News
​BEGIC - To satisfy the accommodation needs of local people, Binh Duong
Province has implemented housing development programs for people of
contribution to the revolutionary cause while developing and managing
social housing for workers and the poor in rural areas. The simultaneous
and efective implementation of housing development programs have
facilitating the beautification of urban areas in the province.
​BEGIC - A meeting between provincial leaders, workers and officials of
trade union locals in Thuan An town took place at the town’s People’s
Committee on the afternoon of April 21.
 
​BEGIC - Provincial Department of Industry and Trade has just recommended
9 local businesses to the list of “prestigious exporters” in 2015 to be
selected by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
​BEGIC - Workplace accidents have become a prolonged pain in both mind
and body for victims, their families and the society. To minimize this
pain, sectors and authorities at all levels of the province have made
efforts to be determined to handle infringements, ensuring safety for
laborers.
​BEGIC - In Q1 2016, Binh Duong province’s industrial manufacture
obtained a high growth. The result is seen as a motivation for the
province’s economy to continue strongly developing in the coming time.
​BEGIC - In response to the 18th National Week on Labor Safety
and Hygiene (LSH)– Fire and Explosion Prevention (FEP) with the theme
of “Businesses and workers actively and pro-actively enforce their
rights and responsibilities in accordance with the Law on LSH”,
provincial Steering Committee of Fire Fighting and Prevention has just
organized a fire drill at the wholly foreign-invested White Feathers
International Co.Ltd. in Ben Cat town-based My Phuoc 3 Industrial Park.
​BEGIC - Morning Apr 4, Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, Deputy Secretary of
provincial Party Committee, Chairman of provincial People’s Committee
(PPC), chaired the PPC’s 96th session discussing issues: Binh Duong
urban development program in the 2016 – 2020, and 3 breakthrough
programs building new urban areas associated with upgrading, developing
TDM City and satellite towns. Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, Deputy Chairman of
PPC, also attended the meeting.
​BEGIC - During the first 3 months of 2016, Binh Duong province
absorbed $581 million of FDI capital, including 38 new projects and 22
projects adding more capital; 88% projects invested in industrial parks
(IPs). Until now, registered FDI capital inflow to the province reached
more than $ 24 billion; and Binh Duong is one of the five nation-level
localities that reached $20 billion of FDI. These results implied that
Binh Duong has been an attractive destination to foreign investors.
​BEGIC - Morning Apr 5, Binh Duong Province People's Committee in
collaboration with Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), US
Commerce Association in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) and Vietnam Trade
Facilitation Alliance (VTFA) held a meeting of coordination for trade
activities, aiming to foster measures to improve the business
environment to promote trade and investment activities in Binh Duong.
Tran Thanh Liem, Deputy Chairman of PPC; Vo Tan Thanh, Vice Chairman of
VCCI; Herbert Cochran, CEO of AmCham Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City;
attended the meeting.
 
​BEGIC - Binh Duong province currently has more than 60% businesses with
Trade Union organizations making minimum wage adjustments in payroll
according to Decree 122 of the Government. The remaining businesses are
in the process of negotiations. The latest survey at FDI enterprises
showed that the adjusted wage for manufacture workers was minimally over
VND3.7 million / person / month; maximally VND7.5 million / person /
month, and averagely VND5.5 million / person / month.