Exploiting advantages to attract investment

ABO - Through the practice of attracting investment and business development of the Tien Giang province in the recent time as well as guideline and orientation in the future, the image of Tien Giang has been significantly changed from the perspective of investors.

Companies patronise fund for the Provincial Social Security Fund. Photo: DS

* Mr. TAKIMOTO KOJI, DIRECTOR OF JETRO (THE JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION):

To intensify strengthening the image promotion

Every year, about 6,000 visitors come to JETRO Ho Chi Minh City office and the number of annual investment projects from Japan has reached a record high with about 600 projects. But most of the projects were concentrated in Ho Chi Minh city.

With this situation, it is essential to improve the investment environment, promote the image widely so that many people can know.

On the side of the office, we have recently conducted an investment environment study in each locality and requested and cooperated with Japanese consulting firms to promote widely known the local.

* Mr. PAUL BLEIJS, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF HENIKEN VIETNAM BEER CO., LTD. TIEN GIANG:

Timely solving administrative procedures

The Tien Giang province authorities and leaders of the province not only created favorable investment environment but also always supported timely in solving administrative procedures and helped the company in successfully implementing many projects of expanding the capacity of the plant as well as helped the company in continuing to grow production - business in a strong way.

Specifically, from 2013 until now, the company has invested USD 82.3 million and expanded capacity to 2.4 million hls per year.

Through this investment, in 2017, the company contributed VND1,801 billion to the provincial budget.

* Mr. PHAM DUC LONG, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF VIETNAM POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP (VNPT):

Tien Giang province has many advantages

VNPT is honored to have a strategic cooperation agreement with the Tien Giang province to deploy telecommunication and information technology from 2014.

In the past time, VNPT has actively cooperated with other departments in the province to deploy successfully many IT solutions such as: electronic door, electronic office, intelligent education system, etc...

Based on the effectiveness of the cooperation, VNPT has proposed and supported by the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee to support the establishment of the Mekong Software Park.

In that spirit, VNPT will manage and exploit, at the same time, complete procedures of admission into the Quang Trung Software Park.

Tien Giang province has a special advantage when building the Mekong Software Park such as: advantages of the support and determination of the provincial leaders; strengths in infrastructure, information technology infrastructure and human resources; geographic location connected conveniently with Ho Chi Minh city.

With the establishment of the Mekong Software Park, VNPT aims to support and attract other enterprises in the field of information technology to invest and start a business in the Mekong Software Park.

* Mr. PHAM DUC THUYEN, DIRECTOR OF PHU DAT MANUFACTURING AND TRADING CO., LTD:

To enhance connectivity

Today's businessmen are considered as peacemakers so it is necessary to be encouraged, recognized, praised and built force. The year 2017 is a milestone for start-ups and business development.

Along with the strong growth of the Tien Giang provincial Business Association, the connection between government and enterprises has achieved remarkable achievements in the past two years.

I hoped that with favorable geographic position, friendly and hospitable people and with the attention, guidance, support and assistance of leaders at all levels, this conference forum will have good policies to increase its attractiveness of the investment environment and business development to help the Tien Giang province to become a sustainable development province in the southern key economic zone and Mekong delta region, etc...

By staff-writer – Translated by HUU CHI