UK consulate general visits Dong Nai province

The provincial leader highly appreciated the delegation’s visit and informed the delegation about the socioeconomic developments of the province. Presently, Dong Nai has 18 industrial zones that are operated attracting over 720 investment projects with the total investment capital of over 8.3 billion USD. 32 Of Which are UK investment projects with the registered capital of up to 400 million USD, ranked 6th among 32 nations and territories investing in Dong Nai province. The average GDP per capita of Dong Nai province is 800 USD in a year, 30% higher than that of the whole country. He asserted that the investment from foreign investors, especially the UK investors, has played significant roles to the success of Dong Nai province.

To solve the delegation’s concern about the infrastructure development plan in the coming time, the chairperson of provincial People’s Committee said that many major construction projects such as Phuoc An deep-water port, Long Thanh International Airport, Route connecting HCM City and Nhon Trach district had been carried out. In addition, the province also coordinated with enterprises and vocational schools to educate technical workers as to settle the enterprises’ demand of labor resource.

The UK Consulate General to Ho Chi Minh City thanked the provincial leaders for their helps and cares to UK enterprises in Dong Nai province. She unveiled that UK investors were also interested in doing business in Dong Nai province and they hoped to have chances to talk with provincial leaders about their investment plans.

On this occasion, representatives of BP Company had proposed to the provincial People’s Committee its investment project to build a thermo power plant using natural gas with the capacity of 1,500 MW in Nhon Trach district. And representative of HSBC expressed its desire to open its representative office in Dong Nai.

(Translated by THKC)