Dong Nai (VNA) – Foreigndirect investment (FDI) to the southern province of Dong Nai hit 186.4 millionUSD in the first two months of this year, surging three times against the sameperiod last year, according to the provincial Department of Planning andInvestment.

In the reviewed period, Dong Nai issuedlicences to 15 new projects with a total registered worth 149 million USD, andgranted permission to add another 37.36 million USD into nine existing ones.

The department said that those projects arein the fields of high technology and supporting industries, which areenvironmentally-friendly.

Some notable projects include the ChangShin Vietnam manufacturing factory at the Thanh Phu Industrial Park with a registeredcapital worth 100 million USD, projects of the SYF Vietnam at the Giang Dien IPand Semba Tohka Vietnam at the Long Duc IP with 10 million USD and 9.2 millionUSD in capital, respectively.

Dong Nai province is home to nearly 1,900FDI projects totalling 33.9 billion USD in capital. Of the number, there are about 1,400 valid projects worth 28.7 billion USD.

The projects belong to investors from 45countries and territories worldwide, mostly from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan(China) and Japan.-VNA