HO CHI MINH CITY A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY & PROSPERITY · •Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, locates at the heart of ... •Tan Son Nhat Airport: the biggest airport of the

HO CHI MINH CITY

A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY & PROSPERITY

• Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, locates at the heart of the southern part of Vietnam.

• Area: 2,095 km2 with 24 districts

• Population: over 9 million (registered permanent residents: 7.396 millions)

• International visitors:

– approximately 3.5 mlns annually;

HO CHI MINH CITY

Overview

INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION CENTRE OF HCMC www.itpc.gov.vn

AN ECONOMIC HUB OF THE NATION

• The biggest economic center of Vietnam

• Contribute about 20.2% to the national GDP

• 170,000 companies (1/3 of Vietnam)

• Center of the Southern Key Economic Zone (50% GDP, and 60% FDI of the country)



The best infrastructure:

• Tan Son Nhat Airport: the biggest

airport of the country, connecting with

20 countries, 40 airlines, 300

flights/day, approx. 1.685 million

passengers on domestic and

international routes

• Saigon Port: the biggest port system of

the country

• 1 hi-tech park, 1 software parks, 1 hi-

tech health care park, 1 hi-tech

agricultural park, 3 export processing

zones, and 15 industrial parks



• First stock market in Vietnam: HOSE (Hochiminh city

Stock Exchange)

• International gateway: over 50 foreign bank branches

and 3,000 foreign representative offices from 62

countries

• 75 universities, 36 colleges with over 700,000 students


DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

Traditional markets (totaling 200) vs. :

• Super markets (>82): Coop-Mart, Big-C, Lotte…

• Convenient stores: G7, Shop & Go, Co.op Food, Circle

K (US)…

• Commercial outlets/ trade centers (22): An Dong,

Parkson, Diamond, Hung Vuong…

• Shops: Vietnam fashion Co. (80), Vissan, Agrex Sài

Gòn, Trâm Anh Tea, Hoàng Yến (bird nest)…


GDP STRUCTURE 1st QUARTER /2012

Agriculture

1.0%

Services

57.5%

Industrial &

Construction

41.5%

Source: HCMC Statistics Office

EXPORT – 1ST QUARTER OF 2012

• Total export value 1ST quarter/2012: US$ 4,563.4 mlns (+8.5%)

Main export products :

• Rice: 196.7 mln USD; (-62.4%)

• Seafood: 98.5 mln USD; (+7.5%)

• Garment: 545.8 mln USD; (+8.9%)

• Shoes: 142.6 mln USD; (+8.6%)

• Milk & Diary products 60.2 mln USD; (+159.9%)


IMPORT – 1st QUARTER OF 2012

• Total import value 1ST quarter 2012: US$ 6,191.6 mlns (+7.5%)

• Main Import Products with high value:

• Steel & Iron: 53.4 mln USD; (-11.1%)

• Medicine: 210.2 mln USD; (+1.7%)

• Garment accessories: 237.5 mln USD; (+9.2%)

• Shoe accessories: 45.4 mln USD; (+8.8%)

• Milk & Diary products 181.1 mln USD; (+65.3%)


INVESTMENT 1st QUARTER/2012

• Total register projects: 61 projects

• Total register capital: US$ 65.74 mln

– Upgrade: US$ 26.3 mln (13 projects).

– New license : US$ 39.95 mln.

Investment sectors:

– Processing: US$ 16.3 mln

– Trading US$ 12 mln

– Science US$ 5.1 mln

– Construction US$ 4.6 mln

Source: DPI


INVESTMENT 1st QUARTER 2012 - TOP

INVESTORS

Country / Territory Projects Investment Capital

(US$ milion)

1. Japan 15 8

2. Korean 7 3.3

3. Singapore 6 4

4. France 4 10

5. China 4 1.1


Nguồn: DPI

INVESTMENT OPPOTUNITIES

Source: DPI


- Urban Development Projects : 07

- Infrastructure Projects: 05

- Technologies Projetcts : 02

- Service Development Projects : 12

- Industrial Projects : 02

10

million

people

Fast and

steady

economic

growth

Potential

consump-

tion

Facility for

technolog-

ical

research

+ 60.4%

service

+ 39.2 %

industry

GDP per

capita

USD6,000

Modern

facility for

scientific

research

High -

tech

industry

High

end

service

HCMC

HO CHI MINH CITY BY 2020


ORIENTATION FOR 2012

♦ Focusing on high technologies, high content of intellectual to integrate

into global value chain

♦ Continuing to attract FDI, FII and PPP and encouraging overseas

investment in potential countries/territories.

♦ Maintaining traditional export markets, expanding to new potential

markets

♦ Human resource training in line with market-driven economy

♦ Reforming administrative procedures, tackling business-related

problems

♦ Improving infrastructure facilities (Communications, roads, bridges,

electricity…)

♦ Developing service sectors (education, healthcare, consultancy,

scientific research…)


FOCUSING SECTORS


Infrastructure • Subway and monorail systems • Roads and bridges • Parking lots • Industrial parks

FOCUSING SECTORS


New townships

• Thu Thiem New Township: 900 ha, opposite to the current Saigon, to host 200,000 inhabitants, design complied with international standard

• Cu Chi Northwest New Township: 6,000 ha.

• Hiep Phuoc Harbor city.

FOCUSING SECTORS


♦ Hi-tech industries (4 industries encouraged by the gov’t)

Priority given to manufacturing of hi-tech products from four industries:

Mechanical engineering

Chemical

Electronics & IT

Food processing

FOCUSING SECTORS

Services (9 mostly encouraged by the government) 1. Finance (banking, insurance and stock exchange) 2. Trade 3. Transportation and logistics 4. Telecommunications 5. Real estate 6. Consultant, scientific & technological research 7. Healthcare 8. Education and training 9. Tourism


Thank you

INVESTMENT AND TRADE PROMOTION CENTRE OF HCMC (ITPC)

51 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, District 1, HCMC

Phone (+84 8) 3 823 6738

Fax: (+84 8) 3 862 0213

Email: [email protected]

www.itpc.gov.vn


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