CAN THO CITY - VIETNAM CAN THO INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

1 2 CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF CAN THO CITY

CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 3 Mr. Le Quang Manh - Chairman of Can Tho City People’s Committee Can Tho City - Ready to create favorable conditions for investors

Can Tho is a municipality, located at the heart of the Mekong Delta; being favored with fertile land and temperate climate by nature, Can Tho has its own typical advantages in producing and processing agricultural and aquatic products for domestic consumption and export.

However, the City’s outstanding advantages are its strategic geographic position and development orientation to make the city become an industrialized and modernized city, being the representative city of the region as approved in the Resolution No. 45-NQ/TW dated February 17th, 2005 of the Politburo. Since then, the City has focused on developing projects in the fields of urban infrastructure, transport infrastructure; high-tech agriculture; agricultural and aquatic product processing industry; tourism and infrastructure for tourism; supporting industries, etc. assisting the City to confirm its role as an important transport hub of the country in terms of river ways, roads, sea and airways, trading within the region and the whole country; being a central city that plays a very important role in both socio- economic and national defense and security, as well as the driving force for the development of the region.

Can Tho is aiming to become a national-level plain city which is a civilized, modern, bright, green, clean and beautiful city, being the center of industry, trade-service, education, training, science and technology, health care and culture of the region. At the present, Can Tho is paying great attention to support and being ready to create favorable conditions for investors and enterprises to develop.

4 CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES * Ph.D Nguyen Dinh Cung, - Center of geographic connectivity of the whole Mekong Delta: Can Tho is located in the middle and downstream area, the center of the Mekong President of Central Institute for Delta; being an important node in the Mekong Delta transport network. Economic Management (CIEM- The Ministry of Planning and Two large seaports playing important roles in the whole region: Cai Cui Port Investment) and Can Tho Port, receiving ships of 10,000 tons to 20,000 tons, capable of handling 4.5 million tons of cargo a year. Can Tho Port is a national general port, a regional hub and a class I port in Vietnam’s seaport system, which is the main port of the Mekong Delta. In terms of roads, the City connects with Ho Chi Minh City through National Highway 1 and the expressway of Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong - My Thuan - Can Tho. The waterway network is well connected with other provinces in the region. Can Tho International Airport connects Can Tho with other parts of Vietnam and other countries in the region. - The Economic Connection Center of the Mekong Delta: Through Can Tho, goods of the Mekong Delta are circulated to all regions of the country. Can Tho also plays the role of transshipping goods of the whole country to the provinces in the region; being the gateway to the western and southern provinces of Hau River, playing the role of connecting these provinces with Ho Chi Minh City.

*Mr. Motoyuki Nakamura, General Director of Tri Viet International Company Limited We know that Can Tho has been the home of huge and qualified human resources in the Mekong Delta, thus we have decided to come here to invest. Being the Company specializing in manufacturing sports gloves for export and more than 10 years of investment in Can Tho with high efficiency. The support of the government is very good; the exchange and contacting are convenient; tax incentives are also quite attractive. Initially, the procedural paperwork is quite complicated but the authorities always provide detailed guidance and prompt answers. From that success, we plan to open another factory in Can Tho.

* Master Nguyen Phuong Lam

Director of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Can Tho Branch Director in charge of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and After 14 years of PCI Index disclosure (Provincial Competitiveness Index- is considered Industry (VCCI) Can Tho Branch: sửa lại thành: Director of the voice of the private business community, reflecting the quality of local Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Can economic governance), Can Tho is estimated to be very stable and has significantly Tho Branch improved year after year. Especially, in the last 7 years, Can Tho has been in the top 15 provinces, the top city of the country. Particularly in 2018, Can Tho had ranked 11th out of 63 provinces of the country on the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI). This continues to affirm the stability in the economic governance of the City administration, and at the same time shows that Can Tho has significant improvements in the business environment, investment in the direction of ventilation, create favorable conditions for enterprises in production and business activities.

