Attending were Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Pham Ngoc Thuan - General Director of Becamex IDC; leaders of provincial departments, committees and branches.
The seminar listened experts discuss about planning issues such as: Planning of Binh Duong province in the development context of Ho Chi Minh City; planning on land use, promoting land resources in Binh Duong province; developing sustainable connectivity and smart city for Binh Duong; requirements on content, process and progress when formulating the planning of Binh Duong province according to the Law on Planning.
Mr. Truong Thanh Vu - Deputy Director of the Southern Economic Research Center of the Southern Institute of Construction Planning presents at the seminar
Speaking on the planning of Binh Duong province in the context of Ho Chi Minh City's development, the representative of the Southern Institute of Construction Planning proposed a multi-polar centralized development model; multi-center structure is the guiding principle, in which the development polars connect the central urban area thanks to the transport system linked to Ho Chi Minh City. Restructuring industrial parks towards high-tech development in association with re-investment in the development of high-quality, smart-oriented urban areas; gathering and increasing the density of informal settlements, not allowing development to expand and spread, etc.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City presents at the seminar
Approaching from the perspective of an eco-industrial park model, according to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong has more than 60% of GRDP structure is industrial, so for sustainable development, the planning must pay attention to transformation and new attraction. Specifically, coordinating to utilize waste, renewable energy, create environmental benefits, social benefits, and economic benefits. At the seminar, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai proposed the core policy of developing ecological high-tech supporting industrial parks. Accordingly, the planning and design of the industrial park campus must be suitable for the social community capable of connecting the social infrastructure inside and outside the urban area; have policies to encourage the reduction of environmental pollution by replacing hazardous materials, absorbing emissions and treating wastes; have policies to encourage recycling and reuse inside the industrial park and connecting outside the industrial park, etc.
Overview of the seminar
Speaking on the issue of sustainable connection development and smart city for Binh Duong, according to Dr. Trinh Anh Tu - Director of the Institute of Smart Cities and Management, Binh Duong needs a new type of ecosystem in which high-quality human resources are the driving force for the development of strengths to promote digital transformation and innovation (international universities, priority sectors serving the local); connect with digital transformation (digital transformation of enterprises, society, e-Government, level 4 public services, smart city utilities); connect innovation with the ecosystem of business incubators, Faplap, Techlap. Developing sustainably with green energy, smart energy, etc.
Speaking at the seminar, Mr. Pham Ngoc Thuan - General Director of Becamex IDC said: "The planning must be feasible to create resources for the province to develop. In each stage, the province has implemented the planning and created momentum for development. Outlining the strategic directions, the vision of the leaders of each period with the steps taken to achieve the current results as well as the development trend of Binh Duong province in the new period, he asked the consulting unit to try to promote the achievements of Binh Duong province, the planning must put Binh Duong in the Southern Key Economic Region. In the coming period, the province needs to become a Smart City with specific projects. Facing the new development goal, from 6 pillars integrated with 37 tasks approved by the Government for Binh Duong, the province wants to continue to develop industry, develop a balance between industry and services, digital transformation, develop human resources to meet demand, continue to develop in the future.
Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee speaks at the conclusion of the seminar
Speaking at the conclusion of the seminar, Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, thanked experts, scientists and delegates for their comments during the seminar, he also emphasized the meaning and importance of the strategic planning in Binh Duong province for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 and looked forward to continuing to receive the comments of scientists and experts in the coming time.
Reported by Mai Xuan-Translated by Thanh Tam