Portal: Could you please tell us what is new and different about the Provincial Master Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, compared to the previous plans?
Mr. Mai Hung Dung: This plan has many new points compared to the previous ones. Significantly, it not only focuses on short-term goals but also provides long-term development orientations until 2050. It would help Binh Duong to plan comprehensively and anticipate new development trends.
Binh Duong's goal is to build a smart, green, and sustainable urban area, focusing on the application of high technology, renewable energy, and a friendly environment. This change meets the requirements of urban modernization and improves the quality of people's lives.
This Plan emphasizes the creation of stronger inter-region and inter-province connections, turning Binh Duong into one of the key economic regions of the South and closely connecting with Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces. The transportation system, especially highways, metro lines, and logistics systems, will be expanded and upgraded.
The plan emphasizes continuing to create inter-regional and inter-provincial connections through upgrading and expanding highways, metro lines and logistics systems.
It also emphasizes the shift from traditional industry to industry 4.0, promoting high-tech, automated, and high-quality service industries instead of focusing solely on industrial production.
Binh Duong will continue to implement the plan and use the land reasonably, minimizing the use of natural resources and land for environmentally harmful purposes. At the same time, it would also protect ecological areas and water resources.
Furthermore, the province will continue to promote investment activities, improve the business investment environment, and enhance international brands to maintain its position as a top 1 ICF.
Portal: The Master Plan sets out many great goals for Binh Duong. What breakthroughs will the province make to achieve these goals, sir?
Mr. Mai Hung Dung: To achieve the goals, Binh Duong province's Master Plan has proposed 6 breakthroughs, i.e., completing regional traffic infrastructure; synchronously implementing smart urban areas; building innovation zones; establishing resettlement policies and plans; developing cross-border e-commerce strategies; and building large-scale industrial - urban - service complexes.
In addition, there are 5 integrated strategies: regional development cooperation; innovation of the development ecosystem; social and human resources development; green Binh Duong development; and dynamic spaces development. In which, the development structure of Binh Duong - the innovation region includes a development axis; ecological corridor; connecting belt; dynamic center; and development zoning.
In particular, to achieve the goal of becoming a centrally-governed city by 2030, Binh Duong focuses on restructuring urban space, developing urban areas in a decentralized manner, with satellite cities such as Thu Dau Mot, Thuan An, Di An, Ben Cat, strengthening synchronous planning and modernizing infrastructure.
Binh Duong focuses on restructuring urban space
The Plan strongly develops smart urban models, improves technology application in urban management and public services, and attracts investment in smart infrastructure projects.
To create a breakthrough in transport infrastructure, Binh Duong focuses on building expressways, urban railway systems, and metro lines connecting with Ho Chi Minh City and provinces in the Southern Key Economic Zone. Major projects such as Ring Road 3, Ring Road 4, Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh Expressway, and inter-provincial transport routes will be accelerated.
At the same time, it will strengthen logistics infrastructure, develop industrial parks (IPs) integrated with large-scale logistics centers, meeting the needs of transportation and circulation of goods throughout the region.
The province continues to reform administrative procedures, reduce the processing time for procedures related to investment and business, and create favorable conditions for domestic and foreign enterprises to invest. Binh Duong can also propose to the Government to allow the application of some special mechanisms, such as tax exemptions and reductions for high-tech projects, and investment incentives in the fields of technology and environment.
The Plan transforms the economy towards Industry 4.0, promotes economic restructuring, increases investment promotion in high-tech, clean energy, services, and tourism sectors, and encourages large international corporations to establish facilities in Binh Duong.
The province will cooperate with domestic and foreign universities and research institutes to train high-quality workforces, especially in the fields of high technology, artificial intelligence and smart urban management. It will enact preferential policies on salary, housing and working conditions to attract talented experts, engineers and entrepreneurs to work in Binh Duong.
Binh Duong will introduce a sustainable development policy combined with environmental protection and the use of renewable energy as well. New infrastructure projects and industrial parks will have to comply with environmental and green development standards.
In particular, the province will continue to participate in international organizations, while promoting foreign investment activities, and the image of Binh Duong as a leading destination for investment and high-tech development.
