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The development of the airport network depends on socio-economic conditions, not just on localities’ proposals. Airport development is a desire of many provinces. The Ministry of Transport has received many recommendations from localities on the draft Master Plan on Nationwide Airport System Development for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050. Many of them are related to local airport development. Most recently, Binh Phuoc province proposed adding Binh Phuoc Airport to the Master Plan. According to the proposal, there are four military airports on the area of 400 hectares. Binh Phuoc has become one of national industrial centers with industrial zones, namely Industrial parks 1, 2, 3, Minh Hung 3, Minh Hung-South Korea, Minh Hung-Sikico, Overseas Vietnamese, Tan Khai, etc. Binh Phuoc shares 260km land border with Cambodia. Consequently, it is of important significance for the province to plan and develop a dual-function airport to boost socio-economic development and protect national security. In case the Binh Phuoc airport is not considered, it is requested that the Ministry includes Technic Hon Quan airport into the Master Plan. The airport was built during the time of the war of resistance against French and is under management of the army. Before Binh Phuoc, Bac Giang province also recommended transforming Kep Airport into a dual-function airport for military and civil purposes. It is a military airport located in Huong Lac commune, Lang Giang district. As stated by Bac Giang Transport Department, the local people have huge demand for traveling, business and leisure. A dual purpose Kep airport is able to assist in increased commercial transactions, tourism, and investment attraction, and thus enhance the economic development of the region and Bac Giang in particular. Last January, Chairman of Ninh Binh Province - Mr. Pham Quang Ngoc - sent a document to the Ministry to request a local airport added into the Master Plan. Ninh …

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Vietnam striving to promote sustainable marine aquaculture development Vietnam striving to promote sustainable marine aquaculture development hinh anh 1 A shrimp farming area in Phu Yen province Vietnam is to have 280,000 ha of marine aquaculture area and 10.5 million cubic metres of farming cages by 2025, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Annual marine aquaculture output and export turnover are expected to reach 850,000 tonnes and between 800 million and 1 billion USD, the ministry said. The MARD has taken a series of measures to promote sustainable marine aquaculture in coastal areas nationwide, towards turning the sector into a key part of the country’s maritime economy by 2045. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said agencies have coordinated with coastal localities to review and build a plan for aquaculture development in Vietnam to 2030 with a vision to 2045. The plan will focus on improving the output, quality, and economic efficiency of marine aquaculture, protecting the environment and adapting to climate change, restructuring production activities, and building value chains for each group of products, with industrial marine aquaculture to play a key role. Incentive policies will be available to offshore industrial aquaculture enterprises, to encourage them to invest. Attention will be paid to creating business communities in offshore aquaculture in major coastal cities and provinces, including Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ca Mau, and Kien Giang, as well as others with substantial potential. Marine aquaculture and aquatic processing centres, logistics services, and fisheries infrastructure will be developed in north-central and central coastal localities from Thanh Hoa to Binh Thuan. Priority will be given to developing models of multi-species farming and in supporting establishments …

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15th National Assembly expected to have 500 seats There will be a total of 500 seats in the 15th National Assembly at both central and local levels, according to a new resolution adopted by the National Assembly Standing Committee. Minister promises greatest efforts to ensure safety in COVID-19 vaccinations The Ministry of Health will mobilise all resources to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations, the largest-ever vaccination programme, so as to ensure absolute safety for people, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has said. Long chaired a teleconference which was organised on March 6 and connected with 700 places across Vietnam to launch the vaccination plan and provide related training for medical workers nationwide in the use and storage of the vaccine, as well as the treatment of post-injection complications. He informed the teleconference that the vaccination programme will start on March 8, although the first batch of vaccine arrived in Vietnam on February 24. “As the vaccine is new, we need to carry out thoroughly,” Long said, adding that Vietnam has to obtain an accreditation certificate from the producer and reassess the safety index of the batch of vaccine. Because of the limited number of vaccine, the ministry cannot allocate for all 63 provinces and cities, but for 13 pandemic-hit localities, with priority given to Hai Duong province – Vietnam’s largest outbreak at present, he added. The minister asked localities which have yet to receive the vaccine to prepare and make training programmes as the ministry will allocate vaccines to them when more are transported to Vietnam in March. COVAC and AstraZeneca have agreed to provide 30 million doses each for Vietnam this year, the minister said, adding the ministry asked the producers to hand over the vaccines to Vietnam before September and is negotiating with Pfizer to buy an additional 30 million doses from this producer. The ministry has assigned three deputy ministers to be …

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