Currently, the Management Board of Export Processing and Industrial Zones of Can Tho City manages 13 industrial parks, 3 industrial clusters, 1 Song Hau Power Center and 1 Song Hau Industrial Park Operation Center with a total area of about 3,300 hectares. Of which, there are 379 projects belonging to 308 enterprises, including 333 domestic projects, 45 FDI projects and 1 ODA project. The total registered investment capital reached about 10.2 billion USD, the implementation capital was 4.8 billion USD, accounting for nearly 47% of the total registered capital.
In terms of production and business, enterprises in industrial parks in 2025 are estimated to achieve an industrial production value of about VND150,000 billion, an increase of about 10% over the same period; export value of about 2.1 billion USD, reaching 100% of the plan and increasing by 5% compared to 2024. The industrial parks employ about 94,300 workers.
Accumulated in the period of 2020 - 2025, industrial parks created jobs for more than 515,000 workers, production value reached nearly 659,000 billion VND, export value was about 14.5 billion USD, and paid more than 22,800 billion VND to the budget, directly contributing to job creation and ensuring social security for Can Tho City.
Can Tho City aims to increase labor productivity value to over 358 million VND/worker/year by 2030, with an average growth rate of over 10% per year. The city aims to improve the quality of labor, striving for 35 - 40% of workers with degrees, certificates and the number of workers employed in the economy to reach about 1.7 million people.
Regarding the labor structure, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector is maintained below 38%, industry - construction is over 27% and services are over 35%. At the same time, the goal of keeping the unemployment rate below 3.5% is set, to ensure sustainable employment and promote comprehensive socio-economic development.
