Bac Giang attracts over 170 foreign-invested projects
Monday, 12:10, 22/09/2014
(VOV) -Bac Giang provincial authorities have approved the issuance of investment certificates for a cumulative total of 174 projects with foreign direct investment (FDI) exceeding US$1,840 million.
“In the first nine months of the year alone, certificates for 21 foreign-invested projects with FDI of US$193 million were approved,” said head of the management board of industrial parks in Bac Giang province Nguyen Anh Quyen.
Meanwhile, disbursement of FDI for the nine month period has mushroomed 58% on-year to VND2,750 billion in Bac Giang province, Quyen said.As a direct result of the increased FDI disbursements, industrial parks in the province have now created over 39,000 high paying jobs, hiring over 30,000 local people, with incomes on average of VND4 million per month, Quyen said.