The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang will hold an investment promotion conference on July 29 to lure more investment to the locality. — Photo courtesy of KITRA

HCM CITY — Local and foreign investors have been invited to take part in the Kiên Giang Investment Promotion Conference 2019 to be held in the province’s Rạch Giá City on July 29.

The conference themed “Kiên Giang – Potential, Opportunities for Investment and Sustainable Development” is expected to attract 500 attendees, including officials from ministries and other agencies, leaders of cities and provinces and executives from international business groups and local and foreign firms.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will be in attendance.

At the event, Kiên Giang will showcase its socio-economic achievements, advantages, investment incentives and projects requiring investment.

On its sidelines will be an exhibition of the list of projects requiring investment, the province’s key agricultural products, tourism potential and others.

According to the Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Centre of Kiên Giang Province (KITRA), the province is seeking investment in 118 projects by 2020.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has great potential in the maritime economy and tourism.

In its socio-economic development orientation, Kiên Giang focuses on soliciting investors in areas such as high-tech agricultural production, organic agriculture, aquaculture, and high-value industrial production.

It has attracted more than VNĐ500 trillion (US$21.6 billion) worth of investment in 680 projects so far. Of them, 341 projects worth VNĐ60.6 trillion are operational, 68 others worth VNĐ115 trillion are under construction and the remainder is completing investment procedures.

More information about the investment promotion conference is available at www.kiengianginvest.com.

Delegates can contact Nguyễn Văn Hải at the Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Centre of Kiên Giang Province via mobile phone 094 8771911or email to trungtamxtdttmdlkg@gmail.com. — VNS