Economy

The infrastructure investment strategy, many reasonable support policies and the well exploitation of potentials and strengths help Long An become a "bright spot" in attracting investment in the region.

From July 19, 2021, Long An implemented social distancing according to Directive 16-CT/TTg of the PM across the province to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic.

The Mekong Delta Resilient Business Network has been established, announced the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry chapter in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and The Asia Foundation.

There remains room for Vietnamese exports to the African market, experts said at a virtual workshop on Vietnam-Africa trade promotion held by the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency on July 21.

Head of the Long An Economic Zone Authority - Nguyen Thanh Thanh informed that 860 enterprises were registered for the plan to organize production under the motto "3 on the site”.

Vietnamese firms should attach more importance to registering for intellectual property protection in foreign markets if they wish to develop brands abroad, according to the National Office of Intellectual Property.

Implementing the agricultural restructuring project, in recent years, Vinh Hung district of Long An province has promoted to restructure the crops and livestock on the basis of exploiting the advantages of the locality.

Vietnam is expected to rake in 4 billion USD from fruit and vegetables exports this year if the H1 pace is maintained in the second half of this year.

On July 19, Vice Chairman of Long An People’s Committee - Nguyen Minh Lam chaired an online conference on "Summarizing tax work in the first 6 months and solutions to implement tax tasks in the last 6 months of 2021".

Total revenue of the information and communications technology sector is estimated at nearly 65 billion USD in the first half of 2021, up 22 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Information and Communication.

The rising incidence of COVID-19 has led many localities in the Cuu Long Delta region to adopt social distancing.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has planned to set up six logistics centres to meet transportation, and export and import demands, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.