– On the morning of December 5, at the City Convention Center, the Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board coordinated with the Customs and Border Protection […]
– On the morning of December 5, at the City Convention Center, the Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board coordinated with the US Customs and Border Protection Agency (US CBP) to organize the Workshop "Building capacity in establishing Free Trade Zones and non-tariff zones in Hai Phong city" with the goal of accelerating the progress of establishing Hai Phong Southern Economic Zone, including establishing a Free Trade Zone and implementing and planning policy mechanisms in the Zone. Xuan Cau non-tariff.
Attending the Conference were comrades: Le Anh Quan, Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee; Le Trung Kien, Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Head of the Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board; Representatives of leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the General Department of Customs; Departments, branches, branches, units and localities; leaders of Xuan Cau Industrial Park and non-tariff zone and a number of universities in the city.
On the US side were Mr. Steve Green, Commercial Counselor, representative of the US Embassy in Vietnam and experts from the US Customs and Border Protection (US CBP), US Department of Homeland Security.
Scenes of the Workshop.
Following the success of the business trip to the United States from November 14 - November 23, 2023, the Hai Phong city delegation was led by comrade Le Tien Chau, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee. At the meetings, the Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee emphasized that the city is urgently preparing to build a new economic zone in the south of the city, an ecological economic zone, with sustainable development integrated with circular economic activities, with an area of more than 20,000 hectares, applying many outstanding preferential policies associated with the development of a free trade zone to welcome US investors.
Comrade Le Trung Kien, Head of Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board, spoke at the Conference.
In addition to the Free Trade Zone, Hai Phong city also focuses on developing a non-tariff zone. The city is urgently accelerating the progress of implementing the Xuan Cau Industrial Park and non-tariff zone in the Lach Huyen international gateway port area with an area of 752 hectares, contributing to the implementation of Action Program No. 76 of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee. By 2025, Hai Phong will focus on developing and expanding 15 new industrial parks with a total area of 6,418 hectares.
To have a basis to carry out the above tasks, the Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board organized the Workshop "Building capacity in establishing Free Trade Zones and non-tariff zones in Hai Phong city" to absorb experience in construction and development from the Free Trade Zone, non-tariff zone model from the United States, as a premise for the construction of Hai Phong Southern Economic Zone and planning policy mechanisms for Xuan Cau Free Trade Zone.
Comrade Le Anh Quan, Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee attended the Conference.
The model of free trade zones and non-tariff zones is one of the most attractive models of development and investment attraction, applied and deployed effectively in many countries around the world to attract maximum investment - trade - technology resources; Especially suitable for localities and territories with potential, development advantages, and outstanding favorable geo-economic locations associated with seaports and international airports, being a focal point for trade - integration cooperation, playing a leading role in leading regional, national and international economic development.
Conference delegates.
The workshop is an opportunity for Hai Phong city to learn about the new model, share practical experiences and management methods from experts from the US Embassy and the US Border Protection Customs Department to update, edit and supplement research on free trade zones and non-tariff zones that Hai Phong's research team is implementing, successfully completing the tasks assigned by the City Party Secretary.
US experts spoke at the Conference.
As of November 30, 2023, in Hai Phong city there are a total of 904 foreign investment projects with a total investment capital of nearly 30 billion USD. Of which, in Industrial Parks and Economic Zones, there are 520 projects with a total capital of 25.98 billion USD. In the first 11 months of 2023, Hai Phong is one of the leading localities in the country attracting FDI with 3.2 billion USD (reaching 160% of the 2023 plan).
According to the agenda, the Conference will take place from December 5 - 7, 2023. After the Workshop, Hai Phong city will receive suggestions and comments from US experts to update, edit and supplement studies on free trade zones and non-tariff zones to soon submit the project to the Central Government and the Government for promulgation.
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