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Southern TN emerges as south India's next export hub
The New Indian Express Vellore
|August 18, 2025
State has signed MoUs worth ₹30,100 crore during a recent investors' conference, promising 46,450 jobs; several big-ticket projects in the pipeline
SOUTHERN Tamil Nadu is fast emerging as South India's new industrial and export powerhouse, buoyed by a wave of large-scale investments and targeted state policy. The launch of Vietnamese electric vehicle giant VinFast's plant in Thoothukudi earlier this month has set the tone, drawing in capital and industry to districts including Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi and Madurai, creating what officials call a "significant economic corridor" in the state's south.
For the southern region alone, the state has signed MoUs worth ₹30,100 crore during a recent investors' conference, promising 46,450 jobs. MSMEs have pledged an additional ₹1,261 crore, with plans to create 1,000 jobs. Under the Naan Mudhalvan skill initiative, 350 people have been trained, with 250 of whom now working in training roles at VinFast.
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