Dong Nai leads country in building IZs

10:07, 04/07/2006

The southeastern province of Dong Nai is leading the country in the number of concentrated industrial zones with a total of 20 zones set up so far. These zones have leased out 60 percent of their land acreage

The southeastern province of Dong Nai is leading the country in the number of concentrated industrial zones with a total of 20 zones set up so far. These zones have leased out 60 percent of their land acreage.

 

Dong Nai has so far attracted 740 foreign-invested projects from 32 countries and territories with a total investment capital of around 8.4 billion USD, ranking third in the country after HCM City and Ha Noi. More than 470 projects are operational, employing over 260,000 local workers. Nearly 96 percent of the projects are in industry.

 

Foreign-invested businesses contribute more than 90 percent of the provinces total export revenues and 60 percent of its industrial production value.

(Source: VNA)