In the context of Hai Phong City accelerating its industrialization and modernization process and moving towards the establishment of economic zones and free trade zones, land resource management has become a vital factor. To realize the vision of a green, civilized, and modern port city, the City People's Committee issued Decision No. 1551/QD-UBND on the establishment of a Steering Committee and Plan No. 150/KH-UBND on the implementation of measurements, cadastral mapping, and the completion of the land database (DB). This is not merely a technical task but an all-out campaign of strategic significance, creating a "digital operating system" for all land resources in the port city.
- Strategic Vision and Practical Necessity
Hai Phong is implementing this plan based on solid political foundations, including Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science, technology, and digital transformation, and Resolution No. 79-NQ/TW on state economic development. In particular, the direction of General Secretary To Lam regarding the promotion of interconnected and synchronous digital transformation has created a powerful motivation for the city to resolutely and definitively resolve existing issues in land management.
Building a centralized land database is identified as an important tool for transparent, effective, and accountable state management. For key projects such as the Specialize Economic Zone, Northern Economic Zone, having a "clean" and "live" database will help shorten land clearance time, provide transparent planning information, and build absolute confidence for major investors.
- New Governance Model: Interdisciplinary Steering Committee and System-wide Involvement
To ensure the feasibility of a massive workload, Hai Phong has established an Interdisciplinary Steering Committee headed by the Permanent Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee. The distinct feature of this model is the direct participation of the City Police leadership and the Chairmen of the People's Committees of 114 communes, wards, and special zones.
The combination of the Agriculture & Environment sector (technical expertise) and the Police sector (population data authentication) is considered a "golden alliance" to ensure that land data is directly connected and shared with the National Population Database and the National Data Center. The Steering Committee is responsible for general coordination, removing institutional bottlenecks, and directly inspecting and monitoring implementation progress in each locality.
- The "6 Criteria" Goal – The Gold Standard for Digital Data
The city has set strict requirements: the land database must meet the standard of "correct - sufficient - clean - live - unified - shared". This means that every land plot across the entire city must have digital data created.
The implementation roadmap is divided into two main groups:
- Maintenance and Update: For more than 300,000 plots that have already met the standards, the city is moving entirely to management in a digital environment, updating changes in real-time.
- Enrichment and Cleaning: For approximately 900,000 plots that are in the database but incomplete, technical teams will perform matching and supplement spatial information, attributes, and scanned records.
The goal is that by the end of 2026, Hai Phong will have a complete digital cadastral map where every change in land use rights is immediately recorded in the Central system.
- Breakthrough Tasks and Modern Technology Application
Plan 150/KH-UBND outlines 14 specific task groups, from field measurements to the restructuring of administrative procedures. Some breakthrough contents include:
- Unique Identification Code for Each Land Plot: Creating an identification code to connect with the National Digital Address Platform helps eliminate duplication and serves as a foundation for aviation and seaport logistics services in economic zones.
- VneID Application in Land Management: The city will upgrade utilities on the VneID application so that citizens can provide documents and confirm land information in the most convenient way.
- "Rolling" Implementation Organization: Surveying contractors will organize the collection of records and hand over the dossiers to the commune-level People's Committees for processing as they go, without waiting for the entire project to finish.
- Administrative Restructuring: Focusing on Citizens and Businesses
One of the highest purposes of building the database is administrative procedure reform. When the land database is connected to the population database, paper document components such as proof of residency will be minimized.
The city aims to expand the list of land administrative procedures performed entirely online. At that time, citizens and businesses in Hai Phong can register changes and check land plot information right at home, helping to reduce negativity and significantly save time and costs. The land database will then play the role of a "base data layer" for all planning activities, public investment, and the determination of financial obligations.
- Security Shield and Sustainable Technical Infrastructure
In the digital age, information security is the top priority. The Department of Science and Technology is assigned to lead the upgrade of server infrastructure, security equipment, and backup systems to meet centralized operation requirements.
The data management process is strictly established with decentralization mechanisms, access control, and logging of all operations. The City Police will regularly inspect and evaluate system safety to ensure that land data—a national asset—is not compromised.
- Foundation for the Formation of Future Economic Zones and Special Zones
The completion of the land database in 2026 is decisive for projects building Specialize Economic Zones, the Northern Economic Zone, and Free Trade Zones:
- First: It provides accurate input data for the detailed planning of high-tech industrial parks and new urban areas.
- Second: It helps the government be proactive in compensation and resettlement support plans, avoiding complex lawsuits due to errors in area or land origin.
- Third: It creates a transparent industrial real estate market, attracting a new generation of FDI investors interested in the local digital governance indices.
- Determination for a Breakthrough Hai Phong
The timeframe for implementing the plan is encapsulated in only 09 months (from April 1 to December 31, 2026). This is an enormous challenge, requiring the prioritized, drastic, and scientific focus of the entire political system. The Chairmen of People's Committees at the commune level must take full responsibility for the progress and quality of data in their localities.
The task of the Steering Committee does not stop at completing the database in 2026. Decision 1551/QD-UBND clearly states the requirement for preliminary and final reviews and, most importantly, the establishment of a mechanism to sustainably maintain the land database after the project ends. This will be the foundation for Hai Phong to manage resources effectively, make the real estate market transparent, and promote investment attraction into economic zones and special zones in the future.