In the period, there were 25 existingprojects with capital adjustments, with a total additional investment of 503million USD, up 15.3%, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.
In October alone, Ba Ria-Vung Tau saw fivenewly-registered projects totalling 594 million USD, and 62.5 million USD wasadded to six existing ones.
To date, the southern province has lured457 FDI projects with a combined registered capital of 31.4 billion USD,including 284 in its industrial parks.
Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Nguyen Van Tho asked departments, sectors and localities to exertefforts to attract more domestic and foreign investors, and help them deal withdifficulties./.