STRENGTHENING MEASURES FOR FDI ATTRACTION DURING PANDEMIC

In spite of severe damages of Covid-19 pandemic on the investment activities, Haiphong has still lured new projects and enterprises at home and abroad to seek for cooperation opportunities. To get this result, apart from the due attention of the city to mobilize sources for the development of transport infrastructure, infrastructure for industrial parks and plentiful mechanisms and policies to create favorable investment climate for enterprises, the industrial parks infrastructure businesses have constantly renovated and actively sought measures to lure the secondary investors.

The non-tariff zone and Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park of Sao Do group is one of the most appealing sites of foreign investors thanks to great advantages. Alongside, Nam Dinh Vu port is situated right inside the industrial park, helping secondary investors drastically reduce production cost as the transport cost and time have been decreased. To overcome the impacts of Covid-19, along with investing in upgrading the infrastructure and supporting customers to perform the investment procedures in Vietnam, Nam Dinh Vu industrial park has boosted IT application, built up the software so that customers could assess the project without coming to the office.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong – General Director of Sao Do group: Nam Cau Kien industrial park now has more than 60 investors, 50% of whom are foreign investors from Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Hongkong and China. The occupation rate in phase 1 has reached 100%. With the orientation to develop into a friendly-to-environment industrial park, Nam Cau Kien has made radical investment in the environment treatment system and circulation symbiosis chain in the industrial park. At present, this industrial park has been boosting the second phase with the orientation to lure hi-end technology investors for the industrial circulation symbiosis eco-system in the industrial park.

Mr. Pham Hong Diep – CEO, Chairman of Shinec Joint Stock Company, Investor of Nam Cau Kien industrial park: The city’s total investment capital in 2020 reached more than VND 172 thousand billion, of which the state-owned and foreign capital made up more than 90%. Since early days this year, Haiphong has seen fine signals with the investment of million-dollar worth projects. These outcomes once again give a testament to the companion of Haiphong with investors as well as the activeness, creativity and constant renovation of infrastructure enterprises in an effort to overcome challenges, grasp the opportunities and be ready to welcome foreign investors in the current trend of investment shifting wave./.

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