The official said the projects are in the fields of construction of infrastructure for industrial zones, tourism, markets, shopping centres, urban and residential areas, agriculture and rural development, along with renewable energy, education, water supply system and solid waste treatment. 

Ben Tre will organise an investment promotion conference and launch a start-up community on July 19-20 to introduce the province’s strengths and investment policies.

Through the event, the province hopes to attract investment in its strong fields such as ecological and resort tourism, processing industry, hi-tech agriculture as well as promote start-up movement and business development.

Nguyen Minh Canh, Director of the province’s Department of Planning and Investment said Ben Tre plans to grant investment certificates for 37 projects with total investment worth over VND30 trillion (US$1.32 billion).

Ben Tre currently has two industrial zones of Giao Long and An Hiep, covering 240ha, which have been fully occupied. The province is home to 54 valid foreign-invested projects with registered capital worth more than US$823 million and 137 domestic ones worth nearly VND13.7 trillion (US$602.4 million). 

In the first six months of 2017, the province lured over VND10.4 trillion (US$457.6 million) and US$192 million from new domestic and foreign-invested projects, respectively.