Ninh Binh aspires to reach new heights

New potential and advantages

The scale of the provincial economy after the mergence reached 352.16 trillion VND (13.37 billion USD). The province’s budget revenue in 2025 is estimated at 75.21 trillion VND, while its gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth in the 2020-2025 period is estimated at 9.26% per year, and GRDP per capita is 89.45 million VND.

Ninh Binh has just recorded an impressive GRDP growth rate in the first nine months of 2025, reaching 10.45%, rising to the third position among 34 provinces and cities with the highest growth rates in the country.

After the mergence, Ninh Binh possesses many outstanding advantages. Ninh Binh currently has a natural area of nearly 4,100km² and a population of more than 4.4 million people. The sea and coastal space is nearly 5 times larger than former Ninh Binh province, with the coastline length increasing from 15km to more than 88km, reaching out to the Gulf of Tonkin - North East Sea.

This is an outstanding advantage for developing a multi-sector marine economy such as eco-cultural tourism, aquaculture, seaport services and renewable energy.

With a rich cultural and historical tradition, Ninh Binh province currently has nearly 5,000 relics of all kinds, including one world cultural and natural heritage (Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex is the first mixed heritage of Vietnam and Southeast Asia) and one representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity "Practice of the Vietnamese Mother Goddess worship" recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

Its strategic location at the southern gateway of the Hanoi capital region, and at the same time directly connecting with the northern and north central coastal regions, helps Ninh Binh become an important transit point in the Hanoi-Hai Phong-Thanh Hoa development triangle. This new scale creates a large development space, helping Ninh Binh quickly become a dynamic growth pole in the southern Red River Delta.

GRDP growth target of at least 11% a year

In the 2025-2030 term, the Ninh Binh Provincial Party Organisation aims to promote potential, advantages, resources, and driving forces, accelerate breakthroughs according to the new growth model; strive to develop Ninh Binh into a centrally-run city by 2030, with modern industry, high-quality tourism services, green urban areas associated with heritage, and be among the leading localities in the country in terms of growth rate and per capita income.

In the 2025-2030 period, Ninh Binh sets a GRDP growth target of at least 11% per year; GRDP per capita by 2030 to reach at least 180 million VND; budget revenue by 2030 to reach more than 110 trillion VND, and export turnover to reach more than 40 billion USD.

The development momentum is shaped by three breakthroughs: Innovation in mindset and action; improving the effectiveness of the political system; developing science, technology and digital transformation. Ninh Binh focuses on key areas such as industry, tourism, education, training, healthcare, startups, innovation.

Along with that, Ninh Binh prioritises attracting investment resources for strategic infrastructure: Highways, airports, deep-water seaports, high-speed railway stations, inter-regional connecting routes Phu Ly-Hoa Lu-Nam Dinh; urban development associated with public transport, forming a chain of modern urban areas, linking industrial parks, tourist areas and economic zones.

Becoming a centrally-run city is not only a destination but also a strong driving force for the Party Organisation, administration and people of Ninh Binh province to constantly innovate and improve the quality of life and position in the region as well as the whole country./.