At the meeting, delegates discussed challenges as well as opportunities and proposed solutions, hoping for cooperation in the fields of shipbuilding industry, energy and maritime transport - industries with traditional strengths of Hai Phong city.
Currently, there are about 150 enterprises operating in the field of shipbuilding and auxiliary, of which 34 are (5 state-owned enterprises, 3 defense enterprises and 26 private enterprises) with more than 21,000 employees. Products of Hai Phong enterprises have been exported to many major markets such as the UK, the Netherlands, Korea, Germany, Norway, Japan, and Taiwan.
The city identifies shipbuilding as a unique industry, a leading one, playing an important role in the process of industrialization, modernization of the country and ensuring national defense and security. In the coming time, the city plans to implement the Project to restore and develop the shipbuilding industry, adjust the development plan to 2040, with a vision to 2050, in the direction of applying automation technology, digital transformation, ensuring environmental standards, and saving energy.
In particular, gradually modernizing the shipbuilding industry to improve efficiency, connect supply chains, focus on building ships suitable for existing capacity, ensuring requirements for environmental standards, reducing emissions, saving energy, and strongly applying automation technologies. At the same time, build policy mechanisms to prioritize creating conditions to promote the development of the energy and maritime transport industries, contributing to the development of other industries.
Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Trung Kien emphasized that Hai Phong always cares about and encourages domestic and foreign transport enterprises to invest in this field and is committed to accompanying and creating favorable conditions for enterprises to invest and develop.
