Ninh Binh (VNA) – Ninh Binh will strive to be among the top 10 provinces and cities in the Human Development Index (HDI) by 2030, according to the resolution of the first provincial Party Congress for the 2025–2030 tenure, which concluded on October 1 afternoon.
For the 2025–2030 term, the province's Party organisation aims to promote its potential, advantages, resources, and driving forces to achieve breakthrough development based on a new growth model.
It also sets a target of becoming a centrally-run city by 2030, with modern industry, high-quality tourism services, and green urban development linked to heritage; and one of the leading localities nationwide in terms of growth rate and per capita income.
Ninh Binh is positioning itself as a national and international tourism hub; a centre for high-quality human resources training; a hub for health care and medical services; and an important high-tech industrial centre of the region and the country, with the key pillars being automotive engineering, information technology, electronics, processing and manufacturing, energy industry, and green materials.
It will harmoniously combine cultural heritage preservation and environmental protection with economic growth, green transition, and digital transformation.
For the period, the province targets an average annual GRDP growth rate of at least 11%. By 2030, GRDP per capita at current prices is expected to reach a minimum of 180 million VND (6,800 USD), local budget revenue over 110 trillion VND, and export turnover more than 40 billion USD. The number of tourist arrivals is targeted at over 30 million, and the urbanisation rate 60.1%.
Meanwhile, Ninh Binh looks to complete constructing 25,300 social housing units and bring the multidimensional household poverty rate during the 2025–2030 period down to below 1%, according to the resolution.
In her closing remarks, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Dinh Thi Lua said that the success of the congress marked an important milestone in the history of the local Party organisation.
Building on the traditions of patriotism, solidarity, and revolution, Ninh Binh will seize opportunities, overcome challenges, demonstrate flexibility and creativity, and strive even harder with stronger and more decisive actions to successfully implement the congress’s resolution, she added./.
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