Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh approved urban master planning tasks for 2045 and vision to 2065 on October 19. Central Thua Thien-Hue province is to become a centrally-run municipality by 2025, becoming one of Vietnam’s major centers for science and technology, high-quality education, and training by 2030, and a festival city and center of culture, education, tourism, and special health of Asia by 2045.
The Cam Lo - La Son Highway connecting central Quang Tri province and Thua Thien-Hue province is preparing for completion, with contractors striving to finish everything by the end of October, meeting the government’s general goal of opening 361 km of the Eastern North-South Expressway, first phase, this year.
Central Thua Thien-Hue province and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an MoU under which the latter will support the former in developing a sustainable and inclusive economy and promoting the development of the digital economy and society.
On the morning of November 13, the National Assembly (NA) voted to approve a Resolution allowing the establishment of the Hue Heritage Conservation Fund. The fund will be used to invest in the restoration, preservation, and development of heritage values in the former imperial capital and works receiving no investment or inadequate investment from the State budget.
Central Thua Thien-Hue province's Department of Construction is working on the planning of a residential project in the north of Hue city's An Hoa ward with a total planning area of 185.21 ha and a population of about 18,000 people.
A project to develop the tourism industry in central Thua Thien-Hue province into a spearhead economic sector has been recently approved by the provincial People’s Committee. The industry is to attract some 6 million visitors by 2025 and currently contributes about 14 per cent of provincial gross regional domestic product (GRDP). It employs 80,000 workers, or 13 per cent of the province’s workforce, and this is to rise to 100,000 and 15 per cent by 2030.
