While the Vietnamese government has given the Tan Thuan EPZ strong backing and recognition, it is not the EPZ's only advocate. In fact, in 1999 Tan Thuan was ranked the number one EPZ and industrial park in the Asia-Pacific region by the British magazine Corporate Location.
新順加工出口區除了獲得越南政府肯定與獎勵外，一九九九年八月，還獲得英國雜誌「Corporate Location」評選為亞太地區加工出口區、工業區第一名。