According to DIZA, Singapore was the leading foreign investor in Đồng Nai''s industrial zones over the past seven months, pumping $231.7 million into nine projects.
Đồng Nai Province has set up the Japan Desk at the headquarters of the Đồng Nai Industrial Zones Authority to assist Japanese investors operating here.
Hepza Director Hứa Quốc Hưng emphasised the focus on administrative reform, aiming to improve the Public Administration Reform Index (PAR INDEX), the Departmental, Sectoral and Local Competitiveness Index (DDCI), and the Digital Transformation Index (DTI).
Statistics from Ha Noi Department of Planning and Investment revealed that the city had to date attracted over US$69.84 billion worth of foreign investment, ranking second among localities nationwide.
The HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority said the city’s industrial parks and processing zones hope to attract investment worth US$500 million this year.
The task force will proactively address difficulties the business community has been facing amid the pandemic, thereby drawing up measures to help them weather the storm.
Production is continuing at six industrial zones and hi-tech parks in the central city, while nearly 80 per cent of the total labour force has been maintained since the city began lockdown on August 16.
The HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority is helping businesses at industrial parks that house their staff buy food and other essential goods amid the stricter social distancing mandate currently in place to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Businesses in Dong Nai Province’s industrial parks are taking strict measures to protect themselves against COVID-19 and the risk of transmission from HCM City, which is currently the third largest COVID-19 hotspot in the country.
Dong Nai has attracted 66 FDI projects worth more than $680 million since the beginning of this year, while its target for the year as a whole was about $700 million.