5:25 PM, 11/07/2009
PM Dũng kick-starts construction of southern seaport
VGP – Speaking at the ceremony to start the stage-II construction of the Cái Cui port and logistics park in the southern city of Cần Thơ this morning, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng highlighted the significance of the project which will surely help promote socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta.
| | | PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng delivers a speech at the ceremony to start the construction of the Cái Cui Port, Cần Thơ City, July 11 – Photo: Vietnam Online | The Government chief asserted that, though requiring an investment fund smaller than other major projects, the Cái Cui Port plays an important role in boosting up socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta, the country’s biggest supplier of rice, fruits and other agricultural products. When coming into operation, the Port can save about US $8-10 per ton of cargo in terms of freight because the current transport costs for cargo between Cần Thơ and Hồ Chí Minh City are quite high. | | | PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng presses the button to kick-start the construction of the Cái Cui Port, Cần Thơ City, July 11 – Photo: Vietnam Online | The Cái Cui Port is invested by the Việt Nam National Shipping Lines, with two stages of construction. In the stage I, finished in 2006, a dock for 10,000-ton vessels, over 35,000 square meters of freight yars and 3,000 square meters of warehouses were built. In the first half of 2009, the port unloaded 11.5 million tons of cargo. The total investment capital for the stage II is about VND 1.2 trillion. Three modern docks, with the total length of 500 m, will be built to receive container and cargo ships having the tonnage of 20,000 tons. By Hồng Uyên |
