(HBO) – Bich Ha Port, located in the left bank of Hoa Binh Lake in Thai Thinh commune of Hoa Binh city, is one of the important facilities serving the transportation of goods from the city to communes bordering the lake and Son La province.
However,
the port’s infrastructure has degraded after years of being used. Without a
dock, tourists still have to move along natural paths, which is unsafe.
Meanwhile, boats carrying goods and tourists haven’t had their own areas to
operate at the port.
In the province’s port development plan until 2020,
Bich Ha Port will be upgraded to meet the requirements for the Hoa Binh Lake area
to become a national tourism site.
Problems of ports and wharves along the Da River
will be addressed soon when the provincial People’s Committee issued a plan on
the development of local ports until 2020. Bich Ha Port is set to be upgraded
to serve both goods and tourist transportation when Hoa Binh Lake becomes a national
tourism site.
Nguyen Ba Nhu, head of the transportation
division at the provincial Department of Transport, said the Prime Minister’s
approval of a plan on building the Hoa Binh Lake National Tourism Site is a big
favourable condition for Hoa Binh province to tap its tourism potential.
On May 31, 2017, the provincial People’s
Committee approved a development plan for inland ports in Hoa Binh until 2020.
Accordingly, some existing ports will be improved while three ports in the
downstream area of the Hoa Binh hydropower plant will be developed. Of which, Hoa
Binh Port in the right bank of the Da River will specialise in loading goods.
Another specialised port will be developed in the left bank of the Da River,
where a cement factory used to be located. The third port in Thinh Lang ward
will serve mixed purposes.
While Bich Ha Port will be upgraded to cater for
both goods and tourist transportation, Thung Nai Port will be expanded to serve
tourism. Some wharves are also expected to gain a facelift such as Binh Thanh
(Cao Phong district), and Bai Sang and Phuc San (Mai Chau district).
Provincial authorities are devising a plan to
balance resources for infrastructure investment so as to attract businesses to
developing tourism products for the future national tourism site of Hoa Binh
Lake./.
Hoa Binh has taken measures, focusing on removing barriers in terms of mechanism, policy, infrastructure, and upgrading technical infrastructure facilities serving tourism and the quality of human resources, to promote tourism development in the Hoa Binh Lake area.
Over the past time, Da Bac has deployed measures to lure more domestic and foreign visitors to the locality, aiming to turn tourism into the district’s economic spearhead.
Covering an area of over 52,000 hectares spanning districts of Mai Chau, Tan Lac, Cao Phong, Da Bac, and Hoa Binh City, Hoa Binh lake has strong potential for tourism development. In recent years, thanks to the attention of local Party Committees and authorities as well as support from international organisations, the advantages of tourism in the lake area have been utilised.
Mai Chau is a mountainous district and home to many ethnic groups such as Thai, Muong, Kinh, Mong, Dao, and Tay with distinctive cultural identities, creating a diverse and unique cultural treasure. Aware of its advantages, the district has paid attention to the preservation and promotion of ethnic groups’ cultural values so that culture will become a leverage for tourism and contribute to socio-economic development and life quality improvement.
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