Hanoi will carry out an array of industry and trade development measures with a view to building Hanoi into an international trade hub in the region and the country, as well as concretising the resolution adopted at the municipal Party Organisation's 17th congress.
The northern port city of Hai Phong has achieved high growth in the first six months of 2018 and is moving towards establishing itself as the third largest city in the country, an international trade hub and a driving force for national development, according to the head of the city’s People’s Council.
Besides traditional markets such as the US, EU and Japan, Vietnamese enterprises should make inroads into the Middle East market, according to experts.
The Prime Minister has approved a task on planning the development of Lao Cai border gate economic zone in the northern province of Lao Cai to 2040 with a vision to 2050.
Singapore is expected to be an important gateway for Vietnamese coffee and other farm produce to increase their presence in the Asian market in addition to traditions ones like Europe and the US.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho aims to become a trade and services hub in the southwestern region by 2020, with the sector making up 60.33 percent of its Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRPD).