Strengthening regional linkages – Important orientation in Resolution No. 11

Link Northern Midlands and Mountains region

The Politburo recently issued Resolution No. 11 on the direction of socio-economic development, national defense and security assurance in the Northern Midlands and Mountains region to 2030 with a vision to 2045. Right this week, a national conference will be held to implement the implementation. implementing this resolution, affirming the Party’s interest in the Northern Midlands and Mountains region, paving the way for new mechanisms and policies to develop the region.

In the direction of economic development, Resolution No. 11 sets forth requirements to strengthen regional linkages, especially renewing thinking about regional linkages. Due to the fact that in the past time, many activities to develop infrastructure have been implemented, creating a premise for regional linkage. However, in order to have regional development projects, more conditions are still needed.

In the direction of economic development, Resolution No. 11 sets forth requirements to strengthen regional linkages, especially renewing thinking about regional linkages. Illustration – People’s Newspaper.

The road connecting traffic in the northern mountainous region has just been started earlier this year, passing through Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Yen Bai. With a total length of 200 km, invested according to grade 3 and grade 4 standards in mountainous areas, thereby helping localities to take advantage of each other’s advantages for mutual development.

Along with hundreds of kilometers of highways in operation, the entire Northern Midlands and Mountains region also has nearly 7,000 kilometers of national highways, five national railways, and six major waterways.

However, the choice of infrastructure development must be parallel with the development of economic corridors. For example, with the belt of Bac Giang – Thai Nguyen – Phu Tho – this is an area that plays an important role for the whole region, currently contributes nearly 50% of GRDP, nearly 1/3 of budget revenue of the whole region, but the actual energy connection is still weak.

The Northern Midlands and Mountains region consists of 14 provinces with many advantages, but so far the economic scale of the region accounts for less than 10% of the country’s GDP. After 17 years of implementing Resolution 37, it shows that economic development in the Northern Midlands and Mountains is still a mechanical addition of localities, not yet bearing regional imprints.

Each locality has its own development strategy, but when those strategies can be linked together, it will create the shortest and most scientific way in organizing the development space, development orientation, how to development for the whole region.

Tourism – The “key” to develop the Northern Midlands and Mountains region

One of the more important issues mentioned in Resolution 11 of the Politburo is to invest in the conservation and effective promotion of cultural values, in order to develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector, contributing to the development of tourism. sustainable socio-economic development.

The Northern Midlands and Mountains include 14 provinces and cities, and are an area with many famous landscapes and unique cultures of 32 ethnic groups, which are outstanding advantages for tourism development.

In recent years, tourism in this area has developed rapidly along with the whole country, contributing to job creation and economic restructuring. However, the development is assessed as not commensurate with the potential, it is necessary to have solutions to create a strong breakthrough, starting from changing the thinking about tourism.

Panoramic picture of Dien Bien Phu campaign – one of the world’s largest paintings on the subject of war; The martyrs temple at the Dien Bien Phu battlefield relic has also entered the final stage of completion. These are two projects that are expected to be inaugurated on the occasion of May 7 and will be an attractive highlight for the historical tourism of Dien Bien.

Meanwhile, Lao Cai focuses on typical tourism products such as resorts, ecology or mountain climbing experiences with nearly 400 homestays in operation. Phu Tho promotes connecting tours from Hung Temple to ancient villages, promoting the strength of cultural vestiges of thousands of years from the Hung King era.

Mr. Nguyen Dac Thuy – Director of Phu Tho Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said: “There is no need to go to the Hung Temple Festival, but at any time of the year, tours want to experience the village Xoan singing program. antiques and artisans ready to serve”.

Tourism is considered the “key” to the development of the Northern Midlands and Mountains. Illustration – Photo: VNA

In 2019, the Northern Midlands and Mountains region welcomed nearly 2.7 million international visitors and nearly 24 million domestic tourists. However, the contribution of tourism to the total revenue of localities is still low, only about 3-4% of GRDP, which is about half of the national average.

“I see that in many localities, houses with corrugated iron roofs and permanent houses have sprung up, greatly affecting the number of visitors. We need to preserve them intact, the more we preserve the identity, the more attractive it will be,” Mr. Truong Quoc Hung – Chairman of UNESCO Hanoi Travel Club said.

Most importantly, according to experts, local leaders must drastically change their thinking, considering tourism as the “key” to develop the region, from which to invest adequate resources.

“For a long time, resources have been invested in other fields, while tourism is insignificant. Meanwhile, to create a push for tourism development, there must be resources from investment in planning to synchronous infrastructure.” , Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan – Director of the Institute for Tourism Development Research said.

Currently, the whole region has been identified with 12 potential areas to develop into national tourist areas such as Dong Van Karst Plateau, Ban Gioc Waterfall, Ba Be Lake, Tan Trao, Sa Pa, Hung Temple, Dien Bien Phu – Pa Cavity. Investment in tourism human resources, which is still in short supply, is also an urgent requirement to create resilience in the future.

People rush to travel

VTV.vn – On the occasion of the Hung Kings Anniversary this year, many tourist attractions across the country have attracted a large number of tourists to visit, entertain, even some places are overloaded.

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