The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has demonstrated its resilience and effective response to great challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and fierce competition between big countries, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam jointly held a conference in Hanoi on July 26 to gather opinions from international organisations and consultants on the draft national master planning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, head of the Vietnamese Delegation to ASEAN, attended the first meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) at the headquarters of the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta (Indonesia).

Investors currently have many opportunities to participate in maritime projects worth more than VND300,000 billion after Vietnam’s master plan on seaport system development is approved.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to have a total of 28 domestic and international airports nationwide by 2030 that will have a design capacity of serving 278 million passengers annually.

Vietnam’s master plan on developing domestic seaport network over the next 10 years, with a vision to 2050, will focus on the development of six major port clusters, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is collecting feedback on a draft master plan on information and communications (ICT) infrastructure for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050, which outlines four scenarios for the growth of the market.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, permanent representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, attended the 12th ASEAN Connectivity Symposium which was held virtually on August 26 to promote recovery and resilience through connectivity.

The newly-adjusted master plan for Ho Chi Minh City must ensure that its residents’ interests are a top priority, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen has said.

A new master plan for seaports is needed to further boost the country’s socio-economic development in the rapid international integration process, experts have said.