(GLO) – Gia Lai Province hosted an economic exhibition alongside the 2025 Investment Promotion Conference, bringing together 80 enterprises to highlight opportunities in trade, tourism, and technology.
The exhibition, held at Muong Thanh Hotel, featured 27 businesses presenting commercial infrastructure projects and investment initiatives. Other booths spotlighted the province’s signature OCOP (One Commune, One Product) goods, alongside an AI technology showcase.
In addition to the exhibition, the Provincial People’s Committee organized site visit programs, enabling investors to explore potential projects and gain a deeper understanding of Gia Lai’s economic landscape.
Below are images from the event:
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hồ Quốc Dũng; Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Phạm Anh Tuấn; Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyễn Thị Thanh Lịch visit the MOCHI KOME Wine booth at the economic exhibition space during the Gia Lai Province Investment Promotion Conference 2025. Photo: Hà Duy
OCOP products representing the unique characteristics of the Western Gia Lai region attracted the attention of provincial leaders. Photo: Hà Duy The booth displaying products rich in Central Highlands culture drew significant interest and appreciation from visitors. Photo: Hà Duy At the exhibition, FPT Group introduced prominent products such as high-speed Internet, unlimited entertainment platforms, and AI-related training programs. Photo: Hà Duy The booth of Saigon – Nhon Hoi Industrial Park JSC called for and attracted investors to the Nhon Hoi Urban Industrial Park. Photo: Hà Duy
The booth displayed one-sun dried beef and ant salt products, which received a provincial 3-star OCOP rating, from Tý Vân facility (Phú Túc commune). Photo: Hà Duy Health-enhancing products from Cao Gia Nano Medicine Technology JSC (Quy Nhơn Nam ward) were showcased at the exhibition. Photo: Hà Duy The booth featured seedlings and other products from Thông Đỏ International JSC (Chư Pưh commune). Photo: Hà Duy The booth displayed products from Bàu Cạn Tea JSC (Bàu Cạn commune). Photo: Hà Duy
The exhibition space for Investment, Trade, and Tourism Promotion combined with the display of Gia Lai province’s OCOP products at the 2025 Gia Lai Investment Promotion Conference. Photo: Hà Duy
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Gia Lai province has approved the investment policy for a supermarket project in Phu Cat commune with an estimated cost of more than VND 66.6 billion (approximately US$2.54 million). An investor will be selected through a land use rights auction.
Farmers in Gia Lai province are adopting certified production standards and forming sweet potato and cattle farming groups as they seek to improve product quality, strengthen market access and increase income.
People’s credit funds in Gia Lai province are helping rural households finance farms and expand businesses, with all 33 funds reporting profitable operations, according to the Provincial Cooperative Alliance.
Gia Lai’s 846 certified OCOP products must maintain quality standards and meet labeling and traceability requirements as producers expand into retail networks, e-commerce and export markets, provincial officials and businesses say.
Gia Lai completed 18 trade promotion programmes and events in the first nine months of 2026, meeting its planned targets and helping local agricultural producers connect with retailers, overseas buyers and online customers.
Gia Lai authorities have called for faster investment approvals and greater business investment in technology to help the province achieve double-digit economic growth.
The Gia Lai Young Entrepreneurs Association plans to launch a supply-chain pilot for businesses serving the wood processing and export sector, aiming to help five to 10 companies secure new orders or contracts in its first year.
Gia Lai province has approved an ethanol plant investment by Quang Ngai Sugar Joint Stock Company (QNS) worth VND 1,741.844 billion (approximately US$69.7 million, using an indicative rate of VND 25,000 per US$1), with operations scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2028.
Gia Lai attracted 218 new investment projects with total registered capital exceeding VND192.719 trillion ($7.41 billion) in the first nine months of 2026, setting a new record for the province, according to the provincial Investment Promotion and Support Task Force.
Gia Lai province is standardising data on coffee and durian growing areas across 61 communes and wards to improve traceability and meet export market requirements as new rules simplify the issuance of growing-area codes.
Pharmacist Võ Minh Mơ, director of Huong Que B’RÊ Co., Ltd., has built her entrepreneurial journey around cinnamon, a key agricultural product of An Lão in Gia Lai province.
Land clearance for the first 22km of the Quy Nhon–Pleiku Expressway has reached 99.5%, while construction is accelerating across the project, according to a site inspection by Gia Lai Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Pham Anh Tuan on September 27.
Vietnam’s Gia Lai province is seeking to deepen ties with Australian investors in renewable energy, transport infrastructure, seaports and logistics as it looks to capitalize on its expanded development space and strategic location.
Gia Lai province recorded 2,739 newly established enterprises in the first nine months of 2026, up about 19.13% from the same period last year, with total registered capital reaching VND 40,154 billion (about US$1.52 billion), an increase of approximately 135%.
Gia Lai is exploring cooperation opportunities with French partners in education, sports, renewable energy and high-tech agriculture following a meeting between Professor Co Minh Duc and the Gia Lai Provincial Business Association on September 28.
Gia Lai coffee brands are gaining a foothold in the United States as producers shift from exporting raw beans to processed, branded products aimed at a demanding consumer market.
Gia Lai Urban Works Joint Stock Company on September 22 broke ground on a construction waste treatment and recycling plant with an investment of more than VND 57.5 billion (about US$2.18 million), designed to process 480 tonnes of waste a day.
The People’s Committee of Gia Lai Province has approved the investment policy for a sustainable agricultural development project by Thaco Agri, with total investment capital of nearly VND 3.82 trillion ($145 million), in Po To Commune.
Gia Lai Province aims to increase annual e-commerce sales of priority products by 15-20% under a new plan designed to expand market access and narrow the digital divide in border and mountainous areas.
Gia Lai Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Pham Anh Tuan attended the Vietnam Innovation Day 2026 Forum in Berlin on September 17, highlighting opportunities for Vietnam-Germany cooperation in science, technology, innovation and the digital economy.
Gia Lai is seeking to deepen investment ties with German businesses, with a focus on agriculture, processing, technology transfer and green development, as the Vietnamese province looks to attract foreign investment.
Gia Lai is seeking to establish a direct agricultural export route to China through the Ta Lung International Border Gate in Cao Bang province, as local authorities and businesses look to reduce logistics costs, strengthen processing capacity and increase the value of key agricultural products.
Gia Lai aims to expand medicinal plant cultivation from nearly 1,500 hectares currently to more than 7,486 hectares by 2030, with a focus on growing herbs under forest canopies while conserving natural resources and supporting local livelihoods.
