The southern province of Dong Nai granted investment licenses to seven new direct investment (FDI) projects and approved capital addition to four existing others, with total capital of 52.4 million USD in January 2019.
Dong Nai (VNA) - The southernprovince of Dong Nai granted investment licenses to seven new direct investment(FDI) projects and approved capital addition to four existing others, withtotal capital of 52.4 million USD in January 2019.
According to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment, all of theseare hi-tech and support industry projects.
The notable ones include projects invested by SYM JSC Vietnam in the Giang DienIndustrial Park in Trang Bom district worth 10 million USD; and a 9.2 millionUSD project of SEMBA TOHKA Vietnam Co., Ltd of Japan in the Long Duc IP, LongThanh district.
The department said local authorities have given priority to attract hi-tech andfriendly environmentally projects.
Dong Nai has to date attracted 33.8 billion USD of FDI in 1,890 projects, ofwhich 1,394 are valid with a total investment of 28.6 billion USD.
FDI projects come from 45 countries and territories, led by the Republic of Korea,Taiwan (China) and Japan.-VNA
Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital from the beginning of this year in the southern Dong Nai province has reached nearly 800 million USD, surpassing targets for the year.
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