In the first 3 months of this year, the industrial parks (IPs) in the province have attracted 5 FDI projects with total registered capital of USD 81 million.
So far, in the IPs in the province, there are 219 FDI projects with a total registered capital of over 3.7 billion USD. FDI projects come from 18 countries and territories. Until now, there are 189 FDI projects operating in the IPs, the investment capital of projects is over 3.1 billion USD. The total number of employees of FDI enterprises is currently over 36,000 people.
Major industries and investment sectors of FDI projects in the IPs in the province include: Manufacturing and assembling of machinery and equipment; mechanical industry, production of electronic equipment and components; informatics; production of animal feed, textile industry, components of aircraft, ships, cars; production of plastic products and components, construction materials; IPs infrastructure business and factory leasing...
Thang Long Industrial Park II is a bright spot in attracting FDI projects, effective in production and business, creating jobs for workers, contributing to the state budget.
At Kawakin Core-tech Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Thang Long Industrial Park II)
Mr. Kenzo Yamada, General Director of Kawakin Core-tech Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Thang Long Industrial Park II) said: The company went into operation in May 2013, specialized in manufacturing parts and equipment made from metal and rubber, including: Aftershocks, vibration control and reinforcement equipment for bridges and buildings. The production requires high skilled workers, so the company has recruited and trained over 80% of Hung Yen laborers to work. The company chose to invest in the province because the locality has an abundant labor force, a favorable geographical position for exporting - importing raw materials and products of the company. When investing in the province, the company has been facilitated by the sectors and competent authorities as well as having a favorable production environment. However, the difficulty is that when recruiting workers in the province, it takes more time to train skills for workers and the stability of laborers in the enterprise is not really assured.
Through the evaluation of the Management Board of the Industrial Parks of the province, in addition to the achievements in attracting FDI projects, over the past time, investors of industrial zones infrastructure in the province... have completed the industrial park technical infrastructure on the planned area, ensuring sufficient ground for the reception of investment projects.
In addition, in order to support Japanese investment enterprises in the province, since the beginning of the year, the Japanese Enterprise Support Desk in Hung Yen has been operating effectively, thus contributing to creating favorable conditions in attracting investment projects.
However, the investment attraction, including FDI projects in the IPs is still limited. The projects with large investment capital and high-tech technical content investing in the IPs are still limited. The number of investment projects in the IPs has increased but not yet commensurate with the potentials and advantages of the investment attraction in the IPs in the province. The number of projects investing in the IPs still accounts for a small proportion as compared to the total investment projects in the province. The number of countries and territories investing in the IPs in the province is small as compared to the average level of other localities in the region, not attracting many projects from US and EU investors...
Mr. Pham Thai Son, Chairman of the Management Board of the Industrial Parks of the province, said: In the coming time, the Management Board of the Industrial Parks of the province will focus on coordinating in the work of ground clearance to create favorable conditions for investors to build industrial zone technology infrastructure, accelerate the progress of projects, build synchronously technical infrastructure, create premises for receiving investment projects in the IPs; closely coordinate with the industrial park infrastructure investors, investment promotion consultancy organizations, ministries and central agencies in promotion and mobilization activities to attract investment in concentrated industrial parks which have been planned.
Priority should be given to attracting investment in the industries and fields with high technology, source technology, increasing exports; develop supporting industries, join the production networks and global value chains; the projects with products of competitive advantages, environmentally friendly and making large revenues for the provincial budget; strengthen the on-site investment promotion activities; capture the information and timely support businesses in the process of implementing projects and production and business activities. To review labor needs of enterprises, coordinate with the state management agency on labor in the province to develop a plan for training human resources.
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