Businesses and entrepreneurs accompanying Long An in economic development

Contributing to the province's economy

The whole province currently has over 16,500 registered businesses with a total capital of 366,593 billion VND. According to statistics, manufacturing businesses account for 30%, trading for 35%, construction for 17% and the remaining for 18%.

In addition, the province also granted investment certificates to 2,191 domestic projects with registered capital of 254,502 billion VND; 1,215 foreign investment (FDI) projects with a total capital of 10.5 billion USD.

Despite being affected by the impact of the global economic downturn; trade war between major countries; inflation; increased prices of raw materials, fuel, and input materials and th Covid-19 epidemic, the businesses and entrepreneurs community in the province have always proactively overcome difficulties in production and business, making positive contributions for the province's economy.

San Ha Company Limited (Thanh Phu commune, Ben Luc district) proactively applies advanced technology to production

San Ha Company Limited (Thanh Phu commune, Ben Luc district) is one of the pioneering enterprises in building and developing the model of "Safe food supply chain" from farm to kitchen. After many years of construction and development, San Ha's products have been granted HACCP certification, meet the needs of Muslim consumers with Halal certified chicken products.

San Ha currently owns 4 poultry slaughterhouses, supplying the market with over 200 tons of products/day. Their customers are supermarket systems nationwide, wholesale markets, traditional markets, companies, industry zones and schools. In addition, San Ha also develops a retail chain with nearly 50 stores in Long An province and Ho Chi Minh City.

According to General Director of San Ha Co.,Ltd. - Pham Thi Ngoc Ha, since the beginning of 2022, the livestock industry has faced many difficulties such as increased input costs and unstable product prices. As a pioneer in building a safe food chain, San Ha still stands strong, creates jobs and stable income for nearly 200 employees at nearly 50 food stores and hundreds of other employees at manufacturing plants. To repel difficulties and seize opportunities, San Ha collective exploits capital sources to the fullest, invests in equipment and people, and applies advanced technology to production and business.

Besides, San Ha also focuses on promoting products and participating in prestigious and quality product polls. In September 2023, San Ha was included in the Top 10 reputable enterprises in the food and beverage industry in 2023 by Vietnam Evaluation Report Joint Stock Company (Vietnam Report).

Breakthrough, innovation

Long An is striving to promote tourism development and build attractive destinations. In particular, after the Culture and Tourism Week of Long An in 2022, the image of the province is widely promoted and attracts many tourists. In the first 9 months of 2023, there were about 712,700 tourists coming to Long An, an increase of 42% over the same period, reaching 95% of the plan.

Mice Travel Company Limited (Ben Luc town, Ben Luc district) is a company specializing in travel. According to Director Dang Thi Cam Huong, the company was established with the desire to develop this smokeless industry, helping Long An people enjoy civilized and advanced tourism products right on Long An land. The company is coordinating with tourist destination such as My Quynh Zoo, Happy Land, Chavi Garden, etc to organize experiential and ecological tours for tourists. By many means such as cordinating with State agencies, schools, businesses, etc, in 2023, the number of visitors organized by the company to destinations in the province is quite large.

Huong Viet Xua Co. Ltd. applying new technology to production

According to Ms. Cam Huong, the company was established in the context of many difficulties in the economy, so the number of customers is not as much as expected. With the great tourism potential of Long An province and the staffs as well as partners, in the last months of 2023 and 2024, the company expects to increase the number of visitors served, contributing to building Long An province to be an attractive destination for tourists.

Huong Viet Xua Co. Ltd. specializes in producing complete spices (concentrated soup cubes), fish sauce, etc with a total of about 40 products. In 2021, the company opens a production branch in Long Huu Dong commune, Can Duoc district, because traffic is convenient for exporting and importing.

Currently, in addition to selling to the domestic market, the company also exports goods to the US, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Recently, with support from the province's trade promotion program, the Company has promoted and sold products to many provinces and cities nationwide, especially in the Central region. It is expected that by the end of 2023, the company will have a revenue of about 100 billion VND, contributing a large amount to the state budget.

Director of Huong Viet Xua Co. Ltd. - Nguyen Tan Tai shared that currently the spice industry is very competitive. Facing this challenge, the company boldly invested in new technology to production, including automatic filling machines. Thereby, the Company can proactively control food safety and reduce input costs.

Long An cold storage uses modern and intelligent operating management, software machinery and equipment system

Long An is located in the Southern Key Economic Region, the gateway from Ho Chi Minh City and the Southeast region to the Southwest provinces. In the Provincial Master Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, the province is oriented to become a center for goods transshipment and warehouses connecting provinces in the Mekong Delta with Ho Chi Minh City, the Southeast region with the Cambodian market, is the focal point for agricultural and fishery exports of the Mekong Delta region. Accordingly, the province focuses on attracting investment to become an important service industry, connecting and promoting local socio-economic development.

Catching up with the development trend of the Logistics industry, Transimex Joint Stock Company, through two subsidiaries, Long An Investment Company Limited and Long An Logistics Joint Stock Company, has decided to invest in Long An Cold Storage in Vinh Loc Industrial Park. 2, Long Hiep commune, Ben Luc district. The storage has a total area of 29,000m², total storage capacity of up to 56,000 pallet positions, divided into 2 phases. Phase 1 has just been put into use with a storage capacity of 16,000 pallet positions.

Phase 2 is under construction of a fully automated cold storage area with a capacity of 40,000 pallet positions. This is one of the most modern built and temperature controlled warehouses as well as having the largest storage capacity in Vietnam. All machinery and equipment are imported from G7 countries and meet European standards, with modern and smart operating management software, machinery and equipment systems for digital transformation.

According to Deputy General Director of Transimex Joint Stock Company, Director of Long An Logistics Joint Stock Company - Nguyen Hoang Hai, the birth of Long An Cold Storage will partly contribute to the development of the fishery and agricultural products processing industry of the province, better connecting to the Mekong Delta region in the stage of storing and preserving products.

Long An International Port is one of the major regional cargo transit points, connecting provinces in the Mekong Delta with Ho Chi Minh City, the Southeast Region with the Cambodian market. In the future, the Port will be the focal point for agricultural and fishery exports of the Mekong Delta.

According to Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dong Tam Joint Stock Company (investor of Long An International Port) - Vo Quoc Thang, to keep up with the 4.0 trend and digital transformation, Long An International Port invested in modern equipment, completely digitize the process of exporting and importing goods, reducing logistics costs for businesses. The Port's leadership is trying to connect all Mekong Delta provinces to become a key unit of the region, cut transportation costs for businesses and take advantage of river transport, reducing pressure on the road.

According to Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Van Ut, recently, businesses in the province have contributed large amounts of revenue to the state budget, actively participating in community activities, making important contributions in local economic development. The provincial government always creates the most favorable environment for businesses to develop; create conditions for entrepreneurs to start businesses, dedicate talents, and actively accompany the province on its development journey./.

By Mai Huong - Translated by Q. Thien

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