Conference promotes Japanese investment in Binh Duong
About 280 leaders of Japanese enterprises took part in an online investment promotion conference held on August 26 to introduce the southern province of Binh Duong’s industrial capacity and potential.
Binh Duong (VNA) – About 280 leaders of Japaneseenterprises took part in an online investment promotion conference held onAugust 26 to introduce the southern province of Binh Duong’s industrialcapacity and potential.
Co-organised by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industryand Binh Duong-based industrial infrastructure developer Becamex IDC, thefunction gave information on the local industrial parks and incentives forinvestors, while collecting investors’ profiles and demand.
Representatives of the provincial competent agencies andsectors took the occasion to answer questions from Japanese firms that arelooking for investment and cooperation opportunities in the locality.
Speaking at the event, Permanent Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Mai Hung Dung said Vietnam in general and BinhDuong in particular prioritise foreign-funded projects that apply advancedtechnologies and have high value added and linkages to form global supplychains.
With strength in industrial development, Binh Duong is thebest option for foreign investors in Vietnam, he added.
Currently, the province is ranked second nationwide in termsof foreign investment attraction by reeling in over 35.05 billion USD from 65nations and territories. Japan has so far poured capital in many big projectshere./.
The southern province of Binh Duong has attracted 9.9 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) from 2016 to October 2019, exceeding the locality’s set plan for attracting FDI in the 2016-2020 phase, the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reported.
The southern province of Binh Duong attracted over 3 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 49 percent, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
The southern province of Binh Duong enjoyed a trade surplus of 2.6 billion USD in the first half of 2020, according to the provincial statistics office.
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At the event (Photo: baobinhduong.vn) 
