Coming to Hai Phong in the days of May filled with red phoenix flowers in 2024, not only Hai Phong people but also tourists from near and far feel excited with joy. That is because this May, Hai Phong has many new, brilliant, and open features, clearly showing the vitality of a dynamically developing city of the whole region and the whole country. And not only that, everyone can clearly feel a Hai Phong rising to new heights with a new stature, position and "Phu Dong" resilience.
Open development directions
In recent days, Hai Phong residents and tourists have been looking towards the area north of Cam River, which is considered a new development symbol of Hai Phong city. Indeed, just crossing Hoang Van Thu bridge gives a completely different feeling of the spaciousness and openness of a new city, a new development area full of potential of Hai Phong.
The most exciting thing is that the two "century" projects of Hai Phong are the Political-Administrative Center; the Conference-Performance Center north of Cam River with a total investment of nearly 5,000 billion VND, which are being constructed at an unprecedented speed, have a clear appearance, showing the scale, grandeur, modernity, worthy of Hai Phong's position. The blocks of the Political-Administrative Center have been formed, with the overall architecture like a ship sailing out to sea, symbolizing Hai Phong's development aspirations, always moving forward, overcoming all storms and strong winds. Next to it is the Conference-Performance Center, considered the most modern and largest in the region, capable of holding major national and international events.
The 2024 Red Flamboyant Festival will be held grandly at the Square in front of the Political-Administrative Center north of the Cam River.
And what Hai Phong people and tourists are most excited about is the 2024 Hai Phong Red Flamboyant Festival with the theme Hai Phong - Brightening the heritage land, which will be held at the square in front of the Political-Administrative Center north of Cam River, 1 year earlier than planned.
Here, the largest stage compared to previous Red Flamboyant Festival seasons of Hai Phong has been set up, promising an opening night full of joy and emotion with unique and attractive performances and a fireworks display that lights up the city sky, making Hai Phong residents feel like they are having a second New Year's Eve with so many good omens... From here, Hai Phong can completely move Party, government and mass organizations; organize major political events of the city in 2025 including: the 70th anniversary of Hai Phong Liberation Day (May 13, 1955 - May 13, 2025); Red Flamboyant Festival - Hai Phong in 2025; The 17th City Party Congress, term 2025 - 2030... as planned.
Not only that, the area north of Cam River and Thuy Nguyen district are growing up day by day with determination and efforts to turn Thuy Nguyen into a city; there are large-scale projects such as the extended Do Muoi Street; VSIP Industrial, Urban and Service Park; Quang Minh new urban area has been formed and a series of urban areas are being implemented such as Hoang Huy New City; Hoang Huy Green River...
Hai Phong continuously has new projects. Photo: Ben Rung Bridge - Nguyen Duc Nghia
In particular, the Vu Yen Island entertainment, housing and ecological park area is adjacent to the golf course system; resort villas, theme parks, etc., adding to the attractiveness of the new urban area. In 2023, Vingroup Corporation invested in building May Chai bridge connecting Vu Yen with May Chai ward, Ngo Quyen district, making the connection to the new urban area more convenient. And recently, with the launch of the Vinhomes Royal Island project with villas, townhouses; marina; Royal Equestrian Academy; Korean cultural park; riverside walking street, etc., it has brought a completely new standard of living to Hai Phong.
On the Cat Hai side, Hai Phong's potential and development space are extremely open with Lach Huyen deep-water ports (2 starting ports have been completed and are promoting their advantages very well; ports 3, 4, 5, 6 will be completed in 2025; ports 7, 8 have investors and ports 9, 10, 11, 12 have many investors researching and registering...).
After 69 years of liberation of Hai Phong; the ports are becoming more and more modern. Photo: Tan Cang - Lach Huyen Container Port
Along with that is a series of industrial parks such as DEEP C; Nam Dinh Vu; are tourism development projects that are blooming, perfecting and increasing the attractiveness of Cat Ba pearl island. Up to this point, Cat Ba has welcomed millions of tourists and the possibility of exceeding 3.6 million tourists in 2024 is entirely possible. The title of world natural heritage Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba archipelago along with many noble titles: world biosphere reserve; special national monument; the most beautiful bay in the world meets all the development conditions like Cat Hai, including tourism, services - industry - logistics - seaports and smart cities, ecological cities ...
As for Do Son, Hai Phong has its own charms. That is the famous Do Son tourist area for hundreds of years, which is changing day by day, increasing its attractiveness and attracting tourists to rest, relax and swim. Dragon Hill International Tourist Area is considered a highlight, a new symbol of development of Hai Phong tourism with a series of unique tourism products, which have an irresistible appeal to tourists such as 5-star hotels; artificial beaches; golf courses; water parks... This area is planned with many new urban areas in Duong Kinh district, Kien Thuy district and a series of projects to develop logistics centers; commercial centers...
