Entrepreneur Tran Dai Nghia (5th from the left) with Minh Duc Group engineers at the Nguyen Tat Thanh bridge construction project (Phu Tho province).

Infrastructure connects not just geography, but also development capacity

Over many years of accompanying transport and infrastructure projects, Mr. Tran Dai Nghia believes that the greatest value of infrastructure does not lie in the number of kilometers of new roads built or the bridges completed. More importantly, it is the ability to create new flows for the economy and expand development space for businesses.

When a new expressway is put into operation, geographical distances are shortened. But more profoundly, the gaps in investment opportunities, market access, and the speed of resource circulation are also narrowed. This is the foundation for increasing labor productivity, enhancing the competitiveness of the economy, and attracting new investment flows.

According to Mr. Nghia, from the perspective of national development, infrastructure is always one of the decisive factors for long-term competitiveness. A modern infrastructure system not only facilitates trade but also helps form new growth poles, promotes regional connectivity, and opens up development opportunities for many economic sectors.

"Looking broader, infrastructure is the framework for development. If the framework is strong enough, economic sectors can develop faster, more sustainably, and more efficiently," Mr. Tran Dai Nghia stated.

Currently, Vietnam is entering the largest scale of infrastructure investment in its history. From the North-South expressway system, urban ring roads, international airports, and key seaports to strategic directions like high-speed rail, all are creating a vast market for construction, materials, equipment, and technical solution enterprises.

Minh Duc Group is focusing on investing in technical capabilities for cable-stayed bridges, suspension bridges, and high-speed rail fields.

However, according to Mr. Nghia, the greatest opportunity does not lie in the market expanding or the number of projects increasing. "The greatest opportunity from the wave of infrastructure investment does not lie in the number of works built, but in the opportunity for Vietnamese enterprises to mature faster," he shared. According to this entrepreneur, large-scale projects are creating positive pressure on the business community. Increasing demands for quality, safety, progress, technical standards, and management capacity force businesses to change more strongly to meet market requirements.

"Key infrastructure projects are becoming the largest practical training ground for Vietnamese enterprises. Any business with enough capacity to participate, enough capacity to learn, and enough determination to transform will have the opportunity to step up to a completely different level of development."

The greatest challenge is not competition, but the ability to upgrade oneself

According to Mr. Tran Dai Nghia, many businesses still view the infrastructure investment wave primarily as a market opportunity. However, a more important challenge lies in the internal capacity of each enterprise. A business may possess modern equipment or participate in large projects, but if it cannot build an effective management system, a high-quality technical team, and a long-term development strategy, it is very difficult to create a sustainable competitive advantage.

In particular, the infrastructure construction industry is entering a phase where competitive value does not lie entirely in material resources. Data management capability, technology application, quality control, risk management, and human resource development are becoming decisive factors.

Mr. Nghia believes that the gap between businesses in the industry will be increasingly determined by the speed of learning, the ability to innovate, and the readiness to adapt to new market requirements. In that context, enterprises in the infrastructure supply chain cannot just stop at the role of providing individual products or services. The market trend is demanding the ability to provide comprehensive, synchronous solutions and create higher added value for customers.

As a business operating in the field of materials, equipment, and technical solutions for infrastructure projects, Minh Duc Group views the current investment wave not merely as a revenue growth opportunity but as an opportunity to build a long-term development foundation.

Minh Duc Group is evaluated as a reputable entity in the field of specialized infrastructure, especially in areas requiring difficult technical expertise.

According to Mr. Tran Dai Nghia, to be able to accompany increasingly large and complex projects, businesses need to invest seriously in core competencies, from the technical team and management system to product and service quality.

In recent years, Minh Duc Group has focused on expanding its product ecosystem, improving the quality of technical services, strengthening cooperation with domestic and foreign partners, and simultaneously building a deeply specialized personnel team to meet the increasingly high demands of the market.

"Our goal is not development at all costs. The more important thing is to step-by-step build substantive capacity, create substantive value for customers, and contribute to the sustainable development of the nation's infrastructure projects."

New roads are connecting lands, economic centers, and development opportunities. But at a deeper level of meaning, they are also connecting Vietnamese enterprises with higher standards of the era. According to Mr. Tran Dai Nghia, infrastructure not only paves the way for the flow of goods and resources but also paves the way for the journey of elevating capacity, where each enterprise must perfect itself to grow along with the country's great works.

Source: Vinh Quang Vietnam Magazine, June 2026 issue.