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Tien Giang attracts nine million USD of investment in early 2018

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has received positive investment signs since the start of this year, said Deputy Director of the provincial Planning and Investment Department Nguyen Dinh Thong.
Tien Giang attracts nine million USD of investment in early 2018 ảnh 1A garment-textile company in Tien Giang province (Photo: VNA)

Tien Giang (VNA) – TheMekong Delta province of Tien Giang has received positive investment signs sincethe start of this year, said Deputy Director of the provincial Planning andInvestment Department Nguyen Dinh Thong.

In early 2018, the province lured twonew foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth nine million USD, comprisinga garment-textile company and a steel pipe producing company.

Tien Giang will continue stepping upadministrative reform and support businesses in investment law and climate, theofficial added.

The province is now home to 93investment projects, including 66 FDI ones with total capital of more than 42.9trillion VND (1.89 billion USD). Those projects generate jobs for some 83,000workers while occupancy rate at the provincial industrial parks has hit 64.29percent. 

The industrial production value offirms operating in the province’s industrial parks since the beginning of thisyear exceeded 5.2 trillion VND (230.83 million USD), up 21.77 percentyear-on-year.

Export turnover of those firmsexceeded 180 million USD in the period, or an increase of 22.37 percent againstthe same time last year.-VNA

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