Binh Dinh (VNA)෴ –The central province of Binh Dinh licensed 33 domestic and foreign invested projects in the first ten months of this year, said the province’s Investment Promotion Centre (IPC).

Of the figure, six were registered by foreign businesses with a total investment of over 947.7 billion VND (43.1 million USD) and 27 others worth nearly 5 trillion VND (227.3 million USD) belonged to domestic enterprises. Prominent among them was the FLC Group’s 3.5 trillion VND (159.1 million USD) to build the Nhon Ly hi-end resort and entertainment complex in Quy Nhon city. The province also approved in principle 16 investment projects, including a trade, industry and urban service complex of Becamex IDC Company, a seafood processing project of Hung Vuong Group, a hi-tech shrimp farming project of Vietnam-Australia Group, and a five-star hotel invested by Kim Cuc investment and tourism service company. According to IPC Director Nguyen Bay, in 2015 many foreign enterprises have made fact-finding trips to seek for investment opportunities in the province. They included Vinacapital Investment Fund, Kinder World, Sembcorp, CPG and Gammon of Singapore and Kato, Daiki, Susan and Hokugan of Japan. Binh Dinh has focused on attracting small and medium enterprises using green and high technology from Japan, Singapore, Republic of Korea, the US and Western European countries with a view to filling industrial parks and developing support industries, he said. In the time to come, the province will continue calling for investment in projects in the fields of tourism-services, transport infrastructure, education, health, support and processing industries, and seaport, he added.-VNA