Dong Thap focuses on fulfilling industry promotion plans

It is expected that industry promotion funding of Dong Thap province in 2014 will reach 2.792 billion VND, of which the local funding is 1.543 billion. The Vietnam Economic News reports.
It is expected that industry promotion funding of Dong Thap province in2014 will reach 2.792 billion VND, of which the local funding is 1.543billion. The Vietnam Economic News reports.

Tofulfill this year’s industry promotion plans, Dong Thap province’sIndustry Promotion and Development Consultancy Centre is implementing anumber of measures such as closely monitoring on-going industrypromotion projects, quickly handling arising problems and creatingfavorable conditions for the beneficiaries.


According to reports from the centre, in the first nine months of thisyear, it has coordinated with beneficiaries to carry out most of theregistered industry promotion projects. More specifically, the centerorganized five vocational training classes in handicrafts for 142 ruralworkers in Lai Vung, Cao Lanh and Tam Nong districts and five otherclasses to start business for 145 trainees in local small businesses andproduction units.

The centre also aided millions ofVND for local enterprises to build technical performance models andapply modern equipment and technologies as well as providing them withmechanical facilities. It also implemented numerous industrialdevelopment consultancy, cleaner production and energy efficiencyprojects.

According to Mai Van Doi, Deputy Directorof the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, during thenine-month period, the provincial industry promotion activities havehelped rural industrial facilities expand their production and business,making an important contribution to the 6.7 percent growth of theprovincial industrial production value. The industry promotion campaignsalso improved awareness of the enterprises of changing productionprocess and products designs, helping further raise the provincialproduct value.

However, Doi also said in theremaining months of this year, there are a lot of works to do to fulfillthis year’s plan such as organising three vocational training classesfor 180 rural workers in Thanh Binh, Cao Lanh and Tam Nong districts andthree other classes to start business for the local productionhouseholds and improving professional skills for mechanics.

To complete this relatively large work volume, Doi asked theprovincial industry promotion center to quickly carry out theunimplemented industry promotion projects, closely monitor thoseprojects under implementation and rapidly handle arising problems.

In the long term, the center needs to improve the efficiency ofindustry promotion activities, encourage the participation of localworkers and production units and mobilise more social power resourcesfor industry promotion. It also needs to gain more experience fromindustry promotion models of other localities, such as the energyefficiency and cleaner production models.

In addition,the center needs to continue to organize vocational training courses forthe local rural workers, call for more cooperation among smallproduction households to ensure product supplies and expand markets. Thecentre should coordinate with the local authorities, businesses andproduction units to create close connections in implementing newindustry promotion models, seeking new markets and suitable equipment tohelp the rural industrial and handicraft units reach a sustainabledevelopment.-VNA

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