The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thua Thien Hue province has completed the investment preparation phase and is inviting bids for the artificial reef release component, expected to begin construction in May.
As for the coral reef planting and restoration component, the project preparation phase documents have been completed and are waiting for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to review and issue norms to implement the next steps.
The project implementation process also encountered many difficulties due to lack of seed sources and the impact of harsh weather such as storms, tropical depressions and cold air. The consulting unit has proposed to only implement it from April to September every year. Therefore, completing the coral reef planting and restoration component in 2024 is a big challenge.
In May 2019, the Prime Minister issued a decision to assign four central provinces: Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue to invest in construction projects and upgrade logistics service facilities. need fisheries and projects to restore and regenerate aquatic ecosystems – aquatic resources.
This project group uses compensation money after the 2016 marine environmental incident of Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
By September 2019, the People’s Committee of Ha Tinh province assigned the Project Management Board of Agricultural Construction and Rural Development Investment Projects in this province to be the investor to carry out construction and upgrade projects. Fishery logistics services with a budget of 400 billion VND, allocated from the above compensation amount.
With that amount of money, Ha Tinh was approved to implement 4 projects, including the investment project to build Cua Nhuong fishing port with a cost of 280 billion VND.