VietnameseDecision No. 1601/QD-TTg dated October 15, 2009 of the Prime Minister approving the master plan on development of Vietnam’s ocean shipping up to 2020 and orientations towards 2030
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Decision No. 1601/QD-TTg dated October 15, 2009 of the Prime Minister approving the master plan on development of Vietnam’s ocean shipping up to 2020 and orientations towards 2030
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| Official number: | 1601/QD-TTg | Signer: | Nguyen Tan Dung |
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| Issuing date: | 15/10/2009 | Effect status: | Known Please log in to a subscriber account to use this function. Don’t have an account? Register here |
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THE PRIME MINISTER ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness --------- |
No. 1601/QD-TTg | Hanoi, October 15, 2009 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM’S OCEAN SHIPPING UP TO 2020 AND ORIENTATIONS TOWARDS 2030
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Ministry of Transport (Report No. 4356/TTr-BGTVT dated June 29, 2009) on the master plan on development of Vietnam’s ocean shipping up to 2020 and orientations towards 2030,
At the proposal of the Ministry of Transport (Report No. 4356/TTr-BGTVT dated June 29, 2009) on the master plan on development of Vietnam’s ocean shipping up to 2020 and orientations towards 2030,
DECIDES:
Article 1.
To approve the master plan on development of Vietnam’s ocean shipping up to 2020 and orientations towards 2030 with the following principal contents:
1. Development viewpoints and objectives
a/ Development viewpoints:
- To bring into full play the country’s advantages in geographical location and natural conditions, especially its marine potential, for the comprehensive development of ocean shipping with breakthrough steps, contributing to the achievement of the objectives of Vietnam's marine strategy up to 2020, specifically, maritime economy will be ranked second by 2020 and take the lead after 2020 among the 5 marine economic development domains; and contributing to the maintenance of national security and defense;
- To develop ocean shipping towards modernization, higher quality, reasonable expenses, safety, environmental pollution reduction and energy saving; to raise the competitiveness of ocean shipping for proactive integration and expansion in regional and world markets;
- To develop ocean shipping in combination with road, riverway and railway transportation; to apply and develop advanced shipping technologies, attaching importance to multimodal transportation and logistic services, in order to form a complete, interrelated and effective transportation system;
- To develop a rational and modern fleet which is competitive on the international market; to concentrate investment on deep-water seaports, transshipment ports and international gateway ports in key economic regions; to combine adjustment and renovation of narrow access channels for convenient and safe navigation of large ships;
- To socialize to the utmost investment in developing the fleet and maritime navigation infrastructure.
b/ Development objectives and orientations:
By 2020, to satisfy all ocean shipping needs of the national economy growing at high rates, ensuring quality, reasonable costs and environmental pollution restriction. Specifically:
- Ocean shipping:
To raise the quality of ocean shipping services to meet domestic ocean shipping needs; to increase the market share of shipping of imports and exports to 27-30% and transport cargo for foreign partners on long maritime routes. The volume of cargo to be transported by the Vietnamese fleet will reach 110-126 million tons by 2015 and 215-260 million tons by 2020 and increase 1.5-2 times over 2020 by 2030. The number of passengers will reach 5 million by 2015 and 9-10 million by 2020 and increase 1.5 times over 2020 by 2030;
To develop the Vietnamese fleet to be modern, attaching importance to special-use ships (container ships, bulky cargo ships, oil tankers, etc.) and large-tonnage ships. The total tonnage will be 6-6.5 million DWT by 2010, 8.5-9.5 million DWT by 2015, and 11.5-13.5 million DWT by 2020. To step by step build new ships for the Vietnamese fleet with an average age of 12 years by 2020.
- Seaport system:
From now to 2020 and 2030, to develop complete and modern seaports and access channels. To accelerate the construction of seaports, making focal investment in locations with conditions and needs with a view to exploiting their natural advantages and making use of ocean shipping for national economic development and for use as a basis for building and developing Vietnam’s seaport system under a national master plan. To form transport infrastructure connection centers in regions, especially in key economic regions and large economic zones and industrial parks. To develop large international transshipment ports and gateway ports in appropriate regions in order to affirm the position and advantages of marine economy, creating important hubs for economic exchange between Vietnam and other countries for the attainment of the marine strategy’s objectives.
- Shipbuilding industry:
By 2020, to develop the country's shipbuilding industry to the advanced level in the region. To build new cargo ships of up to 300,000 DWT. Passenger, petroleum service, salvage and rescue, and maritime security ships will meet 65-70% of the demand for a bigger domestic fleet during 2010-2020. To repair ship shells, engines and electric and electronic systems of ships of up to 400,000 DWT, meeting socio-economic development requirements and increasing export to earn foreign currencies for the country;
To develop in a balanced manner both ship building and repair. To speedily access modern technologies and attach importance to in-depth investment for promoting the efficiency of existing ship building and repair yards, even supporting industries.
- Maritime services:
To develop ocean-shipping support services in a coordinated manner, especially quality logistic and multimodal transportation services, proceeding to provide packaged services and services overseas to meet integration requirements. To form domestic ports in line with the development of economic corridors and cargo distribution centers linked with seaports;
To develop in a coordinated manner logistics, maritime security and search and rescue establishments as well as maritime information-technology systems to meet development requirements and comply with international conventions.
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