Chinese shoemaker in Bangladesh successfully rides out pandemic tide

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2 factories established in Afghanistan's Herat province

STORY: 2 factories established in Afghanistan's Herat province DATELINE: June 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a factory in Herat province 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): HAMIDULLAH KHADEM, Chairman of the province's Chamber of Industries and Mines 3. various of a factory in Herat province STORYLINE: With the support of local businesspersons, two factories have been established at an industrial park in Afghanistan's western province of Herat, a provincial source said on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (Dari): HAMIDULLAH KHADEM, Chairman of Herat province's Chamber of Industries and Mines "The cotton-processing and oxygen-producing factories were established in Heart Industrial Park on Wednesday." About 4 million U.S. dollars have been invested in the factories, and hundreds of local workers would be hired as the factories started operation, according to Khadem. The source added that the local businesspersons with the support of the caretaker government have

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