In the middle of the plain, Thai Binh province is likened to an "island". In the past, there was a land annexed from Hung Yen province.

With its geographical location bordered by rivers on three sides and the sea on one side, Thai Binh is likened to a floating island on the coast of the East Sea. On March 21, 1890, the Governor-General of Indochina issued a Decree establishing Thai Binh province, including Thai Binh prefecture and sub-prefecture and a part of the area separated from Nam Dinh and Hung Yen provinces, marking the 135th anniversary of the province's establishment.

Thai Binh - Hung Yen and the historical merger that formed Thai Binh over the past 135 years

According to historical and cultural researchers, Thai Binh is a land formed by the nature of waves. If the northwestern districts of the province such as Hung Ha and Quynh Phu have a history of 3,000 - 2,000 years, districts such as Dong Hung and Vu Thu have a history of 2,000 - 1,000 years, and the southern areas of Kien Xuong and Tien Hai have a history of 1,000 years or more.

With its geographical location bordered by rivers on three sides and the sea on one side, Thai Binh is likened to a floating island on the shore of the East Sea. Thai Binh's land also tends to expand due to the alluvial deposits of rivers, so each period attracts more generations of residents to explore and settle: from the midlands and mountains down, from the Central region out, from the sea in. In 1828, history witnessed the great land reclamation led by Doanh Dien Su Nguyen Cong Tru, attracting the participation of poor people everywhere, turning the vast, desolate Tien Chau strip into Tien Hai district with lush, prosperous mulberry fields.

According to information in Thai Binh Newspaper, before the establishment of the province, the land of Thai Binh today belonged to Son Nam Ha town. In 1831, when the town was abolished to establish the province, Tien Hung prefecture included the districts of Than Khe, Dien Ha, Hung Nhan and Thanh Quan belonging to Hung Yen province. Kien Xuong prefecture and Thai Binh prefecture belonged to Nam Dinh province. At that time, Kien Xuong prefecture included the districts of Thu Tri, Vu Tien, Chan Dinh (Truc Dinh) and Tien Hai; Thai Binh prefecture included the districts of Quynh Coi, Phu Duc, Thuy Anh and Dong Quan.

On March 21, 1890, the Governor-General of Indochina issued a decree to establish Thai Binh province. Article 1 of this decree clearly stated: "Now established under the name of Thai Binh, a new province consisting of Thai Binh prefecture and sub-prefecture and Kien Xuong prefecture separated from Nam Dinh province and Than Khe district separated from Hung Yen province will be administratively merged into Thai Binh prefecture...".

Article 2 of the decree clearly states: "Thai Binh provincial capital will be established in Kien Xuong district on Tra Ly river...".

Thus, at the time of the establishment of Thai Binh province (March 21, 1890), the two districts of Dien Ha and Hung Nhan (present-day Hung Ha) were still part of Hung Yen province.

Ở giữa đồng bằng mà tỉnh Thái Bình được ví như — Trieu Duong Bridge crosses the Luoc River, connecting the two provinces of Hung Yen and Thai Binh. Photo: TL

On November 28, 1894, the Governor-General of Indochina issued a decree to transfer Tien Hung prefecture to Thai Binh province (Tien Lu district, which originally belonged to Tien Hung prefecture, was merged into Khoai Chau prefecture of Hung Yen province). The two districts of Dien Ha and Hung Nhan, which formed Tien Hung prefecture, were cut into Thai Binh province. Thus, in history, a part of the land area of Hung Yen province was merged into Thai Binh province, which is a part of Dong Hung and Hung Ha districts today.

Thai Binh, a key agricultural province, a bright spot attracting investment

Identifying the important role of agriculture in the process of industrialization and modernization, agriculture is one of the three pillars of economic development of the province (agriculture, industry and trade - services), Thai Binh has moved from agricultural production thinking to agricultural economy.

Aiming to make Thai Binh the leading agricultural production center in the Red River Delta, many leading mechanisms and policies in the agricultural sector have been developed, issued, and promptly put into practice by Thai Binh to meet the demands of the agricultural and rural revolution. Thai Binh is the first province in the country to have comprehensive mechanisms and policies to encourage and support land concentration, which have been enthusiastically received by localities and people and implemented as a major revolution in the fields.

Up to now, the province has formed and developed many concentrated, large-scale commodity production areas with nearly 11,000 hectares of 270 cooperatives with over 20 enterprises inside and outside the province, linking production and consumption according to the large-scale commodity production value chain.

In the province, there are about 2,000 organizations, households and individuals accumulating and concentrating to produce large-scale goods associated with agricultural product consumption; the total area of agricultural land accumulated and concentrated is over 8,000 hectares; an average of 4.08 hectares/organization, household and individual. Developing many effective production models such as the rice cultivation model towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions (about 5,000 hectares); the model of land concentration and accumulation to develop large-scale production (5,676 hectares).

In addition, agricultural production has been structured according to key product groups, including 4 national key product groups, 9 provincial key product groups and local specialty product groups. Mechanization is rapidly applied in production: 100% of land preparation, nearly 100% of harvesting, 30% of rice area is transplanted by machine; the production value per hectare of cultivated land in 2024 will reach 198 million VND (an increase of 22% compared to 2020).

As a result, the value of agricultural, forestry and fishery production in 2024 (2010 comparative prices) is estimated to reach VND 29,665 billion; the average growth rate of agricultural production value in the 2021 - 2024 period will reach an average of 1.73%/year, and in the 2016 - 2020 period, it will reach an average of 2.5%/year.

Not only known as the “homeland of five tons”, in recent years, Thai Binh has been on the “map” of investment attraction, especially foreign direct investment (FDI). In 2023, by attracting nearly 3 billion USD in FDI, Thai Binh made a miracle when for the first time it was in the top 5 provinces and cities leading the country in attracting FDI capital.

If in 2003, the whole province had only 26 investment projects in industrial parks (including 1 FDI project) with a total registered investment capital of 483.5 billion VND, up to now, the area has 10 industrial parks attracting more than 330 projects with a total registered investment capital of over 187,600 billion VND; including 83 FDI projects with a total registered capital of 4.3 billion USD. A bright spot in the socio-economic picture of the province in recent years is the formation and development of Thai Binh Economic Zone, contributing to bringing the total investment capital in the period of 2021 - 2024 to over 180,000 billion VND, of which FDI capital reached 4.886 billion USD, 11.7 times higher than the period of 2015 - 2020.

Source: https://danviet.vn/o-giua-dong-bang-ma-tinh-thai-binh-duoc-vi-nhu-hon-dao-xua-co-mot-vung-dat-duoc-sap-nhap-tu-tinh-hung-yen-20250321185430494.htm