More room for growth
It can be said that after 69 years, from a devastated, ruined city after the war, Hai Phong has bravely and resiliently overcome all difficulties and challenges, both protecting and building the city to become "more dignified and more beautiful". In particular, after 5 years of implementing Resolution 45 of the Politburo on building and developing Hai Phong city to 2030, with a vision to 2045; 3 years of implementing Resolution 35 of the National Assembly and 4 years of implementing the resolution of the 16th City Party Congress, with the support and assistance of the Central Government and the solidarity of the whole city, Hai Phong has developed at an unprecedented speed with a new look and new momentum.
The proof is that for 9 consecutive years, Hai Phong has achieved double-digit GRDP growth, ranking among the top in the country, despite many difficulties and challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, Hai Phong will achieve GRDP growth of 10.34%; GRDP per capita will reach 7,960 USD/person; Industrial Development Index (IIP) will increase by 13.16%; export turnover will reach 31 billion USD; cargo output through the port will reach 170 million tons; attracting foreign direct investment will reach over 3.5 billion USD, ranking 2nd in the country.
In the first quarter of 2024, Hai Phong continued to maintain growth and excel. The industrial production index (IIP) increased by 12.59% over the same period; export turnover reached 7.74 billion USD, up 18.45%; cargo output through the port reached 35.75 million tons, up 7.96%; the number of tourists reached 1.6 million, up 10.92%; domestic budget revenue rose to the top...
Hai Phong is now even more prosperous thanks to a series of new highways; spacious boulevards; hundreds of new bridges; dozens of industrial parks that are almost full of industrial and service factories. Foreign investment projects worth hundreds of millions, billions of USD are no longer rare in Hai Phong due to the presence of LG, SKC, Bridgestone, Fuji Xerox, Kyocera... along with a series of large industrial projects worth hundreds of millions, billions of USD such as VinFats Automobile Factory...
Electric vehicle production at VinFast Company
With economic development, Hai Phong urban area is becoming more and more spacious, spacious, and modern with dozens of new "dream" urban areas, as modern as Europe... Hai Phong's countryside is constantly improving, asphalt roads connect to the fields, alleys, spacious tiled houses, electricity, water, and environmental sanitation are guaranteed with standards no less than urban areas, people's lives are increasingly improved and enhanced. Notably, Hai Phong is leading the country in building social housing, "true Hai Phong" worker housing: modern, in prime locations, fully equipped, reasonable prices... Along with that, the socio-cultural fields, especially health care and education, are focused on investment, with strong breakthroughs. Policy families, poor and near-poor households are given thoughtful attention.
All of that shows that Hai Phong has made the right choice and effectively directed the implementation of major, breakthrough issues, especially implementing well the planning work, proposing many correct policies and strategies, mobilizing the combined strength of the great national solidarity bloc and taking advantage of external human resources to invest in the city's development. Hai Phong sets the goal of attracting millions of billions of VND in investment capital in the 2020-2025 period, of which more than 90% are non-budgetary resources, which clearly shows how attractive Hai Phong is. The position of the city with the leading growth rate, a bright spot of the whole country has been officially established.
Not satisfied with itself and always having high determination and will, Hai Phong is setting new goals with new approaches to development. This year's phoenix flower blooming season, Hai Phong people are full of confidence and expectation about the city's breakthrough development in the coming period. Hai Phong does not stop at Hai Phong International Gateway Port; New urban area north of Cam River; Cat Bi International Airport; 14 industrial parks and Dinh Vu-Cat Hai Economic Zone...
The development potential of Hai Phong has been clearly defined with the Southern Coastal Economic Zone expected to be 20,000 hectares wide according to green and sustainable standards, with dozens of new industrial parks, new routes; with the Free Trade Zone and a series of logistics centers; new urban areas... Especially, a number of large projects are being initiated and actively implemented such as Do Son South Port; Tien Lang International Airport; Nguyen Trai Bridge; Tan Vu - Lach Huyen 2 Bridge; Ring Roads 2; Ring Roads 3; railways connecting to China; inland waterways...
All of these have created a new position and new stature for Hai Phong. Never before have investors from all over the country and the world paid so much attention to Hai Phong as they do today. These moves show that Hai Phong is always a dynamic and attractive destination, a land with an irresistible attraction for friendly people who dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility. Then, 69 years after the last French soldier left Hai Phong, Hai Phong has once again risen, shone, developed rapidly and grown continuously./.
Hong Thanh
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