Vietnamese trade counsellors abroad have urged the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to do more to market its projects to foreign investors and provide them with all necessary information.

They made the suggestion at the October 7 workshop in the province, during which Kon Tum asked the trade counsellors to help in attracting foreign investors to the province.

The trade counsellors, who are based in France, Japan , the Republic of Korea , Germany , US, Taiwan ( China ), and Singapore , agreed that Kon Tum is in a good position to develop its tourism and economy thanks to its geographical advantages.

Lying in the East-West economic corridor, it is well connected with the Central Highlands and the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam development triangle area. The province is also home to Mang Den eco-tourism area – a landmark tourist attraction and Bo Y international border gate economic zone.

They, however, stressed that the province should have clear priority and made proper preparations in terms of infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Head of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency Do Nhat Hoang asked the province to enhance connectivity with other localities in the region so that investment promotion will become easier.

Kon Tum authorities tabled 15 projects that are calling for FDI.

The province is also working hard to ramp up infrastructure, improve its competitiveness while holding regular dialogues with businesses in order to clear their hurdles in the shortest time.

It has so far granted licences to 128 domestic projects worth over 29 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) and three FDI projects valued at over 1.3 trillion VND (60 million USD).-VNA