In response to the urgent need to develop and effectively use human resources, especially high-quality human resources, amid increasingly intensive investment attraction and international integration, on April 11, 2025, the Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) coordinated with the Hai Phong Department of Home Affairs to proactively propose practical solutions to improve the quality of human resources serving the city’s socioeconomic development. This was also a key topic reported at a working session with the monitoring delegation of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the thematic subject “Implementation of policies and laws on human resource development and use in the 2021–2024 period.”
Working Group No. 1 of the monitoring delegation works at the Department of Home Affairs.
Working Group No. 2 of the monitoring delegation works at the Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority.
According to a report by HEZA, the city has so far established 14 industrial parks and one economic zone with a total area of more than 22,500 hectares. Technical infrastructure has been developed in a coordinated and modern manner, with convenient connections to seaports, airports, expressways and major industrial centers in the Northern region. Hai Phong is now an attractive destination for investors, particularly in processing and manufacturing, electronics, logistics and high-tech industries. More than 770 enterprises are operating in the industrial parks and economic zones, including over 600 FDI projects with total investment capital exceeding USD 30 billion.
The workforce in the industrial parks and economic zones now exceeds 210,000 people. Young workers under 35 account for about 70%, and the proportion of trained workers is increasing. However, the number of highly skilled technical workers, managers and highly qualified experts remains limited compared with demand. Meanwhile, many enterprises need to recruit thousands of high-quality workers for modern production lines, especially amid digital transformation, the application of Industry 4.0 technologies, green industry development and the circular economy.
Mr. Le Trung Kien, Head of HEZA, speaks at the working session.
In response, HEZA and the Department of Home Affairs introduced a series of specific solutions. These focus on strengthening links between enterprises and training institutions; organizing vocational training according to labor-market demand; implementing policies supporting tuition, scholarships, internships and recruitment of graduates; and signing memoranda of understanding between enterprises and major universities and colleges nationwide. Notably, more than 30,000 workers in the industrial parks and economic zones receive training, further education and skills upgrading each year. Many FDI enterprises have proactively provided internal training and appointed Vietnamese workers to management positions, including legal representative positions in Vietnam.
Alongside training, the city has strongly implemented social welfare policies, including social housing development, trade-union facilities and the “A home for every worker” program. HEZA coordinates with relevant units to build facilities serving workers and foreign experts, ensuring a civilized, modern and safe working and living environment.
Within state agencies, HEZA also focuses on developing high-quality human resources. Its civil servants and public employees have strong professional qualifications, with many holding two or more university degrees. Personnel planning, appointment and rotation are carried out systematically and transparently. The use of information technology and digital transformation in public-service processing is being accelerated, with the goal that 100% of officials will work in an online environment from June 2025.
Mr. Nguyen Truong Giang, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee on Legal and Judicial Affairs, chairs the monitoring session on human resource development and use at HEZA.
Speaking at the working session with the monitoring delegation, a HEZA representative emphasized that Hai Phong would continue to selectively attract investment into high-tech and environmentally friendly industries, thereby creating positive pressure to raise the standard of its human resources. HEZA also proposed that the city continue improving special mechanisms and policies to support vocational training and expand the group of beneficiaries under Resolution No. 03/2024/NQ-HĐND, while calling on more major enterprises to invest in research and technology-transfer centers to develop specialized human resources.
As the focal agency managing the industrial parks and economic zones, HEZA is committed to continuing to accompany all levels of government and the business community in training, developing and effectively using human resources, contributing to making Hai Phong a modern and sustainable industrial center of the country.
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