Industrial zone

The Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone in central Thua Thien-Hue province strives to attract more than VND1,500 billion in investment capital in 2014.

The central province of Quang Tri has so far attracted 102 investment projects with total registered capital of VND 8,500 billion into its industrial and economic zones.

The management board of the Hoa Lac hi-tech zone in Hanoi City granted licenses to three projects in 2013, bringing the total number of projects in the zone to 70, worth US$2.57 billion.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has recently approved a plan on developing the Mong Cai Bordergate Economic Zone of Quang Ninh province to 2030 with a vision to 2050 on a 121,197ha area.

The Government has approved the general planning scheme for Nam Can Economic Zone in the Southern province of Ca Mau.

The southern province of Binh Duong needs investment in the fields of electricity-electronics, support industry, precise engineering, industrial pharmacy, pharmaceutical equipment, and food and high-quality food processing.

The Mekong Delta province of Can Tho broke ground for a 11,000 square metre Korean-invested technological incubators centre on November 23.

An investment promotion seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 12 to attract more Japanese investors to the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.

Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh called on Singapore to invest in Phu Quoc Island and convert the island into a model economic zone in Viet Nam.

The Korean-owned Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam Co. Ltd. (Doosan Vina) has invested US$300 million in Quang Ngai province’s Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ).

The Nghi Son Economic Zone (EZ) with a focus on heavy and basic industries will become the locomotive for economic development in the northern central region, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a forum to promote investment in the EZ on October 23.