Quang Yen town currently has 333.70 km2 of natural area, the conversion population is 210,602 people; There are 19 communal administrative units (including 11 wards and 8 communes). Hiep Hoa commune has 9.52 km2 of natural area and a population of 12,533 people, while Tien An commune has 11.38 km2 of natural area and a population of 10,808 people.
According to the plan, Quang Yen became a city by 2025, a Logistics Port Industrial and Service Center, reaching a grade -II urban area before 2030.
According to the project that Quang Yen town has submitted to the competent authorities for consideration, will establish Hiep Hoa and Tien An wards on the basis Tien An.
The establishment of Quang Yen city in Quang Ninh province is based on the status quo of the entire natural area and population size of Quang Yen town.
Currently, through the review and evaluation of the status quo, Quang Yen town and Hiep Hoa and Tien An communes have basically met the criteria for establishing the city and wards as prescribed.
Quang Yen town with the advantage of geographical location has both sea and roads, airways adjacent to Van Don Airport and Cat Bi Airport (Hai Phong), is the southwest gateway of the province , located between 3 big cities (Hai Phong, Uong Bi and Ha Long), is one of the opening doors with the Northern key economic region to develop integration, trade exchange, tourism and is a one Part of the Ha Long - Hai Phong dynamic economic axis in regional economic development.
Quang Yen is a land with great potential and advantages to become an "international transit station" developing into a dynamic economic region in Quang Ninh province in particular and the Northern region in general. Along with the development and synchronous investment of road transport infrastructure, Quang Yen's land fund is still many, which is a necessary condition for Quang Yen town to plan development of industrial parks (industrial parks). , seaports and logistics services.
In the town, there are 5 industrial parks (Dong Mai industrial park, Song Khoai industrial park, Nam Tien Phong industrial park, Bac Tien Phong industrial park and Bach Dang industrial park). Currently, Dong Mai Industrial Park attracts 26 secondary investment projects (25 FDI projects with registered investment capital of 627,327 million USD and 01 domestic investment project with registered capital of 200 billion VND). Song Khoai Industrial Park attracts 16 secondary investment projects (100% is FDI project) with registered investment capital of 2,440 billion USD. Nam Tien Phong Industrial Park has attracted 2 secondary investment projects (100% is the FDI project) with registered investment capital of nearly 72 million USD. Bac Tien Phong Industrial Park attracted 16 secondary investment projects (including 11 FDI projects with a total registered investment capital of 475,353 million USD and 5 domestic projects with registered investment capital of over 42,380 billion VND). Bach Dang Industrial Park is in the process of completing legal procedures to build infrastructure system, so there is no land fund to attract secondary investment projects.
Currently, Quang Ninh has 5 cities including: Ha Long, Uong Bi, Dong Trieu, Cam Pha, Mong Cai, of which Dong Trieu City was established at the end of 2024.