*Mr. Nam Jung Dae General Director of Tae Kwang Can Tho Liability Company Through operation in Can Tho, I noticed the City leaders together with leaders at Departments, Branches, Management Boards of Export Processing Zones and Industrial parks... cared, supported, and created a lot of favorable conditions for enterprises from executing the investment project involving the construction of factory, until the production and business operations, especially the simplifying administrative procedures of business and investment. The company has invested in many localities, but the time to process procedure for issuing investment licenses in Can Tho City is the fastest. Specially, for the project of Tae Kwang Can Tho Liability Company, Can Tho City People’s Committee Established the Steering Committee for ground clearance work managed by Vice Chairman of City People’s Committee as the Group Leader, as a result, the Company’s ground clearance work in Phase 1 has been completed in less than 70 days.

CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 5 CAN THO - ECONOMIC CENTER OF THE MEKONG DELTA - Economic structure: + Agriculture, forestry and fishery: 8.14% + Industry - Construction: 32.70% + Service: 58.16% - Total export turnover of goods and services: USD 2,070 million - Import turnover: USD 450 million - Total retail sales, services revenue: USD 5.181 billion - Total investment capital: USD 1.958 billion - Number of FDI projects/valid capital: 82 projects/ USD 693.35 million - Provincial Competitiveness Index 2018 (PCI): ranked 11 out of 63 provinces/cities nationwide - Number of hospitals, medical establishments: 25 General hospitals, 85 health stations. - Revenue from tourism: USD 163 million - Total tourists to Can Tho: 8.48 million people (of which 1.9 million tourists reside temporarily) - Percentage of population having access to clean water: 84.7% - Number of universities and colleges: 15 (05 universities, 10 colleges) - The rate of solid waste collection in urban areas: 91%

(Data in 2017) GRDP per capita Labor force USD 741,474 people 3.460

6 CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES CAN THO - ECONOMIC CENTER OF AREA POPULATION THE MEKONG DELTA 1,439.2 2 Total state 1,282,274 km budget people revenue:

USD 526 million

Number of urban districts and rural districts GRDP current prices 5 urban districts 4 rural districts USD 3.750 billion

GRDP INCREASE The rate of 7.505% trained workers (compared to year 2017) 72%

CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 7 Why should invest in Can Tho ?

° STRATEGIC POSITION

° DEVELOPED INFRASTRUCTURE

° HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING CENTER; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE MEKONG DELTA

° MEDICAL AND HEALTH CENTER OF THE REGION

° FRIENDLY INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT

° HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT

° DIVERSE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL

8 CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Strategic position

AN GIANG

Hoang Sa

MEKONG DELTA

HO CHI MINH CITY

Phu Quoc HO CHI MINH CITY CAN THO

Truong Sa

CAN THO

KIEN GIANG CA MAU

The Mekong Delta consists of 13 provinces and cities. Can Tho is a municipality, the economic, education- training, scientific-technical and medical center of the Mekong Delta.

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COMPLETE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Expressway Expressway project from Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho has completed the sections of HCMC - Trung Luong; the section of Trung Luong - My Thuan - Can Tho is HO CHI MINH CITY under construction (planned to be

Quốc lộ 91 ĐONG THAP LONG AN completed before year 2020).

AN GIANG River way

MY THO Quốc lộ 80 KIÊN GIANG TIEN GIANG Can Tho has two national

TP VĨNH LONG waterways crossing which are the BEN TRE CAN THO Ho Chi Minh City - Ca Mau Route and Ho Chi Minh City - Kien Luong Tuyến Cần Thơ - Vị Thanh Route. These are the two main TRA VINH HAU GIANG Roads waterways of the Mekong Delta. SOC TRANG There are 06 national highways Quốc lộ Nam sông Hậu crossing Can Tho, including: CA MAU BẠC LIÊU National Highway 1, National Quốc lộ 1A Highway 91, National Highway *Notes: 80, National Highway 91B, Southern Hau River Route and Completed Expressway Can Tho - Vi Thanh Route, Under-construction Expressway conveniently connecting Can National Highway River way Tho with HCMC and other provinces in the region

SEAPORTS

Tra Noc Port: Receiving ships of 5,000 - 10,000 DWT; Clearance capacity reached 1.0 -1.5 million tons; it is expected to reach 2.5 - 3.0 million tons per year in year 2020.

