Attending the meeting were representatives of leaders of the following departments: Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Construction, Finance, Science and Technology, Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board and the Office of the City People's Committee.

Welcoming the delegation to visit and work in Hai Phong, Chairman of the City People's Committee Do Thanh Trung emphasized: Hai Phong is a large seaport city, the main gateway to the sea of the Northern provinces, as well as an industrial center, an arterial traffic hub and a key growth pole of the region. Over the years, the city has maintained double-digit economic growth for 11 consecutive years. Along with expanding the urban development space and receiving specific mechanisms and policies from the Central Government, Hai Phong is aiming to build an integrated ecosystem between seaports - logistics - industry - international trade, with priority on developing green port models, smart ports and circular logistics, striving to become a regional international logistics center.

The Chairman of the City People's Committee hopes that through the work program and field survey at Tan Cang Hai Phong International Container Terminal (TC-HICT), the delegation will have more useful practical experiences in attracting investment, developing industrial park infrastructure, managing and operating modern seaports, etc reducing logistics costs and applying digital technology in multimodal transportation connections; thereby contributing to further tightening the traditional friendship between the two countries.

Expressing his impression of the solemn welcome of the city's leaders, Deputy Minister of Industry of Palestine Laila Khaled Farid Eghreib highly appreciated Hai Phong's outstanding development capacity and synchronously connected transport infrastructure system. Sharing about the difficulties that Palestine is facing due to the impact of the war and limited financial resources, Ms. Laila Khaled Farid Eghreib said that the Palestinian Government is focusing on improving institutions, promoting reforms to improve the investment environment, attract FDI for reconstruction and national construction. The delegation wishes to learn and absorb the successful lessons of Hai Phong in mobilizing investment capital for infrastructure development, building economic zones, industrial parks and logistics supply chain management for research and application in the coming timeAt the meeting, the city's departments and branches had a specific discussion with the delegation about the industrial park development planning process, experience in implementing investment projects in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), digital transformation solutions in seaport infrastructure management and the problem of optimizing the cost of goods circulation.

According to the plan, in the afternoon of the same day, a delegation of Palestinian ministries and branches will visit and work in the field at Hai Phong Tan Cang International Container Terminal./.