Vinh Loc has many advantages to develop the lagoon economy .

Not only aquaculture, fishing, seafood

On a sunny day on Cau Hai lagoon, the working life was bustling from early morning. On the water surface, fish cages were not only raised from the source of fish, but also took advantage of wild fish to raise, contributing to increasing income.

Mr. Nguyen Cu, an aquaculture farmer in Vinh Loc shared: "The life of people in the former communes (Vinh Hien, Vinh My, Vinh Hung, Giang Hai), now Vinh Loc commune, is well-off thanks to the sea and the lagoon. Now that the communes have merged, we hope that our lives will improve even more."

Thanks to the advantages of the sea and lagoons, many households in Vinh Loc have additional income from aquaculture and seafood exploitation. According to statistics from the People's Committee of Vinh Loc commune, the farming area for the 2025 crop in the commune alone is about 629 hectares, of which brackish water farming is 558 hectares. Cage fish farming is about 2,000 cages, 126 bamboo cages, 39 cages... The aquaculture output to date is estimated at 800 tons. In addition, the natural exploitation output is estimated to reach 1,150 tons to date, of which 1,000 tons are from the sea and 150 tons are from rivers and lagoons.

The improvement of people's lives in coastal and lagoon areas thanks to aquaculture and fishing is a positive sign. However, there are also concerns that in the long term, the development of the marine and lagoon economy cannot depend solely on aquaculture and fishing. The declining seafood resources, unusual natural disasters, and harsh weather make fishermen's livelihoods precarious. This reality requires diversifying development directions, both exploiting existing advantages and ensuring long-term sustainability.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Huy, Head of the Department of Culture and Society of Vinh Loc commune, said: Vinh Loc has Cau Hai lagoon, Ham Rong beach, Indochina sea, Tu Hien sea area and many beautiful relics and landscapes. That is an opportunity for the locality to develop tourism and services, but it is worrying that for a long time, tourism and service activities have been small-scale, have not created unique products associated with local culture, mainly serving local customers.

After the merger, the commune area is larger, helping to expand the development space, creating favorable conditions for connection between regions, opening up opportunities for tourism development. However, to effectively exploit this potential, the locality needs many synchronous solutions, from planning, infrastructure investment to building attractive tourism products.

Diverse directions

According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung, Chairman of Vinh Loc Commune People's Committee, with 14km of coastline and about 2,600ha of lagoon, the locality determined that economic development must be diversified: both aquaculture and seafood exploitation, while focusing on protecting resources and promoting tourism and services.

In conservation work, the Fisheries Department has released 300 artificial coral reefs in aquatic conservation areas; fisheries associations maintain patrols, protect resources, and mobilize fishermen to comply with fishing regulations. These activities contribute to improving the effectiveness of water surface management, ensuring sustainable livelihoods.

Speaking at the 1st Congress of Vinh Loc Commune Party Committee, term 2025 - 2030, Mr. Dang Ngoc Tran, member of the City Party Committee, Head of the City Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee, emphasized: Regarding economic development, Vinh Loc is a locality with both sea and lagoon, many relics and beautiful natural landscapes. In particular, there are many large tourism projects that have been and are being implemented adjacent to Vinh Loc such as SBH Gloria Hue Resort, Golden Sands Golf Resort (Phu Vang commune), Loc Binh tourist area project (Phu Loc commune). In addition, in the commune there are 2 large projects being researched and implemented, so choosing services as a breakthrough in this term is appropriate. However, services here are not only tourism services but also trade services, supply and consumption services for production and services serving people's lives.

According to the Chairman of Vinh Loc Commune People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung, in the near future, the locality will focus on building land funds, planning service points, building tourist boat docks, floating restaurants on the lagoon; combining with neighboring communes to build tours and connect tourism. In addition, attention will be paid to commercial services, associated with the consumption of products from people's production activities.

Specifically, Vinh Loc commune will coordinate with localities to build and connect tourist routes on Cau Hai lagoon such as: Tourist route from Thanh Duyen pagoda, Diem Phung to Da Bac banyan wharf, Lang rapids in Phu Loc commune; tourist route from historical and cultural relics in Vinh Loc commune to "Lang city" in Phu Vinh commune; to Bach Ma in Phu Loc commune... Focus on strongly developing types of services associated with Tam Giang - Cau Hai lagoon. The commune will also focus on building closed tours, developing supporting infrastructure, especially investing, upgrading and expanding routes to tourist destinations.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Huy, Head of the Department of Culture and Society, said that it is necessary to mobilize diverse resources, especially to mobilize diverse resources and promote socialization; call for investment in existing coastal tourism planning areas and form coastal resorts and ecological tourism areas that have been approved for investment. In addition, it is necessary to encourage socialization of cultural activities; mobilize maximum idle capital from the people to invest in production and business, including tourism-related fields.

Article and photos: HUU PHUC

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