The farmsteads have used many land areas and manpower (equivalent to 157,000ha of land and nearly 100,000 laborers). The farmstead economy brought about VND39tril, accounting for 6% of the country’s total value of agro-forestry and aquatic production.

The People’s Credit Funds of Phuoc Hoa in Phu giao district and Phu Hoa in TDM town are exemplary role-models in the cooperative economy of the province.

A delegation of physicians from My Phuoc General Hospital has provided free medical check-ups and medicine for 200 poor people, social policy beneficiaries, orphans and elderly people in Ben Cat district’s Cay Truong commune (photo) with a total expense of VND30mln.

Industrial parks (IPs) under provincial IPs Management Board last year drew additional 2,509 laborers.

After 15 years of Binh Duong province’s re-establishment, businesses herein have made robust growth, greatly contributing to the local development. This is also considered as the motive force of the province’s economy, helping the province make fast progress in the industrialization and modernization process.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved the national export-import strategy for Vietnam in the 2011-2020 period, with a view to 2030.  

Vietnam's total industrial output in 2011 reached over VND912 trillion, up 12.7 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

Excelling production and business, taking care of laborers and environmental protection are achievements that 4 among 11 businesses and entrepreneurs were honored by the State President at the 15th anniversary of Binh Duong province’s re-establishment, Entrepreneurs Day.

The provincial People’s Committee ratified a plan on implementing the program of agricultural structure transfer. As planned, till 2015 the local agricultural land area will account for about 70% of the whole province’s natural land area, farm produce output value will reach VND80mil per ha per year, hi-tech agriculture will win VND150-200milper ha per year. In addition, the locality will set up hi-tech agricultural areas with the total area of about 1,000ha and urban agricultural zone of about 1,500ha and breeding area of over 450,000 cattles and over 3mil poultries.

Binh Duong province is now home to 28 industrial parks (IPs) with more than 9,093 hectares in total.

Many businesses in HCM City have stockpiled Tet goods with the amount increasing by 10-15 percent against last year. As planned, food and foodstuff businesses alone are expected to meet 30-40 percent of the city’s consumer demand.

 WCT (S) Pte Ltd, under WCT Berhad, one of Malaysia’s largest construction and property development groups, on December 27 was licensed to carry out a housing and commercial complex project in HCM City.

 

Businesses in Thuan An town’s Dong An Industrial Park (IP) yesterday raised more than VND1bln to provincial “Fund for the Poor”.