Mekong Delta investment conference planned for August
The 2013 Conference for Investment Promotion and Social Welfare for the Mekong Delta region is scheduled to take place in Vinh Long province on August 30.
The information was announced during a working session between the Southwestern Region Steering Committee and the Can Tho provincial People’s Committee on May 13.
The conference, expected to draw more than 500 participants, will be a base for the Mekong Delta Economic Cooperation Forum, which will also be held in the province in November.
This year’s conference aims to introduce and popularise the region’s potential and advantages, create favourable conditions for investors to access key projects and learn about investment policies and preferential mechanisms.
At the conference, the committee will announce and present a social welfare fund to the Mekong Delta region and call upon domestic and foreign businesses and organisations to join hands in realising social welfare activities.
From now until the conference, the committee will mobilise more than VND500 billion (US$24 million) for social welfare issues and over VND147 trillion (US$7 billion) for investment promotion in the region.