At the meeting, the company leader introduced the company's history of more than 135 years of establishment and development. Royal Haskoning is specialized in project consultancy, feasibility studies, planning, design, bid consultancy for port and airport development, transportation, irrigation, industrial and civil construction. Currently, Royal Haskoning has become the third largest multinational company in the world with more than 6,000 specialists working at branch offices in 35 countries, in which the company has projects in 150 nations. In terms of seaport, the company has provided advisory on 34% of all seaport projects around the world. In Vietnam, the company has been involved in many projects in port development and technical advisory on marine management skill consultancy projects in many localities since 1986.
Secretary of the Danang Party Committee highly appreciated the scale, capacity, experience and especially advantages of the company with many seaport and dam projects in Vietnam. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Anh introduced the potentials and socio-economic development orientation of the city. Moreover, he suggested the company to join and advise the city on the development of Lien Chieu Port in the coming time. Regarding the protection of the coastline, he asked the Royal Haskoning leader to coordinate with the Da Nang's departments to conduct research and propose the long-term solutions on coastal protection, reacting to the negative impacts of climate change and rapid urbanization in the coastal area. At the same time, the methods to access financial support from the Dutch Government and financial institutions in Netherlands and Europe were discussed.
After the meeting, the Da Nang delegation was guided by Royal Haskoning DHV to visit Maasvlakte- regarded as the future land of Rotterdam, and Rotterdam Port, the largest port in Europe and the third largest port in the world.
Le Canh Duong
Da Nang Investment Promotion Agency
