More than 549 million USD worth of new and additional investment was poured into export processing and industrial zones of Ho Chi Minh City in 2022, about 9.8% higher than the target, statistics showed.
The first-ever research project on stem cells in Da Nang and the central region has been given approval from Da Nang Hi-Tech Park and Industrial Zones Authorities, making a crucial step in turning the city into a centre of biological research.
Four people have been killed, two others injured and more than 72,000 households affected by flooding in 30 provinces of Thailand since September 28, according to the country’s Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has submitted a plan to build over 1.8 million apartments under a social housing scheme for low-income earners and workers in industrial zones (IZs) by 2030.
Healthcare stations should be set up in industrial parks to meet good working conditions and promptly handle disasters and medical incidents, according to a draft Law on Medical Examination and Treatment (amended) being consulted by the Ministry of Health.
Workers in Ho Chi Minh City can live temporarily in industrial zones from July 15 towards ensuring smooth production and related business activities, municipal authorities said.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment, in collaboration with the UN Industrial Development Organisation and the Management Board of Industrial Zones (IZs), and Export Processing Zones (EPZs), held a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29, discussing how to turn IZs and EPZs into eco-industrial parks (EIPs).
The southern province of Binh Duong will start construction of two giant industrial zones of more than 1,000 hectares each this year with an eye on foreign investors.
Honda Logicom Vietnam Company Ltd, a subsidiary of Honda Logicom Company Ltd (Aichi, Japan) will start building a new general logistics warehouse as well as bonded warehouse in June 2022 in DEEP C Industrial Zones in the northern port city of Hai Phong.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked the management boards of industrial and economic zones in provinces and centrally-run cities to submit reports on the construction and development of industrial and coastal economic zones this year to make a comprehensive evaluation on their operations.
Hong Duc Industry JSC, part of DEEP C Industrial Zones, Bamboo Capital Group and Sojitz Corporation on November 25 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an industrial park project and ancillary infrastructure services with expected total investment capital of approximately 250 million USD.
The Department of Planning and Investment of the southern province of Tay Ninh has adopted many solutions and held dialogues with local and foreign-invested businesses in order to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles facing businesses to help them recover production.
More than 96 percent out of 1,412 companies located in industrial and export processing zones in Ho Chi Minh City have resumed operations with up to 80 percent of the total number of labourers back to work.
Industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai attracted 46 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth 358.85 million USD from the beginning of this year to November 11.
The Management Board of HCM City Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA) on November 12 said the investment inflow into the city's industrial zones has shown many positive signs.
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