Province builds up a sustainable ecosystem

Binh Duong is focusing on building a green city, developing a green, smart, sustainable and inclusive industrial ecosystem, encouraging green energy transformation.

Planning to plant trees methodically, covering My Phuoc 3 Industrial Park, Ben Cat Town

 From green city…

Huynh Pham Tuan Anh, Deputy Director of Provincial Department of Construction, said that the department has recently developed a draft of the urban greenery project in Binh Duong province for the 2021-2025 period, with an orientation towards 2030. The green tree scheme will be the foundation for relevant departments, branches, localities and units to develop organizational plans to achieve general and specific goals. From there, the competent will allocate resources, arrange medium and long-term capital, mobilize resources from many organizations and individuals to effectively implement the planning, investment and development of trees in the coming time. The implementation of this project will make a great contribution to urban renovation and upgrading, improving people's living standards, and building a green and sustainable city.

Additionally, developing the efficiency of urban green parks, meeting the population's needs for relaxation, entertainment, and physical training. The implementation of an effective green tree development project will help protecting the ecological environment, improving the landscape, responding to climate change, and facilitating sustainable socio-economic development.

Binh Duong manages the urban process in a sustainable way, improves quality, has a healthy, friendly and identity living environment, has a synchronous and modern technical infrastructure. Cities according to classification and management decentralization play an active role in economic, cultural and social development. By 2030, Binh Duong will become a smart city, a modern industrial center and a leading locality in innovation.

Go to eco-industrial parks

Resolution of the 11th Binh Duong Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025, has identified the goal of “Striving to build Binh Duong province to develop sustainably in the direction of a smart, civilized and modern city; By 2030, Binh Duong will become a modern industrial center, and by 2045, a smart city of the region and the whole country.

VSIP 1, a model of green industrial park

In order to renovate the ecological corridor and build a sustainable environmental system, Binh Duong is implementing the triple helix model in building a smart city, building a sci-tech zone, and an innovation center, at the same time implementing TOD (Transit Oriented Development) and transforming the development approach.

It can be affirmed that the Smart City Project has demonstrated Binh Duong's determination in finding new development drivers for the economy - society, developing a green and sustainable ecosystem. In particular, Binh Duong identifies sustainable industrial development as one of the important prerequisites for the development of the province. Currently, the province is planning to transform traditional industrial parks into smart - eco-industrial parks. Namely, at least 20% of enterprises in industrial zones must apply solutions for efficient use of resources and clean production; reserve at least 25% of the industrial park area for trees, traffic, and shared service infrastructure; have solutions to ensure housing and social, cultural and sports facilities for employees...

In order to build and develop the new generation of industrial zones, create natural space for development, ensure green growth, Binh Duong has renovated and upgraded old industrial zones and clusters, relocated labor-intensive enterprises in the area of Di An city, Thuan An city, Tan Uyen city to the north of the province. Besides, the province redevelops existing industrial land areas into urban service, public service and green transformation functions.

My Phuoc - Tan Van highway passes through Bau Bang district lined with green trees

Binh Duong focuses on attracting investment in industries and fields of high technology, supporting industries, environment-friendly, improving labor quality, creating high added value, while conducting research to redirect production to automation, smart production processes and the use of clean energy, renewable energy, large export value, linking production with industrial service development.  Binh Duong always focuses on innovation and digital transformation in the industry, in order to increase production efficiency, save resources, ensure sustainable environmental factors and contribute to the development of industrial zones meeting ecological standards.

Vo Van Minh, Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People's Committee, said: “Binh Duong is determined to improve urban areas in the South, move industrial production zones to the new core region in the North, and restructure to become green industrial zones, clusters, circular industries, and scientific and technological industrial parks, leaving the southern area for urban - service and commercial development. From there, Binh Duong will take advantage of the regional transport system, form a new industrial belt system associated with the development of a modern logistics system.

Vo Van Minh, Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People's Committee: Due to with increasingly strict new requirements of the market, in order to seek motivation to overcome the middle-income trap, Binh Duong has been reshaping the development approach by major orientations, such as transforming from industry - urban - service to smart industry - urban - service, including upgrading existing industrial parks as well as building new green, smart IPs with the ability to provide 4.0 technology platform.

Nah Yoon Shin, private sector expert of the World Bank: The development of an eco-industrial park in Binh Duong is expected to bring many significant benefits, including knowledge enrichment, FDI attraction and cost savings. By establishing an internationally recognized eco-industrial park, Binh Duong not only gains valuable insights and performance monitoring, but also becomes an attractive destination for top FDI investors.

 Reported by Phuong Le - Translated by Ngoc Huynh