The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho attracted 54.8 million USD ininvestment in this year, 7 million USD higher than 2013, bringing thetotal capital in the locality’s industrial parks to 1.91 billion USD.
Thenew investments came from five new projects and 14 expanded others, VoThanh Hung, head of the Management Board of Can Tho Industrial Parks,told a meeting to review this year’s investment attraction in Can Thocity on December 18.
Can Tho is home to 214 valid projects,including 23 foreign-invested ones. Of the total, 192 projects areoperational while 22 others are under construction. They generatedstable jobs for 32,000 workers.
Despite difficulties inproduction and business, enterprises at industrial parks raked in 1.4billion USD in revenues, equal to that of last year. Of the figure,industrial production value reached 1 billion USD and trade service, 391million USD.
Over the year, the industrial parks’ export was 582million USD, up 8 percent from a year ago and accounting for 43 percentof the city’s total goods value.
Of the city’s all eightindustrial parks, Tra Noc I and Tra Noc II have the highest proportionof land hired by businesses with 100 percent and 91 percent,respectively, Hung said.
In a bid to attract more investors, CanTho has pumped 213 billion VND (10.1 million USD) in building wastewater treatment plants with a total capacity of 12,000 cubic metres perday in the two industrial parks. The plants are expected to beoperational in the beginning of next year.-VNA
Thenew investments came from five new projects and 14 expanded others, VoThanh Hung, head of the Management Board of Can Tho Industrial Parks,told a meeting to review this year’s investment attraction in Can Thocity on December 18.
Can Tho is home to 214 valid projects,including 23 foreign-invested ones. Of the total, 192 projects areoperational while 22 others are under construction. They generatedstable jobs for 32,000 workers.
Despite difficulties inproduction and business, enterprises at industrial parks raked in 1.4billion USD in revenues, equal to that of last year. Of the figure,industrial production value reached 1 billion USD and trade service, 391million USD.
Over the year, the industrial parks’ export was 582million USD, up 8 percent from a year ago and accounting for 43 percentof the city’s total goods value.
Of the city’s all eightindustrial parks, Tra Noc I and Tra Noc II have the highest proportionof land hired by businesses with 100 percent and 91 percent,respectively, Hung said.
In a bid to attract more investors, CanTho has pumped 213 billion VND (10.1 million USD) in building wastewater treatment plants with a total capacity of 12,000 cubic metres perday in the two industrial parks. The plants are expected to beoperational in the beginning of next year.-VNA
