Supporting industry - new pillar of Hai Phong

With its strong industrial and service sectors, modern industrial park system, and large-scale FDI inflows, Hai Phong City is positioning its supporting industries as a new pillar of growth.

In 2025, Hai Phong's GRDP growth rate is estimated to reach 12.35%, exceeding the government's target (12.2%) and continuing its streak of 11 consecutive years of double-digit growth. This result affirms the resilience and adaptability of the port city's economy in the new post-merger period.

The economic structure continues to shift towards modernity, with the proportion of the industrial - construction and service sectors accounting for about 89% of GRDP; the agricultural sector accounts for only about 4.6%. The Industrial Production Index (IIP) is estimated to increase by 15.7%; of which, the value of high-tech industrial products accounts for 61.5% in the processing and manufacturing sector. This is an important foundation for the City to continue promoting investment attraction in high value-added, energy-saving and environmentally friendly industries.

Hai Phong is one of the top localities nationwide in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), with over 1,748 active FDI projects and a total capital of over US$50.52 billion. In 2025 alone, FDI attraction is estimated to reach US$3.8 billion.

FDI capital has shifted from breadth to depth, as there are more and more large-scale, high-tech projects from the world's leading corporations such as LG (10.65 billion USD), Bridgestone (1.22 billion USD), Regina Miracle (1 billion USD), Pegatron (900 million USD)... These projects not only bring in large capital, but also contribute to technology transfer, improve production capacity and shape the City's key industries.

Over the past period, Hai Phong has also continuously strengthened its efforts to promote and connect FDI enterprises, attracting many large-scale, high-tech FDI projects, especially in the processing, manufacturing, electronics, semiconductor, and artificial intelligence industries.

Notably, in July 2025, at the Hai Phong City Investment Promotion Conference held within the framework of the 3rd Session of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC III), the City People's Committee granted investment registration certificates and signed memorandums of understanding on investment cooperation with many leading domestic and international corporations, with a total registered capital of more than 15.6 billion USD. This is a great opportunity for Hai Phong industrial enterprises to break through and become a sustainable link in the international supply chain.

Recently, during the working trip to the Czech Republic of the Hai Phong City Delegation (early December 2025), in order to promote economic, trade cooperation and investment promotion between Hai Phong and European partners, CTP Group (Czech Republic) committed to invest 1 billion euros in the City in the coming years. This result is a continuation and concretization of the contents at the ABAC III Conference held in July 2025 and the meeting held in November 2025 between the Chairman of CTP Group and the Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee.

For supporting industries to truly become a new growth engine, Hai Phong needs to implement a comprehensive set of strategic and long-term solutions, in line with the direction of restructuring the industrial economy towards modernization.

Mr. Le Trung Kien, Vice Chairman of Hai Phong People's Committee, emphasized that supporting industry is the "link" that determines the depth of localization, the speed of product supply and the adaptability and recovery of the supply chain. To participate deeply in the supply chain of FDI enterprises, supporting enterprises need to improve their capacity, level and production technology to meet the increasingly high requirements on quality, progress, cost and compliance with legal standards.

Reportedly, Hai Phong has issued a Program for the Development of Supporting Industries until 2025, with a vision to 2030, allocating over 1.9 billion VND to support businesses. The goal is to meet 60-65% of the local production needs by 2025 and over 70% by 2030.

In the coming time, the City will focus on putting the Free Trade Zone into operation. In parallel with the administrative procedure reform solutions of the Central Government and the City, the Economic Zone Management Board will implement the "green channel" mechanism and special investment procedures, shortening the processing time for high-tech projects and large-scale projects, contributing significantly to socio-economic development; strongly shifting from "pre-inspection" to "post-inspection", taking project compliance and efficiency as the main measures.

Along with that, implementing the Supporting Industry Development Program, promoting the connection between domestic enterprises and FDI enterprises; promoting with strategic markets and on-site promotion. Thereby improving technological capacity, innovating production and making the supporting industry a solid pillar in the economic structure of Hai Phong.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/cong-nghiep-ho-tro---tru-cot-moi-cua-hai-phong-d450759.html