Nearly US$3 bln poured in Quang Ngai in first half

VGP – The Dung Quat Economic Zone and other industrial parks in the central province of Quang Ngai have granted investment certificates for eights projects, worth US$2.81 billion in the first half of the year.

July 12, 2017 11:09 AM GMT+7

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Of the figure, two Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects had a registered capital investment of US$100 million and six domestic ones, VND60,180.37 billion.

The information was released at a meeting on reviewing the city’s socio-economic development performance in the first six months of the year.

The city’s GRDP increased 1.25% against the same period last year, of which the agriculture-aquaculture-forestry sector grew 4.47%, the service sector, 7.39%. The industry and construction sector went down 3.43%.

As of May 30, 321 newly-established enterprises were recorded with a total registered capital of VND11,791 billion, witnessing year-on-year increases of 13.02% in the number of enterprises and 18.56 times in the capital.

The total State budget revenues were estimated at VND7,985 billion.

By Thuy Dung