The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology welcomed the Russian survey vessel Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev at Nam Dinh Vu Port, the northern city of Hai Phong on November 9 afternoon as it began a Vietnam–Russia scientific survey.

Hai Phong is improving foreign worker management and housing as industrial expansion drives international labour mobility, with nearly 19,700 foreign employees and more than $3.6 billion in FDI attracted in the first nine months of 2026.

The Government has proposed maintaining income incentives for officials, public employees, and staff in Hai Phong city, with additional payments not exceeding 0.8 times the position- and rank-based salary.