The ceremony was attended by Mr. Pham Minh Chinh – Member of the Political Bureau, Prime Minister; Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet – Former Member of the Political Bureau and Former State President; Mr. Louis Zacharilla - Chairman, Co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF); Mr. Peter Portheine - Director of International Project Office, Eindhoven City, Netherlands; and Consuls General of Singapore, South Korea, India, Cambodia, Cuba, and Belarus in Ho Chi Minh City; and representatives of several foreign diplomatic agencies, organizations, and associations; leaders of southern provinces and cities.
Mr. Pham Minh Chinh - Prime Minister and delegates attend the Announcement Ceremony of Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050
Opening a new development path for Binh Duong
Announcing the Provincial Master Plan at the ceremony, Mr. Tran Quoc Phuong - Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment said that Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 was officially approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 790/QĐ-TTg. By 2030, Binh Duong aims to become a centrally-controlled city and one of the dynamic and comprehensive development centers of Southeast Asia. Its goal is to lead in science-technology and innovation, and become a modern service industry center. The socio-economic infrastructure system and the urban system will be developed synchronously, modernly, smartly, and sustainably according to the green growth model adapting to climate change, and protecting the ecological environment. The province will also improve the quality of citizens' lives, building a prosperous and modern civilized society, and ensuring national defense - security and social order and safety.
Mr. Tran Quoc Phuong - Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment announces Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050
According to the vision to 2050, Binh Duong will be built into a modern urban, industrial, and service center of regional and international stature, one of the leading points promoting national economic development with the main driving force of growth being industry, services, and innovation with a solid economic base and high competitiveness; for the people to enjoy a high quality of life with income levels comparable to developed countries.
Speaking at the ceremony, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Standing Vice Chairman of the PPC said that this Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan will solve many problems in the development model of the previous period.
Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Standing Vice Chairman of the PPC speaks at the ceremony
With this Master Plan, Binh Duong is ready to launch a new phase of development with many new and aspirational directions for a wealthy, civilized, and loyal locality like a closely connected piece with other localities, as well as spreading development to the province.
Binh Duong's announcement of the Provincial Master Plan opens a new path of development with many challenges to overcome. However, with the revolutionary tradition, the spirit of daring to think, knowing how to do, and daring to take responsibility, Binh Duong province believes that the Provincial Master Plan will be effectively implemented, meeting the expectations of the Party, State, people, and business community, and becoming the great achievements that generations of provincial leaders have created.
Welcome "3 Builds", implement "3 pioneers"
At the ceremony, the Prime Minister awarded the Decision approving the Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050. He also witnessed Binh Duong province awarding Policy Decisions and Investment Certificates to 06 projects with a total investment of 1.5 billion USD and the signing of cooperation agreements between Becamex IDC and foreign partners including Kosmo and Coex, as well as the groundbreakings and inaugurations for key projects in the province.
Mr. Pham Minh Chinh - Prime Minister awards the Decision approving the Master Plan to Binh Duong province
Mr. Pham Minh Chinh - Prime Minister and leader of Binh Duong province take group photos with investors
Delegates witness the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between Becamex and its partners
Mr. Pham Minh Chinh - Prime Minister and delegates perform the groundbreaking ceremony and inauguration of key projects in Binh Duong province
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Pham Minh Chinh - Prime Minister highly appreciated the units' preparations for the Announcement of the Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan.
The Prime Minister also analyzed the distinct potential, outstanding opportunities, competitive advantages, and attractiveness of Binh Duong. Specifically, the people of Binh Duong province have a tradition of revolutionary heroes, always aspire to rise, are not easily satisfied with what they have, and always want to surpass themselves. This is a precious heritage forged through the ages.
Regarding the results achieved in socio-economic development, the Prime Minister is very proud of Binh Duong. On behalf of the Government, the Prime Minister highly appreciated, praised and congratulated the important achievements that the Party Committee, government, army, and people of Binh Duong province had achieved in recent times contributing to the achievements in the country's innovation. He recommended that the Party Committee, government, army, and people of Binh Duong continue to preserve, inherit, and further promote the achievements passed by previous generations.
The Prime Minister assessed that the Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan is a crystallized product of the wisdom of the Party Committee, government and people of Binh Duong province, ministries, central branches, scientists, business community, citizens, and international partners. The Master Plan crystallizes values, and cultural and historical traditions of the past, present, and future. It is also the crystallized value of inheritance, innovation, and development demonstrating a breakthrough mindset and long-term strategic vision of the province.
The Prime Minister welcomed the "3 Builds" of Binh Duong province including building a dynamic and effective investment and business environment, building a harmonious, humane, and sustainable society, and building constructive and honest local government. Along with that, the Prime Minister proposed that Binh Duong carry out "3 pioneers": Connecting the economy with the region, country, region and the world, especially connecting green and digital traffic; proactively developing the digital economy, green economy, circular economy, sharing economy, knowledge economy, "night" economy, digitalization, greening the economy for rapid and sustainable development; proactively and actively building new generation, high-tech, smart industrial parks, focusing on innovation, application of science and technology, achievements of the 4th Industrial Revolution, and training high-quality human resources.
Mr. Pham Minh Chinh – Prime Minister delivers a speech at the ceremony
The Prime Minister emphasized that to implement the Master Plan, Binh Duong needs to focus on mobilizing resources for implementation (State, society, public-private cooperation, internal and external resources, etc.). The province must organize implementation scientifically, and effectively, with a focus on key points, clearly assigning people, work, time, responsibility, products, and results; and must note that the human factor is decisive.
The province needs to disseminate and thoroughly grasp in many different forms so that people, businesses, and investors would understand, thereby supporting, following, and supervising the implementation, and benefiting from the Master Plan. It is necessary to harmonize benefits and share risks between the State, businesses, and people.
Binh Duong needs to continue to promote its leading role in attracting investment and listening more to comments from businesses and investors.
Welcoming businesses and investors who have chosen Binh Duong to invest, the Prime Minister believes that the projects will be implemented successfully and bring efficiency. Along with that, investors and businesses are pioneers in innovation, green and digital transformation, technology transfer, and pioneering in smart and modern management. They are pioneers in building and developing high-quality human resources, contributing consultation ideas to reform administrative procedures and improve the business investment environment, complying with the law, implementing culture well, business ethics, social responsibility, and ensuring workers' lives, and social security.
With solid support from the Party's leadership, the spirit of great solidarity, heroic cultural and historical traditions, the fulcrum of people's hearts, the fulcrum from international, business, and local support, and the fulcrum of the spirit of self-reliance, the Prime Minister believes that the Binh Duong Provincial Master Plan will be implemented effectively contributing to building a strong and prosperous country with its people increasingly prosperous and content.
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