Hoang Dieu Port: Receiving ships of up to 10,000 DWT; Clearance capacity reached 2.0 -2.5 million tons; it is expected to reach 3.0 million tons per year in 2020.

Cai Cui Port: Receiving ships of up to 20,000 DWT; Clearance capacity reached 3.5 – 4.0 million tons; It is expected to reach 6 - 7 million tons per year in 2020.

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AIRWAY:

AIRWAY: Can Tho International Airport is a 4E airport in accordance with ICAO standard, with runway of 3,000m x 45m, passenger terminal of 20,750m2, designed capacity of 3 million passengers per year.

Flights: Can Tho - Hanoi Can Tho - Da Nang Can Tho - Phu Quoc Can Tho - Con Dao Can Tho - Da Lat Can Tho - Cam Ranh Can Tho - Vinh Can Tho - Thanh Hoa Can Tho - Hai Phong Can Tho- Bangkok (Thailand) Can Tho - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

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Power supply system: Can Tho City is supplied power mainly from the national grid via the 220 KV line of Cai Lay - Tra Noc and Cai Lay - Rach Gia.

Can Tho also has Tra Noc Thermal Power Plant with a total capacity of 188 MW and O Mon Electricity Center including 4 thermal power plants of O Mon 1, 2, 3, 4 with a total capacity of 3,660 MW. This is a rich power supply for Can Tho City and the Mekong Delta.

Water supply system: At present, the City has 12 factories and water supply stations with total designed capacity of 166,320 m3/ day and night, and currently being exploited about 85-90% of capacity. The percentage of population having access to clean water: 82%.

Total The percentage designed exploited of population capacity of about having access 166.320 to clean water: m3/day 85-90% and night of capacity 82%

12 CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Telecommunications infrastructure - Telecommunications infrastructure: The current network infrastructure of Can Tho City has high quality (optical fiber), covering 100% residential areas; 4G services have been provided. Telephone density reached 112.5 subscribers per 100 people; Internet density reached 36.55 subscribers per 100 people in which broadband internet subscribers are 12.86 subscribers per 100 people; many modern types of services are deployed, fully networked to all localities in both domestic and international.

The City and districts authorities are connected to the broadband internet and the Government’s specialized data transmission network. Most research institutes, schools, hospitals, etc. have connections to access broadband internet.

Financial and banking center of the Mekong Delta: Financial and banking center of the Mekong Delta: In the area there are 48 credit institutions with 241 locations with banking transactions, meeting the demand for capital and providing financial and banking services for production and business activities. Most major banks have their headquarters in Can Tho.

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Location map of Can Tho industrial zones

There are 09 industrial zones in Can Tho with 06 operating industrial zones including: Tra Noc 1 industrial zone, Tra Noc 2 industrial zone, Hung Phu 1 industrial zone, Hung Phu 2A industrial zone, Hung Phu 2B industrial zone, Thot Not industrial zone phase 1 and 03 industrial zones being planned in details are: O Mon, Bac O Mon and Thot Not Industrial zone phase 2.

