Can Tho needs to improve transport infrastructure to lure more investments: RoK official

Min, who led a delegation from the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), had a working session with the provincial leaders on October 10, during which the two sides discussed cooperation opportunities in such fields as new energy, hi-tech agriculture and export of rice and aquatic products.

He said as many Korean firms want to invest in new agriculture technology, both sides could cooperate in using modern machinery to produce quality rice.

He wished more Vietnamese aquatic products and farm produce, especially rice, would be exported to the RoK in the near future.

According to him, Korean enterprises also expect to develop solar and wind power plants used in industrial production. He hoped that the O Mon thermal power plant would be put into operation soon to draw investment from foreign firms, including those from the RoK.

For his part, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Ngoc He expressed his hope that Min will serve as a bridge linking Korean investors with Can Tho.

In his opinion, RoK firms wishing to invest in hi-tech agriculture should choose the south as their destination.

At the event, the two sides looked into the operation and management of the Vietnam-RoK Agricultural Machinery Centre and the status of the Korea-Vietnam Incubator Park (KVIP) based in Tra Noc 2 Industrial Park in the city.

Indochina Kajima Development Limited, a joint venture between Indochina Capital, a leading real estate developer in Vietnam, and Kajima Corporation, one of Japan’s largest general contractors and overseas real estate developers, held a ground-breaking ceremony for its latest venture, the Wink Hotel Can Tho Centre, on September 16.

The 156km-long Can Tho-Ca Mau Expressway, which would provide a transport axis for the Mekong Delta, is expected to kick-off construction next year to be completed by 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony to start the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in the 2021-2026 tenure and cast his vote at the voting unit No 18 in the southern city of Can Tho on May 23 morning.

CT Group – with its desire to invest in traffic infrastructure and particularly a high-speed train to the Mekong Delta – shared information about this projectat the Workshop on Clearing Highways and Promoting the Advantages of the Mekong Delta on May 31.