Binh Duong draws FDI after entering new normal
Binh Duong (VNA) – The southern province of Binh Duong on October 18 held an online meeting with executives of Japan’s NTT East
and Tokyu Groups to discuss measures to effectively attract investment there.
Speaking at the event, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen
Van Loi said the province strives to have all online public services levels 3
and 4 added to the national public service portal by 2025. At least 90 percent
of local residents will be satisfied with the handling of administrative
procedures.
Deputy General Director of the NTT East Tanabe said this year, the group
is preparing to become a strategic shareholder of the Vietnam Technology and Telecommunication
JSC, a member of Becamex IDC, to contribute to building infrastructure for
smart city.
General Director of the Tokyu Group Takahashi said in the near future,
Tokyu and Vietnam’s Becamex IDC will build a new shopping mall in Binh Duong
New City, which also houses Japan’s AEON supermarket.
Loi expressed his hope that investors will pay more attention
to railway projects, and believed that projects on transportation, shopping
centres and public transport system will become models in Vietnam.
In the past nine months, Binh Duong’s industrial production index went
up 2.93 percent, total retail of goods and services increased by 1.9 percent, and exports and imports up 26.7 percent and 34 percent, respectively. The province
also drew over 1.5 billion USD in foreign direct investment.
So far, about 85 percent of local enterprises have resumed their
operations.
Japan now ranks second among 65 countries and territories investing in
Binh Duong with 327 projects worth 5.7 billion USD./.