The southeastern province of Dong Nai reported a record inflow of more than 2.4 billion USD in foreign direct investment capital since the beginning of the year, a 3.8 fold increase over the same period last year or 68 percent of the yearly plan.
The southeastern
In the reviewed period, the province licensed 58 new FDI projects totalling almost 1.5 billion USD and permitted 74 projects to add a combined amount of over 900 million USD.
Apart from traditional industrial production businesses, new projects invest in service development, new urban areas construction, hi-tech and support industries.
Noteworthy, the combined total investment capital of nine newly-licensed projects in trade, service and urban areas accounts for more than 1.4 billion USD. These include a 750 million Long Hung ecological urban project - a joint venture between the Dong Nai Agriculture Service Cooperative Alliance (Dona Coop) and a number of foreign partners.
Dong Nai has so far had 940 valid foreign-invested projects, worth over 14 billion USD in total, of which more than 700 have been operational, creating 330,000 jobs for local people.
The province ranks third after
(Source: VNA)
