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Thứ 6, Ngày 25/09/2015, 08:15
Viet Nam - Singapore Industrial Parks contribute to economic development and environmental protection
BEGIC - Established for nearly 20 years, Viet Nam- Singapore Industrial Parks have been making contribution to economic development and environmental protection of the province and the nation in general.
Creating an international business environment
VSIP was founded in Binh Duong province with a view to bringing an international business environment with good infrastructure and one-stop service. VSIP I was established first and shortly topped the country in terms of FDI attraction and high-tech projects between 1997 and 2006. After that VSIP II and VSIP IIA was established from 2006 and 2008.
In the past 20 years, VSIP has made contribution to rapid socio-economic development such as: international-standard infrastructure, attractive investment environment, available workforce... VSIP, therefore, has always been an ideal destination of investors.
Since the establishment, in VSIP Binh Duong, there have been 21 domestic investment projects with VND 3834 billion and 426 FDI projects. There are many large companies that specialize in producing electronic components, consuming goods, precision mechanics from Japan, Korean, Singapore, the U.S... Currently VSIP is boosting marketing activities aiming at potential domestic companies that specialize in industry and high technology such as technology, pharmaceutical drug, food, packaging, ect.
VSIP are the highlight in economic cooperation between Viet Nam and Singapore (Picture: Viet Nam – Singapore Industrial Parks 2)
Aiming at green industrial park model
Since the establishment, VSIP always keep the industrial parks green, clean and nice; refuse projects that cause pollution to the environment; require investors to strictly obey environmental protection regulations and require every company to equip a waste water treatment system. VSIP also have a modern waste treatment system which is constantly monitored and maintained.
Giving priority to environmental protection activities, VSIP’s waste water treatment plant can treat 100% of the water in the industrial parks. The waste water treatment plant in VSIP II finished the construction of integrated water treatment station phase 1 with the capacity of 6000 cubic meters/day. In addition, 30% of VSIP is covered by trees, and the public transportation in the industrial parks was designed to reduce traffic congestion, the main cause of air pollution.
After 20 years of establishment and development, VSIP has obtained many achievements in environmental protection, becoming a model of green industrial parks in Binh Duong and Viet Nam.
VSIP Industrial Park was established since 1996 with the size of 500 hectares. This is the only industrial park in Viet Nam founded under the MoU signed between Viet Nam and Singapore Governments, and based on the initiative of late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet and former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. VSIP was funded by Becamex IDC (Binh Duong) and SembCorp Industries (Singapore).
Reported by Phuong An, H.H - Translated by D.X