Danang attracts US$152 million in FDI
The central city of Danang has attracted over US$152 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of the year.
Of the total, more than US$107 million came from 24 newly licensed projects, while the rest was additional capital of 12 existing projects.
Processing and manufacturing industries attracted the largest amount of investment capital, US$86.1 million, accounting for 56.5 percent of the total. Real estate came in second with US$062.5 million.
Of the new projects, the most noteworthy are a US$40 million plant of the Japanese Tokyo Keiki Precision Technology Co., Ltd, a US$32 million project to build the Danang information technology zone invested by Roccky Lai & Associates of Panama, and a US$14 million beverage can plant invested by Singaporean Crown Packaging Investment Co., Ltd.
So far, 10 countries and territories have invested in Danang city.
With 12 projects worth more than US$61.7 million, Japan has ranked first among 10 countries and territories investing in Danang since early this year. It was followed by the Republic of Korea with 6 projects worth over US$17.7 million and Singapore, US$14.2 million.