Decision No. 795/QD-TTg approving a master plan on socio-economic development in the Red River delta through 2020.

This Decision approves the master plan on socio-economic development in the Red River delta through 2020, with the following principal objectives: boost the region’s socio-economic development; make the best use of the region’s advantages to boost growth and competitiveness together with sustainable development; prioritize and focus on the development of a number of spearhead sectors which are capable of driving and leading other sectors’ development and creating specific brand names for the region’s products. To be the country’s leading region in economic restructuring toward green growth and low emission in accordance with the condition of climate change and sea level rise. To expand the scale of pharmaceutical industry, and agricultural, forestry, fisheries and food processing industries. To invest in protecting and developing forests, especially protective forests. To plant scattered trees, and protect the environment in large urban centers and coastal mangrove forests so as to combine tourism development and convalescence. To complete the formulation and organize the implementation of master plans on irrigation and major agricultural and fishery products in the region. To develop the infrastructure systems, particularly the irrigation network to serve rice cultivation and aquaculture as well as projects to prevent and mitigate the impacts of global climate change.