On the afternoon of August 31, in Hai Phong city, Business Forum Magazine, Legal Department - Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Hai Phong City Department of Planning and Investment, Zone Management Board economic zone (EZ), industrial zone (IP) of Hai Phong city and Hung Yen, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong provinces jointly organize the Joint Forum for the Development of Eastern Expressway Industrial Park. Attending the forum were comrade Nguyen Le Huy, Member of the Provincial Party...

On the afternoon of August 31, in Hai Phong city, Business Forum Magazine, Legal Department - Vietnam Confederation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Hai Phong City Department of Planning and Investment, Zone Management Board economic zone (EZ), industrial zone (IP) of Hai Phong city and Hung Yen, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong provinces jointly organize the Joint Forum for the Development of Eastern Expressway Industrial Park. Attending the forum were comrade Nguyen Le Huy, Member of the Provincial Party...

Delegates attending the forum

The Eastern Expressway Industrial Park Development Joint Forum is one of a series of programs to realize the Eastern Expressway Economic Connection Cooperation Agreement signed on July 28, 2022 between VCCI and Hung provinces. Yen, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh and Hai Phong city. Accordingly, the four provinces and cities agreed to build economic links on the basis of promoting the potential and advantages of each locality, improving growth rates, economic development and forming a growth pole in the region Red river delta.

The economic integration of the four localities will expand the development space in both width and depth. When four localities join together, they will have full potential and conditions to form a dynamic economic development area such as having a large international seaport (in Hai Phong city), land and sea border gates. The sea has an international airport, abundant human resources, and a large economic development space with great potential. In the field of industrial development, the above 4 localities are considered the core of the Northern Key Economic Region. The industry - construction industry is the growth pillar of the region, attracting large-scale, important foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with high technology content and large export value in the field. electricity, electronics, mobile phones, automobile assembly, shipbuilding, textiles; Initially forming supporting industries in these industries in Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Hai Phong. In July 2023, in the provinces and cities on the Eastern Expressway, there are 87 economic zones and industrial parks, of which Hung Yen province has 17 industrial parks with an area of more than 4,395 hectares. However, the occupancy rate of industrial parks in four localities is currently only about 50%. Projects in industrial parks and economic zones have contributed positively to economic growth, creating many new industries, products, and markets, contributing to increasing budget revenue, expanding markets, and improving competitiveness and ability to operate. international integration ability.

However, the planning and investment in developing industrial parks in these 4 provinces and cities still reveals a number of shortcomings such as: The speed of development of industrial parks is still slow, the occupancy rate of many industrial parks is still low, the ability to Providing industrial services and technical infrastructure of some industrial parks is still limited. Most industrial parks have difficulty attracting investors to develop large, professional industrial parks and lack initiative in attracting secondary investors. Regional linkages in the value chain are still quite low, raw material areas are not large-scale. In addition, currently the scale of industrial land, especially clean land with large areas for industrial parks, is still quite limited.

The forum aims to provide a comprehensive picture of investment and infrastructure development in industrial parks and industrial clusters in the provinces for investors, investment promotion organizations and related organizations. At the same time, create favorable conditions for businesses in 4 provinces and cities to joint venture, associate, and connect to effectively exploit investment resources, facilities of each unit, source of goods, and services. Other support to expand service supply networks to improve competitiveness, reduce transportation costs and intermediary costs of businesses in domestic and global supply chains. The forum is also a place to discuss issues and solutions to promote the effective development of industrial parks, connect and develop other important infrastructure and institutions such as seaports, vocational training schools, social housing... with Industrial Park. Promote the development of green and sustainable industrial parks; promote investment opportunities in industrial parks in the sub-region.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Le Huy attended the forum

At the forum, industrial park infrastructure investors provide information about industrial parks of localities in the Eastern Expressway Axis to investors, investment promotion organizations and relevant agencies. Industrial park infrastructure investors share about development potential and experience in operating industrial parks; discuss legal obstacles and obstacles in industrial park development and propose solutions to overcome them. Discuss and propose solutions to enhance connections between industrial parks and related infrastructure. Providing information and introducing a number of trends in industrial park development such as greening, sustainable development, energy saving, environmental protection, circular economy...

On this occasion, localities organized exhibitions about industrial parks in the Eastern Expressway Axis.

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