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and apply advanced and green technology,
Pioneer in transition save energy, use renewable energy, and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to developing standard
IPs, Hai Phong has also tapped its mar-
Chairman of the Hai Phong City People’s Committee itime advantages to develop renewable
Nguyen Van Tung tells Vietnam Economic Times’ Anh Duc energy, particularly waste-to-energy and
and Song Hoang about the northern port city’s success offshore wind power.
In choosing to pursue a green economy
in achieving green growth targets.
and knowledge-based economy model,
Hai Phong will focus on human resources
training, attract talent, develop a startup
and innovation ecosystem, and connect
universities and research institutes with
businesses to promote the study, devel-
opment, and application of science and
technology. As a result, Vietnamese work-
ers will be able to master important con-
cepts such as design, production, and
INTERVIEW commercialization.

% Hai Phong has the position and
resources to implement its green growth
targets. However, the city is also facing
challenges, such as environmental pol-
lution from production establishments
and traffic congestion from its rapid
% Hai Phong was one of the first local- and its GRDP growth of 10.34 per cent urbanization and mechanization. How
ities in Vietnam to approve an action in 2023 ranked it fifth nationwide. FDI will it deal with these challenges?
plan on implementing the national attraction last year, meanwhile, reached Any city or province will encounter such
strategy on green growth in 2014. What a record $3.5 billion; the second highest challenges on the way to sustainable green
has it done over the past decade to in the country. growth. As a heavy industrial city, Hai
implement the strategy? Its investment and business environ- Phong has paid more attention to improving
As a member of the most dynamic ment indexes have remained stable and its environmental quality. In the 2016-2020
economic development triangle in the put it among the leading group in the period, water quality improved greatly
country’s Red River Delta, of Hanoi - country. Of the 63 cities and provinces, while air quality was often measured within
Hai Phong - Quang Ninh, the city holds Hai Phong ranked third in the Provincial the average to good levels.
a unique economic position, with a Competitiveness Index (PCI), second in We have resolutely removed all pro-
transport network that consists of roads, the Public Administration Reform Index duction and service establishments from
railways, airports and, particularly, coast- (PAR Index), tenth in the Satisfaction the city’s central area that cause environ-
line, making it an important gateway Index of Public Administration Services mental pollution, and controlled other
to the Red River Delta, the northern (SIPAS), and 15th in the Provincial Gov- sources of environmental pollution, helping
midland and mountainous region, and ernance and Public Administration Per- to improve the environment in urban areas,
the south of China. formance Index (PAPI). industrial clusters, and craft villages.
It set a green growth target many years In transportation and seaports, we are
ago, and has been implementing this in a % Hai Phong has consistently followed changing from transporting small volumes
systematic, persistent, and scientific man- a green economic growth path over the of goods by road to transporting huge
ner. The city gives priority to developing last decade. What new orientations and volumes by container. We also promote
green industry and eco-industrial real solutions will the city take in the years the transportation of goods by rail, sea,
estate, including industrial parks, that to come to fulfill even greater goals? and inland waterway, in order to build a
meet sustainable and environmentally- Hai Phong has built an urban devel- city of green ports.
friendly standards and requirements for opment plan for a green and modern In agriculture, Hai Phong is imple-
greenhouse gas emission reductions. The seaport urban area, an economic urban menting a closed-loop production model,
city has policies in place to encourage area, and an eco-urban area in line with reusing and recycling agricultural waste,
investors to use renewable energy, including green growth targets. Under the plan, a by-products, and residues. Focus has also
wind and solar energy, as well as environ- Southern Economic Zone on a total area been placed on improving forest quality
mentally-friendly production technology. of 22,000 ha is to be developed within and managing forests sustainably, par-
Among the 14 industrial parks (IPs) the city. Meanwhile, 25 more IPs, covering ticularly in the Cat Ba Archipelago, which
in Hai Phong, covering 6,080 ha, the 15,777 ha, and 26 industrial clusters, cov- is a World Heritage Site. Hai Phong has
DEEP-C and Nam Cau Kien IPs are to ering 1,098 ha, will be established in line implemented a zero-waste agriculture
be developed into eco-IPs. Invested in by with the city’s master plan for 2021-2030 model in the archipelago for many years.
a Belgian business, DEEP-C has been with a vision towards 2050. The city has approved a project on
operating for 25 years and has attracted We have regularly proposed that building an environmental monitoring cen-
$5 billion in investment capital to date. investors, especially foreign-invested enter- ter, and automated environmental moni-
The city’s economic scale ranks it sixth prises (FIEs), accompany the city in its toring stations are to be installed with
among Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces, green growth efforts, renew their technology advanced and modern technology. %

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