Worrkers in the Thanh Hoa’s Bim Son cement plant. The province approved the investment policy for 117 projects, including five foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, worth VND7.4 trillion ($331.4 million) in the first nine months of this year. - Photo quantracmoitruong.org

This was announced by the central province’s people’s committee at an annual press conference hosted by the Thanh Hoa department of information and communication and the Thanh Hoa department of propaganda on November 3.

The implementation of the direct investment projects was worth about VND58.2 trillion ($2.6 billion), achieving 74.4 per cent of the province’s target and 2.3 times higher than the same period last year.

The province’s economic growth was estimated at 10.6 per cent, the highest in four years.