Attending the groundbreaking ceremony were Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Politburo members: Nong Duc Manh, former General Secretary of the Party Central Committee; Nguyen Minh Triet, former President; Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, former Chairwoman of the National Assembly; Phan Dien, former Standing member of the Secretariat, and leaders of central departments, ministries and branches. On the side of Hai Phong City, there were Mr. Le Tien Chau, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the City National Assembly Delegation; leaders of the City Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the city, representatives of departments, branches and localities.
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Hai Phong is one of the leading cities in innovation and creativity, continuously maintaining a double-digit growth rate over the past decade, this is a very proud result.
The Prime Minister also said that our country is innovating the growth model towards green growth, digital growth, circular growth, relying on science and technology, innovation to promote rapid and sustainable growth. At the same time, it creates opportunities and conditions for the development of an independent and self-reliant country.
Both projects started by Hai Phong today ensure such goals. The Prime Minister requested central ministries and branches to continue supporting Hai Phong City and enterprises in the process of implementing the project. Hai Phong City creates favorable conditions for premises, speeds up administrative procedures, and reduces input costs for businesses. Investors implement projects in the direction of "fast - green - sustainable", ensuring progress and quality as committed.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also hopes that Tan Trao Industrial Park, after completion, will quickly attract high-tech investment. The gas plant combines with foreign investors to transfer technology to master the technology, striving to complete it ahead of schedule.
Previously, Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau said that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tan Trao Industrial Park Infrastructure Development Investment Project (phase 1) and Hai Phong LNG Thermal Power Plant was a practical event to celebrate the 1st Hai Phong City Party Congress, term 2025-2030, taking place over 2 days, September 26 and 27.
After 9 months since the establishment of the Southern Hai Phong Coastal Economic Zone, the two key projects that were started today also affirmed their superior policy in attracting investment in the economic zone. This is also a specific result in leadership and direction; the drastic, synchronous and effective participation of the entire city's political system, in order to realize the strategic quadrangle, especially Resolution 68 of the Politburo on private economic development in the area; creating strong momentum, promoting new growth.
The Chairman of the City People's Committee requested investors to focus maximum resources to complete the technical infrastructure of Tan Trao Industrial Park (phase 1), strive to complete the project before the second quarter of 2030, exceeding the approved schedule; complete the Hai Phong LNG Thermal Power Plant Project, and connect the national grid before 2030 as committed.
The two communes of Kien Hung and Nghi Duong continue to urgently complete the site clearance of Tan Trao Industrial Park (phase 1), promptly handing over to the investor. The Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board acts as a focal point, closely coordinating with departments, branches, localities and investors; regularly monitoring, urging, promptly removing difficulties, creating the most favorable conditions for projects to be implemented on schedule.
The Tan Trao Industrial Park Infrastructure Development Investment Project is invested by Vinhomes Hai Phong Industrial Park Investment Joint Stock Company. The project has an area of nearly 227 hectares, located in Kien Hung and Nghi Duong communes, with a total capital of more than 4,000 billion VND in phase 1.
Tan Trao Industrial Park will be built in 5 years, from the second quarter of 2025 to the end of the second quarter of 2030. After completion, the industrial park will become a major center for new industries - technology with advanced technical infrastructure, attracting multi-sector investment such as: electricity, electronics, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, supporting industries, new materials, clean energy industry, renewable energy... In particular, this place will gather tens of thousands of high-quality human resources across the country and internationally.
With its scale, location and synchronous development orientation, Tan Trao Industrial Park will be one of the new growth drivers contributing to increasing investment attraction for Hai Phong and becoming a model industrial center of the country.
The Hai Phong LNG Thermal Power Plant construction project is located on the land of Tan Trao Industrial Park, invested by the Joint Venture of Investors Vingroup Corporation - VinEnergo Energy Joint Stock Company, with an area of nearly 100 hectares and a total capital of more than 178,000 billion VND. The plant has a designed capacity of 4,800 MW (phase 1 1,600 MW, phase 2 3,200 MW) and will be the largest thermal power plant in Vietnam - according to the Government's Power Plan VIII and is among the world's leading LNG power generation plants.
The investor's representative said that by the end of 2030, the plant is expected to be put into operation, supplying about 9.6 billion kWh per year in phase 1 and 19.2 billion kWh per year in phase 2, ensuring a stable power supply for the entire industrial park and adding large capacity to the national grid.
The two projects are expected to not only open up new development momentum for Hai Phong and the North, but also affirm the determination to accompany the Government in ensuring energy security, promoting green transition and raising Vietnam's position on the global economic map.
