Planning for Dung Quat Economic Zone adjusted

The Quang Ngai Provincial People’s Committee held a meeting on September 7 regarding a scheme to adjust the master plan for the construction of the Dung Quat Economic Zone to 2035 and vision to 2050, based on Decision No. 1701 dated October 30, 2020 from the Prime Minister.

It is to become a multi-industry and multi-field economic zone (EZ) with a focus on oil refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, and large-scale heavy industry. Main industries are steel rolling, shipbuilding, and others associated with the exploitation of deep-water ports. Dung Quat EZ is also to be an area for urban development, a national energy and petrochemical refining center, and an industry-service-tourism center in the central key economic region.

Mr. Luu Duc Cuong, Director of the Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning (VIUP) at the Ministry of Construction, said the adjustment to the master plan was based on the general planning compiled in 2011, zoning plans, and orientations proposed for investment and development. The Dung Quat EZ will feature subdivisions that meet the population size by 2035 and cater to 400,000 - 500,000 people by 2050. The planning scheme also focuses on the mainland and adjacent sea area as well as developments in association with the conservation of Ly Son Island.

Mr. Dang Van Minh, Chairman of the Quang Ngai Provincial People’s Committee, said the planning project still has some contents that are not suitable with the thinking of provincial leaders. Local authorities have proposed certain adjustments that would be in line with the province’s ideas.

The Provincial People’s Committee requested that the Dung Quat EZ Management Board preside over and coordinate with departments, localities, and private units to update and complete the scheme before September 30, and submit it to the Committee for consideration.