WTCA Asia Pacific Regional Meeting: Opportunities for investment cooperation, trade promotion

Update: 11-08-2023 | 14:02:31

Early August 10, the 2023 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the World Trade Centres Association (WTCA) under the theme of "Transforming WTC operations in the digital age” was officially opened at provincial Convention and Exhibition Center. The forum was co-organized by provincial People's Committee, WTCA and Becamex IDC, in attendance of Nguyen Van Loi, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Head of provincial National Assembly Deputy Delegation; Vo Van Minh, Vice-Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Chairman of provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Hung, CEO of Becamex IDC; Scott Wang, Vice- President of WTCA Asia - Pacific and WTC members in the region.

Developing service ecosystem

This meeting is held to mark the return of exciting trade and investment connection activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Minh said that over the past time, Binh Duong province was determined to innovate and develop towards industrialization and modernization, actively investing in developing the local synchronous and modern technical infrastructure system. He assessed Becamex IDC as a pioneer and innovative unit in the local activities. The development of the WTC Binh Duong New City has contributed to the development of a new service ecosystem closely linked to the province's smart city development strategy.

Leaders of the province and Becamex IDC present flowers as congratulation to the WTCA on the occasion of the opening of the 2023 WTCA Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting under the theme of “Transforming WTC operations in the digital age”

Crystal Edn, Executive Director-Member Services for the WTCA highly appreciated the organization of the WTC Binh Duong New City. She emphasized that WTCA Asia has recognized the rapid development of WTC Binh Duong New City as well as the development promotion from the province and Becamex IDC with the smart industrial - urban - service model and associated with science-technology and innovation. The forum is a special event organized to create conditions for members to meet, share and discuss potential and development plans in the future.

Speaking at the meeting, Pham Ngoc Thuan, General Director of Becamex IDC expressed his belief in further investing in infrastructure through the completion of the WTC EXPO international exhibition building, the WTC Tower office complex building and the groundbreaking of construction of area A1 (also known as WTC Gateway) which is an important foundation for the completion of this ecosystem. Along with its commitment to invest in building material facilities, Becamex IDC will further perfect its human resources full of skills in global trade promotion to provide professional services under ASEAN - MICE standards in the next years.

Open opportunities

The 2023 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the WTCA with plenary sessions, dialogue sessions and keynote speeches. The speakers will meet and discuss topics on environment, investment opportunities in Binh Duong, digital transformation and commercial development, exhibitions, real estate..., bringing necessary information to delegates. In addition, the local field trips will provide multi-dimensional perspectives and opportunities for effective cooperation on the basis of the strengths of the parties.

At the session on business and investment opportunities in Binh Duong, Huynh Dinh Thai Linh, Director of the WTC Binh Duong New City said that after four years of establishment and development, the WTC Binh Duong New City has shaped itself to become a new destination, and a centre connecting domestic and foreign trade through events with many topics such as smart city development, science and technology, innovation, and global digital transformation...

Presenting about business and investment opportunities in Binh Duong, Vo Son Dien, Marketing Director of Becamex IDC introduced the local economic development. Binh Duong has become an attractive destination for foreign businesses. Many large corporations have chosen Binh Duong as their main production location. Particularly, Becamex IDC is playing an important role in developing the green industrial park ecosystem. Mr. Dien shared that in the coming time, Binh Duong will focus on developing science and technology associated with the development of industrial manufacture, high-tech agriculture...

At the thematic discussion session on the business environment in Vietnam, Nguyen Duc Binh, Director of the Center for Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Ho Chi Minh City said that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam have made important contributions to the economy. Currently, the implementation of digital transformation by SMEs is still low, so business owners need to change their thinking. To be successful, enterprises need to strengthen their capacity to apply science and technology in production and business.

Sharing about the topic of startup business, innovation and entrepreneurship for sustainable economic development, Dang Tan Duc, Director of the Industrial Park and Block 71 Project Management Board under Becamex IDC informed delegates of economic growth, attracting foreign investors. Mr.Duc said that Vietnam is emerging as an industrial center in Southeast Asia and is in the process of transitioning from mere industrial production to innovation for development. Binh Duong needs to further improve the local investment climate, build up an innovation ecosystem, invest in Faplaps, digital systems, support SMEs in digital transformation.

Vo Van Minh, Vice-Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Chairman of provincial People's Committee: Binh Duong hopes that through a network of global WTCs, the WTC Binh Duong New City together with agencies and businesses in and out of the province will create innovation programs, support global technology enterprises to enter the market of Binh Duong and Vietnam, support to improve the capacity of enterprises in Binh Duong and the whole country. Through this meeting, Binh Duong hopes to find important breakthrough solutions, contributing to the development of an increasingly dynamic economy, meeting international integration requirements, effectively serving the process of industrialisation and modernisation, and successfully realising the goal of developing Binh Duong into a smart city to bring a better life to people

Reported by Phuong Le-Translated by Kim Tin

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