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Many years ago, the Mekong Delta - the largest rice, fruit and seafood basket in the country was considered a low-lying area in terms of transportation infrastructure, but in this term, this place is entering a period of strong transformation when a series of strategic vertical and horizontal highway axes are formed and put into use. These routes not only shorten geographical distance but also open up new development space, connecting intra-regionally - inter-regionally - to the big sea. Lesson 1: Opening the road of aspiration - Mekong awakening ExpresswayThanks to the direction of the Party, the strong and drastic determination of the Government, the Prime Minister, the companionship of people and businesses and the involvement of governments at all levels, the aspiration to develop transport infrastructure has become a lever to help the Nine Dragons region rise. growing rapidly, socio-economic development commensurate with potential and advantages. Download Road to Cao Lanh Bridge, the starting point of the Cao Lanh - Lo Te route connecting Dong Thap with An Giang - Photo: VGP/LS Speeding up vehicles on the land of Nine Dragons One early morning in mid-March, on the Trung Luong - My Thuan highway, convoys of container trucks filled with fruits and seafood followed each other towards Ho Chi Minh City. The flow of vehicles runs steadily on the flat road surface when the vehicle speed is increased to 90 km/h. This route is being expanded. Local congestion only occurs at intersections or when vehicle traffic suddenly increases. Just a few years ago, that journey was still an obsession for many drivers and people. Trucks from Ca Mau and An Giang that want to get to Ho Chi Minh City have to pass many narrow highways, small bridges, and often get stuck in traffic jams. Many trips have to depart at midnight to make delivery the next morning. According to experts, in the past, trucks from Ca Mau or An Giang to Ho Chi Minh City often took 5-7 hours, not including traffic jams at congestion points such as My Thuan bridge or Rach Mieu bridge. When the expressway system was recently formed, travel time could be shortened by 1.5-2 hours depending on the route. For businesses and people in the Mekong Delta, that change is not only a traffic story but also a turning point in economic development, improving material and spiritual life, providing better health care and education for children. As a large enterprise, it has signed a contract to purchase products for 20 crab farming cooperatives in Ca Mau. (accounting for 30% of Ca Maus total live crab exports), Mr. Nguyen Van Phu, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thanh Nien Global Trading Company (HCMC), said that Ca Mau crab has become a product sought after by domestic and foreign consumers. Shortening the shipping time to Ho Chi Minh City for the company to bring to the markets of Taiwan (China), Singapore and the Northern provinces has ensured that Ca Mau crab reaches customers faster, with better taste, and at a lower price. Since there was a seamless highway from Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau, transportation time has been shortened, the quality of live crabs is guaranteed, and customers are very fond of it, said Mr. Phu. Mr. Nguyen Hoang An, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cai Bat Processing, Service Trading and Aquaculture Cooperative (Ca Mau), said that in the past, each truck carrying shrimp and crab to Ho Chi Minh City almost took up a whole day, not to mention traffic jams or other incidents, and seafood products took a long time to transport. will reduce quality and price. Since the seamless highway, businesses have reduced time, reduced fuel costs and many other costs. For fresh products such as shrimp and crab, fast transportation helps reduce loss due to death, and profits increase significantly, Mr. An said. Download Can Tho - Ca Mau Expressway Main Line, Can Tho - Hau Giang component project section - Photo: VGP/LSEscape from the infrastructure depression Many years ago, the Mekong Delta was considered an area with a slowly developed transportation system compared to many regions of the country. According to the assessment of the Ministry of Construction, putting into operation about 300 km of expressways in the Mekong Delta in recent times has been very important for the socio-economic development of the region. Expressways such as Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan - Can Tho - Ca Mau or Cao Lanh - Lo Te - Rach Soi are gradually forming high-speed traffic axes connecting the region and linking the region with the major economic center of the whole country. In the coming period, when projects such as Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang, Cao Lanh - An Huu - Duc Hoa - Chon Thanh or Ca Mau - Dat Mui are completed, the total length of the expressway in the Mekong Delta is expected to reach about 600 km. This is considered a major breakthrough in the transport infrastructure of the entire region. Talking with the Government Electronic Newspaper, Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Tuan Hung, Director of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Southern Region, said that one of the biggest bottlenecks in the development of the Mekong Delta is connection infrastructure. For decades, the regions transportation system has been invested fragmentarily by locality, lacking overall connection. The formation of expressways is opening up opportunities for the Mekong Delta to develop with a stronger regional connectivity mindset, Mr. Hung commented. When it comes time to transport agricultural and aquatic products to seaports and centers, itConsumption is shortened, production costs will be significantly reduced. This helps increase profits for businesses and farmers, while improving the competitiveness of exported goods. Reduce logistics costs, reshape the economic space. Tran Khac Tam, Vice Chairman of the Council of Mekong Delta Business Associations, said that the regions logistics costs currently account for a fairly high proportion of produc
