Recently approved adjustments to the master plan for Da Nang are thought to be about to open the door for it to map out its vision for the future.

My Khe beach in Da Nang. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Len Lam

Under the adjustments, the city aims to become a major socio-economic center of Vietnam and Southeast Asia, a hub for entrepreneurship, innovation, tourism, commerce, finance, logistics, high-technology, IT, and supporting industries, a center for culture-sports, high-quality education and healthcare, and science and technology, and a destination for regional and international events.

It also hopes to become an international seaport city, acting as a core in the urban chain and a growth pole of the key economic zone in the central and Central Highlands regions, in tandem with promoting its stature as an ecological, modern, smart, and liveable city, which will help it ensure national defense and security and Vietnam's sovereignty over its sea and islands.

Da Nang will be divided into 12 sub-areas: the western ecological sub-area, the eastern ecological sub-area, the Han riverside and eastern coast sub-area, the Da Nang Bay sub-area, the Lien Chieu Seaport sub-area , the high-tech sub-area, the green core center sub-area, the innovation sub-area, the airport sub-area, the hillside urban sub-area, the high-tech agriculture sub-area, and the development reserve sub -area.

It is forecasted that, by 2030, Da Nang's population will stand at about 1.79 million, up from the current 1.134 million.

The city will adjust its single-center urban structure (Thanh Khe and Hai Chau districts) into multi-polar development areas.

It will set up two “economic belts”, with the northern part focusing on high-tech industry and seaport-logistics and the southern part on innovation and high-tech agriculture.

There will be four priority job creation clusters: a high-tech industrial cluster, a seaport and logistics cluster, a high-tech agricultural cluster, and an innovation cluster.

According to Ngo Viet Nam Son, a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Group, this is a new phase for Da Nang in terms of planning.

He said the city will develop areas with special functions, such as a high-tech zone attached to the Lien Chieu Port urban area and innovative urban areas associated with universities, towards turning Da Nang into a multi-centre city.

Logistics and seaport development will help it become a regional center with greater potential than it has now, Son said.

However, this is only a master plan, he noted, and it is necessary to adopt detailed plans for the city's future development.

As soon as the adjustments to Da Nang's master plan were approved in March this year, 11 domestic and foreign investors expressed a desire to set up research and investment projects in many areas of the city.

Chairwoman of BRG Group, one of the 11 investors, Nguyen Thi Nga said the city is an especially important investment destination for the group.

It has invested in high-end resorts in the city, she noted, adding that these adjustments will invest a clear and consistent orientation, creating more favorable conditions for business development and the city's development overall.

“I believe with the effort and determination of local leaders, people, and businesses, Da Nang will become a major socio-economic center of the country and the region,” Nga said.

The BRG Group has proposed studying a master plan for the development of the southern area of ​​Hoa Vang District.

According to Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Le Trung Chinh, with these adjustments, Da Nang will overcome its limitations, effectively utilise its urban areas and offer solutions to environmental and population issues.

It will continue to its competition, promote administrative improve, and remove difficulties facing people and businesses, Chinh said. 

Source: VNS