Ha Nam is planned to become a centrally-governed city.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has just signed Decision No. 1686/QD-TTg approving the Planning of Ha Nam province for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

According to approval, the planning scope and boundaries include the entire natural area of Ha Nam province with an area of 861.93 km2; including 06 district-level administrative units: Phu Ly city, Duy Tien town and Kim Bang, Thanh Liem, Ly Nhan and Binh Luc districts. The North borders the capital Hanoi , the East borders Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces, the South borders Nam Dinh province, the Southwest borders Ninh Binh province and the West borders Hoa Binh province.

The goal by 2030 is to build Ha Nam province into a rich, beautiful, civilized province, striving to achieve a fairly high level of development in the Red River Delta; to become an environmentally friendly high-tech industrial center with great socio -economic efficiency; a cultural tourism center associated with spiritual cultural tourism, resorts, entertainment, recreation, and sports.

Ha Nam develops high-tech agriculture, clean agriculture, commodity production with high productivity, quality and value; has a high labor productivity growth rate on the basis of promoting the effective application of science - technology and innovation in socio-economic development and environmental protection and improving human resource quality; the fields of culture, society, ecological environment, social security, material and spiritual life of the people are ensured and constantly improved.

In terms of economy, strive for an average economic growth rate (GRDP) of about 11.2% per year in the 2021 - 2030 period. The economic structure of industry - construction accounts for 70.5%, the service sector accounts for 26%, and the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector accounts for 3.5%. GRDP per capita reaches over 230 million VND. Total social investment capital for the entire 2021 - 2030 period reaches 758 trillion VND; strive for the digital economy to account for 25-30% of GRDP...

By 2050, Ha Nam will become a centrally-governed city, a smart, modern urban area; a logistics center for industry, high technology, medicine, health care, education and training, tourism services, and trade in the Red River Delta.

Ha Nam develops a prosperous economy associated with protecting the ecological environment in the main direction of being smart, creative, green, clean, sustainable with growth pillars of high development level and becomes an important development driving force of the Red River Delta, especially in the sectors and fields of high-tech industry, manufacturing and processing industry, services, cultural tourism, spirituality, ecology, and sports.

The social environment of Ha Nam province is civilized, modern, democratic, and the people of Ha Nam develop comprehensively. Politics, national defense, and security are maintained, and social order and safety are guaranteed.

In the period of 2021 - 2025, Ha Nam develops industry - high technology - urban - commercial tourism services.

In the period 2026 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, Ha Nam will develop urban - industrial - high-tech - commercial tourism services.

Developing industry according to the circular economic model, green growth, high-tech application, environmental friendliness; Prioritizing the development of high-tech industries, electronics industry, supporting industries, processing, manufacturing, production, automobile assembly... Focusing on developing industrial parks and clusters in the whole province.

Developing high technology, focusing on completing and attracting investment to develop Ha Nam High-Tech Park, focusing on the fields of artificial intelligence, electronics - semiconductor technology, automation, biotechnology and medicine, and new materials technology.

Ha Nam exploits and promotes tourism resources effectively; focuses on developing eco-tourism, cultural tourism associated with spiritual tourism, entertainment, and sports, making Ha Nam an attractive destination for domestic and international tourists, especially focusing on developing Tam Chuc National Tourist Area recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural and natural heritage.

Expanding urban space, synchronously building urban infrastructure systems, creating momentum for the development of trade, services and logistics; developing urban areas in a sustainable, civilized and modern direction, improving the quality of people's lives, aiming to become a centrally-run city.

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