Breakthrough in attracting investment
According to the Management Board of Can Tho City Export Processing and Industrial Zones (Management Board), according to the planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister, the Management Board is assigned to manage 40 Industrial Parks (IPs), 3 Industrial Clusters (IPs), 1 Song Hau Power Center, 1 Song Hau Industrial Park Operation Center with a total area of over 22,900 hectares, along with 1 Tran De Economic Zone of 40,000 hectares.
To date, Can Tho has established 17 IPs and 3 IPs with an area of over 3,299 hectares. In 2025 alone, the City People's Committee approved and submitted to the Prime Minister for approval 4 new industrial parks including VSIP Vinh Thanh, Vinh Thanh 2, Song Hau 2 and Dong Phu 2, with a scale of nearly 1,450 hectares. Currently, there are 27 other industrial parks under planning, with an area of over 19,600 hectares.
As of August 2025, industrial parks and industrial parks in Can Tho have attracted 379 projects from 308 enterprises, including 333 domestic projects, 45 FDI projects and 1 ODA project. The total registered capital is more than 10.1 billion USD, the implemented capital is 4.75 billion USD (46.7%). In 2025, the value of industrial production in industrial parks is estimated to reach nearly VND150,000 billion (up 10%), export turnover will reach more than 2.1 billion USD (up 5%). The industrial parks currently employ about 94,300 workers.
In the period of 2020 - 2025, enterprises in the industrial park have created 658,767 billion VND in production value, 14.5 billion USD in export turnover, paid more than 22,800 billion VND to the budget and created more than 515,000 jobs.
Mr. Leaw Wee Ming - General Director of VSIP Can Tho informed that the group has chosen Can Tho to implement the 13th VSIP project with a scale of 900 hectares, total capital of 152 million USD. Since its launch, the project has attracted the attention of many international enterprises, including Bestway Group, with an investment of nearly 200 million USD, expected to create about 5,000 jobs.
Mr. Ming highly appreciated the commitment of Can Tho government in simplifying procedures, deploying one-stop services and continuously upgrading infrastructure, thereby creating a transparent, stable and reliable business environment.
Towards the industrial and logistics center of the Mekong Delta
Resolution of the Can Tho City Party Committee, term 2025 - 2030 achieves the goal of striving to become a regional center for trade, tourism, logistics, and industry by 2030.
To achieve this goal, Mr. Le Cong Ly - Head of the Management Board of Export Processing and Industrial Zones of Can Tho City said that the Board will closely follow the city's industrial development plan, associated with strategic traffic axes. The industrial parks and industrial clusters will be developed along the two expressways Can Tho - Ca Mau and Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang. The industrial parks located in the urban core will gradually adjust to the outside, but still ensure connection with the center to take advantage of high-quality human resources and support services.
The Management Board has advised the City Party Committee and the City People's Committee to include the industrial park development plan for the period 2026 - 2030 in the action program to implement the Resolution of the City Party Congress, term 2025 - 2030, creating a basis for attracting infrastructure investment and inviting secondary investors. The presence of these investors will contribute to increasing production value, aiming for double-digit economic growth in the new period.
