Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked authorities of the northern port city of Hai Phong to take preventive measures and do everything in their capacity to deal with typhoon Sarika.
The Hai Phong Port Joint Stock Company and the Heung-A Shipping Co., Ltd of the Republic of Korea (RoK) put into operation their joint logistics services in Hai Phong city.
The first steel overpass in the inner northern city of Hai Phong at the most crowded intersection is expected to be put into operation in January next year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged Vinh Bao district in the northern port city of Hai Phong to exert all-out efforts to soon become a new-style rural district.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on investors to pour money into the northern coastal city of Hai Phong, especially in production, business, tourism and services.
Hai Phong city, which is at an important location in the northern key economic region, must post faster quality growth so as to stimulate overall development of the whole nation.
A dossier will be built to propose the area of the World Natural Heritage Site Ha Long Bay, which is in the northern province of Quang Ninh, be expanded to Cat Ba archipelago in nearby Hai Phong city.
The northern port city of Hai Phong is expected to become the international gate of the north for an estimated 109-114 million tonnes of goods in and out and about 25,800 foreign tourists by 2020.
The northern port city of Hai Phong has so far this year attracted more than 2 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI), according to the municipal Department of Investment and Planning.
The Hai Phong Port City management authority and Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) has announced a detailed master plan making Cat Hai Island a smart island.
The northern port city of Hai Phong granted licenses to 28 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth 1.83 billion USD in the first seven months of 2016.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stressed the need for Hai Phong city to protect the environment to maintain the living standards of locals as it boasts strong industrial economic development.
A requiem was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on July 30 to commemorate those who died of Agent Orange/dioxin sprayed by US troops during the war in Vietnam.