Quang Ninh: Construction of Song Khoai industrial park begins
Thai industrial park developer Amata has started the construction of Song Khoai industrial park in Quang Yen town of the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 21.
Construction of Song Khoai industrial park begins on December 21 (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – Thai industrial park developer Amata has started the construction ofSong Khoai industrial park in Quang Yen town of the northern province of QuangNinh on December 21.
The park will consistsof 714ha and has a total investment of over 3.53 trillion VND (151 millionUSD). The project is scheduled to become operational in 2020. It will beimplemented in five phases, with the first phase covering 123ha.
It aims to develop theinfrastructure system of Song Khoai industrial park to attract investors to thepark, while helping boost the growth of the province alongside ensuring socialbalance and environmental protection.
This is the secondpark that Amata has built in Vietnam, along with a 700ha Bien Hoa industrialpark in the southern Dong Nai province.
Addressing theground-breaking ceremony, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen VanTrung and Chairman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long highlightedthe efforts of Amata.
They emphasised thatthe project is not only significant to the development of Quang Yen town, butalso to the growth of Quang Ninh province. Furthermore, it is a step towardsthe development of Quang Yen coastal economic zone in the future, they noted.
Long asked relevantagencies of Quang Ninh to support and create optimal conditions for the investorto promptly deal with administrative procedures for the project, thus ensuringits progress, guaranteeing water and power supply, as well as security for theproject.–VNA
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Construction of Song Khoai industrial park begins on December 21 (Photo: VNA) 
