Attending were Mr. Nguyen Van Loi - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Leader of the National Assembly Delegation of Binh Duong province; Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC); Mr. Jesper Hassellund Mikkelsen - Senior Vice President of Asia Operations of LEGO Group, General Director of LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam, and leaders of provincial departments and branches.
Leaders of Binh Duong province present flowers from the Provincial Party Committee - Provincial People's Council - Provincial People's Committee – Provincial Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee to congratulate LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam
Responding to Binh Duong province's policy of calling and attracting investment, LEGO Group chose VSIP III (Binh Duong province) to implement the project. After more than 2 years since the date of the investment certificate (March 18, 2022) and 2 years from the date of the Groundbreaking Ceremony (November 3, 2022), LEGO put the manufacturing factory into trial operation (stage 1 and stage 1A with capacity of 30,000 tons of products/year).
LEGO's toy factory in Binh Duong has a total investment capital of 1 billion 318 million USD and an estimated workforce of more than 3,000 people. Significantly, with a land use area of up to 44.79 hectares, the Company can expand its scale of operations and develop production in the future.
Delegates perform the ceremony to launch the trial operation of the manufacturing chain
This testing phase starts a month-long testing and commissioning process that will ensure that when the operating license is granted before the inauguration in early 2025, the plant can meet strict safety and quality standards like all LEGO factories worldwide. LEGO bricks produced when the factory officially comes into operation will have an accuracy of up to 1/10 the thickness of a human hair.
Up to now, the progress of construction and equipment installation has reached about 90%. The company is ramping up hiring, has doubled its employees in 2024, and will continue hiring in the following years. A human resource training program was also implemented to create conditions for hundreds of employees to participate in many different production stages, including plastic injection, packaging, process optimization, etc.
The factory also aims to be environmentally friendly, being one of LEGO's most sustainable facilities, with more than 12,400 rooftop solar panels with a capacity of 7.34 MWp, enough to provide electricity for about 1,270 households every year.
Mr. Jesper Hassellund Mikkelsen - Senior Vice President of Asia Operations of LEGO Group, General Director of LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam speaks at the ceremony
Mr. Jesper Hassellund Mikkelsen - Senior Vice President of Asia Operations of LEGO Group, General Director of LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam shared: "Testing and calibrating plastic injection machines and packaging chains at the factory have marked an important milestone and have shown that the project is being implemented on schedule. This is thanks to the support of ministries, central departments and branches, and Binh Duong province along with the companionship of partners and staff."
Mr. Vo Van Minh – Chairman of the PPC speaks at the ceremony
Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of Binh Duong PPC Vo Van Minh affirmed that the provincial leaders highly appreciate LEGO's project. This is clear evidence of investors' support for the province's FDI attraction policies. This is also a great motivation for Binh Duong province to accelerate and strengthen the reform of administrative procedures. Developing policies to attract investment in the province to create confidence for investors to feel secure in production in Binh Duong province in particular and Viet Nam in general.
He believed that the LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam in Binh Duong will always operate effectively and provide the domestic and international markets with high-quality products that fully meet the most rigorous standards of accuracy, and perfection and continue to invest in expanding production in Binh Duong.
As for Binh Duong province, provincial leaders would always accompany, create favorable conditions, promptly resolve difficulties and problems during the Company's operations, and ensure that LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam would operate effectively.
Binh Duong province's electronic information portal introduces some images at the event:
The Leader of LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam introduces to Provincial Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Loi the Factory's manufacturing chain
Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Loi affirmed that Binh Duong will continue to improve industrial park infrastructure, and traffic infrastructure, and reform administrative procedures to facilitate business operations
Chairman of the PPC Vo Van Minh considers LEGO's project as a clear demonstration of investors' support for Binh Duong province's FDI attraction policies
Delegates visit the production line at LEGO Manufacturing Viet Nam in Binh Duong
The LEGO factory meets the same strict quality and safety standards as all LEGO factories worldwide
With construction and equipment installation progress reaching about 90%, the Company is promoting recruitment, affirming the LEGO Group's commitment to developing local resources and creating job opportunities
Leaders of the province,
departments, and branches commit to always accompanying, creating favorable
conditions, and promptly resolving difficulties and obstacles to help
businesses operate effectively in Binh Duong