FOCUS ON DEVELOPING KEY INDUSTRIES

Based on the Provincial Planning, Ben Tre is determined to develop industry both intensively and extensively. At the same time, the province promotes the development of coconut, seafood, energy, supporting and other potential industries into key industries.

Carrying out the resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term, the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee issued Program 08-CTr/TU dated January 29, 2021 on developing key industries and business forces in the 2020-2025 period, with a vision to 2030, in a bid to promote the development of coconut, seafood, energy, supporting and other potential industries into key industries. Based on this program, the Provincial People's Committee announced Plan 3707/KH-UBND to achieve consensus and awareness in execution. The province obtained very positive results.

Accordingly, the export-driven coconut production value was estimated to rise by 2.29% a year on average in the 2021-2025 period, accounting for 9.13% of the province’s industrial production value. Coconut export value was forecast to grow by 6.7% a year on average in the 2021-2025 period, accounting for 27.78% of the province’s export value. The seafood production value was projected to increase by 0.39% a year on average in the 2021-2025 period, accounting for 13.48% of the province’s industrial production value. The seafood export value was estimated to jump 10.3% a year on average in the 2021-2025 period, accounting for 5.56% of the province’s total export value. The value of supporting industrial production was forecast to expand 2.85% a year on average in the 2021-2025 period, accounting for 9.13% of the province’s total industrial production value.

For the energy sector, renewable energy projects (mainly wind power and solar power) are catching the attention of enterprises. Ben Tre was approved to carry out 19 wind power projects with a total installed capacity of 1,007.7MW. Specifically, 10 projects are handling legal procedures, and nine projects have completed installing turbines with a combined capacity of 365.9 MW.

In addition, to boost industrial and service growth, Ben Tre province has promoted the development of industrial complexes and adopted solutions to increase investment funds in industrial complexes. At present, the province has seven industrial complexes with a total area of 267.94 ha, including six with detailed construction plans with a total area of 249.4 ha, of which the rentable industrial land covers 177.89 ha, of which 65.60 ha has been leased. Three industrial complexes have come into operation, attracted 22 investment projects with a total registered investment capital of VND5,020.52 billion, and provided jobs for 9,453 workers.

In the Provincial Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, approved by the Prime Minister, by 2030, Ben Tre will become a fairly developed province in the country with a synchronous economic and social infrastructure system; and develop marine economy, processing, manufacturing and new energy industries associated with environmental protection, ecosystem and adaptation to climate change.

Based on the planning, Ben Tre is determined to develop industry both intensively and extensively to fully utilize achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to create breakthroughs in enhancing productivity, quality, competitiveness and domestic added value of products. The province quickly transforms the internal industrial structure from resource-intensive and labor-intensive industries to capital- and technology-intensive industries, green industries and low-carbon industries, and from low value-added stages to high value-added stages in global and regional value chains.

At the same time, the province focuses on developing key industries: Seafood processing, coconut processing, industrial supporting, industrial processing and manufacturing, and food processing industries. Ben Tre synchronously and reasonably diversifies energy types; boost the effective use of renewable energy, new energy and clean energy sources; develop synchronous power grid infrastructure to meet the capacity of power transmission sources; encourage investors to build waste-to-power and biomass power plants in conjunction with environmental protection and circular economic development.

In the coming time, the Department of Industry and Trade will focus on developing energy infrastructure according to the provincial power planning; actively support investors to remove obstacles in energy projects, and promptly utilize and develop renewable energy sources associated with environmental protection.

Source: VCCI