With elements of improved investment environment, strong investment attraction, Binh Duong has created echo and good impression for investors. The provincial result of investment attraction has always led the whole country over the past years. Especially, in the first two months of this year Binh Duong has indicated a persuasive proof on effective investment environment. The provincial People's Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung (right) receives entrepreneurs.A persuasive proof In the first two months of this year, Binh Duong attracted more than US$720mil in FDI capital from 40 new and added-capital projects. This result has increased FDI capital source poured into the province up to 2,255 projects with the total capital of US$19.6bil. Besides, there were additional 258 domestic enterprises with the total registered capital of more than VND927bil and 29 added-capital companies with the total capital of more than VND695bil. Earlier, Binh Duong led the country in FDI attraction with US$2.6bil in 2012 and over US$1.4bil in 2013 and accounted for over 60% of total FDI capital in Vietnam in the first two months of this year. The mentioned figures show that Binh Duong’s investment environment has attracted investors strongly. Reaching success in steel production in Binh Duong over the past 20 years, Wada Yuji, general director of Maruichi Sun Steel JSC said that investing in Binh Duong is a luckiness and honor for the company, especially the provincial leaders’ attention and assistance have helped the company reach high results. The very advantage has created a great motivation for the company to invest additional US$120mil in building the second factory in the end of 2013, contributing to increase the company’s investment capital up to US$420mil. Aside from the mentioned factors, local authority’s attention and assistance for laborers have left good impression on investors, helping enterprises win a stable and effective investment. Therefore, Sun Steel has decided to cement long to Binh Duong. In terms of administration procedure, Binh Duong has always solved administration procedures rapidly, transparently and effectively. Mai Hung Dung, director of the provincial department of Investment and Planning said that the department grants business registration certificates to investors within 3-5 days. The quickness is thanks to local authority’s great attention. As an investor newly granted business certificate in 2014, Mr.Pittas Konstantinos, director of Medochemie Pharmaceutical product Co.Ltd. (The Republic of Cyprus), said “Through a survey on investment environment, our company has chosen Binh Duong. I advise you to invest in Vietnam, especially in Binh Duong. Binh Duong's infrastructure and material facilities are very good and modern plus administration procedures are solved rapidly while local leaders always facilitate investors' effective investment". Similarly, Le Jong Hee, chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KoCham) in HCMC said that the provincial leaders and departments, agencies have facilitated foreign investors' investment. Solid trust Improving quality of administration procedure reform, rapid granting of investment certificates, methodical planning of industrial parks, solving difficulties for businesses, paying much attention to education and healthcare and so on have created belief for enterprises. Moreover, enterprises are pleased to invest into Binh Duong because they local leaders are always friendly and help businesses solve difficulties. In addition, local leaders pay much attention to businesses' petitions and make the efforts to solve their problems quickly. Mr. Saeki Koichi, general director of Finecs Vietnam Co.Ltd. Under Japan's Finecs Group said that operation in Binh Duong since 2012, the company has enjoyed assistance from functional agencies and local leaders. Additionally, he highly appreciated straight answers of local leaders for businesses' problems. This creates trust for companies to invest into Binh Duong.                                                                                               Reported by T.Minh - Translated by A.C

Scholeller Bleckman Oilfield Equipment Vietnam Co.Ltd. (SBOEVN) has just held a ceremony to inaugurate the second phase of its factory in Dong An Industrial Park II.

Provincial People’s Committee Vice-Chairman Tran Van Nam made the statement at a conference reviewing the province’s pilot program on agricultural insurance between 2011 and 2013 on March 20.

Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Le Thanh Cung, on March 20, received and worked with Chairman of South Korea’s JOIN Corporation who visited Binh Duong and informed about the corporation’s investment project herein.

The relations of friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Japan have got better and better. With this advantage, many Japanese enterprises have been interested in Vietnam and Binh Duong is one of Vietnam’s localities prioritized from them, due to having a favorable investment climate with well-built infrastructure… Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Le Thanh Cung receiving a business delegation of Saitama province in Japan

*Toin Vietnam Co.Ltd.’s factory inaugurated in My Phuoc 3 Industrial Park

A rapid pace of growth

Despite difficulties, Phuoc Hoa Rubber Joint Stock Company (PHR) has still maintained stability in revenue and enhanced its effectiveness in production and business, which is seen as a great effort of PHR. This has also shown the endurance of a brand name. This is a rubber latex-processing line at PHR

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits Van Don (Source: VNA)

Experts from both home and abroad discussed ways to handle difficulties and shortcomings in developing the cultivation of clean and safe vegetables at a symposium held in Hanoi on March 18.

Under the attention of Farmers Associations at all levels, farmers in Phu Giao district have constantly helped each other overcome difficulties, rise up out of poverty and legitimately get rich, contributing to reshaping the local rural image.

  President Truong Tan Sang, who is in Japan on a State visit, and Japanese Emperor Akihito at the welcoming ceremony held yesterday in Tokyo.

Solving difficulties drastically