HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority (Hepza)
is compiling an investment handbook in different languages to provide
businesses with necessary information on local investment procedures.
Fifteen companies situated in HCM City''s processing zones
and industrial parks have got total bank loans of nearly VND1.2 trillion
(US$54 million) at preferential interest rates under a programme
initiated by the central bank and the Government.
The HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority (HEPZA)
last week signed a cooperation agreement with the Japan External Trade
Organisation (JETRO) to establish the Viet Nam-Japan Support Industry
Forum (VIETPANSIF).
Foreign investment in manufacturing has increased significantly in HCM
City and the neighboring provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong as
international firms seek to take advantage of the country''s accession to
the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
