Bac Ninh attracts US$332.5 million in FDI in 7 months

VGP - The northern province of Bac Ninh licensed 116 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$332.5 million in the first seven months of 2018, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

August 21, 2018 4:03 PM GMT+7

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The province also allowed 69 existing FDI projects to increase their capital by US$536.7 million and revoked 14 projects with investment capital of more than US$149.6 million.

In July alone, the province issued new investment registration certificates for 20 FDI projects with total registered capital of more than US$120.5 million, allowed nine projects to increase capital totaling US$62.6 million and revoked two projects with the investment of nearly US$97.2 million.

Some large investment projects of Bac Ninh include the ultra-clear laminated glass factory project in Yen Phong Industrial Park, a film and membrane production plant in Que Vo III Industrial Park and Lotte Cinema Bac Ninh.

To date, Bac Ninh has granted investment registration certificates to 1,246 valid FDI, with capital amounting to more than US$16.7 billion.-VNA