Reports at the meeting showed that the city's socio-economy continued to maintain strong growth momentum, achieving many positive and comprehensive results in most fields.
GRDP growth reaches record in 5 years
According to published data, the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in Hai Phong City in the first 6 months of 2026 at comparable prices in 2020 is estimated to grow by 11.33% compared to the same period last year. With this result, Hai Phong ranks first among 7 centrally-run cities, second in the Red River Delta region and third in the country, recording the highest growth rate in the first 6 months of the year in the last 5 years.
The growth structure recorded uniform contribution from economic sectors: The industrial and construction sector increased by 13.46%, contributing 7.06 percentage points; The service sector increased by 10.24%, contributing 3.58 percentage points; The agriculture, forestry and fishery sector increased by 2.23%, contributing 0.14 percentage points; Product tax minus product subsidies increased by 8.69%, contributing 0.55 percentage points to the overall increase.
Industrial production continues to affirm its role as the core growth engine of the port city. The Industrial Production Index (IIP) in the first 6 months of the year is estimated to increase by 14.79% compared to the same period, marking the fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth. In which, the processing and manufacturing industry plays a leading role with an increase of 15.25%.
Construction activities maintained a fairly good growth momentum with added value estimated to increase by 9.78%. The city has drastically implemented and accelerated the progress of a series of large-scale traffic infrastructure projects, urban areas, and housing such as Vinhomes Golden City, Trang Cat Social Housing, Hoang Huy Green River, Cai Gia - Cat Ba Tourist Urban Area, The Centric Masterise Homes...
As of June 25, 2026, total foreign direct investment (FDI) attracted in the city reached an impressive figure of 3.135 billion USD, an increase of 76.7% compared to the same period in 2025...
Social security and cultural and educational development are guaranteed
In parallel with economic breakthroughs, cultural and social fields are fully and promptly implemented by the city and have many bright spots. The labor market is recovering positively with the employment rate of workers aged 15 and over reaching 94.35%. Social security work and care for people with meritorious services are being thoroughly implemented. The health sector is implementing innovation when implementing the policy of periodic health check-ups and free screening for more than 2.19 million people, reaching 52% of the city's population.
Leading education continues to affirm its leading position in the country when Hai Phong won 208 prizes at the National Excellent Student Selection Contest, belonging to the group of 4 localities with the highest number of prizes in the country.
To ensure that the GRDP growth target for the whole year 2026 reaches 13% or more, at the meeting, Hai Phong City Chief Statistician Tang Ba Phuc announced key tasks and solutions in the last 6 months of the year: The city will focus on closely monitoring the operating situation of enterprises, carefully reviewing the development potential of key industries; drastically removing difficulties, accelerating the progress of public investment, especially large connecting transport infrastructure projects such as Ring Road 2, Nguyen Trai bridge project... At the same time, focusing on maximizing the capacity of strong service industries such as seaports, logistics, tourism, continuing to proactively promote and attract high-tech FDI capital flows, creating great added value to promote the city's economic development.
