Actively promote investment
In September 2023, Hai Duong coordinated with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston (USA) to co-organize the Hai Duong Investment Promotion Conference with the theme "Connection - Cooperation - Accompanying". The event attracted more than 120 attendees, with many US investors and businesses operating in many fields.
At the conference, comrade Tran Duc Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, informed that Hai Duong is considered one of the 20 localities with the best quality of industrial infrastructure in the country. This is an outstanding advantage for Hai Duong to be included in the list of attractive investment destinations for foreign enterprises. Currently, Hai Duong ranks 4th in the Red River Delta region and 11th nationwide in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
Many US businesses and investors have exchanged, discussed and raised issues with Hai Duong provincial leaders about cooperation and investment opportunities. Investors are also particularly interested in administrative reform, preferential policies... when investing in Hai Duong.
In addition to the United States, Hai Duong provincial leaders also organized many delegations to promote investment in Japan, Belgium, England, France... Through these trips, many foreign investors signed memorandums of understanding on investment cooperation in Hai Duong.
In 2023, Cong Hoa Industrial Park (Chi Linh) is one of three industrial parks in Hai Duong that still has land for lease to attract investment. To find large and potential investors, the investor of this industrial park's infrastructure has organized many delegations to go abroad to promote investment. "At working sessions with partners from China, Taiwan (China), Korea, and Japan abroad, we provided information and answered questions from investors," said Mr. Pham Trung Thai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Rubber Urban and Industrial Park Development Joint Stock Company, the investor of this industrial park.
Cong Hoa Industrial Park also established an Investment Promotion Center, prepared clips and documents translated into Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. to promote and introduce infrastructure and investment incentive policies. By the end of 2023, this industrial park had attracted 6 FDI projects with a total investment capital of hundreds of millions of USD. Of which, 2 projects have been granted investment registration certificates with a total capital of more than 170 million USD. These are the Waffer Technology factory project of Perfect Light Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), with an investment capital of nearly 52 million USD; the project to build a solar photovoltaic cell factory of Boviet Hai Duong Solar Energy Science and Technology Co., Ltd., with a total investment capital of 120 million USD.
Surpassed the milestone of attracting more than 1 billion USD
In operation for less than 2 years, An Phat 1 Industrial Park (Nam Sach) has basically filled the area with completed infrastructure in phase 1 and has become a bright spot in attracting investment in the province in 2023. In 2023, this industrial park attracted 10 secondary projects (9 FDI projects and 1 DDI project) with a total investment of about 400 million USD. The most prominent is the project of Biel Crystal Technology Manufacturing Company Limited (Singapore) with a total investment of about 260 million USD.
According to the investor representative, in addition to ensuring technical infrastructure and preparing the best conditions to welcome secondary investors, An Phat 1 Industrial Park has recently promoted investment promotion; actively participated in cooperation conferences with foreign partners organized by the Government and ministries and branches.
Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien, Head of the Provincial Industrial Park Management Board, said that proactively promoting investment instead of waiting for investors to come has helped Hai Duong access large markets with great potential. Through these trips, Hai Duong also better understands the needs of FDI enterprises and their desires before deciding to invest. These are important factors for Hai Duong to attract many large projects to industrial parks in 2023. In recent times, the province and specialized agencies have also effectively shortened administrative procedures, creating favorable conditions for investors. Hai Duong has a large land fund potential along with a synchronous, modern industrial infrastructure and abundant human resources, creating advantages in attracting investment.
According to the report of the Provincial Industrial Parks Management Board, in 2023, industrial parks in the province will attract about 1.23 billion USD, an increase of more than 900 million USD compared to 2022 and 6 times higher than the annual plan. Of which, the board will grant 56 new FDI projects with a total registered investment capital of over 1 billion USD; adjust the capital increase for 31 FDI projects with a total registered capital increase of about 212.6 million USD.
This is the highest result in the past 10 years of the province and the second time the province has reached over 1 billion USD after 35 years of attracting FDI. Among them are a number of major projects of Deli Group Co., Ltd. (270 million USD) in Dai An Industrial Park expansion; Biel Crystal Technology Production (250 million USD) in An Phat 1 Industrial Park; BoViet Solar Energy Science and Technology (120 million USD)...
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