Hai Phong grants investment licenses to five projects
Hai Phong (VNA) – The Hai Phong Economic Zone
Authority (HEZA) on January 24 granted investment licenses to five projects in industrial
parks, including three foreign-invested projects worth 140 million USD and two
domestic ones valued at over 2 trillion VND (86.9 million USD).
Deputy General Director of Chilisin Electronics Vietnam Co.Ltd
Leo Uyn Hoan said while investing in Hai Phong, the company received support
from local authorities. Apart from increasing capital, it will also call
for other investors to do business in Hai Phong in the near future.
HEZA Director Le Trung Kien said HEZA will always stand side by
side with investors during project implementation, tackle their difficulties to
soon put projects into operation.
He affirmed that attracting foreign investment is one of the basic
measures to develop local economy based on the pillars of hi-tech industry,
seaports-logistics, tourism-trade.
Last year, industrial and economic zones drew 81
foreign-invested projects with new and additional capital of 2.96 billion USD,
two share purchases worth 2.2 billion USD by foreign investors. The total
foreign investment hit 5.2 billion USD, marking a 3.4-fold rise year-on-year,
or 206 percent of the target.
This year, Hai Phong strives to lure 2.5-3 billion USD in FDI.
Meanwhile, they attracted 24 domestic projects with new and
additional capital of over 135.5 trillion VND, up 75 times from the same period
last year./.