Lao Cai border economic zone to become province’s key economic driver
VGP - The Lao Cai border economic zone will be developed into the key economic driver and industrial, urban, trade and service hub of the northern province of Lao Cai.
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Lao Cai border economic zone |
According to the plan, the zone will be located on the area of 15,929.8 ha with the population of 90,000 people by 2040, including 45,000 laborers.
The zone will have a core area and two wings. The service area covers more than 356 hectares of land, consisting of areas for fairs and exhibitions, representative offices of enterprises and organizations, a trading centre and bonded warehouse, among other facilities.
The industrial parks inside the zone includes operational industrial parks, processing and packaging zone for import-export, and an area reserving for services, logistics, warehouse and packaging.
A complex for tourism, entertainment and sports will be built. The plan also aims to develop diversified tourism kinds comprising trans-border tourism, sports tourism, trade exhibition tourism, upgrade spiritual and cultural tourist attractions and form new tourism route connecting the border economic zone and Sa Pa.
By Thuy Dung
