On December 30, at the 7th session of the An Giang Provincial People's Council, 25 draft resolutions on important issues were approved, including a resolution on approving the An Thoi port exploitation project.
According to the resolution, the goal of the Project is to effectively exploit An Thoi port to promote investment efficiency and gradually complete synchronous infrastructure to contribute to socio-economic development.
Method of implementing the lease of exploitation rights of An Thoi port infrastructure assets. The list of assets leased for exploitation rights includes all 17 items of maritime infrastructure assets.
The form of implementation is auctioning for leasing exploitation rights of An Thoi port infrastructure assets. The lease term for exploitation rights is 24 months from the date of signing the contract.
According to An Giang Provincial People's Committee, in terms of natural conditions, the An Thoi sea area is very favorable for receiving large ships of 3,000 DWT; the larger the waterway cargo transportation, the lower the product cost, contributing to reducing the cost of goods from the mainland and Phu Quoc island closer together, reducing costs for investors, and accelerating the Phu Quoc development process.
On the other hand, the Nam An Thoi area concentrates many vehicles, inland waterway vehicles do not have wharves to go up and down to transport and pick up tourists around the islands, entertainment services at sea, in the area only An Thoi port ensures conditions and usage needs for people to anchor and operate boats safely.
An Thoi port area is planned as a general port and has been concretized by An Giang Provincial People's Committee in Decision No. 658 on approving the partial adjustment of the General Planning of Phu Quoc Special Zone, An Giang province until 2040.
In addition, in 2027 Vietnam will host the APEC Conference, in which Phu Quoc is identified as a location to organize a number of important activities, urgent infrastructure requirements, serving transportation, welcoming international visitors and ensuring technical infrastructure - services according to standards. This requires An Thoi Port to be managed, exploited and operated synchronously, modernly, safely and more effectively.
However, to date, the exploitation and use of ports still has many inadequacies. Specifically, exploitation activities are not synchronized, existing infrastructure capacity has not been promoted, exploitation mechanisms are not reasonable, leading to low business efficiency and investor losses. Lack of resources, maintenance and repair work has not been focused on, many infrastructure items and port equipment have deteriorated, affecting safety and exploitation capacity. Port operation is not reasonable, leading to congestion and disorder causing unsafety and security and order; not meeting international tourism and event service standards...
From the above bases, the development of the Project "An Thoi Port Exploitation" is to promote investment efficiency, ensure security and order, and develop tourism, transportation of goods and passengers.
According to An Giang Provincial People's Committee, the approval of the An Thoi port exploitation project towards leasing port exploitation rights is very necessary and urgent, contributing to promoting socio-economic development, especially the marine economy and local tourism. Thereby gradually completing synchronous infrastructure to serve the APEC 2027 High-Level Week in Phu Quoc.
