This October the southern central coastal province of Ninh Thuan will hold a conference to promote investment opportunities available to enterprises to take advantage of its abundant resources in energy, minerals, tourism and agriculture.

The conference, the first of its kind, is expected to attract 400 local and overseas investors and economic experts, said the organisers – the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ninh Thuan provincial People’s Committee and the Japanese External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

Situated on the junction of three strategic transport routes, namely the North-South railway, National Highway 1A, and Highway 27 to the Central Highlands , Ninh Thuan has the potential to develop its energy, mining, tourist and agricultural sectors. It has also been selected to house one of the country’s nuclear power plants.

However, in recent years the province has met with various difficulties when trying to attract both local and foreign investment so its socio-economic growth remains much lower than that of other neighbouring localities in the southern central coastal region.

According to the organisers, talks will be held on how to develop energy production in the province as well as its infrastructure. Calls will also be made for more investment in the southern central coastal area’s agriculture, forestry and aquaculture industries as part of the “Ninh Thuan-Potential and Investment Opportunities” conference./.