In 2025, Quang Ninh aims for economic growth of 14% or more. In the first months of the year, the province has directed the implementation of a series of solutions, focusing on effectively exploiting resources and development space to promote economic growth.

Tourism is identified as a key economic sector of Quang Ninh. In 2025, the province is determined to attract 20 million visitors, of which 4.5 million are international visitors, with tourism revenue reaching 55,000 billion VND. With the focus on investment in tourism, Quang Ninh recorded positive results in the first months of the year when it welcomed over 3.7 million visitors, an increase of 27% over the same period in 2024, of which 740,000 were international visitors; revenue of over 8,300 billion VND, an increase of 8% over the same period in 2024. In particular, Quang Ninh has positive signs when attracting super-luxury guests with high spending ability. Typically, in February 2025, two American millionaires in the financial sector, Jeff Grinspoon and John Thomas Foley, while traveling in Vietnam to seek investment opportunities, visited and explored Bai Tu Long Bay and Ha Long Bay. It is expected that there will be 4 more groups of world billionaires coming to Quang Ninh in 2025, of which the largest group will have over 100 guests...

Currently, localities in the province are focusing on building and announcing new tourism products along with many attractive cultural and sports events. In anticipation of summer tourism in 2025, localities have built many new programs and products. In particular, on the occasion of April 30 and lasting until September, Quang Ninh is expected to have dozens of international, national, provincial-level programs and events and nearly 150 local-level programs and events. Typically, the Ha Long Carnival 2025; the Miss Vietnam Sea Global 2025 contest; art programs "Legends of Heritage", "Art for Climate - Ha Long 2025"... Along with many other cultural, sports and tourism activities and events, such as sports sailing festivals, hot air balloon festivals, kite festivals, OCOP fairs... In addition, localities will organize sports competitions, boat races, traditional martial arts, chess... and events associated with regional cultural characteristics to create highlights, meeting a variety of customer streams.

Unleashing development resources, by 2025 Quang Ninh has identified industrial parks and economic zones as one of the driving forces to attract investment resources from society, especially FDI capital. The province has directed relevant departments, branches and sectors to focus on promoting and attracting investment projects in industrial parks and economic zones in markets with strengths in developing processing and manufacturing industries, electronics, semiconductors and supporting industries; closely monitoring market developments to come up with appropriate solutions, in order to anticipate shifting trends, diversify supply chains, and increase the occupancy rate of industrial parks to the highest level.

Along with that, the province focuses on developing 4 new industrial parks, including: Dong Trieu Industrial Park, Van Don Airport North Industrial Park, Hai Ha Industrial Park (phase 2) and expanding Dong Mai Industrial Park. In the list of 4 industrial parks above, in addition to Hai Ha and Dong Mai Industrial Parks that have been invested in and built, and are continuing to apply for investment policies to expand their areas, Dong Trieu Industrial Park and Van Don Airport North Industrial Park are newly invested in and built. To attract investment in technical infrastructure for these 2 industrial parks, the Provincial People's Committee actively directs units and localities to focus on reviewing the planned land fund, thereby building a list of investment attraction projects, and strategic orientations to attract investors to implement investment in technical infrastructure construction. Industrial parks that attract investment early in 2025 will contribute to attracting large non-budgetary investment resources, supplementing resources for economic growth in 2025 as well as promoting investment activities in the area in the following years, especially in the fields of processing, manufacturing, smart industry, and semiconductor chips.

In addition, the province continues to direct investors to accelerate the progress of technical infrastructure investment at Dong Mai Industrial Park (Quang Yen Coastal Economic Zone) and Van Don Industrial Park (Van Don Economic Zone), striving to put them into operation in 2025 and attract secondary investors. At Van Don Industrial Park, the investor (Phu Thinh Van Don Joint Stock Company) has basically completed the investment in the main technical infrastructure in the Industrial Park with a planned area of ​​over 52 hectares in Doan Ket commune...

Completing the infrastructure of industrial parks and industrial clusters creates an important foundation to attract projects and investors. Recently, on March 18, the Lite-On Quang Ninh Factory project (phase 1) was started at Song Khoai Industrial Park (Quang Yen Town). The project is invested by Lite-On Technology Group - one of the 10 largest corporations in the world specializing in the production of electronic components for computers, phones, etc. Phase 1 is expected to be completed in November 2025. Currently, the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board and the People's Committee of Quang Yen Town are creating the most favorable conditions for investors to speed up construction progress, striving to complete the project ahead of schedule; regularly monitor, inspect, and promptly support investors to resolve problems arising during project implementation.

Currently, other key projects of the province are also being urgently constructed, such as: Dam Nha Mac Interchange connecting Ha Long - Hai Phong Expressway with Quang Yen - Dong Trieu Riverbank Road; Riverbank Road connecting from Ha Long - Hai Phong Expressway to Dong Trieu City; Provincial Media Center headquarters...

In addition, the province has also resolutely directed the review and effective solutions for projects that are behind schedule. Recently (March 17), the province issued a document directing the review and focusing on resolving backlog projects, projects that have stopped construction, and projects that are behind schedule using public investment capital; urgently deploy, complete, and put into use to prevent waste and loss. Accordingly, departments, branches, investors using budget capital, and People's Committees of localities continue to coordinate to resolve backlog projects and works, projects that have stopped construction, and projects that are behind schedule using public investment capital; finalize the settlement of completed independent items of the project, as a basis for capital allocation in 2025, not to extend to the next medium-term period; prepare dossiers of completed projects, handover and put into use, report to competent authorities to carry out procedures for handing over assets to management and use units according to regulations...

Unleashing resources and effectively exploiting potential has created a solid foundation for Quang Ninh to achieve its economic growth target by 2025.

Nguyen Hue