Hai Phong reaches new heights

Hai Phong has all the favorable conditions of time, place and people, with outstanding differences in geographical location, geo-strategic position and function in the socio -economic development of the Northern region in the era of integration, openness and in the era of seas and oceans.

Hai Phong seaport continues to make steady progress, clearly defining its role and position in Hai Phong's economic development. Photo: Archive.

Leveraging strategic advantages

Hai Phong has long been chosen as the place to build a seaport and has in fact become a prime port city, the largest in the North. The success of Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone is a concrete proof when it becomes a stronghold of many large investors, deeply participating in the global value chain, becoming an important bright spot in attracting investment in Hai Phong city.

Available geographical resources are the premise for Hai Phong to expand the development space of the South Hai Phong coastal economic zone, along with the orientation of building Nam Do Son port into an international transit port. The planning goal to 2030, with a vision to 2050, Hai Phong becomes a major port city in the region and the world .

Infrastructure connectivity development has been focused on. The city has expanded the exploitation of deep-water ports, planned Tien Lang International Airport, and coordinated with neighboring provinces to deploy a coastal expressway connecting 6 provinces and cities to promote economic and tourism development, creating a chain of coastal economic zones, becoming an important socio-economic driving force of the entire Red River Delta region.

In addition, from the available potentials of natural ecology and historical and cultural values, Hai Phong has determined to turn tourism into a strong economic sector. The vision of 2030 to build the Hai Phong sea tourism complex (Cat Ba - Do Son) into an international tourism center of the city has also gradually become feasible when on September 16, Ha Long Bay (Quang Ninh) - Cat Ba archipelago ( Hai Phong ) was officially recognized by UNESCO as a world natural heritage, which is a premise for the city to expand the scale of the inter-provincial sea tourism complex.

International Maritime City

According to the Hai Phong city planning with a vision to 2050, Hai Phong will become a major seaport city in the region and the world with three development pillars: seaport services - logistics, green, smart, modern industry and international sea tourism center, with a population of about 4.5 million people. Hai Phong will also transform its growth model towards greening economic sectors, applying a circular economic model based on science and technology, applying digital technology and digital transformation, developing green and sustainable infrastructure.

The key task is to build Hai Phong into an international connection center with modern logistics services, Lach Huyen port and Nam Do Son port into a gateway port cluster combined with international transit, promoting the application of digital technology in the field of seaport services and logistics. Hai Phong will be the leading locality in the country in digital transformation, building digital government, digital society and digital economy. At the same time, build a highly attractive Cat Ba - Do Son sea tourism complex, combined with Ha Long Bay to become an international sea tourism center.

Focusing resources on developing the southern coastal economic zone

The establishment of the Southern Coastal Economic Zone of Hai Phong with the highest incentives to create international competitiveness, to exploit the outstanding potential to make Hai Phong a modern international logistics service center by sea, air, highway, high-speed railway. In which, research on free trade zones with breakthrough and outstanding mechanisms and policies that are being applied in successful free trade zones in the world. Mr. Le Trung Kien - Head of Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board.

One of the new and prominent orientations of the Hai Phong city planning that has just been approved by the Prime Minister is to expand and allocate reasonable development space, aiming to establish the Southern Hai Phong Coastal Economic Zone with an area of ​​about 20,000 hectares. This planning aims to take advantage of Nam Do Son port and Hai Phong international airport in Tien Lang district. Hai Phong establishes a Free Trade Zone in the new economic zone to apply domestic and international mechanisms, policies, experiences and good practices. In addition, the planning orientation is to invest in the construction and development of Hai Phong seaport to be worthy of its role as one of the two special seaports in the country. Hai Phong focuses on completing the investment in Lach Huyen port area and relocating ports on the Cam River; investing in the development of ports in the Nam Do Son - Van Uc port area. At the same time, the city will build new railway lines: Hanoi - Hai Phong route parallel to Hanoi - Hai Phong expressway connecting Hai Phong International Gateway Port with Dinh Vu, Nam Do Son and Lach Huyen port areas; Nam Dinh - Thai Binh - Hai Phong - Quang Ninh coastal railway; upgrading and expanding Cat Bi International Airport; researching the construction of an international airport in Tien Lang district...

The planning, goals, and orientations are all there. The remaining issue is the determination, decisiveness, dynamism, creativity, and above all, the passion and responsibility of all levels, sectors, and each citizen of the city so that Hai Phong can develop to new heights, making this land a destination for global citizens.

Adjust planning with breakthrough thinking and long-term vision

The Hai Phong City Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 and the Adjustment of the Hai Phong City Master Plan to 2040, with a vision to 2050 are built with a breakthrough mindset, long-term vision based on distinct potential, outstanding opportunities and competitive advantages, placed in correlation and connection with the coastal provinces of the North, the Red River Delta region, the Northern provinces and international connections.

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