Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan expressed his city’s wish to boost economic links with UAE localities while receiving Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Economy Abdullah Al Saleh on October 17.
With its excellent geographical location for trade and economic development and the potential to become the country’s leading agricultural hub, the Mekong Delta province of Long An is ideal for developing a smart urban area, according to experts.
The southern province of Binh Phuoc is attracting attention from many Japanese businesses who want to make investment in Vietnam, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Office in Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City is making efforts to improve its logistic services to create a driving force for its economy as well as that of the southern key economic region.
Opportunities to enhance trade and investment ties between the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Europe offered by the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) were discussed at a seminar on August 2.
The northern key economic region has advantages over other regions in the country to develop, especially in terms of infrastructure and human resources, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference held in the northern province of Hung Yen on June 25.
The subcommittee in charge of economic-social affairs for the 13th National Party Congress has requested localities in the southern key economic region to assess their socio-economic development in the past five years and make recommendations on the directions and tasks for the next five and 10 years and a vision to 2045.
The Southern Key Economic Zone needs special policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and improve linkages between localities to ensure sustainable development, experts have said.
Dong Nai should pay more attention to urbanization besides industrialization, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told the southern province’s officials during a working session on January 8.
Lunar New Year (Tet) bonuses for workers in businesses in southern Binh Duong province will increase by some 10 percent from last year, according to a recent survey.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and the CARE International organisation have surveyed the gender equality situation at businesses in economic zones of Tay Ninh, a province in the southern key economic region.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has injected more than 9.9 trillion VND (426.5 million USD) into transport infrastructure in service of local socio-economic development, the provincial Department of Transport said.
Enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have highly valued the investment climate in the southern province of Binh Duong, which boasts great administrative reform, potential for development, and policies to facilitate businesses.
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau popularised its investment opportunities and attraction policies at the Republic of Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Seoul on October 18.
Long An province, located in the southern key economic region, has reaped encouraging outcomes in investment attraction, and it will press on with concrete solutions to attract more quality projects in the time ahead, authorities said.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang introduced a list of 64 projects that call for investment in 2018 at an investment promotion forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13.
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