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Nghe An reaches investment deals worth almost 1 bln USD

The central province of Nghe An granted investment licenses to 8 projects and signed 4 deals worth over 967 million USD during an annual New Year meeting in Vinh city on March 4.
The central province of Nghe An granted investment licenses to 8projects and signed 4 deals worth over 967 million USD during an annualNew Year meeting in Vinh city on March 4.

Addressing the event, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hungexpressed hope that investors would continue their feasible projects andfoster innovation to bring new changes in Nghe An.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ho Duc Phoc and ViceSecretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Nguyen Xuan Duong called on businesses and investors todevelop Nghe An into a hub of finance, commerce, tourism,education-training, science-technology, health care, culture, sport andhi-tech industry in the north central region.

NgheAn commits to improving investment climate and offering the bestpossible incentives to business players, they vowed.

The event was co-hosted by the provincial People’s Committee, theParty Committee of the Centrally-run Business Bloc and the Bank forInvestment and Development of Vietnam.

Last year,Nghe An granted investment licenses to 105 projects worth more than 18.5trillion VND (880 million USD), representing increases of 45.83 percentin number and 43.74 percent in value against a year earlier. Theprojects have been put into operation and generated 8,000 jobs.

Some large-scale projects include Hanoi -Kim Liem urban and hotelcomplex (720 billion VND), Lan Chau-Song Ngu eco-tourism complex (1.97trillion VND), Thanh Thanh Dat wharf (560 billion VND), Masan Foodproject (1.2 trillion VND), Ton Hoa Sen (2.3 trillion VND), Nguyen Kimsupermarket (550 billion VND) and Vingroup (2.39 trillion VND).-VNA
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