Flourishes in Attracting Investment in Can Tho

Can Tho has welcomed many large-scale investment projects from foreign and domestic investors come to set up company in Can Tho.

The city has issued investment policy decisions for 18 domestic projects, with a total registered capital of over 25,046 billion VND and 9 projects with foreign direct investment (FDI) with a total registered capital of 65.28 million USD. Accumulated to date, Can Tho has a total of 103 domestic investment projects, with a registered capital of over 63,324.76 billion VND and 86 FDI projects, with a total registered capital of over 748 million USD.

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Business development situation of Can Tho also has positive changes. It is estimated that in 2019, the city issue new business registration certificates to 1,500 enterprises of all types, with a total registered capital of 11,500 billion VND, an increase of 7.37% in the number of businesses and an increase of 46.98% of registered capital compared to 2018, bringing the total number of active businesses to about 10,000; accounting for about 26% of all businesses in the Mekong Delta region.

Over the years, Can Tho has invested strongly in the infrastructure system, especially the transport infrastructure, step by step completed in a synchronous and modern manner, better meeting the needs of socio-economic development and attracting investment not only for Can Tho, but also for the whole Mekong Delta region.

In terms of maritime, the central port of Can Tho including Hoang Dieu and Cai Cui wharves has completed upgrading and basically completed to accommodate such vessels as 10,000 DWT full-load and 20,000 DWT to reduce loading. The shipping channel project for large vessels entering the Hau River has been completed and cleared with technical channels, creating favorable conditions for transporting import and export goods.

Regarding aviation, Can Tho International Airport has strengthened the exploitation of more domestic routes to and from major cities in the country, along with two international routes to Thailand and Malaysia. Especially, from the beginning of 2020, the route of Can Tho – Seoul (Korea) operated by VietJet will officially open with the frequency of 3 flights/week.

Regarding road traffic, as planned, in April 2021, Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway will be put into use. Along with that, the My Thuan – Can Tho expressway deployed to invest will connect smoothly and quickly Can Tho with Ho Chi Minh City – the largest economic center of the country.

Besides, the investment promotion and image promotion of the locality are paid special attention. In 2019, the City has organized many missions to promote domestic and foreign investment cooperation, focusing on potential markets suitable to local investment attraction needs, such as Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Czech Republic, Russia…