Removing bottlenecks in transport infrastructure, developing inland waterway ports and fostering regional connectivity hold the key to developing the logistics sector and facilitate foreign trade in the southern key economic region, experts have said.
Foreign enterprises chose the southern key economic region as an investment destination, due to to its young and abundant labour force with lower wages other countries, and large consumer market
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Sunday attended the inaugural ceremony of the Phước Đông Industrial Park and Port in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.
Localities in the southern key economic region need to set up an “investment fund” to develop transport infrastructure to enhance connectivity in the region to ensure sustainable growth, experts have said.
Localities in the Southern Key Economic Region need to enhance co-operation to develop safe agricultural areas and ensure consumption of safe food and farm produce.
Government officials, business groups and executives and experts gathered at a conference in Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa City on Monday to discuss measures to enable the southern key economic region to remain spearhead of the country’s economic development.
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.
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau shared information about its investment opportunities and attraction policies at the Republic of Korea (RoK) Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Seoul on October 18.
Provinces and cities in the Southern Key Economic Region should strengthen their linkages to enable the region to capitalise on its development potential, a seminar heard in HCM City on December 23.