Recently, Can Tho City organized the 2025 Business and Investor Meeting. This is the first meeting held after 3 weeks since Can Tho City officially came into operation. Thereby, it demonstrates the city's concern, respect and strong commitment to the business community.
Rice export packaging line at Trung An High-Tech Agriculture Joint Stock Company.
Open and frank exchange
According to the People's Committee of Can Tho City, in the first 6 months of 2025, the city had more than 2,400 newly registered and re-established enterprises, an increase of 30% over the same period last year. The city's economic growth rate reached 7.87%, higher than the national average of 7.31%, ranking 19th out of 34 provinces and cities and 2nd in the Mekong Delta region.
According to Mr. Tran Van Lau, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City, the positive results in the city's socio-economic development have a very important contribution from the business community. In particular, businesses and the private economy create added value, contributing about 74% of the total GRDP and over 80% of the city's total budget revenue. In addition, businesses also actively join hands to contribute to social security and sponsor cultural and festival activities.
"The city hopes to receive many frank and constructive comments from businesses and investors. This will be the basis for the city to promptly adjust and improve mechanisms and policies, creating an increasingly favorable and attractive investment and business environment, contributing to the city's economic development. By 2030, we strive to build Can Tho City into a national development pole, playing the role of a driving force for development, spreading and leading the entire Mekong Delta region," said Mr. Lau.
From the suggestions of the head of the city government, businesses, cooperatives, and investors shared, proposed, and recommended to the city leaders many issues related to expanding production areas, developing raw material areas; supporting businesses in learning about new tax policies; phasing clean land allocation; developing medicinal plants, adjacent social housing; creating conditions for merging business groups and associations to develop in new conditions...
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Hanh, representative of Vinataba - Philip Morris Company Limited, said: "Since 2014, the company has implemented a production expansion project with a scale of 20,000m² in Cai Rang district and has been approved by the People's Committee of Can Tho City (old). In the period of 2015-2016, the company coordinated with local authorities to complete site clearance and compensate more than 18.3 billion VND. However, since then, the project has encountered many difficulties related to: procedures for adjusting investment certificates, leasing land for the expanded area and updating land use planning. On the occasion of today's event, the enterprise hopes that the city will continue to pay attention and direct the removal of difficulties so that the project can be implemented after 10 years of stagnation".
According to Mr. Ly Van Bon, Deputy Director of Con Son Agricultural Tourism Cooperative, community tourism has been operating for about 10 years, but up to now, Con Son has not been recognized as a tourist destination. This has hindered travel access; on the other hand, the implementation of docking on fish rafts has also encountered difficulties.
"Son Islet tourism is also facing a shortage of clean water, waste treatment, upgrading boat machinery, landslides... affecting tourism development activities. At this meeting, I would like to express my concerns about the above issues and hope that the city will soon support in removing difficulties and creating favorable conditions for Son Islet tourism to develop more strongly" - Mr. Ly Van Bon shared.
Strong commitment from the government
Regarding issues related to the Agriculture and Environment sector, Mr. Ngo Thai Chan, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Can Tho City, said: Regarding the land price list, while waiting for the construction of the new Can Tho City land price list, from July 1 to December 31, 2025, businesses will continue to use the 3 old price lists of Can Tho City, Hau Giang and Soc Trang provinces. Regarding the opinion from Vinataba - Philip Morris Company Limited, the Department of Agriculture and Environment has noted and invited businesses to the unit's headquarters to have a meeting to discuss details about land lease. Regarding the Con Son landslide, the Department of Agriculture and Environment has received instructions from the Secretary of the City Party Committee and is planning to survey and include it in the city's list of landslide prevention and control measures.
Answering the question of investing in the waste-to-energy project in Soc Trang province (old) since 2018 of Trung An High-Tech Agriculture Joint Stock Company, Mr. Vuong Thanh Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Finance of Can Tho City, informed: After the Power Plan 8 was issued, the People's Committee of Soc Trang province (old) directed specialized agencies to advise on the implementation of the project. However, because the project is on public land and there are 2 or more investors interested, it is necessary to choose an auction plan to select investors according to regulations. Soc Trang province has approved the auction plan but has not yet announced it. Therefore, the new People's Committee of Can Tho City will soon announce it and the company will participate in the auction with other businesses.
Recently, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW on private economic development and Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation. These two Resolutions have a great impact on the development process of the business community. The city's leaders requested relevant departments and branches of the city to thoroughly understand the role and importance of the private economic sector, thereby being proactive in deploying and implementing mechanisms and policies to support businesses. At the same time, they should regularly dialogue, care, share, accompany, promptly remove difficulties, obstacles and legitimate suggestions and recommendations of businesses.
As an organization supporting businesses, Mr. Nguyen Phuong Lam, Director of the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry, Mekong Delta Branch, said that the city needs to clearly plan its development strategy. In particular, the overall development plans need to be reviewed and adjusted promptly. The city also needs to promptly issue a specific action plan to effectively implement Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW and Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, thereby creating a legal foundation and clear direction for socio-economic development. In addition, Mr. Nguyen Phuong Lam said that the infrastructure system is an issue that needs attention, especially the central urban area needs to be fully invested, synchronously connected in terms of traffic, electricity, water, logistics, etc. to create conditions to attract large investors, experts and high-tech enterprises.
Mr. Tran Van Lau affirmed: Can Tho City is entering a new development phase with many potentials and opportunities after the merger. The city is urgently reviewing and adjusting plans, ensuring consistency, synchronization and maximizing the potential and advantages of the new city. At the same time, focusing on accelerating the progress of key projects, developing industrial parks, attracting investment, building modern logistics centers, associated with seaports and airports. In addition, Can Tho also pays special attention to perfecting mechanisms and policies to promptly remove bottlenecks and bottlenecks, meeting the requirements of rapid and sustainable development, continuing to promote administrative reform, improving the investment environment, in the direction of openness, transparency, convenience, safety and friendliness.
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