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Land sublease price No. Industrial zones Land fill rate (%) (ha) Infrastructure fee

40-60 USD/m2/26 year 1 Tra Noc 1 100% 0,4 USD/m2/year 2,5-4,0 USD/m2/year 40-60 USD/m2/26 year 2 Tra Noc 2 91% 0,4 USD/m2/year 2,5-4,0 USD/m2/year 3 Thot Not 66% 100-140 USD/m2/50 year 0,3-0,4 USD/m2/year

4 Hung Phu 1 52% 85-110 USD/m2/36 year 0,5 USD/m2/year

5 Hung Phu 2A 30% 85-100 USD/m2/40 year 0,36 USD/m2/year

6 Hung Phu 2B 95% Detailed planning 7 O Mon is in progress Detailed planning 8 Bac O Mon is in progress Detailed planning 9 Thot Not phase 2 is in progress

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Health:

Can Tho is the health center of the Mekong Delta with an advanced health care system. In Can Tho, there is 12 General hospitals, 12 Specialties hospitals and more than 90 medical establishments.

Education and training

science and technology: Can Tho is a place where has many training establishments with scientific and management staffs with high qualifications, high scientific and technological potentials compared with other localities, national and regional scientific research institutions of the rice, fruit trees, biotechnology, etc. In Can Tho area: + 01 national research institute + 05 universities, 10 colleges, 14 professional intermediate schools (accounting for 40% of universities and colleges throughout the Mekong Delta). + 73 vocational training establishments, accounting for 41% of vocational training establishments in the whole region.

16 CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Ñaàu moái tieáp nhaän ñaàu tö:

Open investment environment

The investment and business environment in Can Tho has been continuously improving in the direction of simplifying, shortening the time for solving administrative procedures and creating favorable conditions for enterprises.

With the goal of building dynamic government, improving the quality of business support services, creating conditions for enterprises to enter the market, the city leaders regularly meet, visit, talk to enterprises to help them solve difficulties, support enterprises to improve competitiveness. Over the past five years, Can Tho has always been at the top of the country in terms of provincial competitiveness index. Particularly in 2016, Can Tho City is ranked 5th in the list of 10 most attractive investment destinations of the country selected by the enterprises.

Focal point for receiving investment projects Implementing the “one-stop” mechanism in dealing with investment procedures (from preparation to implementation of investment projects). For projects outside export processing zones and industrial zones: implemented at the Department of Planning and Investment of Can Tho City; For projects inside export processing zones and industrial zones: implemented at Can Tho Export Processing and Industrial Zones Management.

* Outside industrial zones and export processing * Inside industrial zones and export processing zones zones INVESTOR

INVESTOR Return Submit

Submit Return “ONE DOOR” DIVISION “ONE DOOR” Can Tho City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (CEPIZA- Address: No. 105 Tran Hung Dao St., Ninh Kieu Dist. DIVISION Located at Department of Departments, Planning and Investment of Specialist Divisions of Can Tho City Address: No. 17 related agency to Tran Binh Trong St., carry out Ninh Kieu Dist., Can Tho City Departments, Specialist Divisions of CEPIZA to carry out (for procedures Related agency to carry out under CEPIZA’s authorization

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Diverse economic potential

- Industry: The key industries of Can Tho are: food processing, seafood, pharmaceuticals, mechanics, garment, construction materials, etc. In particular, the main industry is processing industry (food and fishery products), accounting for over 67% of the total industrial production value of Can Tho. The food processing industry develops steadily based on lots of strength: + Abundant sources of materials from farming, animal husbandry and aquaculture are provided locally and from provinces in the Mekong Delta. + Labor resources are abundant and cheap + The market is large and increasingly expanded Can Tho has conditions to develop industries supporting the localities in the Mekong Delta. CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES 19

Commerce

Commerce: Can Tho is the place where goods are concentrated, providing commercial services to the Mekong Delta and many other provinces in the country.

In terms of domestic trade: Total retail sales and service revenue of Can Tho in 2017 reached over USD 5,181.

Export and import: Can Tho has export and import relations with about 80 countries and territories.

