Dong Nai: FDI hits record levels

Since early this year the Southern province of Dong Nai has attracted more than US$2.4 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital, achieving 68 percent of the yearly plan (up 3.8 times compared to the same period last year).

Among the 58 new projects, nine have invested in trade, services and urban development with a combined investment capital of more than US$1.4 billion.

The province so far has had 940 valid FDI projects capitalised at US$14 billion, of which more than 700 projects are already in operation, providing jobs for more than 330.000 workers. Dong Nai ranks third in FDI attraction after Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. It has 27 industrial zones, occupying more than 8,300ha.

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