Hai Duong continues to create breakthroughs in attracting investment

Hai Duong province this year will continue to attract large domestic and foreign investors who have sufficient financial and technological capacities and strong management skills, according to local authorities.

The province would also complete the list of projects calling for investment between now and 2030, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Trieu The Hung said, adding that projects that might have risks of causing environmental pollution would not be prioritised.

Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Tran Duc Thang said the province focused on luring foreign investment in the fields of high technology, smart technology, biological industry, new materials, processing industry, manufacturing and supporting industries.

In 2024, the locality would continue to improve the quality and efficiency of business support services, deploy solutions to restructure the labour market, associated with bettering the quality of labour training and facilitate the cooperation between businesses and training institutions, authorities said.

They added that accelerating investment promotion activities and perfecting the investment and business environment would also be included.

By the end of November 2023, Hai Duong had attracted more than 1.13 billion USD worth of foreign investment, over three times higher than the same period last year, statistics from the provincial Department of Planning and Investment revealed.

The province is now home to 540 foreign-invested projects with a total registered capital of over 10.16 billion USD. Of the sum, 289 projects, worth above 5.98 billion USD, have been invested in industrial parks.

VNA