends on HCMC and the southeast. According to Mr. Nghia, as a development triangle (Ho Chi Minh City – Southeast – Southwest), the Mekong Delta is independent, hence cooperating with Ho Chi Minh City, the Southeast because if it is dependent, there is no development in the forthcoming direction.
Mr. Vu Tien Loc, President of VCCI, also said that the Mekong Delta in the future should be the leading region in the intra-regional link and the regional development triangle with Ho Chi Minh City, the southeast, then the delta. Mekong is one of the sense, not “following” HCMC.
“There must be such aspirations to do it. Developing the Mekong Delta from agriculture, industry, tourism … is the direction that can create its own identity, the cluster of this region connects with Ho Chi Minh City and the southeast “. Ministry, “said Mr. Loc.
Transportation in the Mekong Delta is moving, not developing
That is the judgment of Mr. Nguyen Phuong Lam – VCCI Can Tho City Branch Director: “In the past, we see the Mekong Delta more and more challenging, especially climate change, find many images of rice fields lack of water, dry rivers, flooded urban areas.
We also find that the traffic infrastructure is too low-key, just for transportation, not development. Human resources have been improved a lot, but only compared to us, while compared to other locations, it is still low. ”
Nguyen Phuong Lam said that the Mekong Delta transportation currently only serves for travel, not development – Photo: CHI QUOC
Ms Truong Le Khanh, Chairman of the Vinh Hoan Joint Stock Company’s Board of Directors, also said that in the bottlenecks of the Mekong Delta, the infrastructure bottleneck “is a pain for companies.” This bottleneck is not only the roads and deep-water ports, but also the electrical infrastructure.
“If the state focuses and drastically on this infrastructure, it will basically solve the remaining bottlenecks. The bad infrastructure is the pressure on companies and it is an obstacle to attracting FDI investment in the Mekong Delta.”
I think good ports and roads not only handle traffic from Ho Chi Minh City to the west, but also a history of export. At that time, raw materials for aquatic and agricultural products were imported into Vietnam at the current uncompetitive rates, “suggested Ms Khanh.
15 recommendations for the development of the Mekong Delta
Based on research and annual reports, VCCI gives 15 recommendations for the development of the Mekong delta in the coming time, in which, instead of following the traditional path, the provinces of the region need to create the environment. schools and create the necessary conditions for people, companies and authorities to collaborate in the search for new solutions and new paths to their development problems.
Regarding agriculture, the Mekong Delta must fundamentally transform agriculture, in which the key is to develop a modern agricultural economy instead of traditional production (commodification of agricultural activities, associated with the early stability of industrialization and industrialization of the agriculture to increase productivity, quality …).
In particular, in terms of education, the new development model of the Mekong Delta must find ways to eliminate bottlenecks in the country’s lowlands by designing policies that generate motivation for schooling, overcoming short-term thinking and the pursuit of profit. In the short term, families will allow their children to drop out of school early from middle and high school …
An additional $ 2 billion for infrastructure development in the Mekong Delta
