Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (in white shirt) chairs the seminar (Source: VNA) Dak Lak (VNA) – Deputy head of the SteeringCommittee for Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Dieu Kre has called on businessesfrom the Republic of Korea (RoK) to invest in the region on the basis ofpotential and strength of each locality.
He made the appeal at a seminar themed “The RoK-TayNguyen Meeting 2017” jointly held by the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, the RoKEmbassy and the Korea Chamber of Business (KorCham) in Buon Ma Thuot city onJune 16.
The event drew the participation of 50 Koreanfirms and more than 300 businesses from the Central Highlands.
At the seminar, Central Highlands provincesintroduced their potential, advantages and investment projects, mostly in high-techagriculture, processing industry, clean energy and tourism.
Encompassing Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Nongand Lam Dong provinces, the Central Highlands is regarded as an importantstrategic area in terms of socio-economic development, national defence andsecurity of countries.
Located on the trans-Asia axis, the region connects withLaos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar to the west, and with central andsoutheast coastal provinces and deep-water seaports to the east.
The region has a lot of potential and advantagesfor hi-tech agricultural and forestry development, renewable energy, and ecologicaland cultural tourism.
According to the Steering Committee for TayNguyen, regional gross domestic product surpassed 151 trillion VND (6.56billion USD) in 2016, up 7.47 percent annually while gross regional domesticproduct per capita hit 39.56 million VND (1,720 USD), up 8.5 percent.
The region earned over two billion USD fromexports, up 25.5 percent and 14.8 percent from 2015.-VNA
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