Hai Phong to terminate Resolution 38/NQ-HDND on the logistics services development plan through 2025, with a 2030 orientation, due to misalignment with current realities

The People’s Committee of Hai Phong City has submitted a document to the City People’s Council proposing to terminate the force of Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND on the plan for developing the city’s logistics services through 2025, with orientation to 2030. The proposal cites that the resolution no longer matches practical realities, and says all guidelines, spatial structure, and logistics-system development needs will be integrated into the city’s overall planning adjustment.

Original targets under Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND

On December 10, 2018, Hai Phong City People’s Council approved Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND on the development plan for Hai Phong’s logistics services system through 2025, with orientation to 2030. The stated objective was to develop Hai Phong into a modern national logistics services hub linked to its role as a port city, strengthen its position as a national and international trade gateway, and support highly competitive logistics enterprises.

Under the resolution, by 2025 Hai Phong targeted a logistics services growth rate of 25–35% per year, logistics services’ contribution to GRDP of 15–25%, and an outsourced logistics services rate of 40–60%. By 2030, the city aimed to complete the logistics-center network and raise the share of cargo moving through logistics centers to 60–65% of demand in the area.

Logistics center network and capacity targets

The logistics-center system was planned to include four existing centers—Lach Huyen, VSIP, Trang Duệ, and Nam Đình Vũ—and two planned centers—Tiên Lãng and Cát Bi. By 2030, the total capacity of the logistics-center system was expected to reach 140.35 million tons per year, including about 7.86 million TEUs per year for containers.

Three logistics corridors were also planned to connect with regional economic zones, with full development of logistics services. The focus included multimodal transport, warehousing, freight forwarding, e-commerce logistics, air logistics, and port-support services.

Port-linked logistics development reported by the city

According to the Hai Phong City People’s Committee, the logistics-planning resolution helped the city form a logistics platform linked to port advantages. The port system has undergone capacity upgrades across five main port areas, including 51 ports in the national list with a total quay length of 14,178.5 meters. Lach Huyen International Gateway Port is cited as capable of receiving container ships over 200,000 DWT.

Throughput has increased: from 2021 to 2024, the ports handled over 678 million tons of goods, including 190 million tons in 2024 alone.

The city reported about 250 logistics enterprises in Hai Phong, alongside 85 logistics-related projects in industrial zones and economic zones, including 30 FDI projects and 55 domestic projects, with total investment of over USD 900 million. The warehousing network includes around 60 large facilities covering more than 700 hectares, concentrated in key port areas such as Đình Vũ, Tân Vũ, Chùa Vẽ, Hoàng Diệu, and Hải An district. Two logistics centers are already in operation, and four new centers are under investment.

The committee also pointed to strategic transport-infrastructure projects such as coastal passes, connections between ports–industrial zones–border gateways, port expansions at Lach Huyen, ring roads, and industrial-zone transport axes. These projects, it said, have helped raise port throughput, improve regional and international connectivity, and facilitate logistics services and supply-chain development.

Reasons for terminating the resolution

The Hai Phong People’s Committee said implementation of the logistics-system plan under Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND faces limitations. Some logistics centers in the plan have not been implemented or have been delayed due to land-fund constraints, site clearance, investment procedures, and policy issues.

It also said some tasks and contents in the logistics-service-development plan accompanying Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND have not been completed or are no longer suitable due to policy changes. The committee stated that the resolution’s planning no longer aligns with higher-level plans, including the city master plan, regional planning, and national sector plans, as well as changes in administrative boundaries.

Mismatch with higher-level logistics directions

The committee cited Resolution 45-NQ/TW dated January 24, 2019, of the Politburo, which identifies Hai Phong as a national logistics center by 2025 and an internationally modern logistics hub by 2030. It said the city aims for port throughput of 380 million tons by 2030, while Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND set a target of 208.9 million tons by 2030, which it considers inconsistent with central and city priorities.

Administrative boundary changes from July 1, 2025

The committee also noted that from July 1, 2025, Hai Phong and Hai Duong were merged into the new Hai Phong City, with commune-level administrative units reorganized. It said this significantly changes the development space and the logistics-planning boundary under Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND.

Hai Phong is preparing a general-planning adjustment, and the committee said all orientation, spatial structure, and logistics-development needs will be updated and integrated.

Next steps and expected planning alignment

In the next development phase, Hai Phong will implement logistics projects and strategies at a higher level. The Hai Phong City People’s Committee therefore believes that proposing to end the force of Resolution 38/NQ-HĐND is necessary and consistent with the law, to ensure consistency and synchronization across the city’s planning system and development direction.