Binh Dinh province striving to lure Australian investors

The south-central province of Binh Dinh introduced its promising projects and investment opportunities to investors from Australia at a hybrid conference on October 18.
Binh Dinh province striving to lure Australian investors ảnh 1The event is jointly held by the provincial People’s Committee and Becamex IDC. (Photo: VNA)
Binh Dinh (VNA) – The south-centralprovince of Binh Dinh introduced its promising projects and investmentopportunities to investors from Australia at a hybrid conference on October 18.

The event was jointly held by the provincial People’sCommittee and Becamex IDC, a leading industrial and urban real estatedevelopment group in Vietnam.

Chairman of the committee Pham Anh Tuan briefed theparticipants on the local investment environment, saying Binh Dinh is strivingto become an “ideal destination” for both domestic and foreign investors.

Local authorities have paid attention to the development of the transport infrastructure as well as that in economic and industrialparks, including Becamex VSIP Binh Dinh which was jointly developed by Becamex IDC and itsSingaporean partner – SemCorp Development Group, he said.

The province now accommodates six Australianprojects with a total registered capital of 23.24 million USD, of which threespecialise in aquaculture and the remainder on industrial production.

Statistics show that Binh Dinh exported more than35.8 million USD worth of goods to Australia last year, up 31.1 percentyear-on-year, mainly aquatic products, minerals, construction materials, garments-textilesand footwear, among others.

Meanwhile, the locality imported wood and timberproducts, machines and equipment from Australia./.
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