Developing a smart urban, innovation, and international integration area
in Binh Duong New City
To achieve the goal of "leading in science - technology and innovation, a modern industrial - service center of the region", the province synchronously implements key solutions, such as forming the Binh Duong Innovation Zone, creating new development momentum, international integration, attracting stronger investment to meet the needs of people and businesses in the new conditions. Binh Duong is also active in digital transformation; continuing to take industry as the foundation and breakthrough, the core is to build infrastructure of industrial parks associated with urbanization, constantly improving the investment environment to enhance the province's competitiveness.
Portal: In the booming trend of attracting new generation investment, could you please tell us how the Provincial Master Plan is preparing to welcome more "FDI eagles" to Binh Duong?
Mr. Mai Hung Dung: Binh Duong also focuses on attracting new generation foreign direct investment (FDI), aiming to become one of the dynamic and comprehensive development centers of the country and Southeast Asia, creating momentum to build socio-economic infrastructure and a synchronous, modern, smart and sustainable urban system according to the green growth model.
Recognizing the particularly important role of investment attraction in socio-economic development, many solutions to attract quality FDI capital flows are being promoted by Binh Duong in the coming time. According to the plan, the province is dedicating 18,900 hectares of land for industrial development. At the same time, it is studying options to upgrade and convert existing IPs into ecological IPs, urban-service IPs towards higher standards of science and technology, and environmental protection, focusing on attracting industries that bring high added value and meet the increasingly stringent standards of international investors.
The province is also continuing to mobilize all resources to invest in building a synchronous and modern infrastructure system associated with industrial - service - urban development, contributing to creating a driving force to attract more quality investment capital flows from domestic and foreign economic sectors into the locality. The establishment of VSIP III IP and the Concentrated Information Technology Park also clearly demonstrates Binh Duong's determination and efforts toward the goal of building a new industrial ecosystem - a high-tech industrial ecosystem.
In addition, the province's transport infrastructure is continuously being built and increasingly improved. There is always an orientation to connect with the Southern Key Economic Zone through National Highway 13, My Phuoc - Tan Van, etc. Most of the IPs in the province are planned and oriented to be modern and high-quality.
Portal: Binh Duong will organize the Announcement of the Provincial Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. What is the province's message through this event, sir?
Mr. Mai Hung Dung: On 26th September, Binh Duong will organize the Announcement of the Provincial Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 combined with investment promotion activities, as well as launching and inaugurating key projects.
Besides the main events, from 23rd to 26th September, there are also a series of key events such as a survey of Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh Expressway; Electronics and Automation World Viet Nam 2024 Exhibition; Groundbreaking and Initiation of Key Projects, i.e., WTC Binh Duong Complex (A1 Roundabout); Cay Truong IP; and the inauguration of the Bac Tan Uyen - Phu Giao - Bau Bang Route, Bach Dang 2 Bridge, etc.
Perspective of WTC Binh Duong Complex (A1 Roundabout) launched on the occasion of the announcement of the Provincial Master Plan
The announcement of the Provincial Master Plan combined with investment promotion aims to introduce the advantages, development potential as well as investment attraction orientation of the province in the coming time. It will mobilize maximum social resources to participate in the effective implementation of the Plan, strive to fulfill growth targets, promote socio-economic development, and improve the quality of life and happiness of the people.
Portal: What do we need to prioritize after the Master Plan's announcement, sir?
Mr. Mai Hung Dung: After the announcement, the priority is to organize the implementation of 06 breakthroughs, 05 integrated strategies and 37 tasks, especially 08 "special priority" programs of the province, i.e., improving the quality of human resources; transforming the development model; developing urban areas in the direction of Transit Oriented Development (TOD); developing a green space network; developing a freight and logistics network; developing Bau Bang complex; developing smart urban areas, innovation, international integration in the New City; and renovating the southern urban area.
An important task that needs to be prioritized is to mobilize the participation of the entire political system, promote the spirit of dynamism, creativity and innovation of the Party Committee, authorities at all levels and people at all classes, and the business community to join hands and unite to successfully implement the goals, tasks and solutions set out in the Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
Thank you very much!