In 2024, the city's Industrial Parks and Economic Zones will attract 4,35 billion USD in foreign direct investment.

On the morning of January 06, HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY held a conference to review the work in 01 and deploy tasks in 2024. Comrade Le Trung Kien, member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Head of HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY chaired the conference.

Conference scene.

In 2024, the HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY has been proactive, decisive, timely, flexible, creative, focused, and key, overcoming all difficulties and challenges, implementing comprehensive and highly effective socio-economic tasks, continuing to make a breakthrough in attracting foreign direct investment capital by 242% of the annual plan, comprehensively completing 18/18 tasks, exceeding 5/5 assigned targets. The Management Board has proactively and selectively attracted investment, focusing on attracting enterprises with high technology that are environmentally friendly, have potential, make great contributions to the city, have influence, and attract domestic enterprises in the direction of development focusing on three pillars: industry - high technology, seaport - logistics, tourism - trade; organized and participated in 46 investment promotion programs and conferences, including 9 investment promotion programs in some key markets such as: Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan (China)... helping to connect with many large organizations, especially in the field of semiconductor chips and artificial intelligence (AI).

In 2024, the foreign direct investment capital attracted in Industrial Parks and Economic Zones (IPs and EZs) reached 4,35 billion USD, equal to 242% of the annual plan, bringing the total accumulated foreign direct investment capital to date to 30,3 billion USD; the proportion of projects in the fields of high technology, processing, manufacturing, and logistics invested in IPs and EZs reached over 77%. Enterprises in IPs and EZs achieved high production and business efficiency, all indicators exceeded the plan. In 2024, the estimated revenue reached 33.500 million USD, equal to 105% of the annual plan; exports were estimated at 28.500 million USD, equal to 109% of the annual plan; imports were estimated at 22.800 million USD, equal to 107% of the annual plan; budget contributions were estimated at 12.350 billion VND, equal to 104% of the annual plan. The total number of employees working in industrial parks and economic zones is 210.182, an increase of 13,5% over the same period (185.222 people). Average income is 11,52 million VND/person/month, equal to 2023. Labor relations, security and order, and occupational safety and hygiene are ensured; no collective labor disputes arise.

Delegates speaking at the Conference.

The Management Board has promptly advised and proposed to the City Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee and focused on completing a number of key tasks of strategic importance: establishing a project for the Southern Hai Phong coastal economic zone to submit to the Prime Minister for approval; establishing a project to adjust the master plan for the construction of Dinh Vu - Cat Hai economic zone; actively participating in the project to build a free trade zone; attracting investment in the construction of workers' housing and social housing; focusing on connecting training to improve the efficiency of building high-quality human resources. Business support work has been regularly focused on, creating all favorable conditions for businesses to stabilize and develop production and business, contributing to creating and building the city's investment and business environment to be increasingly open, safe, and competitive.

Along with focusing on implementing socio-economic tasks, HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY has mobilized businesses to actively fulfill their responsibilities to society. In 2024, the organization donated 500 Lunar New Year gifts, built houses of gratitude for 14 policy households and poor households, with a total value of over 2,1 billion VND; presented 180 sets of computers to students and schools in the city to serve teaching and learning, promoting the development of digital society; supported nearly 8 billion VND for localities, businesses, and households severely affected by storm No. 3 (Yagi). Focused on supporting training and job placement for demobilized soldiers in the city; supported training and job placement for nearly 1.000 demobilized soldiers. Businesses and investors actively participated in social and charity work organized by the city and localities.

Comrade Le Trung Kien, Head of HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY, Hai Phong spoke at the Conference.

Speaking at the Conference, Comrade Le Trung Kien, Head of HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY, emphasized that 2025 is an important year, marking the end of the socio-economic development plan for the period 2021 - 2025 and preparing for the next development stage. To achieve this goal, HAI PHONG ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY continues to be united, creative and determined, resolutely implementing key tasks, especially: exceeding the target of attracting FDI investment from 3 - 3,5 billion USD; developing the Southern Coastal Economic Zone; establishing a master plan for the construction of the Southern Coastal Economic Zone; deploying new Industrial Parks, Eco-Industrial Parks; enhancing digital transformation; completing the work of streamlining the organizational apparatus; Improve the quality of management, administrative reform, and improve the investment environment so that Hai Phong continues to be a reliable destination for domestic and foreign investors, promoting Hai Phong city to develop strongly and sustainably in the future./.

Source: Hai Phong City Electronic Information Portal