Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee calls on businesses to invest in Nghe An

... Today, Ho Chi Minh City is honored and delighted to be chosen by Nghe An province as the venue for the 2019 Investment Promotion Conference in Nghe An province. On behalf of the city's leaders, I would like to send my warmest greetings and best wishes to you, comrades and delegates.

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee spoke at the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

Speaking of Nghe An, we all remember: "The road to Nghe An is winding/The green mountains and blue waters are like a picture". That folk song has resounded for generations like an indelible love in the hearts of the people of Nghe An and the people of the whole country, to praise a charming land with majestic beauty that captivates people's hearts; a land that, despite many difficulties, is rich in history and culture with many valuable sites.

Nghe An is also a land of outstanding people - the birthplace of many ancestors, cultural celebrities, and outstanding patriotic revolutionary soldiers, among whom millions of Vietnamese people and international friends know with love and admiration, that is President Ho Chi Minh. That is why, when mentioning Nghe An, everyone has a very special affection for this land.

Nghe An province is located in the North Central region and is the largest province in the country with an area of ​​16,500 km2.²; has rich and diverse terrain; large forest area, many types of minerals; population of 3.3 million people - ranked fourth in the country; especially, with 82 km of coastline, with many attractive beaches for domestic and foreign tourists. At the same time, Nghe An is a locality with advantages in developing cultural tourism, with more than 1,000 historical relics, of which more than 200 are classified as special, including Kim Lien Relic Site.

In the near future, Nghe An will be located on the North-South Expressway, the Hanoi-Vientiane Expressway, and will be the gateway to the Pacific Ocean of Laos and Northeast Thailand. Thus, Nghe An will have many potentials and advantages to develop international seaports, aviation and border gates. Industrial zones are being built and completed in terms of technical infrastructure, promising many prospects for investors in the future.

Up to now, the number of projects of Ho Chi Minh City investors in Nghe An province that are still in effect is 57 projects, with a total registered capital of more than 34,400 billion VND; of which 35 projects with a total investment capital of more than 21,500 billion VND have been put into effective operation, making important contributions to the socio-economic development of Nghe An.

Ho Chi Minh City is the economic locomotive of the country. Currently, the city's enterprises have invested in 57 projects in Nghe An, with a total registered capital of more than 34,400 billion VND. Photo: Thanh Duy

Ho Chi Minh City is honored to be named after beloved Uncle Ho. We recognize our responsibility to accompany Nghe An in the development process, as well as to build and develop our own city.

Therefore, I call for and hope that, after today's Investment Promotion Conference, Ho Chi Minh City enterprises as well as enterprises nationwide will pay more attention to investing in Nghe An, not only in terms of the number of investment projects, but also focusing on in-depth investment, with many feasible projects, applying many new advances in science and technology, to help Nghe An develop further, exploiting all its potential strengths.

On the part of the city government, we will focus on directing departments and branches to further strengthen coordination to effectively implement the socio-economic cooperation program between Ho Chi Minh City and Nghe An, which was signed by the two localities in April 2019.

Once again, on behalf of the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and Nghe An province, please allow me to thank the investors who have invested and supported Nghe An in the past. With special affection for the homeland of beloved Uncle Ho, we will join hands with the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province to build Nghe An to soon become a prosperous and developed locality of the North Central region and the whole country.

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(Excerpt from speech)Comrade Nguyen Thanh Phong- Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committeeat the Investment Promotion Conference in Nghe An province in Ho Chi Minh City;Title by Nghe An Newspaper)