(VNF) – Commodity export turnover in the Southeastern province of Dong Nai reached nearly USD7 billion in the first half of the year, a year-on-year rise of 14.5%, reported the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

This figure included USD5.9 billion by foreign-invested enterprises, over USD1 billion by private enterprises and nearly USD120 million by state-owned businesses. Commodity groups earning the largest export turnover were footwear, garments and textiles, wooden products and machinery and its devices.

Among nearly 30 export commodity groups, five witnessed decreases in both volume and value while the rest maintained higher export growth than that of the same period last year.

Regarding investment attraction, Dong Nai now has nearly 1,500 FDI enterprises with a total registered capital of more than USD27 billion. Of this, Japan poured nearly USD4 billion into the province with about 200 enterprises.

Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong, Deputy Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee said that over the past three years, Japanese enterprises’ investment in the province enjoyed rises in both industry and agriculture. Fields attracting the most investment from Japanese enterprises were electronics and supporting industries.

Currently, the Republic of Korea ranks the second in investment attraction in Dong Nai with 290 projects, capitalized with more than USD4.6 billion./.

( Hoang Minh )