The Government Working Group No. 5 works in Hung Yen province

On the side of Hung Yen province the delegation was recieved by and worked with comrade Nguyen Khac Than, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Members of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee, leaders of the Provincial People's Council and the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, branches and sectors of the province.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Khac Than chair the working session.

Since the beginning of 2025, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee have focused on leading, directing, and drastically implementing socio-economic development goals and solutions, promoting the improvement of the investment and business environment, and boosting digital transformation. Thanks to that, the province's economic growth has remained stable, meeting the proposed growth scenario. In the first 6 months of the year, the total product in the province (GRDP) is estimated to increase by 8.11% over the same period in 2024. Agricultural production has achieved positive results, the plantation area is guaranteed, livestock farming is stable, and there are no major epidemics.

Industrial production has gradually recovered, production activities in industrial parks and clusters have grown quite well, attracting investment for expansion. The industrial production index (IIP) in the first 7 months of the year increased by 11.16% over the same period in 2024. Trade and services flourished, import and export activities increased, total retail sales of goods and service revenue increased over the same period thanks to increasing consumer demand. In the first 7 months of the year, total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue were estimated at VND 118,927 billion, up 7.76%; export turnover reached 1,010 million USD, up 19.8%; import turnover reached 5,370 million USD, up 20.6% over the same period in 2024. The province's export market has been expanded to over 100 countries and territories.

Delegates attend the meeting.

The province's investment environment is increasingly improving, creating attractiveness for both domestic and foreign investors. The 2024 PCI ranking result of Hung Yen province rose to the top 10 for the first time, with Thai Binh province (old) in the top 30 provinces and cities. In the first 7 months of 2025, the results of attracting new investment and increasing investment in Hung Yen province (new) reached 118,761.9 billion VND (equivalent to 4,576.7 million USD) and 1,479 million USD, including 216 new investment projects (including 128 domestic projects and 88 foreign-invested projects) with a total registered investment capital of 101,484 billion VND and 1,288.9 million USD; at the same time, 193 projects (143 domestic projects and 50 foreign projects) were adjusted to increase capital with a total adjusted investment capital of 17,277.9 billion VND and 190.2 million USD. The total number of projects still in force in the province is 3,891, including 3,000 domestic projects and 891 foreign projects with the registered investment capital of VND 644,885 billion and USD 16,154 million. The number of newly registered enterprises is 3,342 enterprises; the number of enterprises returning to operation is 430 enterprises.

Regarding state budget revenue, as of August 11, 2025, the total state budget revenue in the area is VND 63,860 billion, reaching 115.3% of the assigned estimate, of which domestic revenue is VND 59,921 billion, reaching 119.8% of the estimate, import-export revenue is VND 3,739 billion, reaching 69.2% of the estimate. Regarding the disbursement of public investment capital, as of July 31, 2025, the whole province disbursed VND 17,614.9 billion, reaching 44.01% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister.

The province's cultural and social fields continue to be directed comprehensively, substantially meeting the requirements of economic development tasks and serving the spiritual life of the people well. The social security work and care for people with revolutionary contributions are given attention and carried out promptly. The cultural, artistic, sports and tourism activities in the province continue to be organized methodically and effectively, contributing to improving the spiritual life of the people and promoting the image of the province. Along with that, the locality also focuses on directing the construction of social housing and boosting the emulation movement to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses. The quality of comprehensive education continues to be improved, discipline and order in educational activities are effectively maintained. Medical work has been deployed synchronously, achieving positive results. The disease prevention and control work has been strictly implemented, without arising complicated situations. Medical examination and treatment facilities have maintained good emergency response, promptly meeting people's needs.

Along with the task of socio-economic development, the province has resolutely performed and completed the innovation, rearranged the organization of the political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient. Up to now, the two-tier local government model in the province has been put into stable operation, initially promoting efficiency, the commune-level government model has come into order, the government's operations are in the direction of "being close to the people, serving the people".

