Binh Duong Minerals and Construction Joint Stock Company (Bimico), the investor of Dat Cuoc Industrial Park (IP) in North Tan Uyen district said that the IP has so far built a perfect infrastructure system in accordance with its detailed planning approved.

Thu Dau Mot city was just recognized as the second class urban area under Binh Duong province. This is an important result during developing process of Thu Dau Mot urban area in particular and of Binh Duong province in general. A corner of Thu Dau Mot city. Planning and urban planning management Nguyen Van Hung, general director of Becamex IDC stressed that urban development in Binh Duong not only focuses in central urban areas but in the entire province. Binh Duong's urban planning is implemented by experienced experts from the National University of Singapore. The planning is managed by designers during launching process in a bid to ensure standard of a dynamic, environmentally friendly and modern urban area. "The important thing in managing and inspecting planning is to shrink distance of approaching and enjoying benefits of urban areas including study, health care and creation", Hung said. Improving quality of life of people The provincial People's Committee chairman Le Thanh Cung said that the local administration always facilitates enterprises' investments. Thai Van Trung, the citizen of Tan Vinh Hiep commune, Tan Uyen town said that in the past many local households could not enjoy a prosperous life but now their life is improved, thanks to urbanization. This was explained by the provincial People's Committee vice chairman Tran Van Nam as follows: according to regulations, traffic system in industrial parks is under responsibility of investors but in Binh Duong investors must take charge of building roads out of the industrial parks and simultaneously contribute to develop potential and life of local people. And, Binh Duong Avenue is the very tech-red carpet proving the provincial administration's red carpet policy.                                                                                                 Reported by D.Chi - Translated by A.C

A delegation of the Irish Embassy made a fact-finding visit to Irish Government-funded projects in the northernmost mountainous province of Ha Giang from July 21 – 24, pledging the programmes to be continued in the time ahead.

Over the past years, Binh Duong province has effectively used the Official Development Assistance (ODA) for social welfare works, creating an impetus for Binh Duong's development. Accordingly, projects focusing on environmental, garbage, waste and waste water treatment implemented by Binh Duong Water Supply and Environment Co.Ltd (Biwase) initially reach high efficiency. Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai (second from right) higly appreciates Nam Binh Duong solid waste treatment project's operation. Significant efficiency Project of Nam Binh Duong waste treatment complex in Ben Cat town is one of the first provincial projects using ODA capital. Assigned by the provincial administration for the project implementation, Biwase said that this project was ratified by the Government under ODA support from Finland on May 3, 2002. In Nov. 2004, the project was built with the initial area of 75ha with the purpose of receiving and treating household garbage with the initial capacity of 200 tons of garbage per day. Until now, the project has been expanded additional over 100ha and treated 1,000 tons per day for household garbage, 150 tons/day for industrial waste. Accordingly, household garbage is recycled into compost fertilizer, concrete material or brick, among others. The Ministry of Construction said that the waste treatment plant's operation is very professional and automatized. In addition, the complex has a mechanic factory to repair and create some facilities, helping reduce investment cost of over 50%. In terms of technical infrastructure, the complex is invested synchronously and the entire waste water reaches environmental standard class A. This is one of projects under the most methodical investment with standards of technology and management. Therefore, the ministry will synthetize and concretely report the model and other models to the Government. As for Nam Binh Duong water environment improvement project, its goal is to collect and treat household waste water in wards of Thu Dau Mot city with the ODA capital source from JICA of Japan. Until now, many items of the project have been put into use 3 years ahead of schedule. Of which, the household waste water treatment plant has put into operation with the capacity of 17,650 cubic meters per day and night. This result surpassed the pledged progress. Offering the best conditions for ODA capital projects However, aside from the initial results, there remain many big challenges. According to the provincial People's Committee, as the locality on the way of developing industrialization and modernization, Binh Duong administration focuses on developing synchronous infrastructure facilities to cater for social welfare. To effectively solve this status, the local authority petitions to continue launching the subsequent stages of ODA capital projects for waste and waste water treatment. At the working session with the local administration on environmental treatment, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai highly appreciated Binh Duong's environmental, waste and waste water treatment from ODA capital projects. Accordingly, model of effectively building waste treatment complex and model of waste water treatment plant initially promote their efficiency, contributing to implement the national strategy of environmental protection. From reality of using ODA capital in Binh Duong, deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai agreed with the provincial instruction and added that the Government would facilitate the locality's ODA capital reaching to launch subsequent periods of environmental, waste treatment projects in Binh Duong.                                                                                             Reported by T.Minh - Translated by A.C

