Ben Cat town: Industry to account for 78% of economic structure till 2020

Ben Cat town set targets for the 2015-2020 period to achieve 5-year average economic growth of 8.7 to 10.7% (based on comparative price) and 21-23% (based on actual price). In particular, industrial production value would rise 17-19%, services 30-32%, agriculture 2-3%. Industrial production would account for 78%, services 21.5%; agriculture 0.5%.

To achieve these goals, Ben Cat town has focused on developing industries having high local contents, supporting industry, and export industry. Industrial development tied to urbanization, modern civilized and efficient industrial - services network; encourage SMEs, industrial development linked to environmental protection, attracting high-quality human resource, creating and keeping an open investment environment to attract investors to industrial areas, like: Mai Trung, My Phuoc 3, Rach Bap, An Tay; establishing and developing commercial centers, supermarkets and markets in densely populated areas, completing rural markets, upgrading existing markets…

Reported by T.Thao – Translated by Ngoc Huynh