At the meeting, members of the Government Working Group; representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors focused on discussing and evaluating the results achieved in directing and operating the province's socio-economic development; discussing solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles in production and business, import and export, infrastructure construction, promoting growth, accelerating disbursement of public investment capital, contributing to completing the province's economic growth target of 10.5% in 2025.

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Khac Than further clarified the results achieved in socio-economic development and two-tier government activities of the province in the past time, emphasizing that the merger of Hung Yen province with Thai Binh province into the new Hung Yen province will create more space and opportunities for development in the new period. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee hopes that the Government, the Prime Minister and ministries and branches will pay attention to and create favorable conditions to direct the removal of difficulties and obstacles that Hung Yen province is facing, especially the proposals and recommendations of the province, contributing to creating favorable conditions to bolster production and business, and develop the local socio-economy.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Khac Than delivers a speech at the meeting.

Based on the difficulties and obstacles, Hung Yen province proposed that the Prime Minister pay attention to and approve the policy of allowing Hung Yen province to establish a Free Economic Zone (on the basis of Thai Binh Economic Zone, Hung Yen province), at the same time approve the province to build and apply a specific framework of mechanisms and policies to develop the Free Economic Zone, ensuring compliance with legal regulations, creating favorable conditions for the construction and development of Hung Yen province in the new period; recommend that the Ministry of Finance promptly complete the draft documents of the revised Law on Planning, report to the Government on solutions to continue conducting planning work associated with the arrangement of administrative units during the time when the revised Law on Planning has not been promulgated, and soon provide guidance on adjusting provincial planning for merged localities, as a basis for the province to deploy the work of preparing and adjusting the Hung Yen Provincial Master Plan, meeting the requirements and tasks of local socio-economic development. In addition, the locality also recommended that the Government pay attention to supporting the central budget capital to invest in developing connecting infrastructure, overpasses and consider and allow investment in Diem Dien Port Area to be able to receive ships with a capacity of up to 200,000 tons according to the detailed Plan for the development of land and seaport areas of Thai Binh (now Hung Yen province) for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Ministry of Construction in Decision No. 655/QD-BXD dated May 22, 2025 and a number of recommendations and proposals related to the field of natural resources - minerals, mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstacles in land, site clearance, disbursement of public investment capital, etc.

Concluding the working session, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc acknowledged and highly appreciated the results that Hung Yen province has achieved, affirming that with favorable conditions in terms of geographical location, traffic connections and available land, people and historical traditions, Hung Yen province has a lot of favorable potentials to develop industry, high-tech agriculture and trade - tourism...

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc speaks at the meeting.

To fully exploit this potential and advantage, the Deputy Prime Minister noted that the province and the leaders need to take advantage of opportunities, increase investment attraction in all fields; at the same time, have flexible and specific management and long-term vision planning. In the immediate future, the Party Committee, the government and the entire political system of the province should focus on and strive to complete and exceed the growth target of 2025. To research and select to build a model of smart, modern, environmentally friendly economic zones and industrial parks associated with selective investment attraction; develop regional transport infrastructure, logistics infrastructure as well as taking advantage of the river and sea network to develop inland waterway transport, river ports, sea ports, etc.

Along with that, Hung Yen province needs to focus on implementing Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on the breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation, in which it selects to deploy a number of key science and technology projects in the area to create momentum to promote the development of related sectors and fields.

To effectively operate the two-tier government, localities also need to focus on administrative reform, investing in a synchronous and modern information technology system associated with attracting and recruiting civil servants at the Public Administration Service Center at the commune level with high qualifications and expertise in information technology. To continue to improve the investment and business environment, promptly remove difficulties and bottlenecks in attracting investment, creating favorable conditions for enterprises in production and business activities. To focus on implementing sustainable poverty reduction solutions, improving people's lives.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc also gave specific instructions to ministries, branches and Hung Yen province in removing difficulties, obstacles and backlogs related to the land sector. Based on the proposals and recommendations of Hung Yen province, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Government Office, ministries and branches, members of Working Group No. 5 of the Government to absorb and study to supplement and complete the report to submit to the Government for consideration and resolution.