Hai Duong lures 365 million USD in FDI in four months
The northern province of Hai Duong attracted over 365 million USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of this year, up 26.2 percent year-on-year, according to local authorities.
Hai Duong (VNA) - The northern province of Hai Duongattracted over 365 million USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the firstfour months of this year, up 26.2 percent year-on-year, according to localauthorities.
The locality granted new investment licenses to 33 FDI projects with a totalregistered capital of 296.2 million USD, mainly in industrial parks (IPs). It also allowed 10 others to add 68.8 million USD in capital, including six in IPs.
In recent years, local authorities have devised many measures to lure moreforeign investment, focusing on enhancing promotion activities, supporting, andfacilitating existing projects.
The locality has built detailed planning of IPs and industrial clusters, whileaccelerating administrative reform and strictly monitoring investmentactivities, towards facilitating investors’ operation.
Attention has also been paid to diversifying and improving the quality of businesssupport services, especially those to provide market and labour information,and advice related to legal and administrative procedures.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Manh Hien has asked thelocal authorities at all levels to work closely to support enterprises throughmeetings, conferences.
Hai Duong is now home to 428 foreign-invested projects with a totalinvestment capital of over 8 billion USD. Total disbursement of FDI project hits4.8 billion USD. The FDI projects create jobs to over 191,000 directlabourers.-VNA
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A corner of Dai An IP in Hai Duong (Source: VNA) 
