Looking back upon 2025: Ninh Binh witnesses comprehensive development in many fields

The year 2025 concludes with many important milestones in the development process of Ninh Binh province. This is a year of special significance, marking a strong shift in development thinking, management methods, and task implementation in the context of the province deploying a two-tier local administration model, concretiding the strategic resolutions of the Party Central Committee and the province.

With a spirit of innovation, decisiveness, and flexibility, Ninh Binh has achieved many outstanding accomplishments in various fields, creating a solid foundation for the next phase of development.

“Breakthrough” in economic development, ensuring social security

Despite many difficulties, in 2025, the socio-economic development of Ninh Binh province has maintained positive growth momentum and achieved comprehensive results. These achievements affirm the correct leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee. The consensus and efforts of the entire political system, business community, and people have strengthened confidence and created a foundation for sustainable development.

Chairman of the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee Tran Huy Tuan stated that 2025 is a pivotal year, the final year of the 2021-2025 five-year socio-economic development plan. Under conditions of many changes following the policy of streamlining the organisational structure and operating under a two-tier local administration model, the province has demonstrated a high sense of responsibility and determination to successfully complete its tasks.

Firmly pursuing its growth target, Ninh Binh achieved an economic growth rate of 10.65%, ranking 3rd out of 34 provinces and cities, exceeding the target set by the Prime Minister. The province’s economic scale is estimated at 342.8 trillion VND and GRDP per capita reached 89.19 million VND.

The economic structure has clearly shifted towards increasing the proportion of industry-construction and services, with industry-construction accounting for 47.05% and services 34.39%.

Industry has continued to be the main driving force for growth; industrial zones and clusters have operated stably; many large-scale, high-tech projects have come into operation, contributing to increased production value and job creation.

Total social investment increased by 23.9%, reflecting the confidence of businesses and investors in the province's business environment. In particular, the disbursement of public investment capital reached over 100% of the plan assigned by the Government.

Tourism has continued to affirm its position as an attractive destination domestically and internationally.

In 2025, Ninh Binh is estimated to welcome more than 19.4 million visitors, including nearly 2.2 million international visitors. Revenue reached 21.27 trillion VND, exceeding the plan, making a significant contribution to promoting economic growth and enhancing the local image.

2025 marks a clear transformation in the investment and business environment with increasingly substantive support from administrations at all levels.

Alongside economic development, social welfare work has been implemented promptly and effectively; policies for war veterans, social protection beneficiaries, and poor households have been fully implemented; the multidimensional poverty rate has decreased to 0.96%.

After nearly three years of implementing the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses, more than 3,600 poor and near-poor households in the province have received support.

Preferential credit policies, livelihood support, vocational training, and job creation have proven effective, helping people stabilize their lives.

2025 also marks the province's efforts in implementing the two-tier local administration model. The work of reorganising and streamlining the organizational structure has been carried out synchronously, efficiently, effectively, and effectively; administrative reform and digital transformation have been accelerated; national defense, security, and social order have been maintained, creating a stable environment for development.

Building a foundation for sustainable development

The achievements in 2025 not only completed and exceeded many development targets but also created a solid foundation for Ninh Binh to enter 2026 with a proactive and confident mindset.

The province has set the goal of rapid, sustainable development, harmonising economic growth with cultural and social development and environmental protection; placing people at the centre and driving force of development.

Entering 2026 - the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 1st Provincial Party Congress, Ninh Binh has identified the focus of developing clean, high-tech industries, supporting industries, and deep processing; promoting ecological, organic, and circular agriculture; P\promoting OCOP products in conjunction with sustainable development requirements in the context of deep integration.

The province will focus on improving the quality of growth; accelerating the shift in economic structure towards modernity and environmental friendliness; leveraging the advantages of heritage, ecological, and cultural tourism; and reorganizing agricultural production towards green, smart, and climate change-adaptive directions.

Planning and infrastructure development, especially transport, urban areas, and digital infrastructure, will continue to expand development space and strengthen connectivity.

Party building and the political system will be key tasks. The province will focus on improving the quality of cadres, promoting democracy, consolidating people's trust; ensuring social security, sustainable poverty reduction, and improving the quality of education, health, culture, and people's lives.

Secretary of the Ninh Binh Provincial Party Dang Xuan Phong affirmed that the province is entering a new phase of development with higher demands, requiring an administration that is closer to the people and serves them better.

Phong requested that Party committees, administrations, agencies, and units to focus on effectively implementing orientations, visions, plans, strategies, mechanisms, and policies; unlock and effectively mobilise resources, especially non-state resources, human resources, and the soft power of Ninh Binh's culture and brand value; and steadfastly pursue double-digit growth targets, creating momentum for sustainable development.

Building on the tradition of unity and solidarity, with high determination, great effort, and decisive and effective action, Phong expressed his confidence that Ninh Binh will continue to make strong breakthroughs and make worthy contributions to the overall development of the country in the new era./.

With a long-term vision, Ninh Binh is oriented towards developing into a modern, culturally rich central urban model, with people at the center of its development strategy. The province strives to be among the top 10 localities with the highest human development index in the country by 2030, gradually building a smart city.

Looking back at 2025, it can be affirmed that Ninh Binh has gone through a year of many efforts and significant achievements, with important, comprehensive, and fairly solid results. These achievements not only reflect the correct leadership and decisive management of the government at all levels, but also are the culmination of the spirit of unity, consensus, and aspiration for progress of the Party Committee, government, and people of the entire province.

With the foundation already built, Ninh Binh enters 2026 with the belief and determination to realize the goal of rapid and sustainable development, gradually affirming its position as a relatively developed province in the region and the country.