Impetus to develop trade-service
The instruction of developing industrial parks in the Northern region of Binh Duong province has helped Ben Cat develop strongly. Many industrial parks in the locality, especially My Phuoc industrial parks have turned Ben Cat into a reliable address attracting local and foreign investors. Thenceforth, it helps create high value of industrial production, contributing to increase budget to the State, solving jobs for thousands of laborers inside and outside of the province.
Particularly, result from industrial parks creates a strong development of trade and service. In a short time, local residents’ life in areas adjoining industrial parks is changed positively. Through a process of development, Ben Cat town-based trade-service operation is very effective with more than 1,500 granted homebased business registration certificates per year. Local households’ effective business contributes to increase service value of the locality. In 2014 alone, the town service value increased more than 30% compared with the previous year.
Picture of trade and service in Ben Cat is in good way with well-equipped infrastructure facilities, stores, retail and wholesale agents under busy operation. Meanwhile, to serve local people’s demand on shopping, Vinatex Corporation invested in 2 supermarkets and one traditional market, Becamex ISC invested in 5 mini-supermarkets and more. In addition, economic growth helps develop more many commercial banks in the town such as An Binh Bank, Asia Bank, Kien Long bank, MHB and more.
Ngo Thi Kim Loan, vice chairwoman of My Phuoc ward People’s Committee, Ben Cat town said that in the recent years, trade and service field develops rapidly with more than 60% of local households involving in business in various areas. Of these, lodging house business develops sharply with nearly 1,590 boarding rooms. Therefore, the number of poor households on the provincial poverty line is just at 0.0034%.
Many residential areas are emerged in Ben Cat town
Improving urban image
Aside from taking trade-service develop strongly, efficiency of industrial parks impacts positively on development of local urban infrastructure. With more than 1,500 domestic and foreign enterprises investing in the locality, experts, engineers, managers and thousands of laborers are in need of accommodation, entertainment areas. Therefore, in attachment to industrial parks’ development, Ben Cat also zones residential and urban areas as well as resettlement areas to solve the rising demand on accommodation.
In terms of urban development, Ben Cat town administration gives priorities to planning and construction of urban areas to serve for synchronous development, especially at areas next to industrial parks in a bid to create harmonic growth between industry parks and urban areas. As such, Ben Cat has thus far had 45 urban residential areas with the area of 3,000ha. In wards of My Phuoc, Thoi Hoa and more, along with industrial parks under methodical construction, urban areas next to industrial parks are also built thoroughly, helping develop trade and service and improve local residents’ life.
Developing industrial parks creates impetus to change Ben Cat strongly and positively. Especially, industry, trade-service helps improve local people’s life with the average income of VND53mil per capital per year. On these days, going through Tan Dinh, Chanh Phu Hoa, An Tay or An Dien, especially My Phuoc ward, civilized urban image is under development.
Possible speaking, industrial development makes up an impetus to help Ben Cat take a new shape with the result of more than 99% of industry, trade and service structure. Particularly, direct impact on industrial parks helps local residents’ life be improved significantly in the trend of civilization and modernity.
Therefore, in reality, with more than 3,000ha of land for industrial parks and thanks to hi-unity from local people and authority, Ben Cat is under gigantic development. This is a real value when referring to Ben Cat-based industrial parks in general and My Phuoc industrial parks in particular.
Reported by V.GIANG - Translated by A.C