Illustrative photo. BGP/Hai Huyen.

Besides, 2 DDI and 18 FDI projects were given a nod to increase their capital by 261 billion VND (11.5 million USD) and 252.1 million USD. The figure helped bring the total combined amount of new and added capitals to 264 million USD, dropped by 13.4% in terms of capital compared to the same period of 2017. The total implemented capital in the first 6 months reached 260 million USD, rising 436 percent compared to the same period of 2017.

To date, the local IPs are home to 303 valid investment projects including 88 DDI projects and 215 FDI ones, totally worth 7.6 trillion VND (333.7 million USD) and some 2.9 billion USD. The implemented value of DDI projects is estimated at 3.2 trillion VND (140.5 million USD) equal to 42.6 percent while that of FDI projects is at 1.86 billion USD accounting for 63.9 the total registered capital. As a result, investment attraction of the province in IPs in the first 5 months ranked 13th in terms of capital and 7th in terms of the number of projects compared to other provinces and cities.

Hai Huyen