Introduction

From the very first days of the nation’s Doi Moi renovation era, the City Party Committee, People’s Council, and People’s Committee of Hai Phong City identified comparative advantages and development trends of integration and opening up, affirming that attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the pivotal solutions to promote socio-economic growth and realize the city’s industrialization and modernization. Consequently, focused guidance was directed toward planning, construction, and development of export processing zones, industrial parks, and economic zones to form clean land reserves with favorable conditions and environments for manufacturing and business operations, driving a breakthrough in investment attraction.

From managing only 01 Export Processing Zone and 02 Industrial Parks, the Authority now manages the Dinh Vu – Cat Hai Economic Zone and 19 industrial parks, including 04 foreign joint-venture industrial parks (Nomura – Hai Phong, Do Son Hai Phong, Dinh Vu, Nam Dinh Vu (Zone 2)), 03 wholly foreign-owned industrial parks (An Duong, VSIP, Maritime Industry and Services), and 04 wholly domestic-owned industrial parks (Trang Due, Nam Cau Kien, Nam Dinh Vu (Zone 1), and MP Dinh Vu).

In addition to industrial parks, the Authority directly executes centralized and unified management of investment, construction, and development activities in Dinh Vu – Cat Hai Economic Zone covering 22,540 hectares with a projected population of 310,000 by 2025. Dinh Vu – Cat Hai Economic Zone is planned as a multi-sector, comprehensive marine economic center, modern industrial, commercial, and tourism city; comprising Non-Tariff Zones and Tariff Zones encompassing Industrial Parks, Commercial Areas, Urban Areas, Entertainment – Tourism Zones, deep-water international seaports, and logistics service systems; serving as Vietnam’s outward-facing window of integration and driving development for Hai Phong and Northern Key Economic Zone provinces.