Enterprises from the Central Highlands, Central Coast and Ho Chi Minh City signed a memorandum of understanding

SGGPO 07/06/2023 21:43

On the afternoon of July 6, in Quang Ngai City, the Emulation Bloc of the Management Board of Economic Zones, Industrial Parks, and High-Tech Parks (EZs, IPs, and KCNs) of the Central Highlands and Central Coast provinces held a Conference on "Connecting the production, supply, and consumption chains of goods and services between enterprises".

The conference was attended by nearly 70 enterprises from economic zones, industrial parks, and high-tech parks from 11 provinces and cities in the Central Highlands, Central Coast and Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr. Vo Phien, Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee, spoke at the conference.

At the conference, Mr. Vo Phien, Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee, said that currently, 11 provinces in the Central Highlands and Central Coast have 51 industrial parks, economic zones and high-tech zones with a total of 2,195 investment projects. Among them, there are many large-scale heavy industry and petrochemical industry projects.

According to information from the Emulation Bloc of the Management Boards of Industrial Parks, Economic Zones, and High-Tech Parks of the Central Highlands and Central Coast provinces, by the end of 2022, the activities of industrial parks and border economic zones in the Central Highlands had attracted 394 projects with a total investment capital of VND 38,140 billion, production value reaching VND 22,989 billion, creating jobs for more than 12,100 industrial park workers in the Central Highlands.

Meanwhile, the coastal economic zones of the Central Coast attracted 1,081 projects, with a total investment capital of more than VND818,300 billion, production value reaching VND465,065 billion, creating jobs for more than 244,590 workers.

Conference scene

Regarding local strengths, the five Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Lam Dong, and Dak Nong have the advantage of large, fertile lands, suitable for production and development of agricultural and food processing industries such as coffee, tea, rubber, pepper, and vegetables.

For the 6 Central Coast provinces including Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, there are outstanding advantages such as favorable investment attraction, especially the spillover effect of large projects associated with seaports, coastal land fund suitable for industrial development, abundant filling materials, construction materials, and convenient transport infrastructure system.

Delegates attending the conference also discussed the difficulties that have prevented the Central Highlands and Central Coast provinces from attracting large projects, such as most of the enterprises investing in industrial parks and economic zones are mainly small and medium-sized, and have not created a widespread driving force. Infrastructure investment such as border economic zones with Laos and Cambodia has not had much development momentum, and coastal transport infrastructure has not been upgraded and invested properly, etc.

At the conference, delegates recommended that central ministries and branches pay attention to creating favorable conditions and focusing on building a complete infrastructure system to connect the economic regions of the Central Highlands and the Central Coast. Aiming to plan and develop industrial parks, economic zones, high-tech parks and urban areas to become growth nuclei to promote economic and social development of localities in the region, associated with environmental protection and sustainable development, human resource development, and FDI attraction.

Ms. Bui Thi Thu Huong, Deputy Director of the Department of Organization and Personnel, Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaking at the conference.

Ms. Bui Thi Thu Huong, Deputy Director of the Department of Organization and Personnel, Ministry of Planning and Investment, commented that this is a creative activity of the emulation bloc of the Central Highlands and Central Coast provinces, and is also the first unit out of 18 emulation blocs of the Ministry of Planning and Investment to organize a conference to connect production, supply and consumption of production and goods.

Enterprises signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation.

At the conference, 10 businesses signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation, connecting the production chain, supply and consumption of goods and services in the Central Highlands, Central Coast and Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/doanh-nghiep-cac-tinh-tay-nguyen-duyen-hai-mien-trung-va-tphcm-ky-ket-bien-ban-ghi-nho-post696415.html