Investment pours into HCM City industrial zones

HCM CITY – HCM City’s export processing zones and industrial parks attracted investments of more than US$ 九0 million in the first quarter of this year, a  二 一. 三 六 per cent increase year-on-year.

According to the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA), $ 四 八. 八 million came from foreign investors, a doubling since last year.

Domestic firms invested VNĐ 九 五 六. 二 billion VND ($ 四 一. 三 五 million), down  一 五. 八 per cent.

In the first quarter operations got underway at  一 八 projects and six others are under construction.

The total number of projects in the EPZs and IPs tops  一, 七00 with investment of $ 一 二. 四 三 billion, including  五 五 四 foreign ones worth $ 六. 九 二 billion. – VNS