Ben Tre calls for investment in 63 prioritised projects
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is inviting investment in 63 priority projects in 2017-2020, said Truong Duy Hai, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee on July 7.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is inviting investment in 63 priority projects in 2017-2020 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Mekong Deltaprovince of Ben Tre is inviting investment in 63 priority projects in2017-2020, said Truong Duy Hai, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee at a 🌺press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on July 7.
The official said the projects are in thefields of construction of infrastructure for industrial zones, tourism,markets, shopping centres, urban and residential areas, agriculture and rural development,along with renewable energy, education, water supply system and solid wastetreatment. Ben Tre will organise an investment promotionconference and launch a start-up community on July 19-20 to introduce theprovince’s strengths and investment policies. Through the event, the province hopes to attractinvestment in its strong fields such as ecological and resort tourism,processing industry, hi-tech agriculture as well as promote start-up movementand business development. Nguyen Minh Canh, Director of theprovince’s Department of Planning and Investment said Ben Tre plans to grant investmentcertificates for 37 projects with total investment worth over 30 trillion VND (1.32billion USD). Ben Tre currently has two industrial zonesof Giao Long and An Hiep, covering 240ha, which have been fully occupied. Theprovince is home to 54 valid foreign-invested projects with registered capitalworth more than 823 million USD and 137 domestic ones worth nearly 13.7trillion VND (602.4 million USD).
In the first sixmonths of 2017, the province lured over 10.4 trillion VND (457.6 million USD)and 192 million USD from new domestic and foreign-invested projects,respectively.-VNA
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The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is inviting investment in 63 priority projects in 2017-2020 (Photo: VNA) 
