PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at a conference announcing Bac Ninh’s master plan until 2030 with a vision to 2050, Bac Ninh, September 22, 2024.

The province also targets an average GRDP growth rate of 8-9% per year and an average per capita GRDP of more than 14,000 USD per person.

The master plan was announced at Sunday’s conference attended by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who asked Bac Ninh to optimise its potential and persistently pursue its goals.

The government leader said Bac Ninh and other localities should pay more attention to social housing, which together with transport, social, health care, and education infrastructure, would help lure more investments. 

Mr. Chinh suggested the locality promote spearhead economic sectors, high technology, and digital transformation; expand industrial parks in a green, circular, and sustainable fashion; and engage more intensively and extensively in regional and global value chains.

At the same time, it is important to develop modern trade infrastructure, and a large logistics centre to facilitate the circulation of goods in the northern region and across the country, he said.

At the conference, the PM witnessed the handover of investment decisions and licenses, MoUs, and in-principle agreements for 18 large-scale investment projects in the province, with a total capital of over 5.6 billion USD.

Mr. Chinh also attended a ceremony to kick start construction of a bridge between Bac Ninh and its neighboring province of Hai Duong, and a social housing project in Que Vo township.