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Urban-industrial growth in Ben Cat Town

Part 1: The transformation of Tan Dinh

Update: 21-05-2018 | 11:31:39

Ten year ago, as a locality near Thu Dau Mot City, Tan Dinh Ward of Ben Cat Town was still a place of agriculture on which its economy was based; however, the transformation of Tan Dinh has been bold in all aspects.

Industrial development has strongly promoted Tan Dinh. In this photo: Vehicles hustle to companies in Tan Dinh Ward. Photo: Phung Hieu

As agriculture parting does not mean home parting

We followed Thi Tinh River side in a late afternoon to witness the first rains of the rainy season watering local orchards of Tan Dinh Ward. The red-dirt roadside was mainly houses of archaic architecture of the old-time South of Vietnam in combination with gardens. The place was quite calm as only elders and children were at home and working people had gone to work in companies and factories. In Quarter 3 of the Ward, various enterprises have offered jobs to locals.

Talking to us, Nguyen Van Ut, 66, an elder at Quarter 3 of Tan Dinh Ward informed that his 6 children have worked for local companies. As an elder, he enjoys the leisure time of a farmer staying with farming. He invited us tea and recalled his farming time to make ends meet. He was so delight for his children to earn much from working for the factories. His family has now been better with modern equipment and vehicles.

At present, there are very few households specializing in farming in Tan Dinh; Nguyen Thi Hong Hue, Vice Chairman of Tan Dinh Ward, recalled that more than 10 years ago, in the economic structure of the local agriculture accounting for 70-80%. The process of establishment and development of industrial zones in the ward has a small contribution of farmers here. They planted latex for latex, then formed early rubber latex processing facilities, to make up for later industrial production activities. When the province aims to relieve the pressure of industrial development in the cities of Thu Dau Mot, Di An, Thuan An ... in the direction of expanding the industrial zone to the north of the province. This is an opportunity for industrial development in the area of ​​Tan Dinh. Due to the national highway 13 passing through, Tan Dinh Ward became the destination chosen by many investors.

Hue was very surprised by the rapid change of Tan Dinh. Just over 10 years ago, Tan Dinh was a land of pure agriculture now it has become one of the highlights of industrial development of Ben Cat. By 2017, in the economic structure of the ward, industry accounts for more than 70%, trade - services account for nearly 20%, the rest is agriculture. Importantly, the lives of people are increasingly enhanced.

Hustling industrialized life

From Suoi Lon intersection, 1 km to the Thi Tinh river (District 3, Tan Dinh ward), there are dozens of operating enterprises. The road to this area of ​​plastic car always busy in the car, up and down goods. The enterprises here produce and trade in many industries, from garment, paper pulp to electronic components, ceramics ... Leader of a ceramic company here share with us, agree policy Removing the contaminated ceramic bases out of residential areas, the company moved more than 6 years ago. This area is only two kilometers from the national highway 13, so the transportation of goods of the company has many advantages. More importantly, human resources are available on the spot; Most of the employees working for the company are the people in this area so the company saved quite a lot of expenses to support the workers.

Nguyen Van Cuong, Chairman of Tan Dinh Ward said that there are 79 enterprises currently operating in the ward, creating jobs for more than 23,000 workers in and outside the locality. The population of the whole ward is over 30,000 people, of whom more than half are from other provinces and cities working and living.

It can be seen that Tan Dinh Ward has many advantages to develop trade and services. National Highway 13 pass through Tan Dinh area, the shop has grown up close to two sides of the road. At present, there are more than 2,600 households registered for retailing and renting rooms, of which more than 4,000 households live in the locality. New residential areas in the area have so many people come to live, the pace here is quite hustle and bustle. Meanwhile, dozens of traffic works, lighting, water supply and drainage ... in the area have been implemented to serve the best life and activities of people. There are only 26 poor households according to the provincial criteria. All these households are provided with health insurance cards and access to preferential loans for family economic development.

"Ly farmer" does not "leave the incense," now, the people of Tan Dinh ward has a more prosperous life, the locality has changed drastically. However, in the very bright picture of Tan Dinh's development, localities still have many problems to do. That is the infrastructure system does not correspond to the speed of industrial development - urban local; In addition, there are environmental impacts of industrial development. In fact, in the areas where there are many businesses, housing, waste disposal activities are indiscriminate to smuggle the face of urban; At the same time, there are enterprises directly discharged to Thi Tinh River which pollute the environment here.

Indeed, there is a lot of work to be done to make Tan Dinh Ward sustainable. With the policy of provincial leaders not to exchange for development at all costs, we believe that Tan Dinh in particular, Ben Cat will generally well implement the policy of economic development is always associated with the protection of the environment. The term of office for the economic development of the province in accordance with the Resolution of the Tenth Provincial Party Congress 2015-2020 term.

Reported by Phung Hieu – Translated by Vi Bao

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