Ninh Thuận

Location: Ninh Thuan is sited in the South Central Coast region, 350 km from Ho Chi Minh City to the northeast, 105 km from Nha Trang city, and 110 km from Da Lat city. Phan Rang – Thap Cham city is the provincial capital.

Area: 3,358 km²

Population (2019): 590,467 people. Trained labor rate is about 59.85%.

GRDP (2019): 13.18 %

GRDP per capita (2019): USD 2,190

Education & Training: Ninh Thuan has 01 campus of Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry, 01 College of Pedagogy, 01 Center of University 2 – Thuy Loi University, 01 Ninh Thuan Vocational College, 01 Central Institute of Training and Applied Sciences, and Vocational Education Centers in the districts.

Infrastructure:

Road: On the important North – South transport axis with National highways: No.1A going to Ho Chi Minh City, No.27 going to Da Lat city.

Railway: On the North – South National railway line connecting to Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh city.

Airport: Cam Ranh Airport (Khanh Hoa province) is about 60 km from Phan Rang -Thap Cham city.

Industrial parks: A total of 04 IPs (1,682.4 ha), of which 2 IPs are in operation with rest industrial land area available for lease is ​​278 ha.

Infrastructure rent (reference): 25 ~ 35 USD/m²/term.

FDI: As of August 2020, Ninh Thuan has 52 FDI projects (USD 1.55 billion).

Typical FDI Investors: Diageo Viet Nam, Ltd (UK), EL Wind MuiDinh, Ltd invested by EAB Newenergy GmbH (Germany), Surya Prakash Viet Nam Energy Company, Ltd (India) , CMX Re Sunseap Vietnam Solar Power JSC (Singapore).

Attractive investment sectors: Ninh Thuan focuses on attracting investment in sectors where the province has significant potentials and advantages. Two breakthrough sectors are renewable energy (wind power, solar power, gas-fired power) and marine economy. Besides, the province also attracts investment for developing agricultural and aquatic product processing industry; Technologies to support clean energy industry (production of blowers, turbines, wind turbines’ bodies, solar panels, and other components); Tourism, tourism property, services, commerce; high-tech agriculture; education and training (international standard university); Technical support services for agricultural development, especially for grapes and jujube.

Comparative advantages:

– Specialties: Phan Rang grapes, Ninh Thuan jujube, garlic, asparagus, goat meat, lamb.

– Tourism: Ninh Thuan has a 105 km long coastline with many beautiful and famous beaches such as Ninh Chu, Ca Na, Binh Tien and Vinh Hy, which are ideal for developing tourism on a large scale. In 2019, the province welcomed 2.3 million tourist arrivals, including 100,000 international tourist arrivals, with total revenue reached over USD 53.2 million.

– Renewable energy: Ninh Thuan is the largest renewable energy center in the country. The average wind speed is 7.5 m/s, the average number of sunny hours per day is 7.7 hours with high radiation intensity. Ninh Thuan province currently has 17 solar power plants in operation with total capacity of over 1,100 MW. By the end of 2019, the total capacity of wind power and solar power in Ninh Thuan is 4,240 MW, accounting for nearly 50% of Vietnam’s total renewable energy capacity.

– Aquatic products: Production of aquatic breeds continuously promotes the efficiency with an output of 34.22 billion breeds a year. Aquaculture output reaches 1.07 million tons/year while exploitation output reaches 113,530 tons/year.

– Agriculture: Ninh Thuan has a typical tropical monsoon climate, characterized by hot and dry, strong evaporation, high salinity of sea water, favorable for salt production and specific plants and animals, the abundant source of material supply for food processing industry: Grape (28,400 tons/year), jujube (36,120 tons/year), corn (49,600 tons/year), cassava (88,900 tons/year), processed cashew nut (995.7 tons/year). The total number of cattle is 480.68 heads and 1.7 million heads of poultry.