Chu Lai Open EZ: An industrial, tourism and service center

VGP – An estimated fund of VND 30 trillion will be mobilized from now till 2020 in order to upgrade infrastructure of the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone (EZ) in the central province of Quảng Nam.

October 20, 2009 6:31 PM GMT+7

The construction of the An Phú Urban Quarter in the Chu Lai Economic Zone

The norm is set in the socio-economic planning scheme for the Chu Lai EZ (to 2020) recently approved by Minister of Planning and Investment Võ Hồng Phúc.

Some targets by 2020:

Export value: US $335–340 million

Budget collection: VND 5,880–6,000 billion

Employment: 160,000–170,000 workers

Contributions to the province: 50% of production value, 50–52% of budget collection, 56–57% of export value, and 50–52% of employment.

Accordingly, Chu Lai will become an industrial-tourism-service center in the key economic region of Central Việt Nam.

By 2020, a number of major industrial parks will be founded there, including Bắc Chu Lai (630 ha), Trường Hải (243 ha), Tam Anh (1,915 ha), and the Tam Thăng Hi-tech Park (300 ha).

With a population of 650,000 in 2020, the EZ needs many educational facilities, such as a 295-ha vocational training center, Chu Lai international high school, and some people-run universities.

The EZ will be expanded to the west and north.

By Xuân Hoàng