Department of Industry and Trade endeavors to support businesses to access new technology

Update: 30-09-2019 | 11:21:24

Promoting the role of a "midwife" of businesses, in recent years, the industry and trade focused on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises and cooperatives in rural areas to build demonstration models and apply current technology. focusing on production, vocational training, product promotion ... Thanks to that, businesses and production facilities are increasing the number and scale of production, contributing to creating jobs for many rural workers.

Officials of Department of Industry and Trade checked and supported the project at Thien Hung Technology Co., Ltd. (Di An Town). Photo: My Phan

Good job of industrial promotion

According to the evaluation of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Science and Technology), the life cycle of a technology is about 10 years, after which there will be a new generation of replacement technology to increase productivity and efficiency for production activities. production. In our country, the use of obsolete and very outdated equipment accounts for more than 50% of the total number of modern equipment and devices, accounting for only 10%. Especially, small and odd manufacturing enterprises use up to 70% of obsolete equipment.

Since the beginning of the year, the Department of Industry and Trade has organized and accepted 5 projects to support 5 small and medium enterprises to buy modern machinery and equipment for production. Thereby helping businesses have conditions to expand production and business, develop new products, ensure supply to consumer markets.

In the context of global integration and trade liberalization, the country has created competitive pressures, forcing businesses to constantly innovate technologies. In Vietnam, small and medium-sized enterprises cannot afford to buy expensive and modern machinery and equipment, but can only import second-hand equipment from developed countries or new but cheap and effective machines. not tall. The use of obsolete equipment in production leads to lower energy efficiency, indirectly generating waste water and emissions due to energy consumption, causing environmental pollution.

According to Ms. Trinh Thi Hong Chau, Director of Kim Chung Mechanical Company (Tan Uyen Town), customers now set reasonable price requirements, meeting a number of criteria such as design, quality and design. uniform and especially environmentally friendly. Although these requirements are not new and not high, they will be difficult for production and processing facilities to use outdated equipment and technology systems; This weakness leads to low competitiveness.

Manufacturing enterprises that want to survive and develop need to invest in advanced equipment and technologies, environmentally friendly, high productivity and low prices. This is not an easy problem for small and medium enterprises with limited capital, the possibility of preferential loans is difficult to feasible. Therefore, the support from the provincial budget, the industrial promotion industry is really meaningful to businesses as well as to society in the process of promoting economic development.

Mr. Pham Chi Thang, Director of Nam Thien Truong Mechanical Co., Ltd. (Di An Township), said that from the support of the Department of Industry and Trade, the company bravely invested in changing technologies and retraining the workers. Therefore, creating high quality products and beautiful designs to meet the current market needs. This source of capital also helps the company develop production, anticipating market opportunities.

Mr. Thang shared the reality of production and business activities in recent years, showing that the enterprise thrives if investing in new technological equipment. On the contrary, many businesses stop producing or go bankrupt due to outdated technology equipment and products that cannot compete with similar products manufactured on modern lines.

Priority is given to SMEs

Mr. Nguyen Van Danh, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade, said that the rural industry becomes an important economic sector, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the province in the long-term and sustainable direction in the time to come. The department continued to give priority to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises with full capacity, the need for technological innovation, scientific and technical application, and improvement of production processes to create new products; support businesses to apply cleaner production, save energy. In addition, the department also focuses on propaganda and information support so that facilities, businesses and beneficiaries can grasp and proactively approach investment policies.

At the same time, the industry and industry and localities in the province continue to encourage and support enterprises to produce a number of industries with strengths and high contributions to the industrial production value of localities such as public. supporting industries, production of unburnt bricks, mechanical processing ...

It can be seen that, over the past time, promoting the application of high-tech machinery and equipment has contributed to bringing high efficiency in the production of businesses, thereby also creating jobs and increasing incomes for many workers. countryside. At present, the products of enterprises in the province have been present at many large trade centers throughout the country and exported. The above results also show that the encouragement to support enterprises to apply modern technology in business to effectively exploit the benefits and strengths of information technology in the period of integration and business links has great significance. for small and medium businesses.

Industry and Trade of the province has also been encouraging businesses to join the international e-commerce trading floor in order to quickly approach and create the orientation of choosing production scale, market penetration and level of investment. appropriate investment ... From there, contribute to local, businesses to approach and promote brand products on the market.

According to Luu Tri, General Director of Nghe Nang Company (Tan An), with the support of industry and trade and his efforts, businesses in the province are growing stronger, making an important contribution to the economic restructuring, creating jobs, increasing income for workers, creating more motivation to promote the agricultural and rural economy of the province.

In fact, if the business is facilitated by synchronous policies and practical solutions, long-term will help businesses overcome difficulties, stability and development. Mr. Tri added that the State should pay more attention to supporting enterprises more in terms of equipment, technology to help businesses increase production capacity, competitiveness and maximize the available advantages in local. The issue also needs attention, the improvement and renewal of equipment and machinery for production should be associated with the development of research and innovation of models adapted to the tastes of each stage.

Reported by My Phan – Translated by Vi Bao

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