Tien Giang: Industrial production hits nearly 2.47 billion USD in 9 months hinh anh 1Soai Rap Industrial Park in Tien Giang province (Photo: baodauthau.vn)

Tien Giang (VNA) – The production value recorded at the industrial parks (IPs) across the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang reached nearly 57.38 trillion VND (2.47 billion USD) between January and September, up 13.77 percent year-on-year.

The foreign-invested and domestic sectors in the province earned more than 2.16 billion USD and 14.46 trillion VND in revenue, representing annual increases of 12.6 and 9.8 percent, respectively.

During the reviewed period, the provincial IPs management board licenced three new projects worth 347 million USD and 498 billion VND (21.4 million USD), and allowed existing projects to add a total of 78 billion VND (3.36 million USD) to their capital.

As such, the number of projects across local IPs totaled 102, including 74 foreign-invested ones. Together they occupied 541 hectares or more than 70 percent of land for lease at these parks and created over 89,000 jobs.

The province is home to four operating IPs, namely My Tho, Long Giang, Soai Rap and Tan Huong. Of this, My Tho and Tan Huong are now fully occupied./.
VNA