Binh Duong must raise development level to green, smart and sustainable

On April 5, at Provincial Convention and Exhibition Center, the Provincial People's Committee in collaboration with Becamex IDC Corporation held a conference to orient planning strategy of Binh Duong province in 2021-2031 period, with a vision towards 2050. At the conference, consultants presented methodologies and plans for the implementation of the provincial planning. Participants included Nguyen Van Loi, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of Provincial Delegation of the National Assembly; Mai Hung Dung, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Hung, Chairman of Becamex IDC; Pham Ngoc Thuan, General Director of Becamex IDC; leaders of provincial departments and branches.

At the conference, Roland Berger Vietnam Company presented three strategic pillars of high-tech manufacture, logistics services and urban innovation that will shape the development of Binh Duong province until 2050. The research team of MCkensey Vietnam Company identified a six-pillar strategy to address the province's most pressing challenges, such as avoiding the trap of disrupting development through inherited development; avoiding productivity traps through innovation-based development; avoiding urbanization traps through integrated development; avoiding ecological environment traps through sustainable development; avoiding dependency traps through diverse development; avoiding inequality traps through equitable development...

The consultant, National Institute of Urban and Rural Planning (VIUP), stated that the development philosophy of Binh Duong province is to build a harmonious, humane and sustainable society; build an effective business and investment environment; build a dynamic and constructive local government. The consultant proposed some breakthroughs of the overall integrated strategy, integrated with the development dynamic structure in Binh Duong province's planning, namely on six pillars: Inherited development, innovation development, integrated development; green development, open development, overall development...

Speaking at the conference, Nguyen Van Loi appreciated the capacity of consultants. He asked the provincial planning units to stick to reality, synchronization, science, strategic importance, must bring Binh Duong to the new level not only in the country but also in the world. The province is looking for a consultant on planning, who has excellent quality, capacity and long-term vision to develop Binh Duong province. He also emphasized the significance of provincial planning in the period 2021-2030, vision towards 2050: "Provincial planning needs to make a complete difference and have the most general vision for Binh Duong province; have strategic projects, strategic investment divergence. Binh Duong has attained important achievements but must raise to new level of development: Green, smart and sustainable..."

Reported by Phuong Le – Translated by Ngoc Huynh