Vietnam – Japan Friendship Industrial Park inaugurated in Can Tho

The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 3 inaugurated the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Industrial Park, as part of the activities to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic ties.
Vietnam – Japan Friendship Industrial Park inaugurated in Can Tho ảnh 1The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Industrial Park in Can Tho (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho  (VNA) –The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 3inaugurated the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Industrial Park, as part of theactivities to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of thebilateral diplomatic ties.

Located in Tan Phu ward, CaiRang district, the park covers 30 hectares in the first phase. The moderncomplex boasts a complete system of technical infrastructure which can ensurethe standards of a green industrial park. It prioritizes the production in thefields of electricity, electronics, information technology, engineering, and pharmacy.

The location of the park isdescribed as favourable for investors as it lies just 5 km from the city’sadministrative centre and 15 km from the Can Tho International Airport. It isalso near two international seaports which can accommodate ships with a tonnageof up to 20,000 tonnes and help connect Can Tho with industrial parks in the nearbyprovinces of Hau Giang and Soc Trang.

On behalf of the Can ThoPeople’s Committee, Chairman Vo Thanh Thong pledged to create the bestconditions for investors, especially those from Japan, in their production andbusiness.

Speaking to the press,President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vu Tien Loc said in thecontext of the increasing international economic integration, the inaugurationof the park is a milestone marking a new stage in the economic cooperation,trade and investment between Japan and Can Tho in particular and the MekongDelta in general.

The official highlightedthat Can Tho and the region have made active preparations for a wave ofJapanese investment through annual cultural and economic exchange activities.The effort is working well as it has helped attract more and more Japanese investorsto the locality, he said.

According to a report by theChamber’s Can Tho branch, by the end of October this year, the Mekong Delta hadattracted 169 investment projects from Japan with a combined registered capitalof 2.2 billion USD, representing 10.5 percent of the total foreign investmentto the whole region.-VNA
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