Industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai continued to see a strong influx of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first months of this year, which has surpassed the yearly target by nearly 20%.

The southern province of Dong Nai and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gyeongnam province signed a series of agreements on May 2 to deepen collaboration in labour and human resources training.

The southern province of Dong Nai drew over 120 foreign-invested projects worth nearly 940 million USD in the first nine months of this year, surpassing the yearly plan by around 34%, said the Dong Nai Industrial Zones Authority (DIZA) on October 3.

The southern province of Dong Nai earned over 16.4 billion USD from exports and spent more than 11.9 billion USD on imports in the first nine months of this year, resulting in a trade surplus of 4.3 billion USD, Director of the provincial Statistics Office Tran Quoc Tuan said on September 28.

A ceremony was held in the southern province of Dong Nai on June 16 to announce the export of the first batch of durian this year in accordance with a protocol signed between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the General Administration of Customs of China.

Foreign direct investment in the southern province of Dong Nai surpassed 500 million USD in the first quarter this year, nearly tripling that in the same period last year, according to the management board of the provincial industrial parks.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 29 asked the southern province of Dong Nai to complete the handover of cleared ground for the first-stage construction of Long Thanh international airport by the end of this first quarter.

The southern province of Dong Nai recorded a trade surplus of nearly 4.7 billion USD in the first 10 months of this year, the provincial Statistics Office announced on November 2.

Police in the southern province of Dong Nai on December 28 arrested three men and a woman for their involvement in trafficking in persons, organising illegal migration and bringing persons abroad for prostitution.

Industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai attracted 46 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth 358.85 million USD from the beginning of this year to November 11.

Nearly 1,450 enterprises in industrial parks in the southern province of Dong Nai have resumed operations with over 426,000 labourers working in the form of “three-on-site” or going home daily, said deputy head of the provincial IPs management board Le Van Danh on October 18.

The southern province of Dong Nai has gradually resumed several activities in “green zones” and outlined measures to solve difficulties faced by enterprises, after months of strict social distancing order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The southern province of Dong Nai has decided to apply social distancing measures within 15 days from 0:00 on July 9 in accordance with the Prime Minister’s Directive No.16/CT-TTg dated March 31, 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic has been developing complicatedly in the locality.

A dialogue between the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and Korean businesses was held in the southern province of Dong Nai on April 15, attracting representatives from more than 100 enterprises.

The southern province of Dong Nai secured 11 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth more than 226 million USD in the first half of January, the highest recorded in the same time in the past five years, according to the provincial management board of industrial parks.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will invest over 99 trillion VND (4.3 billion USD) in the third component project of the first stage of the Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The southern province of Dong Nai has remained a magnet for FDI, with major groups from the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Japan, Singapore, and China all pouring capital into the locality.

The southern province of Dong Nai is striving to attract 5-6 billion USD in foreign direct investment during the 2021-2025 period, and about 6-7 billion USD during 2026-2030.

The index of industrial production (IIP) in the southern province of Dong Nai went up 6.6 percent in March year-on-year, reported the provincial statistics department.

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) of the southern province of Dong Nai recorded a year-on-year increase of 23 percent in February despite impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic, according to the provincial statistics office.