The Hoa Lac hi-tech industrial zone has so far this year granted investment licences to four projects with a combined capital of 316.45 million USD.

The four new projects include a laboratory and a facility to test ship design models with an investment of 85.6 million USD from the Vietnam Ship Research Institute under the Vietnam Shipping Industrial Group (Vinashin) and a 16.29 million USD Internet centre funded by the Vietnam Internet Centre.

The other two projects are FPT University , into which the Financing and Promoting Technology Group have invested 154.1 million USD and a post and telecom centre built by the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group at a cost of 105.457 million USD.

In total, the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Industrial Zone of Hanoi has attracted 35 projects, capitalized at 1 billion USD./.