Ha Nam has all the conditions for rapid, sustainable, inclusive and comprehensive development.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that the planning of Ha Nam province must solve the "problem" of limited land fund and environmental pollution, especially in river basins and craft villages - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

Unique and especially important geo -economic position

Ha Nam has a unique and especially important geo-economic position, with vital road, highway, railway and waterway routes on the North-South axis, inter-regional connections and is one of the satellite cities, the "gateway" connecting the capital Hanoi with the Central and Southern provinces.

Ha Nam has particularly rich natural and tourism resources with nearly 1,800 relics, including many long-standing historical and cultural relics, closely associated with the history of our ancestors' struggle to build and defend the country.

Typical examples include: Doi Son Pagoda; Tran Thuong Temple of the Tran Dynasty; Lang Temple worshiping King Dinh and the kings of the Tien Le Dynasty; Ba Danh Pagoda; Tam Chuc scenic spot... Along with that are many beautiful landscapes and cultural and artistic heritages, traditional festivals of the rice civilization that have been preserved for thousands of years, restored and sustainably developed such as the Tich Dien - Doi Son Festival, the Duc Thanh Tran Food Festival at Tran Thuong Temple... creating great attraction for domestic and foreign tourists.

In particular, Ha Nam is a land with a long history of development, "Spiritual land - Talented people" with a tradition of studiousness and mandarin exams; proud to be the origin of the movement "Good teaching, Good learning" with the sound of Bac Ly drums.

It can be said that Ha Nam has enough "heavenly time, geographical advantage, and human harmony" to develop rapidly, sustainably, comprehensively, and comprehensively in the direction of industrialization and modernization.

Promoting those potential advantages, with the spirit of drastic action, innovation, daring to think, daring to do, over the years, the Party Committee, government and people of Ha Nam province have united, created, made breakthroughs, and achieved many comprehensive and outstanding achievements in all fields, gradually affirming the position of a dynamic and modern developing province, demonstrated through impressive figures:

The economic scale reached 50.2 trillion, more than 3 times higher than in 2010; GRDP growth rate in 2023 reached 9.41%, ranking 5th in the Red River Delta and 8th nationwide. GRDP per capita reached 96.3 million VND. The multidimensional poverty rate decreased to 2.49%. The proportion of working-age population participating in social insurance reached 42.1%, the proportion of population with health insurance reached 93.2%.

The infrastructure system of transportation, education, and health care has developed in a synchronous and modern direction. Ha Nam is one of the first 5 localities in the country to complete the task of building new rural areas. The whole province now has 43 communes meeting the standards of model new rural communes and advanced new rural communes.

Education and training have achieved many outstanding achievements, being evaluated as one of the provinces and cities with the best quality of education in the country; being one of the first 3 provinces in the country to have 100% of primary schools meeting national standards. For many consecutive years, it has been in the top localities in the country in terms of national high school exam results...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that in the context of 2023, when the whole country is facing many difficulties, it can be said that the achievements and contributions of the Party Committee, government, army and people of Ha Nam province are particularly important, making great contributions to the efforts and overall development results of the whole country.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha presents the Prime Minister's decision approving the Ha Nam Provincial Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, to provincial leaders - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

Solving the "problem" of organizing territorial space

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, as a province with a small natural area of 861.9 km², second only to Bac Ninh; the big challenge for Ha Nam in the development process is to organize a reasonable territorial space, harmonizing urban and rural areas; solving the problem of harmonious development between industry, tourism, services and environmental protection, minimizing conflicts between economic sectors and fields for rapid and sustainable development.

The Ha Nam provincial planning announced today was built with the view of maximizing the province's strategic geographical position adjacent to Hanoi City, located in the Hanoi Capital Region; effectively utilizing resources, taking high-quality human resources and innovation as breakthrough driving forces; placing it in connection with the capital region, the Red River Delta and the North Central Coast in the spirit of Resolution No. 30-NQ/TW of the Politburo on socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security in the Red River Delta region to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Planning with the aspiration to develop into a centrally-governed city by 2035 will open up new opportunities and development space for Ha Nam to successfully transform its growth model towards greening its economic sectors. Becoming an environmentally friendly high-tech industrial center and one of the attractive destinations for cultural, spiritual, resort and sports tourism.

Forming a center for medical, health care, education, and training high-quality human resources nationwide; leading in innovation, digital economy, and digital society; having a synchronous, modern socio-economic infrastructure, smart urban areas, and high connectivity.

