Vietnam's industrial and economic zones attract US$4.3bil in January-May

A view of Dung Quất Economic Zone. More than US$4.3 billion was registered to be poured into industrial zones and economic zones in the first five months of this year. — Vietnam News

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Industrial zones (IZs) and economic zones (EZs) attracted 390 foreign-invested projects with a total registered capital of US$4.3 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the latest updates of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

So far, there have been 9,850 FDI projects in IZs and EZs nationwide with a total registered capital of US$195 billion, more than 70 per cent of which has been disbursed.