How to significantly promote economic efficiency from a project to dredge the 25 km-long Co Co River, which is dubbed as a new breakthrough for socio-economic progress of Da Nang and its neighbour Quang Nam Province, emerged on the spotlight at the Friday seminar.

An aerial view of Co Co River

In attendance at the event were Chairman of Quang Nam People's Committee Le Tri Thanh and Da Nang People's Committee Vice Chairman Le Quang Nam, along with representatives from relevant agencices of the two localities. 

In his remarks, Quang Nam government chief highlighted the dredging of the Co Co river, which flows through parts of both localities, in facilitating Hoi An and Da Nang to speed up their future urban expansion schemes, hereby positively helping boost their socio-economic development strides.

Fully concurring with the Quang Nam leaders’ opinions, Deputy Director of the Da Nang Department of Construction Phung Phu Phong highlighted the Co Co River dredging project in clearly demonstrating a win-win cooperation for mutual interests between the two localities.

The dredging of the river work as part of a project to develop a waterway route connecting two of Central Viet Nam’s most well known tourist destinations for driving their local tourism development.

With regard to overall riverbank landscape designs, heed will be paid to expanding community connectivity, developing inland waterway tourism, launching diverse activities to satisfy growing demand of both locals and tourists, upgrading transport infrastructure, and speeding up adaptation to climate change.

This waterway project is expected to showcase such features as tourists boats, bridges, wharves and recreational centres, rest stops, parking lots, food and souvenir shops, emerging as alternatives to exploring Da Nang and Hoi An by car or motorbike as currently.

The two localities have already agreed on the review of construction investment projects along both sides of the river, hereby making appropriate adjustments to ensure the synchronism in terms of infrastructure, architecture, landscape, and cultural value along the river.

Currently, many component sub-projects under the dredging of the river are underway in the two localities.

By NAM PHUONG, HOANG HIEP, DIEM HANG- Translated by A.T