Based on the Prime Minister’s Decision on adjusting the provincial overall Planning of socio-economic development till 2020, supplementing planning till 2025, Binh Duong will become a central urban area prior to 2020.
A corner of Thu Dau Mot city.
Becoming a big industrial center
Binh Duong city will be a civilized, modern urban area – one of the developing urban areas of socio-economy in the Southern key economic zone, impacting strongly on neighboring provinces. This is also a urban area with rapid and strong growth pace and economic transfer. Once becoming the central city, Binh Duong province’s population will be at 2.5million by 2020, 3 million by 2025, 80-83.3% of whom will live in urban areas.
In terms of economy, Binh Duong city economic structure will continue focusing on industry-service-agriculture by 2020. And, local residents will enjoy an average income of VND134mil per capita per year till 2020 (equivalent to US$6,170), VND264mil (US$12,000) by 2025. As for industrial infrastructure, it is expected that Binh Duong will have 35 industrial parks with the total area of nearly 13,764.8ha by 2020.
The Prime Minister’s Decision also specifies that once becoming the central city by 2020, Binh Duong will be one of large industrial centers in the Southern key economic zone and be the developed locality of high technology, auxiliary industry, processing industry and more. This is also the industrial and urban city with strongly development of industry-urban service network.
In addition, Binh Duong city will focus on developing industry in attachment to environmental protection, national defense and security, attracting high quality manpower, minimizing maximum sectors using many laborers.
Synchronous development of urban system
According to the provincial People’s Committee, to be the central city, Binh Duong will concentrate on building industrialization and modernization urban areas. Accordingly, the city administration will strengthen synchronous development of urban areas in combination with satellite urban system as well as strive to be green, modern and civilized urban area imbued with Binh Duong cultural identity.
In order to complete this goal, from now till 2020, the provincial administration will focus on developing socio-economic infrastructure facility such as traffic, industry, trade service, social housing projects, education, health care and more.
The provincial People’s Committee said that the Prime Minister’s Decision stresses on developing traffic network, creating impetus for Binh Duong city’s development. Therefore, development of modern traffic system in linkage with international airports of Tan Son Nhat, Long Thanh, sea ports of Sai Gon, Thi Vai-Vung Tau and other technical infrastructure system of the Southeastern region will be given top priorities from now till 2025.
Binh Duong provincial administration also ensures development of traffic network in linkage with urban centers of the Southeastern region and Southern key economic zone such as HCMC, Bien Hoa, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Dong Xoai, Tay Ninh, Tan An, My Tho and more with Binh Duong urban hubs including Thu Dau Mot, South Ben Cat, South Tan Uyen and so on.
Mai Hung Dung, director of the provincial department of Planning and Investment said that capital source for socio-economic infrastructure investment is very huge. However, the provincial budget capital will account for less than 10% so the remaining source will be mobilized from all sources. The measure is very feasible because of its proven efficiency.
According to the priority project lists of developing Binh Duong into central city prior to 2020, local traffic infrastructure has 12 projects, industrial infrastructure includes 2 projects, trade and service infrastructure consists of 1 project, agricultural infrastructure 4 ones, social housing infrastructure 3 ones, educational infrastructure 2 ones, medical infrastructure 2 ones and more.
In the coming time, Binh Duong will have some big projects such as Ho Chi Minh express road - Thu Dau Mot – Chon Thanh, belt road III, belt road IV crossing over the province, Metro route from Binh Duong New City to Suoi Tien linking with Metro Suoi Tien – HCMC, trade service works in Binh Duong new urban areas, high-agricultural areas and so on.
Reported by T.MINH – Translated by A.C
