(CPV) - Additional area for domestic industrial zones is expected to reach 2,000-2,500 hectares in 2014, contributing to raising the total area of industrial zones in 2014 close to 83,500-84,000 hectares, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
Domestic and foreign investors visiting and working at Cai Lan Industrial Zone, Quang Ninh province (Photo: CPV)
In 2013, although the domestic economy met difficulties, building and developing industrial and economic zones still maintains positive results, especially for investment attraction, said MPI.
The country licensed five new industrial zones in 2013 with a total area of 1,578 hectares. This year also saw three industrial zones increase by an additional area of 1,015 hectares. Five industrial zones with an area of 2,243 hectares had their investment licenses revoked this year due to a failing rate of progress. Overall, the total area of industrial zones nationwide increased by 350 hectares.
In 2013, as many as 289 projects for infrastructure investment and development of industrial zones were implemented nationwide with a total registered capital of USD938 million and VND27.68 trillion.
This year also witnessed positive changes to investment attraction in industrial and economic zones. Last year, industrial and economic zones around the country lured more than USD19.94 billion, accounting for 50 percent of the total projects in Vietnam and more than 90 percent of the total newly-registered and increased FDI in the nation.
In 2014, Vietnam set a target to attract approximately USD8 billion of FDI capital and VND32 trillion of domestic investment capital in industrial zones. With this, the total FDI capital and domestic investment capital in industrial zones by 2014 will reach about USD79 billion and VND505 trillion.
Economic zones were forecast to draw close to USD2 billion of FDI capital and VND25 trillion of domestic investment capital, bringing the figures for 2014 to USD38.5 billion and VND245 trillion, respectively./.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
