On September 10, Mr. Do Thanh Binh, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Can Tho City Party Committee, led a working group to survey a series of key projects and works in the area.
Accompanying him were Mr. Dong Van Thanh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Can Tho City and leaders of relevant departments, branches and sectors.
At Tran De Offshore Seaport, the delegation listened to a report on the investment plan until 2030 with a scale of 2 - 4 general wharves, receiving container ships up to 100,000 tons, cargo ships departing up to 160,000 tons, throughput of 24.6 - 32.5 million tons/year. By 2050, the port will be expanded to 14 modern wharves, meeting the growth rate of goods of 5.5 - 6.1%/year.
Previously, the Ministry of Construction approved the Detailed Planning for the development of Soc Trang seaport land and water areas for the period 2021 - 2030 with a vision to 2050. The total investment capital demand by 2030 is estimated at VND 61,500 billion, of which more than VND 19,600 billion is for public maritime infrastructure, the rest is for building and upgrading business ports.
According to the plan, Soc Trang seaport includes 3 main wharves of Ke Sach, Dai Ngai and Tran De, along with anchorage areas and floating wharves. The target by 2030 is that the output of goods through the port will reach 31 - 41 million tons, with over 520,000 visitors.
Do Thanh Binh City Party Secretary requested departments and branches to coordinate with localities to review, update the planning, proactively calling for investment, and at the same time specifically determine the area of forest land in the port area transferred to the Tran De border gate. He emphasized the need to manage and arrange land funds in accordance with legal regulations, ensuring the synchronous development of ports with connecting infrastructure.
Surveying at Wind Power Plant No. 7 (Vinh Hai Commune), invested by Soc Trang Energy Joint Stock Company, the delegation listened to the report on phase 1 with a capacity of 29.4MW with 7 Vestas turbines (4.2MW/tuabin), a total capital of VND 1,486 billion, starting on September 25, 2020 and connecting to the commercial grid from October 24, 2021. In 2024, the plant will issue 98.5 million kWh of electricity to the grid, equivalent to an industrial production value of nearly 90 billion VND. The project is completing procedures to implement phase 2 with a capacity of 90MW, with an investment capital of about VND 3,800 billion, expected to start construction in the fourth quarter of 2025 and operate by the end of 2026.
Mr. Do Thanh Binh emphasized that in addition to techniques and finance, investors need to be responsible for localities, comply with laws and planning, ensure harmony of interests, and contribute to sustainable socio-economic development.
The delegation also came to survey the East Sea dike from culvert No. 14 to the mouth of My Thanh river (Vinh Hai commune) with a landslide length of more than 12,500m. The Secretary of the City Party Committee requested sectors and localities to urgently coordinate in preventing and responding to landslides, limiting damage to people's property; at the same time, build a multi-layered sea dike system, plant and restore mangrove forests to reduce waves and stabilize long-term coastlines.
