At the conference, leaders of the Ministry of Planning and Investment announced Decision No. 369/QD-TTg, dated May 4, 2024 of the Prime Minister on approving the Planning of the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region during the current period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050. Accordingly, the scope and boundaries of planning for the Northern Midlands and Mountains include the entire mainland territory of 14 provinces.

According to regional planning, Thai Nguyen province is identified as an important growth pole of the entire region. Along with Bac Giang, Phu Tho, Hoa Binh, Thai Nguyen is the driving force for development, the industrial - urban - service center of the region, with the orientation of developing high-level mechanical manufacturing industry, electronics, electrical equipment, semiconductors; Develop services in a diverse and breakthrough direction, develop a number of modern, high-quality service industries such as trade, logistics, finance, banking, tourism, telecommunications, specialized healthcare, training high quality human resources; Developing highly efficient agriculture, high technology, organic agriculture...