Ky Anh Town - A potential young urban area of Ha Tinh province
(Baonghean.vn) - Possessing many potentials and advantages, Ky Anh town (Ha Tinh province) has affirmed its position and role as a core urban area, gradually becoming the dynamic economic center of the Southern Ha Tinh and Northern Quang Binh regions.
Ky Anh - Potential young city
On April 10, 2015, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution 903/NQ-UBTVQH13 on the establishment of Ky Anh town. By July 10, 2020, Ky Anh town was recognized by the Ministry of Construction as a type III urban area.
After 5 years of establishment, Ky Anh town has developed remarkably with many impressive economic indicators, the economic structure has shifted in the right direction, reducing the proportion of agriculture, rapidly increasing the proportion of industry and construction. The scale of the economy has increased from more than 17 trillion in 2015 to more than 37 trillion in 2020, domestic revenue by 2020 is estimated to reach 247.6 billion VND...
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| Development chart of Ky Anh town. Source: bactrungbo.vn |
Ky Anh town is a land rich in cultural traditions, with 02 national relics, 07 provincial relics, blessed by nature with more than 40 km of coastline with many beautiful, pristine beaches, stretching from Ky Ninh commune to Ky Nam commune, creating favorable conditions for the town to develop tourism. In recent years, Ky Anh town has welcomed hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, earning more than 40 billion VND in revenue, contributing to increasing budget revenue and promoting socio-economic development.
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| Ky Anh town owns 40km of beautiful coastline, helping to awaken its tourism potential. Photo: Ha Tinh Newspaper |
Chairman of Ky Anh Town People's Committee Nguyen Hoai Son affirmed: "The recognition of Ky Anh Town as a type III urban area will create a driving force to promote the efficiency, potential and strengths of the southern region of Ha Tinh, creating opportunities for Ky Anh Town to develop more quickly and comprehensively, worthy of its important position as a commercial service center in the southern region of Ha Tinh".
Dynamic economic center of Ha Tinh province
The master plan for Ky Anh town until 2038 approved by the Prime Minister on June 7, 2018 has determined that Ky Anh town is the comprehensive economic center of the South of Ha Tinh. This is the premise for Ky Anh town to accelerate its development towards industrialization and modernization, striving to become a city by 2025.
With great potential for development, Ky Anh town has attracted many large economic groups to invest in key projects in the area such as Formosa (Taiwan), Mitsubishi (Japan), National Oil and Gas Group, Vingroup... In particular, the Son Duong Iron and Steel Complex and Deep-water Port project of Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation (FHS) is the largest foreign investment project in Vietnam, which has basically completed phase 1 with a total investment of 12.8 billion USD.
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| In 2017, Vingroup invested nearly 65 billion to build Vincom+ Ky Anh Center in Ky Anh town. Photo: Vincom |
Statistics as of July 2020 show that there are 139 valid projects in the area (including 82 domestic investment projects with a total registered investment of VND 52,395,814 billion and 57 foreign investment projects with a total registered investment of USD 13.5 billion). In which, Vung Ang Economic Zone is one of five key coastal economic zones selected by the Government for investment. Enterprises in Vung Ang Economic Zone have become the main contributor to the Ha Tinh provincial budget, contributing an average of 60% of the province's total annual revenue.
In the 2020-2025 term, Ky Anh town identified developing marine tourism as one of the four local breakthroughs, with the goal of promoting the call for and attracting investors and businesses to build service infrastructure - marine tourism in Ky Xuan, Ky Phu, Ky Khang associated with Vung Ang Economic Zone, gradually forming marine tourism, experiential tourism, eco-tourism, and spiritual tourism to participate in the province's marine tourism route.
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| General planning of Ky Anh town to 2035. Photo: viup.vn |
To promote the exploitation of potential, Ky Anh town has been receiving many infrastructure investment projects such as the Wind Power Project of over 4,687 billion VND; Expanding the current Vung Ang 1 Industrial Park to the East, with a total scale of about 230 hectares; Project to renovate and upgrade the Song Tri ward area; Developing the Central Urban Area in Bac Ky Trinh; Building modern and synchronous urban areas such asKy Anh Central Park, TNR Stars Ky Anh…
In particular, from 2015 to present, the town is completing procedures to implement the investment project for the comprehensive development of dynamic urban areas - Ky Anh Urban Sub-project (World Bank loan) with a total investment of 55.07 million USD (1,239 billion VND).
Currently, according to the assessment, Ky Anh town has achieved 7/11 criteria to become a city. The achievements of Ky Anh town are not only a favorable premise for economic development in the area but also create momentum for the explosion in all aspects of the whole Ha Tinh province in the future.
