The Dong Nai Province People’s Committee will temporarily ban construction of new industrial parks as part of its efforts to limit pollution.
The Dong Nai Province People’s Committee will temporarily ban construction of new industrial parks as part of its efforts to limit pollution.
Provincial authorities will instead focus on upgrading infrastructure at IPs to attract domestic and foreign investors.
Local authorities also aim to lure investors to fill up vacancies on IP property. Priority will be given to environmentally friendly hi-tech projects that require a small staff.
Known as the country’s industrial hub, Dong Nai has 27 industrial parks covering 7,000 ha, 55 percent of which are leased to businesses and companies.
Dong Nai tops the country in building industrial parks, and ranks third in the country’s list of destinations attracting most foreign direct investment (FDI) projects.
In an effort to ease industrial pollution, local authorities are building solid waste and waste water treatment systems at factories. Of the province’s total 27 IPs, only 11 have installed waste water treatment systems.
The remaining IPs are speeding up land clearance to build waste water treatment. According to local authorities, pollution at industrial parks was increasing at an alarming rate.
Of the 700 foreign-invested businesses based at the local IPs, one third have already operated and installed waste water treatment systems. The existing waste treatment systems are capable of treating 14,000 cu.m of waste water a day, and account for 25 percent of the total waste water discharged by industrial enterprises.
The untreated waste water has polluted local streams and rivers, threatening contamination of underground water resources and defiling public living conditions.
The 27 IPs in Dong Nai have attracted 928 FDI projects with a total investment capital of 13.1 billion USD.
The seven IPs that have 100 percent of land rented by investors are Industrial Complexes 1, 2, Loteco, Go Dau, Tam Phuoc, Nhon Trach 2 and Dinh Quan 12.
(Source: VNA)
