Vietnam Southern Province Attracts VND3.31T Projects in Jan-Feb
Vietnam’s southern province of Long An attracted VND3.31 trillion ($173.3 million) from domestic and foreign investment projects in first two months of this year, Duong Quoc Xuan chairman of the provincial People’s Committee said.
Xuan said that Japan and South Korean are biggest investors in the province, adding that it will hold an investment conference in October to call on more foreign and domestic investors.
In 2009, the province pulled in $80 million in foreign direct investment (FDI), mostly focusing on the areas of garment and textile, home appliances, engineering products, farm products and real estate, Xuan attributed.
Long An now has 20 industrial parks covering a total area of 7,645 hectares and creating 35,000 jobs. (Investment)