The target was made at a conference on studying the resolution adopted by the 12 th Party Congress of the municipal Party Committee. The city also will continue developing agriculture and fishery in line with new-style rural building and boosting connectivity between the city and other economic centres in northern Vietnam. Hai Phong city also focuses on accelerating the building of its infrastructure, especially the project of Dinh Vu-Cat Hai Economic Zone.
In the first half of this year, the city’s gross regional domestic (GRDP) growth hit 10.63 percent, the highest rate since 2010.
Hai Phong city will focus on developing and expanding industrial parks (IPs) that were approved by the Prime Minister. The city is among the top foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction provinces of Vietnam with over 1.74 billion USD from 31 newly-registered and capital adjusted in the first five months of this year. The city is housing more than 450 valid FDI projects with a total registered capital of over 12 billion USD.