The City People’s Committee has just issued Decision 4068/QĐ-UBND establishing the Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone in Hai Phong City.
The Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone covers approximately 6,292 ha located at non-contiguous sites associated with the Dinh Vu – Cat Hai Economic Zone and the Southern Hai Phong Coastal Economic Zone. It is organised into functional areas, including: production areas, port and port logistics areas, logistics centres, trade – service areas and other types of functional areas as prescribed by law.
Functional areas within the Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone that meet the conditions of a non-tariff zone as prescribed by law are subject to customs inspection, supervision and control by the customs authority and to state management in the respective fields by the relevant agencies in accordance with the law.
The Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone is an area with defined geographical boundaries, established to pilot the specific and outstanding mechanisms and policies stipulated in Resolution No. 226/2025/QH15 dated 27 June 2025 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Hai Phong City.
The Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone is planned at 3 sites with a total area of about 6,292 ha, within the city’s coastal economic zones, specifically: Site 1, with an area of about 2,923 ha, lies in the Southern Hai Phong Coastal Economic Zone, in Chan Hung and Hung Thang communes. To the north it borders the Van Uc River; to the west, the residential area and urban development land of Hung Thang commune; to the south, the East Sea and the Do Son coastal strip; and to the east, the port area and coastal marine logistics services.
Site 2, with an area of about 1,077 ha, lies in the Dinh Vu – Cat Hai Economic Zone, in Dong Hai ward. To the north it borders the Tan Vu – Lach Huyen bridge and road and the Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park (Zone 1, Zone 2); to the south, the navigation channel into Lach Huyen port and the East Sea; to the east, the Lach Huyen deep-water port area; and to the west, Hai An ward – an area of developing urban and coastal industry.
Site 3, with an area of about 2,292 ha, is located in Cat Hai special zone, within the Dinh Vu – Cat Hai Economic Zone. To the east and northeast it borders berths No. 01-06 of Lach Huyen port and the railway station connecting Lach Huyen port to the Lao Cai – Ha Noi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh railway; to the west, the Tan Vu – Lach Huyen bridge and the mainland of Cat Hai island; and to the south, the East Sea.
The Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone is oriented to become a new growth driver, contributing to the implementation of Resolution No. 45-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the development of Hai Phong to 2030, with a vision to 2045. It aims to become a regionally and internationally competitive centre for manufacturing, logistics, trade – services, high technology and finance; and to promote high-tech industry, innovation, digital transformation and green growth. The zone is organised into functional areas, including: production areas; port and port logistics areas; logistics centres; trade – service areas and other functional areas as prescribed.
The operations, mechanisms, policies and management organisation of the Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone shall comply with Resolution No. 226/2025/QH15 dated 27 June 2025 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Hai Phong City and relevant legal documents.
The Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority (HEZA), an agency under the City People’s Committee, performs direct state management of the Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone; it manages and organises the provision of public administrative services and other support services related to investment, production and business activities for enterprises in the Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone.
The development of the Hai Phong City Free Trade Zone will follow a roadmap consistent with the national socio-economic development strategy, the general planning of Hai Phong City and the approved objectives and orientations for the development of the Free Trade Zone, ensuring consistency, feasibility and effectiveness./.
Source: Hai Phong City Portal