Hai Phong weighs extending the dynamic urban development project for Hai Duong city through 2026

On April 12, 2026, Haiphong City People’s Committee said it is asking the City Council to approve an extension of the Hai Duong Dynamic Urban Development Project (formerly) until the end of 2026. The extension is intended to complete remaining items and disburse unused IDA funds.

Project scale and financing

According to Haiphong’s People’s Committee, the project was approved by the Hai Duong Province People’s Committee (now Haiphong City) with total investment of 78,870,419 USD (equivalent to more than 1,774 billion VND). Of this, 59,118,507 USD (more than 1,330 billion VND) comes from IDA funds from the World Bank, while counterpart funding totals 19,751,912 USD (approximately more than 444 billion VND).

The project aims to strengthen urban management, improve the drainage system and environmental sanitation, and enhance transport infrastructure connectivity, creating an economic-social development impulse for Hai Duong City. It includes two main components: Component A to build and upgrade urban technical infrastructure in 14 wards, and Component B for technical support and implementation support.

Implementation timeline and current progress

The project has been implemented from 2019 to June 30, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, Haiphong’s People’s Committee said that nine construction packages under Component A have basically been completed, including:

• Infrastructure completion for Nguyen Luong Bang and Thanh Binh streets
• T1 canal revetment
• Construction of 22 wastewater pumping stations
• Wastewater collection systems connecting households in the northern area of Nguyen Luong Bang to the Thái Bình River
• Wastewater collection system in the western area of Hai Duong City
• Bach Dang River revetment
• Wastewater treatment plant with capacity of 12,000 m3/day
• Lô Cương pumping station
• Northern drainage system project near the railway

However, the committee noted that some components of the wastewater treatment plant have slow progress and have not yet been accepted.

Remaining issues requiring extension

Haiphong’s People’s Committee said that for the three consulting packages funded by loans and the two technical support packages under Component 2, there are still outstanding issues to be addressed.

Specifically, the construction supervision and contract management package must be extended due to delays in package HD-PW-05 (construction of the wastewater treatment plant and equipment). In addition, package HD-CS-02 (independent environmental supervision and resettlement supervision) and other counterpart packages—such as construction insurance and completion audits—are still underway.

Disbursement status of IDA funds

Regarding central budget planning for 2025, Haiphong’s People’s Committee said that the plan allocated more than 111 billion VND in IDA funds. By January 31, 2026, only more than 60 billion VND had been disbursed, leaving 51.1 billion VND unreleased.

Request to extend to end-2026

Given the remaining construction and supervision tasks, along with the incomplete disbursement of central government funds, Haiphong City’s People’s Committee has proposed to the City Council to extend both the project duration and the disbursement period for central government funds through the end of 2026.