Red River Delta should be sustainable, interconnected: Party chief

Aerial view of a residential area in Tay Ho District near the Red River in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh

The urban system of the Red River Delta needs to be interconnected in a smart and sustainable way, allowing its population to have high incomes, General Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said Tuesday.

At a conference on socio-economic development and national security and defense at the Red River Delta until 2030, with vision until 2045, Trong said the delta has always had a strategic importance regarding politics, economy, culture, society, defense and security. It is a gateway for Vietnam and ASEAN to develop the economy and trade with China, as well as having coordinated traffic infrastructures, he added.

However, the region's socio-economic development has yet to match its potentials, with a small scale economy, low percentages of modern technological manufacturing industry and worsening pollution. Meanwhile, a resolution aims for the Red River Delta, until 2030, to quickly and sustainably develop, focusing on industry, modern services and agriculture, with a coordinated socio-economic infrastructure.

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