Industrial parks see bright achievements in 2012
Provincial Industrial Parks Authority just held a conference evaluating investment and development of Binh Duong Industrial Park in 2012 and plan launching in 2013.The Industrial Parks Authority is managing 24 industrial parks with total area of 7,187 hectares. 23 industrial parks are operating with additional investment capital of VND 649 billion making up to VND 8,877 billion or 76% of approved capital.As for investment luring, in 2012, industrial parks have attracted nearly VND 1,116 billion from domestic enterprises and USD 515 million of FDI. As a result, over 1,200 projects are effective with 837 FDI projects at registered capital of over USD 5.5 billion; 371 domestic projects with registered capital of VND 23,940 billion.In 2012, enterprises in industrial parks earned revenue of USD 5.4 billion or 8.99% higher than previous year with import-export revenue at USD 2.9 billion, of which, USD 135.7 million paid to the State’s budget.Addressing the conference, Deputy Chair of Provincial People’s Committee, Mr. Tran Thanh Liem appraised the authority in effectively constructing and developing industrial parks. He called upon investors to promote construction of water releasing system and socio-economic infrastructure to support new investors.Reported by Trong Minh – Translated by Vi Bao
