Vinh Long seeks investment in major projects

The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long is soliciting investment in large projects that use modern and environment-friendly technologies and bring high added value.
Vinh Long seeks investment in major projects ảnh 1The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vĩnh Long has been creating an open and transparent investment environment to attract potential investors. (Photo baodautu.vn)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long issoliciting investment in large projects that use modern andenvironment-friendly technologies and bring high added value.

It is calling for investment of over 24.37 trillion VND (1.06 billion USD) in10 projects in all three main sectors of the economy.

Le Minh Tan, director of its investment promotion and enterprise supportcentre, said the province is inviting investment in key projects, including the2.9 trillion VND (126.1 million USD) Binh Tan Industrial Zone (IZ) in Tan Quoitown with an area of 400ha.

In the agricultural sector, it is soliciting investment of around 250 billion VND(10.87 million USD) in a 50-100ha high-tech agricultural project in Vinh Long city.

It is also promoting an agricultural production and processing project in Binh Minhtown on an area of 10.6ha and costing 400 billion VND (17.4 million USD).

In the housing sector, the province is looking for investment of 8.05 trillion VND(350 million USD) in the 500ha My Hoa new urban project in Binh Minh and My Hoacommunes and Binh Minh town.

There is also an urban and administrative project worth 7.5 trillion VND (326.1million USD).

The province is mobilising resources to promote tourism with the aim of turningit into a key economic sector by 2030.

Its tourist and tourism revenues are increasing by 11.6 per cent and 25.7 percenta year on average.

The province has also begun to attract investment in supporting industries suchas the production of automobile parts.

This conforms with its desire to foster industrial production.

To improve the quality and effectiveness of foreign investment, it is workingto attract strategic investors from markets such as Japan, the Republic of Korea,Taiwan (China), Singapore, and the EU, Tan said.

South Korea now has 18 investment projects worth nearly 90 million USD in theprovince, while Japan and Taiwan have invested 102.5 million USD and 239.2million USD respectively.

The province also targets major projects and those with high-added value andusing advanced and environment-friendly technologies, especially inagri-industry, human resources training and agricultural-based tourism, hesaid.

Local authorities would create optimal conditions for investors to know aboutkey projects and incentives, and help them resolve investment obstacles, headded.

They have been announcing support and incentives to encourage investment intourism, building infrastructure, tweaking planning for tourist areas toattract more investments, and developing unique tourism products.

Vinh Long last year issued investment certificates for 26 projects with a totalinvestment of 4.35 trillion VND and over 104 million USD, including sixforeign-invested ones./.
VNA

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