Vietnam Southern Province to Say "No" to New IPs by 2010
The southern province of Dong Nai has said &ldquoNo&rdquo to any more new industrial parks (IPs) or upgrade industrial clusters into IPs from now to 2010, following a decision of the provincial People&rsquos Committee to limit pollution.
The committee said the province will also pay more attention to collecting and treating industrial solid waste at the current IPs which are now in alarming pollution.
Dong Nai now tops the country in the number of industrial park with 27 cover more than 7,000 hectares, of which, 55 per cent are filled by projects.
However, just 11 IPs among these have built waste treatment tems therefore only 20,000 cubic meters of sewage released from province&rsquos 13 industrial parks are treated each day.
Under the decision, 94 companies in Bien Hoa IP are scheduled to be moved to other areas to ease pollution in the Dong Nai River.
The committee said that halting construction of new IPs will help province further focus on upgrading infrastructure and calling investment into existing parks, with priorities given to hi-tech projects.
The province&rsquos IPs have to date attracted 928 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth some US$13.1 billion, making Dong Nai rank the third position in FDI attraction in Vietnam. (Vietnam & World Economy, VNA)
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