The central province of Quảng Ngãi has called for investment and co-operation from the US businesses in energy, oil refinery, industrial environment treatment technology, and joining the second phase of the Dung Quất Refinery upgrading and expansion project.
The Dung Quat Economic Zone has been designed as a key ‘green’ and ‘smart’ and sustainable industrial complex and a breadwinner for the country’s budget and the central province in 2045.
South Korea''s Doosan Heavy Industries Viet Nam (Doosan Vina) donated nearly VND2.3 billion (about US$100,000) to Quang Ngai Province to purchase medical equipment for its third field hospital for treating COVID-19 patients.
It has earmarked close to VND2.2 billion (US$95,500) to implement activities to attract investment to local projects in supporting industries, petrochemicals, high-technology, seaports, logistics, clean technology, hi-tech agriculture, urban infrastructure, and tourism and services.
A shipment of equipment has been delivered from Dung Quat Economic Zone to the Sodegaura Biomass Power Plant – the largest capacity biomass firing plant in Japan, located in Chiba, Japan.
S Korea''s Doosan Heavy Industries Viet Nam (Doosan Vina) has shipped a cargo of steel – the third delivery of its kind since February this year – for the installation of a conveyor system at Onahama Port in Fukushima, Japan.
Six enterprises from the Republic of Korea on Wednesday officially held a groundbreaking ceremony at the Dung Quat Economic Zone and received investment certificates from the central province of Quang Ngai.
Hoa Phat Group has decided to invest VND1 trillion (US$43.9 million) in building a high quality post-tensioning steel factory, Vu Thi Anh Tuyet, deputy director of Hoa Phat Equipment and Accessory Company Limited, said.
The multi-billion-dollar Dung Quat oil refinery upgrade and expansion project is being implemented very slowly and its operator has repeatedly asked the Vietnamese Government for support and incentives.
The central province of Quang Ngai has called for new investors in six projects that their investment licenses revoked due to delays from 2010 to 2015.
Dung Quat Economic Zone and industrial zones in Quang Ngai Province attracted eight projects worth US$2.81 billion in the first half of this year, according to the provincial People’s Committee.