April 30, 1975 was a historical milestone of the people as the South was liberated to unify the South with the North in one nation. In 43 years of such unification, the nation has been makinggreat outreaching in the stage of integration and development. Forty three years was also the time that local Party Committee, people, and the armed forces have been in unity to overcome challenges and hardship to revive a land destructed by war into a province of leading industrial development and highest growth rate in the region and nation wide.
A corner of Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park II is seen from high above. Photo: Xuan Thi
From the past of heroism...
During the resistance war against the US Army, Binh Duong had always been a hot war zone and a place of fierce combat between us and the enemy. Being located next to Saigon, the capital of the henchmen's administration, Binh Duong was the place where the enemy built many solid military bases to gather the elite and most aggressive forces with modern and advanced weapons. In particular, they chose the place as a place to pilot many important strategies and tactics with large-scale military and political operations to destroy the revolutionary forces. In the difficult, fierce and dangerous situation, the revolutionary tradition under the leadership of the Party, army and people of Thu Dau Mot - Song Be - Binh Duong had created determination to fight foreign invaders and armies. Over the years of fighting stubbornly, through courageous fighting, troops and people of Thu Dau Mot - Song Be - Binh Duong had overcome many difficulties, challenges, and sacrifices to earn many stunning victories. . A series of exploits associated with places in Thu Dau Mot - Binh Duong such as Phuoc Thanh, Dau Tieng, Bau Bang, Dat Cuoc, Bong Trang, Nha Do, etd...had been named in history as the brightest milestone. In the general uprising and rebellion of the spring of 1975, with the spirit of "One day in 20 years" and the thought of "speed, courage, surprise, victory," under the leadership of the provincial party, the main troops and people in the province participated in occupying all military bases, destroying and disintegrating all puppet forces, smashing the puppet regime from province to districts and liberated Thu Dau Mot, contributing to the country made historic victory on April 30, 1975.
Time shall pass by; however, the victory of local people and armed forces of Binh Duong in the resistance war against the US Army would be resounding in the tradition of strength, determination and revolutionary operations as the decisive factors for creative construction of a homeland of socio-economic and cultural development in the next stages.
...to a promising land
Forty three years after the liberation and after more than 20 years of separation from the Song Be province, under the light of the Party's reform, from a poor province but with dynamism, creativity, and determination of both the political system, business community, Binh Duong has become a locality with high industrialization and urbanization in the southern key economic region. Compared with 1997, many development targets have increased by dozens. For example, the average per capita income is VND 120 million, a 20 fold increase. Total budget revenue in 2017 reached 46,500 billion which is more than 50 times. Export turnover reached 28.5 billion US dollars which is more than 68 times and continuously over the last 10 years, trade surplus has been maintained. Up to March 2018, the whole province has nearly 32,000 domestic enterprises with a total registered capital of 250,280 billion Vietnam dongs with 40 times increase in business and 26 times in capital resources. For foreign-invested enterprises, there were 3,095 enterprises with a total registered capital of US $ 29.13 billion, a 26-fold increase in the number of projects and 28 times of the capital resources. Examining such important indicators to see that the breakthrough in economic development of Binh Duong is very impressive and spectacular.
Parallel with the policy of economic development, the province has always paid attention to the development of culture, health and education; To carry out social progress and equality, ensure social security, create jobs, reduce poverty sustainably, implement well policies for people with meritorious services and policy beneficiaries, material and spiritual life. of the people are constantly improving. In particular, in 2017, Binh Duong was recognized by the Central as the only province in the country with no more poor households in line with the central multi-dimensional approach. The fact that the Central recognized the province as no longer a poor household has proved the great development of the province, reflecting the continuous efforts of the Party, government, business community and local people in their work. reduce poverty, improve the quality of life of people.
The achievements achieved after 43 years of liberation have made Binh Duong a strong position to look forward to continue to create new achievements. It is a model industrial city, a unique model of the prosperous development of Vietnam as well as the whole ASEAN economic community; It is to develop a pioneering, innovation-based, pervasive and constantly developing economy as a driving force in driving the whole region, promoting the South East in particular and the whole country. the country is generally deeply integrated into the global production network; simultaneously moving towards higher positions in the international value chain; Toward becoming a smart city to combine the three houses ... as the message of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on his recent visit to Binh Duong.
Reported by Tri Dung - Translated by Vi Bao
