Getting nearly 1,000 hectares of clear land

In 2025, the provincial Industrial Zones Authority implemented a number of measures to achieve and surpass many important targets.

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Particularly, the total investment capital in industrial parks (IPs) reached over 6.8 billion USD, equivalent to 163.1 percent of the plan. This result demonstrated Bac Ninh is a reliable and ideal destination for production and business operations.

The province has concentrated on construction of industrial park infrastructure to ride the wave of shifts in global investment and meet enterprises’ demands.

Since early this year, the province has issued investment policy decisions for 13 projects with total registered capital of over 26.8 trillion VND (1.01 billion USD) and given a nod to increase capital for 2 projects of industrial park infrastructure with an added capital of some 1.2 trillion VND (45.5 million USD).

Particularly, the province has nearly 1,000 hectares of land in 2025, creating clear land funds for industrial development, equal to 499.25 percent against the target.

Recently, 2 big projects including the second phase of Que Vo II IP infrastructure development project (in Phu Lang commune) and Phuc Son IP (in Quang Trung commune) have been commenced construction after completing related procedures.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phan The Tuan stressed the commencement of the IP infrastructure projects and efforts in land clearance contributed to expanding space for industrial development, supplementing land fund and integrated infrastructure to meet demand of both domestic and international investors.

Enhancing land use efficiency

According to the provincial Industrial Zones Authority, the province has 43 out of 52 IPs approved planning with the total area of over 13,000 hectares.

Particularly, 36 IPs have been approved investment policy, of which the industrial, administrative and service land that have been leased reached 55 percent.

As defining industrial sector as the driving force of the province’s economic growth, Bac Ninh is targeted to have 2 or 3 industrial park infrastructure development projects approved in 2026 and attract more new investors.

It will also strive to gain at least 1.6 billion USD of investment capital in the IPs (both new and added capital).

Nguyen Xuan Ngoc, Deputy Head of the provincial Industrial Zones Authority informed the agency will continue to collaborate and accelerate land clearance progress of the remaining area of the existing and new IPs.

Besides, they will direct to complete investment in technical infrastructure construction as scheduled, creating clean land funds to lure investors. It is targeted to provide at least 300 hectares of land for infrastructure investors in 2026.

To that end, the Authority will focus on supporting and collaborating in implementing infrastructure projects right after they are approved investment policy.

They will also pay attention to removing obstacles in land clearance and accelerating project progress to enhance land use efficiency, making positive contributions to the province’s economic growth targets.

In line with efforts in infrastructure development, investment promotion is strengthened with innovative methods and updated information.

In addition, the provincial Industrial Zones Authority has directed the Bac Ninh Industrial Park Investment Support and Development Centers No 1 and No 2 to strengthen the information dissemination on the investment and business climate, advise and support businesses and investors in performing administrative and investment procedures, as well as in production and business operations in industrial parks.

These are important solutions to improve quality of supporting services and gain trust among businesses, helping to make Bac Ninh a compelling destination for investment.

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