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VIET NAM   Potential Partners in Viet Nam
            LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES  Top 10 Cities and Provinces in FDI Attraction
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          THANH HOA




                               With a total area of 11,114.5 sq km and a population of 3.64 million (2019 Census), Thanh Hoa
                               ranks third and fifth, respectively, in terms of area and population among Viet Nam’s 63 cities
                               and provinces. It is considered the bridge between the country’s Northern and Central regions.
                               The province lies some 150 km to the South of Hanoi and 1,560 km North of Ho Chi Minh City,
                               with Son La, Hoa Binh, and Ninh Binh provinces to the North, Nghe An province to the South,
                               Laos to the West, and the Gulf of Tonkin to the East along a coastline stretching 102 km.

                               Thanh Hoa has a full infrastructure network of roads, airports, railway lines, and waterways,
                               including Tho Xuan Airport and the Nghi Son seaport cluster.

                               As of the end of 2020, it had more than 150 FDI projects with total registered and disbursed
                               capital of $14.5 billion, ranking it eighth nationwide in FDI attraction.

                               Major projects include the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC, which is a joint venture
                               between four corporations - PetroVietnam, Kuwait Petroleum Europe B.V. (KPE) from Kuwait,
                               and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd and Mitsui Chemical Inc. from Japan - with total investment of
                               $9 billion and a capacity of 10 million tons per year. Other projects include the Nghi Son Cement
                               Corporation, a joint venture between the Viet Nam Cement Corporation and the Taiheiyo
                               Cement Corporation and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation of Japan, and the Thanh Hoa 1 Solar
                               Power Plant, with a maximum capacity of 160 MWp (Megawatt-peak), invested in by BS
                               Heidelberg Solar GmbH from Germany.

                               Thanh Hoa encourages investments in the fields of refining and petrochemicals, supporting
                               industry, high-tech industry, construction materials production, mechanical engineering, food
                               processing, and transport infrastructure.








                                          Total area
                                          11,114.5 sq km


                                          Population
                                          3.64 million
                                          (2019 Census)
                                          FDI capital
                                          $14.5 billion
                                          (As of the end of 2020)



               More information can be found at: https://en-us.thanhhoa.gov.vn/portal/Pages/default.aspx
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