Hai Duong province to develop 10 - 15 more industrial parks
Hai Duong is planning to develop an additional 10 - 15 industrial parks (IPs) with the total area of about 5,000ha so that this northern province will become a truly attractive destination for investors, according to a provincial leader.
Secretary of the Hai Duong Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Pham Xuan Thang speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hai Duong (VNA) – Hai Duong is planning to develop anadditional 10 - 15 industrial parks (IPs) with the total area of about 5,000haso that this northern province will become a truly attractive destination forinvestors, according to a provincial leader.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman ofthe provincial People’s Council Pham Xuan Thang told a recent meeting that HaiDuong always stands side by side with businesses and will create the bestpossible conditions for investors in IP infrastructure to build facilities andattract secondary investors, thus generating practical economic benefits forbusinesses and the province.
At the event, local leaders handed over the Prime Minister’sapproval of investment intention to investors in four IPs and the provincial People’sCommittee’s decisions to set up four others.
The Prime Minister has so far approved 18 IPs covering3,517ha of land in Hai Duong, 14 of which have been estabished with the totalarea of 2,567ha.
Among the 14 established parks, 11 that cover 1,732ha ofland have had their infrastructure completed with an average occupancy rate of82 percent. They are accommodating more than 300 projects from 21 countries andterritories, including 235 FDI projects worth over 4.7 billion USD and 64Vietnamese projects worth some 17.67 trillion VND (772 million USD). Those projects havecreated jobs for more than 108,000 people and contributed 1.7 trillion VND tothe budget annually.
Thang said that apart from developing IPs, Hai Duong willalso step up investment promotion, strongly improve its business climate andProvincial Competitiveness Index, and attract investment in a more selectivemanner./.
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Secretary of the Hai Duong Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Pham Xuan Thang speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
