Dong Nai courts Thai investment
(VOV) - Southern Dong Nai province is avidly courting more Thai investment in such fields as infrastructure, agriculture, industry, and hi-tech, provincial People’s Committee Chairman Dinh Quoc Thai.
Mr Thai made the statement during a reception for Thai ambassador to Vietnam Panyarak Poolhup on May 15.
The province has established 31 large-scale industrial parks and is investing heavily in infrastructure at Long Thanh international airport to transform it into the largest airport in the country in its bid to attract Thai businesses to the province, Mr Thai said.
For his part, Mr Panyarak Poolhup said that following the success of the first phase in Amata Industrial Park in Dong Nai province, Amata Vietnam plans to implement a giant Amata Express City project in the province.
The ambassador also affirmed that the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand has been strengthened coming as a direct result of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Thailand in June 2013.
Furthermore, 2016 will mark the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Thailand friendship and cooperation, which will help boost all-around cooperation between the two nations, especially in the fields of economics, investment, agricultural development, culture, health, education and training, tourism, he added.
He expressed his hope that the province will continue to support Thai businesses to operate effectively in the future.
Thailand has so far had 34 projects with investment of over US$500 million, ranking ninth among 40 nations and territories investing in Dong Nai.