Long Hau industrial park in Long An province. (Photo: baodautu.vn)
A total of 326 industrial parks (IPs) have been established across Vietnam so far with total natural acreage of 95,500 ha, of which industrial land reaches about 65,600 ha, accounting for about 68.7%, according to reports from the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Of them, 251 IPs have been put into operation, and the remaining are in the process of land clearance and construction. In addition to 251 IPs in operation, 75 remaining ones are in the stage of compensation, site clearance and construction with a total area of about 29,300 ha.
Besides IPs, 17 coastal economic zones have been set up with total land and water surface area of more than 845,000 ha. In addition, the Ninh Co economic zone in the northern province of Nam Dinh has been designated in the national economic zone planning, but is yet to be built.
In the first six months of this year, IPs and economic zones in the country attracted 340 foreign-invested projects with newly-registered capital totalling USD 8.7 billion. In the period, the zones also drew 334 domestic investment projects worth a combined 83 trillion VND (3.56 billion USD). The accumulated total number of domestic investment projects is at about 9,086 projects with a total registered capital of over VND2 quadrillion.
Up to now, the total number of FDI projects invested in Vietnam has reached about 8,900 with a total registered capital of US$186 billion.
As of late June, there were 3.6 million labourers working in IPs and economic zones, around 60 percent of whom are female.
Of the 251 operating industrial zones, 221 have built concentrated waste water treatment facilities.
