Long An grants 73 new investment projects in the first 2 months of 2019

Long An granted investment certificates to 73 new projects in the first 2 months of 2019

Specifically, in the past 2 months, the whole province had 51 DDI projects having been granted certificates with a total investment capital of VND 6,493 billion. In addition, there were 4 projects registered to increase their capital, standing at a total amount of VND 267 billion. The total new and increased capital in the first 2 months was VND 6,760 billion; a rise of 36 projects and VND 5,650 billion over the same period.

To date, the total number of DDI projects registered for investment certificates is 1,729 projects with the total capital of VND 210,140 billion.

In the field of attracting FDI, Long An granted 22 new projects with a total registered capital of USD 42.6 million in 2 months. Besides, there were 8 projects raising capital of USD 17.1 million, thus accumulating 2 months of total new and additional capital at USD 59.7 million; a rise of 12 projects and USD 7.7 million in capital compared to the same period.

Recently, there have been 965 registered FDI projects in the province with a total capital of USD 6,086 million. Of which, 576 projects have come into operation, accounting for 59.6% of the total number of registered projects; the total implemented capital is about USD 3,614 million, reaching 59.3% of the total registered capital.

In 2019, activities of attracting foreign investment and fostering relationships with leading economic groups locally and overseas will continue to be improved. Besides, there is also a prime attention on stimulating major foreign investment projects which adopt state-of-the-art technology, encourage land use efficiency and environmental protection./.

By Mai Huong - Translated by Pham Ngan

Source: http://baolongan.vn/2-thang-dau-nam-2019-long-an-cap-moi-73-du-an-dau-tu-a71275.html