(VOVworld) – The Ho Chi Minh city Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza) reported on Wednesday that in 2013 foreign enterprises invested  more than 360 million USD in industrial parks and export processing zones, an increase of 74 percent.

Japanese enterprises led investors in Ho Chi Minh city with 45 percent of total capital, followed by Singapore and Australia. Their investment was mainly in medium and small- scale projects.