Hai Duong city in the northern province of the same name targets developing rapidly and sustainably to 2040 with a focus on green growth, digital transformation, innovation, and high-tech industries.

This is part of the master planning for the city announced by the Hai Duong Provincial People’s Committee on April 11.

The city also targets developing high-quality services, smart and green urban areas, and organic agriculture applying high technology.

It will become an exchange center of economics, culture, and history between Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Quang Ninh province as well as a key transshipment hub in the northern region.

Attention will be paid to upgrading technical urban infrastructure, forming concentrated social housing zones with sufficient cultural institutions for low-income earners, building modern urban infrastructure, and controlling the environment in industrial parks and clusters.

Hai Duong city will also exploit and link areas along the Thai Binh and Sat rivers, and relocate factories and agencies to secure environmental conditions and urban activities.

Under the plan, it will be developed into six zones: an urban center, a space along the Thai Binh river, an urban area of culture, sports, education, and healthcare, a green and smart urban area, a new ecological urban area, and an urban development and industrial services area.

Hai Duong city’s population will reach 485,000 in 2030 and 668,500 in 2040. The city will also have 7,241 ha and 8,993 ha of urban construction land by 2030 and 2040, respectively.

The plan serves as a legal basis for the implementation of detailed plans for functional zones and construction and investment projects.