The Hai Phong Peoples Committee made public Prime Ministerial Decision 1448/QD-TTg dated September 16, 2009, on November 11, regarding changes to the city plan until 2025, with a vision to 2050.

Hai Phong will become a first-class national-standard city, a port city, a traffic center in the Northern Key Economic Zone and an important destination on the Vietnam-China Two Corridors-One Economic Cooperation Belt. Hai Phong will also be a general economic, scientific and technical center in the northern coastal region.

Apart from the seven districts that exist in the city, Hai Phong will create five new districts (Ben Rung, Bac Song Cam, An Duong and Trang Cat-Cat Hai) plus suburban districts, Cat Ba Island and the Dinh Vu-Cat Hai Economic Zone.

The decision was made in response to the population, development directions, architecture, infrastructure and more in the city in the future.