The master plan aims at the ultimate goal that in the future, Ha Nam people will enjoy high-quality social services. A sustainable social security system. Good cultural values and identities are preserved and promoted. A good living environment, friendly to nature and adaptable to climate change.

Ha Nam strives for an average economic growth rate (GRDP) of about 11.2% per year in the 2021-2030 period. The economic structure of the industry-construction sector accounts for 70.5%, the service sector accounts for 26%, and the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector accounts for 3.5%. The average GRDP per capita reaches over 230 million VND.

Carefully select high-tech industrial investors

However, for the planning to be effectively implemented, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the decisive factor for success is the spirit of dynamism, innovation, daring to think, daring to do, daring to make breakthroughs of the Party Committee, authorities at all levels, and the central role of the people and businesses.

Discussing some key issues that need to be focused on during the implementation of the planning, the Deputy Prime Minister especially noted that with extremely limited land funds, while nearly 50% has been used for non-agricultural purposes and landscape and environmental protection, therefore, the land area of Ha Nam that can be converted for industrial, service, urban and infrastructure development is not much left. The province is also facing a huge problem, which is the environment, especially in river basins and craft villages.

Therefore, Ha Nam must accelerate the transformation of its economic model from resource exploitation towards green economy, circular economy, and digital economy based on high technology platforms.

The province also needs to summarize and evaluate the current operating situation of industrial parks, creating space for innovation, high-tech industry, intelligence, and digital transformation.

"Ha Nam must carefully select high-tech industrial investors and develop towards a green economy," the Deputy Prime Minister said, highly appreciating Ha Nam's determination in developing high-tech zones.

However, as a latecomer, Ha Nam needs to have different mechanisms drawn from the high-tech park models that have been implemented, along with local investment attraction policies to select the most capable and effective investors, committed to technology transfer.

In developing agricultural production, the Province needs to plan farming areas and convert agricultural production in a concentrated direction, contributing together with services, tourism, and high-tech industry to carry out the transformation of the economic model based on resource exploitation.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hopes that Ha Nam province will promptly establish detailed plans and determine an urban development roadmap based on regional connectivity, taking advantage of existing transport infrastructure, and along economic corridors - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

Urban development with different values

Emphasizing that urbanization is an important driving force for economic development, the Deputy Prime Minister suggested that Ha Nam province carefully study Resolution 06-NQ/TW of the Politburo on planning, construction, management and sustainable development of Vietnamese urban areas until 2030, with a vision to 2045, "with utmost determination and creativity in the way of doing things" to select investors and consulting units to develop detailed plans for urban and rural development, functional zoning, etc. From there, determine the urban development roadmap based on regional connectivity, taking advantage of existing transport infrastructure, along economic corridors, "wherever transport goes, the economy develops".

"Urban development along with industrial, commercial, and service ecosystems will be the driving force for economic restructuring. You must select and organize a competition to select the best, highest quality, and most creative detailed plans. Ha Nam's development resources come from the implementation of these plans," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

In addition, Ha Nam promotes the development of a chain of satellite cities to take advantage of the capital region and the connecting infrastructure system, learn from the failures of large cities to prepare synchronous traffic and social infrastructure, say no to traffic congestion, and resolve air, water and waste pollution. In particular, Ha Nam needs to coordinate with localities to completely handle the pollution of river basins; exploit the potential of the intra-provincial river network to develop urban areas on both sides.

Ha Nam needs to promote economic model transformation, improve labor productivity; attract universities, hospitals, research institutes, invest in training and research facilities, develop innovative startup ecosystems towards the goal of becoming one of the centers providing high-quality medical, health, education and training services.

"As the gateway to the capital, Ha Nam will become an attractive destination, soon transforming the economic model of resource exploitation into a green economy, tourism, and ecological agriculture," the Deputy Prime Minister wished.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, leaders of several ministries, sectors, localities, and Ha Nam province performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Bac Chau Giang urban area project and theme park in Phu Ly City - Photo: VGP/Minh Khoi

Immediately after the planning announcement ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, leaders of several ministries, sectors, localities, and Ha Nam province performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Theme Park Project combined with housing and the Bac Chau Giang New Urban Area Project, Phu Ly City, signaling a good start, renewing the planning and development thinking of Ha Nam province.

The Deputy Prime Minister believes that with its historical and cultural traditions, pride in the homeland, solidarity, dynamism, creativity and aspirations to rise, Ha Nam will soon become a smart, modern city; a logistics center for industry, high technology, medicine, health care, education and training, tourism services, trade, worth visiting, worth living, with its own unique values.

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