On December 26, 2025, the Hai Phong City People's Committee issued Decision No. 5264/QD-UBND approving the Hai Phong City Data Strategy to 2030. This is an important document affirming a strategic vision that places data at the center to comprehensively change management methods, develop the economy, and improve the quality of life for the people of the Port City in the digital age.
Strategic Vision: Data as the "Lifeblood" of Development
Hai Phong's data strategy is built on a consistent view: digital transformation is a total and comprehensive process of change, in which data plays the core role. The city aims to build and enrich data resources while ensuring six standards: "correct, sufficient, clean, live, synchronous, and unified". By 2030, Hai Phong's vision is to turn data into a breakthrough technological infrastructure for sustainable governance and to strongly promote three pillars: Digital Government, Digital Economy, and Digital Society. An ambitious goal is set for data to contribute significantly to economic restructuring, bringing per capita income and the city's digital economy share above the national average.
Digital Government: Centered on People and Businesses
According to the new Strategy, the city government will fundamentally change its operating methods based on a digital data platform. Instead of cumbersome manual processes, Hai Phong aims to automate processes, minimize costs, and increase work processing speeds by exploiting shared databases (CSDL). Specific goals for this phase include improving public service quality by providing full-process online public services and simplifying administrative procedures to increase citizen satisfaction.
The city aims to ensure 100% of shared and specialized databases are completed, digitalized, and connected citywide to create a solid foundation for the Digital Government. Furthermore, it seeks to ensure transparency and responsibility by making information widely public, allowing citizens to monitor government activities through data. Specifically, the city is committed to completing an Open Data Portal to provide valuable datasets for people and businesses to exploit for business opportunities, market research, and product development.
Data Economy: Leverage for Industry and Logistics
Hai Phong identifies data as a key factor in improving the productivity and competitiveness of spearhead economic sectors. The Strategy focuses on building massive data warehouses for production and services:
- Industry: Collecting full-process data from raw materials to finished commercial products to optimize the supply chain.
- Logistics: Building a data system for logistics centers, warehouses, and transport to closely monitor market demand and create effective distribution channels.
- Market: Analyzing consumer behavior and advertising needs in the area to support the sustainable development of local businesses.
A breakthrough step is the research and development of a data market. Hai Phong expects to pilot a Data Exchange, creating a safe and legally compliant environment for buying and selling data, from which value-added services derived from data will be formed.
Culture and Tourism: Digitalizing Heritage and Nature
To make tourism a spearhead economic sector, Hai Phong has set specific targets for the digital presence of cultural resources:
- 90% of cultural heritage and national monuments are to be fully digitalized to form digital libraries and digital heritage.
- 100% of scenic spots and tourist destinations are to complete data storage and share information widely on synchronous digital platforms.
This not only helps preserve traditional values but also creates favorable conditions for domestic and international tourists to access, research, and learn about the land and people of Hai Phong online.
Technological Infrastructure and Implementation Solutions
To realize these goals, the city is implementing synchronous solutions in infrastructure and institutions:
- Data Infrastructure: Developing a modern City Data Center with high redundancy and Big Data processing capabilities. Cloud computing platforms must ensure 100% "Made in Viet Nam" status to meet storage and security needs according to legal regulations.
- Sandbox Mechanism: Establishing regulations for controlled testing of new technological solutions and incentive policies for businesses investing in Digital Government infrastructure.
- Core Technology: Priority will be given to mastering AI, Blockchain algorithms, and IoT to solve difficulties in vital areas such as land, health, and education.
Human Resources: A Network of Data Personnel
The city identifies people as the decisive factor for success. Hai Phong will establish a professional personnel network to support the implementation of the Data Strategy. Each state agency will assign a leader as the focal point directly responsible for data development at their unit. Simultaneously, the city will organize specialized training in data science and database management for officials and popularize basic data skills for citizens and businesses.
Security and Information Safety
Alongside exploitation, data security is a top priority. The City Police play a leading role in coordinating data safety and preventing and handling violations. The connection between the national population database and the City Data Warehouse must ensure proper scope and purpose, and strictly comply with regulations on personal data protection and state secrets.
Organization and Priority Roadmap
The Data Strategy is comprehensively directed by the City Steering Committee for Digital Transformation and Project 06. The Department of Science and Technology is assigned as the lead agency to monitor and urge implementation, while also chairing the integration of master data into the Shared Data Warehouse.
Hai Phong has outlined priority tasks for the 2025-2030 period, including:
- Issuing a list of important and core data under the 2024 Data Law.
- Completing the Shared Data Warehouse infrastructure to meet Level 3 information security by 2026.
- Deploying an IoT system for community monitoring regarding security and traffic, connected directly to the state management system.
The issuance of Decision 5264 and the Data Strategy to 2030 affirms the determination of Hai Phong's leaders to seize opportunities from the fourth industrial revolution. Data, when properly explored, will truly become an infinite resource, allowing Hai Phong to achieve a powerful breakthrough and realize its aspirations for sustainable development.