1. Project name: COCONUT-BASED PRODUCT PROCESSING PLANT

2. Project objective:

To set up coconut - based processing establishments with a total capacity of 10 - 20 million nuts/ year.

Line of products: Dried, scraped coconut milk, activated carbon, coconut fiber/thread, canned coconut juice, well-extracted oil, coconut butter and ice-cream, cosmetics, coconut timber, plywood from coconut dust, etc.

Development orientation: 110,000 tons of coconuts/year by 2005 and 140,000 tons of coconuts/year by 2010.

3. Project location:

The outskirts of Quy Nhon City;

Hoai Nhon District, Phu My District.

4. Market:

Export and domestic consumption.

5. Form of investment:

100% foreign owned capital or joint-venture

6. Inputs (raw materials and Intermediate products):

Binh Dinh has more than 13,000 ha of coconut plantation, concentrated in the Districts of Hoai Nhon, Phu My and Phu Cat with a total yield of about 70 million coconuts/year. In addition, the neighbouring provinces such as Phu Yen, Quang Ngai have about 10,000 - 13,000 ha of coconut plantation.

7. Energy and Utilities:

Telecommunication, power, water supply and other infrastructure   facilities are  adequate.

8. Contact Address:

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Dinh Province

Add: 77 Le Hong Phong St., Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province

Tel: (84.56) 822534, 822917, 825647   Fax: (84.56) 827777

Investment Promotion Center of Binh Dinh Province

Add: 35 Le Loi St., Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province

Tel: (84.56) 818886, 818888, 818889  Fax: (84.56) 818887

E-mail: ipcbinhdinh@vnn.vn      

Website: www.binhdinhinvest.gov.vn

Management Board of Industrial Zones of Binh Dinh Province

Add: 65 Tay Son St., Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province

Tel: (84.56) 846651, 846413   Fax: (84.56) 846616

E-mail: bqlkcnbd@dng.vnn.vn