EXPORT VALUE

Europe 169,5 Milion USD 14,09% Asia 656,3 Milion USD 54,55% Americas 266,5 Milion USD 22,155%

Other markets Africa 20,4 Milion USD 1,7% 70,8 Milion USD Australia 5,89% 19,5 Milion USD 1,62%

+ Export: Import: Total import turnover of goods: nearly USD 450 million. Total export turnover of goods and services in foreign currency: nearly USD 2,070 million (2018). In particular, The main import items are: Agricultural chemicals, the export of goods is USD 1,650 million, the services is fertilizers, pharmaceutical materials, fabrics, sewing nearly USD 450 million. accessories, aquatic materials and other materials. The City now has more than 10 major export commodities that can compete in the market, including rice, seafood, garments, handicrafts, salted eggs, footwear, leather, feathers, iron and steel, nails, etc. In which, two main items, accounting for high proportion of the total export value of the city are rice and seafood.

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Agriculture

At the present, the three main agricultural production Fruit trees, vegetables: value chains of Can Tho are: - Fruit trees: The area is 18,000 ha, the annual output Rice: A crop that has the advantage of the City. The is about 100,000 tons with many famous specialties total cultivated area is over 237,000 ha (2018), annual such as: Hoa Loc mango, sweet orange, Ha Chau output is over 1.4 million tons. baccaurea, cainito, jackfruit, grapefruit, banana, etc. with good production process. Seafood: The aquaculture area in 2018 over 11,000 ha. The output is about tons/year; in which the total output - Vegetables: The area is about 12,000 ha, diverse in of pangasius is over 182,000 tons. Pangasius production types such as: watermelon, cucumber, tomato, water is being oriented by farming procedures that ensure morning glory, balsam-apple, etc. food safety and hygiene such as GAP, SQF, ASC, BMB, Can Tho has a lot of potential for high-tech agricultural etc. The City has over 30 seafood processing factories development. (average capacity of 100 tons/day/factory).

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Typical types of tourism in Can Tho

- Eco-tourism of river and garden: With tours to Cai Rang floating market, Phong Dien floating market, fruit islets such as Con Son, Tan Loc, enjoying the river at night on yachts along the river, tasting the countryside specialties, listening to Southern amateur music.

- Cultural - history tourism: with a system of museums, communal houses, pagodas, temples and traditional handicraft villages, etc.

- Tourism in combination with conferences, seminars, exhibitions, fairs and events: With the most developed infrastructure in the region, along with a system of restaurants, hotels and centers for convention, seminars and fairs of large scale, this type of tourism is growing in recent time in Can Tho, being the first choice for organizing conferences, seminars, MICE travel in the Mekong Delta.

* The cuisine of Can Tho is rich and varied, featuring the cuisine of the South, combined with the unique culinary culture of the Kinh, Hoa, Khmer ethnic groups, etc.

22 CAN THO, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT INFORMATION

People’s Committee of Can Tho City Add: No 02 Hoa Binh street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 080 71165; Fax: 080 71182 Email: [email protected] Department of Planning and Investment of Can Tho City Add: No 17 Tran Binh Trong street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3830235; Fax: 0292 3830570 Email: [email protected] Can Tho Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority Add: No 105 Tran Hung Dao street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3830238; Fax: 0923830773 Email:[email protected] Can Tho Promotion Agency Add: No 108A Le Loi street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3830487; Fax: 0292 3830354 Email: [email protected] Department of Industry and Trade of Can Tho City Add: No 19- 21 Ly Tu Trong street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3820702; Fax: 0292 3830778 Email: [email protected] Department of Construction of Can Tho City Add: No 25 Ngo Huu Hanh street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3820335; Fax: 0292 3827839 Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Can Tho City Add: No 09 Cach Mang Thang Tam street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3822751; Fax: 0292 3826838 Email: [email protected] Can Tho city Dapartment of Taxation Add: No 379 Nguyen Van Cu street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3820732; Fax: 0292 3823915 Email: [email protected] Customs Department of Can Tho City Add: 18 Le Hong Phong street, Binh Thuy district, Can Tho city Tel: 0292 3841086; Fax: 0292 3841118 Email: [email protected]

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