Regional platforms
Policies and cases from free trade zones, development zones, industrial parks, and special economic zones.
Vietnam's industrial real estate is entering a new cycle of growth, driven by high-quality FDI inflows and green transformation. Manufacturing remains the mainstay, but capital in Ho Chi Minh City is shifting toward high-value-added sectors such as AI and data centers.
Against the backdrop of global supply chain restructuring and the expansion of tech giants into Southeast Asia, Vietnam's industrial parks must transform from traditional manufacturing bases into ecosystems that integrate technology, innovation, and green energy to remain competitive.
In the context of global supply chain restructuring, Vietnam's industrial parks are facing an urgent need to transform from traditional manufacturing bases into integrated ecosystems of technology, innovation, and green development. This article analyzes the challenges of attracting tech giants to Vietnam's industrial parks and the characteristics of a new generation of industrial parks.
Vietnam's industrial parks are undergoing fundamental changes, shifting from traditional manufacturing spaces to ecosystems integrating technology, innovation, logistics, and green energy to attract global tech giants.
Vietnam's industrial parks are transforming from traditional management models to digital, intelligent, and green approaches in order to attract high-quality foreign direct investment. This article analyzes global capital flow trends, policy drivers, and regional competitive dynamics, exploring the core roles of digital technology, AI, and cybersecurity in the upgrading of industrial parks.
Against the backdrop of supply chain restructuring and a surge in foreign capital inflows, Vietnam is enhancing localization rates and reducing import dependence by developing supporting industries, with the goal of raising localization rates in key industries to 40-45% by 2030. Based on information from the Ho Chi Minh City Forum in July 2026, this article analyzes how Vietnam is upgrading from assembly and processing to high value-added manufacturing, as well as the opportunities and challenges brought by multinational enterprise布局, policy support, and certification standards.
Philippine PEZA deepens integration with Japanese industrial capital, with multiple large-scale manufacturing projects confirmed for expansion, revealing a new node in the eastward shift of the global supply chain.
This article, from the perspective of global investment zones and industrial park communication, analyzes how economic development communication shifts from information output to cognitive structure construction, and explores the formation logic of investor trust mechanisms and long-term communication strategies.
Spain is attracting global multinational corporations to use it as a European operating base, showcasing unique advantages in digital economy, advanced manufacturing, energy transition, and life sciences. This article analyzes why Spain has become a new hotspot for investment in Europe from the perspectives of global capital flows, industrial chain restructuring, and geo-economics.
Based on the opinion piece "Cambodia Investment Review," this article delves into how the economic conflict between Cambodia and Thailand reveals the limitations of geoeconomic tools in Southeast Asia, and its implications for global capital flows, industrial chain restructuring, and long-term investment strategies.
Centaurus Metals' Jaguar nickel sulfide project in Pará, Brazil, has obtained state-level tax incentives, which will reduce development costs and accelerate FID. This reflects the trend of global capital flowing toward critical minerals in Latin America and the changing regional competition landscape of the nickel supply chain under the energy transition.
Cambodia is about to graduate from least developed country status in 2029, and its industrial parks and special economic zones are facing the dual tests of reduced preferential treatment and reshaping of competitiveness. From the perspective of global capital flows and industrial chain restructuring, this article analyzes how Cambodia maintains its investment attractiveness through policy reforms and infrastructure upgrades.
This article analyzes, from the perspective of global capital flows, how the AI industry forms a "winner-takes-all" super urban cluster, and the differentiated impacts of two paths—augmentation and automation—on regional investment, supply chains, and long-term competitiveness.
This article examines the root causes of the Philippines' long-term lack of modern industrial policy from the perspective of global capital flows and industrial chain restructuring—tracing colonial legacies, Cold War equilibrium, and neoliberal reforms—while comparing the experiences of East Asian countries and exploring the necessity of nationalism as a development tool.
The discussion in the Philippines about “reclaiming industrial policy” reflects a common issue facing emerging markets amid global supply chain restructuring, the green transition, and geoeconomic competition: how to rebuild the manufacturing base through state capacity, while balancing fiscal constraints, climate risks, and industrial upgrading.
Jordan is seeking to turn the Ma’an–Aqaba corridor into a new manufacturing and regional logistics hub by expanding industrial incentives, advancing coordination between dry ports and railways, and improving energy and logistics infrastructure. This is not only an adjustment to a local project portfolio, but also reflects a policy shift among Middle Eastern inland economies amid competition for foreign investment, industrial relocation, and supply chain restructuring.