The extended road will connect National Highway 1 (the intersection with Vo Van Kiet Street) in HCM City to the border between Long An and HCM City.

Legal harmonisation creates a basis for the formation of a rules-based regional connectivity institution and an ASEAN community united in diversity, held experts at a conference themed “Legal harmonisation of among ASEAN countries towards enhancing comprehensive and sustainable development” held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 10.

Regional connectivity is seen as a key to bolster growth as well as create breakthroughs for the socio-economic development in localities and the country as a whole, according to insiders.

Although the Red River Delta makes up the lion's share in the nation’s import-export structure and has huge potential to develop high-tech, support and logistics industries, the region needs breakthrough policies to capitalise on its strengths for further trade development, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan told a recent conference in Hanoi.

As many as 25 out of 28 northern localities reported positive annual growth in industrial production in the first four months of 2024, heard the 10th meeting of industry and trade sectors from 28 northern cities and provinces in Hanoi on May 17.

The Tourism Promotion Organisation for Global Cities (TPO) organised a regional meeting in Da Lat City, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 21, seeking measures to bolster regional connectivity for tourism development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged speeding up the implementation of key transport projects to create regional connectivity in service of national development, while chairing a working session of the State steering committee for such projects held in Hanoi on August 10.

As Vietnam pushes for greater implementation of an economic model that emphasises innovation, restructuring and enhancing national competitiveness, bolstering regional connectivity has become a key target for the development of local cooperatives, said participants at a conference in Hanoi on August 3.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the 42nd ASEAN Summit and related activities from May 9-11 in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, affirmed that Vietnam has made positive, proactive, and responsible contributions to strengthening ASEAN solidarity and effectively responding to challenges, an Indonesian scholar has said.

In 2022, the Politburo for the first time issued six resolutions on socio-economic development and defence - security safeguarding for six regions, believed to be a necessary and judicious move to optimise each region’s potential and promote national development.

Ha Tinh should step up regional connectivity, especially with the localities in the central key economic region, while proactively expanding economic ties with the provinces in the northern and coastal parts of the central region.

Three new bridges in HCM City are expected to make travel more convenient, improve regional connectivity and reduce traffic jams.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to review its investment in transport systems serving regional connectivity.

Ho Chi Minh City will focus investment on major and urgent transportation projects facilitating regional connectivity, heard a working session of the municipal People’s Committee's working group on the 2021 plan of the municipal Department of Transport on March 8.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the southern province of Binh Phuoc to work harder to deal with existing problems and optimise its advantages and potential, especially in agriculture.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on September 24 requested that Can Tho city be well aware of its role and position in the Mekong Delta region, as well as its responsibility for boosting regional connectivity.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked local administrations of all Mekong Delta provinces and cities to overcome difficulties and optimise their potential and advantages, thus completing all socio-economic targets for 2020 and following years.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang joined a working session with a delegation from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on May 14 to discuss an urban flood proofing and drainage plan designed to adapt to climate change (FPP).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined leaders of other ASEAN member states and President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in at the second session of the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit in Busan on November 26.

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