The southern province of Dong Nai has attracted over 920 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) so far this year.

According to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment, of the total, 391 million USD was poured into 52 new projects, while the remaining was added for 51 existing ones. Most of the projects are carried out in industrial zones.

In the reviewed period, the province revoked investment licenses of eight projects with a combined capital of over 86 million USD.

Therefore, there are now 1,117 valid projects totaling 20.8 billion USD in the locality.

In the first eight months of 2014, total revenue of FDI businesses operating in local industrial zones reached 10.37 billion USD, of which 5.6 billion USD came from exports.

They contributed more than 374 million USD to the State budget, a year-on-year rise of 8.5 percent.-VNA