The new projects have brought the total number of investments licensed or accepted by the Dung Quat Economic Zone Management Board to 161, valued at more than US$10 billion.

The economic zone is expected to generate 2,250 new jobs in the first half of this year with an estimated volume of cargo, about 350,000 tonnes in total, handled through Dung Quat Port.

The management board said it is accelerating the expansion of the economic zone from the current 10,300 ha to 50,000 ha to be capable of receiving large projects such as an oil refinery, a steel mill and a thermal power plant.