At a meeting between northern Thanh Hoa province and South Korean enterprises, provincial leaders expressed a hope of more cooperative opportunities with companies from the country. Among 140 FDI projects now operating in Thanh Hoa, 37 are from South Korea or are South Korean joint ventures with Japan, accounting for 26.5 per cent of its total FDI projects. The South Korean Government has also provided aid to Thanh Hoa in five overseas development assistance (ODA) projects, with total capital of more than $135 million.