Part 1: Sustainable development of industry Only after 10 years of implementing industrialization, Di An town has reached standards of industry. In 2000s, Di An-based industrial sector reached about 90% of local economic structure. However, owing to rapid development, local industrial sector indicated many problems such as asynchronous infrastructure facility, poor ability of environmental treatment and nonstandard production technology. Continuously improving difficulties and going with businesses are essential ways to help Di An town develop sustainably. 

The provincial People's Committee chairman visits Uni-President Vietnam Company.

Industry given priorities Song Than 1 industrial park's birth opens development of industry for Di An town and the whole of Binh Duong province. Especially, after the day of re-establishment of the district in 1999, Di An town-based industrial infrastructure has developed rapidly. Until now, Di An town has 6 industrial parks and 2 industrial compounds with the total area of 1,059ha in which the tenantable proportion at industrial parks namely Song Than 1, Song Than 2, Binh Duong and Binh An garment and textile area reaches 100%. Meanwhile, Tan Dong Hiep A and Tan Dong Hiep B obtain more than 80% of tenantable area. The locality has about 1,000 businesses and branches inside industrial parks and nearly 1,000 companies outside industrial parks with the total infrastructure investment capital of nearly VND1,100bil, placing jobs for more than 100,000 laborers. These are impressive figures for a town located on a small area. In the golden era, Di An town-based companies joined positively in production and business. The locality reached about 90% of industrial rate, nearly 10% of trade and service, and approximately 1% of agriculture. In 2011, Di An town headed for industrial development and increased proportion of trade and service. Until the end of 2013, Di An attained 73% of industrial sector and 26.7% of trade and service and 0.5% of agriculture. Actively solving difficulties Le Van Hoang, chairman of the People's Committee of Di An town said "In the period of 2011-2013, thanks to drastically launching supportive measures for businesses and ratifying implementation of the Government's Resolutions 01 and 02/NQ-CP on key measures of solving difficulties for production and business and bad debts, the town People's Committee launched key measures focusing on implementing 3 strategic breakthroughs effectively. Especially, the locality focused on administration reform and prevention of strikes and go-slows". Thanks to launching the mentioned measures, businesses' production and business in 2013 reached encouraging results with industrial production value of VND45,390bil, accounting for 100.34% of its yearly plan. Le Van Hoang added that though economic situation was improved significantly, there were many companies suffering tax debts and temporary operation. Exemption and reduction and extension of some taxes impacted on loca budget collection in the past year. Continuing to support companies Although Di An town obtains many remarkable changes, local industrial sector still exists shortcomings. At present, many enterprises have faced losses and shortage of capital and so on while life of some laborers and low incomers remains difficult. Removal of workshops triggering environmental pollution and settlement of industrial post-development remain uncompleted. Amid difficulties of economy, chairman of the town People's Committee stressed "To get an industrial growth of 15%-16%, Di An town has positively implemented 3 breakthroughs of the Government. Particularly, the locality has focused on transferring function of small and separate industrial parks and compounds under ineffective operation to models of high value service. The locality will encourage to develop hi-tech industrial sector, research, training and hi-tech centers. Initially, the local administration will cut pending works and projects and restore and help businesses facing difficulties.                                                                                               Reported by B.Anh - Translated by A.C