On July 23, the provincial department of Trade and Industry partially reviewed its operation in the first half of this year and launched missions for the final half of 2014. Attending the ceremony was the provincial People's Committee vice chairman Tran Thanh Liem. At the conference, reps of offices and units under the department of Trade and Industry debated the sector's situation on production and business, contributed ideas and suggested some measures relating to areas of industrial promotion, trade promotion, trade management, administration reform, market management, among others in an attempt to develop the sector effectively in the coming time. Addressing the conference, the provincial People's Committee vice chairman Tran Thanh Liem highly appreciated efforts done by the sector over the past time and steered that the sector should implement missions synchronously in the remaining months of this year. Accordingly, the sector should cooperate closely with the Ministry of Trade and Industry to evaluate local enterprises' real operation of business and production in the purpose of reporting local plans on economic development to the provincial People's Committee in the subsequent years.                                                                                              Reported by T.Hong - Translated by A.C

As of the end of second quarter of this year, the total mobilized capital of local credit organizations in the province reached VND88,265bil, a 14.87% year-on-year increase. Accordingly, deposits with the term of 1-6 months remained a relatively fair density. Some units gaining the high mobilized capital include Agribank Binh Duong, BIDV Binh Duong, among others. Though interest rates decline by 6% per year, capital source poured into banks remains high, owing to safety of deposits, instead of stock market or gold or real estate investments. Over the past time, the state-run banks manage a flexible monetary policy, contributing effectively to improve value and position of Vietnam dong. This makes deposits in VND increase highly. In addition, abundant mobilized capital plus low interest rate helps credit organizations lower lending interest rates for clients.                                                                                                Reported by T.Hong - Translated by A.C

BIDV Binh Duong's Nam Tan Uyen transaction office just inaugurated new headquarters at Nam Tan Uyen industrial park, Khan Binh commune, Tan Uyen town. Nam Tan Uyen transaction office's new headquarters. The new headquarters covering the total area of 3,250sqm includes 2 floors and is worth of about VND7bil in investment capital. Nam Tan Uyen transaction office is installed the state-of-the-art equipment, offering banking services such as capital mobilization, lending, guarantee, payment, money transfer service, among others. At the inauguration ceremony, leaders of State Bank Binh Duong branch and Tan Uyen town authority highly appreciated Nam Tan Uyen transaction office's operation during the past 7 years and hoped that with the new headquarters the unit would promote the done achievements to contribute to local socio-economic development.                                                                                               Reported by T.Hong - Translated by A.C

With their own efforts, many domestic enterprises in Binh Duong reached a stable growth in the first half of 2014. This has helped them be confident to fulfill their production and business plans in 2014 and reach a good competition in the coming time.

The National Housing Organization Company (NHO) yesterday held the groundbreaking ceremony of the First Home Premium Binh Duong project along to Binh Duong Avenue belonging to Hung Dinh ward, Thuan An town, industrial and service parks and Binh Duong New City. The 9,740sqm project includes 952 apartments with the area ranging from 49sqm to 73sqm, suiting to middle incomers. The VND582bil project will be expectedly completed by the fourth quarter of 2016.

Although being at the age of 80, veteran Nguyen Van Ron residing at Dong Tam, Tam Lap commune, Phu Giao district has still made efforts in economic development with the VAC model which combines orchard development, fish breeding and animal husbandry. The model has brought him high profit, helping him secure a stable life and making contributions to the local movements. Nguyen Van Tron is tending his fish pond