Many outstanding specific mechanisms
According to the Submission of the City People's Committee Party Committee, the Hai Phong Free Trade Zone is proposed to have an area of about 6,292 hectares, expected to be located in the Southern Coastal Economic Zone of Hai Phong and the Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone, with the nature of a comprehensive Free Trade Zone, distributed in 3 locations not adjacent to functional areas including production areas; port and logistics areas - port; commercial - service areas and other types of functional areas according to the provisions of law.
Accordingly, location 1 is proposed to be within the South Hai Phong Coastal Economic Zone in Chan Hung and Hung Thang communes, with an area of about 2,923 hectares. Location 2 is within the scope of Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone, including Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park (Area 2) and Nam Dinh Vu Non-Tax Area and Industrial Park (Area 1), with an area of about 1,077 hectares. Location 3 is located within Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone on Cat Hai Island, Cat Hai Special Zone, with an area of about 2,292 hectares.
Regarding the roadmap, Hai Phong Free Trade Zone will be implemented in stages. Phase 1 (2025-2030) completes the legal framework, infrastructure and pilot. In particular, in 2025, the establishment of the Hai Phong Free Trade Zone will be implemented; immediately apply a number of pilot mechanisms and policies for areas in the Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone.
In 2026 - 2028, continue to promote the thorough application of all pilot mechanisms and policies in the Hai Phong Free Trade Zone for areas in the Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone; continue to carry out procedures on planning, approving investment policies, building functional subdivisions;...
In 2028 - 2030, promote all pilot mechanisms and policies in the Hai Phong Free Trade Zone for areas in the Dinh Vu - Cat Hai Economic Zone; basically complete technical infrastructure and thoroughly implement all pilot mechanisms and policies in the Free Trade Zone for areas in the Southern Coastal Economic Zone.
Phase 2 (2030-2035), continues to promote the effectiveness, synchronization of pilot mechanisms and policies and comprehensive completion of infrastructure of Hai Phong Free Trade Zone.
Opportunity for Hai Phong to break through
The Standing Committee of the City Party Committee agreed on the policy and agreed to submit to the City Party Committee Executive Committee for comments on the policy of establishing the Hai Phong Free Trade Zone. Secretary of the City Party Committee Le Tien Chau suggested that the Party Committee of the City People's Committee choose the boundary range of positions in accordance with legal regulations. The City People's Committee Party Committee noted the need to build a management model after its establishment, ensuring intelligence, digital transformation, the principle of "one door, one focal point", in accordance with Vietnam's legal regulations and international treaties...
According to Mr. Le Trung Kien, Head of the Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board, the establishment of the Free Trade Zone is an opportunity for Hai Phong to make a breakthrough, becoming an international industrial - service center, in line with the development orientation of Hai Phong city...
On December 4, 2024, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1511/QD-TTg on the establishment of the Southern Coastal Economic Zone of Hai Phong with a scale of about 20,000 hectares and a current population of about 125,000 people. The coastal area of Southern Hai Phong is expected to develop with about more than 3,000 hectares of seaports with a length of 12 km, more than 4,000 hectares of industrial land, 1,800 hectares of urban land and a Free Trade Zone.
In June 2025, the National Assembly voted to pass the National Assembly Resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Hai Phong City. In the Resolution, the National Assembly agreed to establish the Hai Phong Free Trade Zone with a series of specific policies. The free trade zone is an area with geographically defined boundaries, established to pilot outstanding and breakthrough specific mechanisms and policies, with many preferential policies on administrative procedures, land rental, water surface and tax incentives...
