The official said at this growthrate, total industrial production value will reach 81 trillion VND (3.76billion USD) in 2020. Major products will be milk (143 million litres),beer (100 million litres), other beverage (600 million litres), cement(14-15 million tonnes) and electronic appliances (24.5 million items).
The goal for this year was set at 21 trillion VND (almost 1 billion USD), a 22.7 percent rise from 2014.
The province hopes to fill three local industrial parks – Hoa Mac inDuy Tien district, Chau Son in Phu Ly City and Kien Khe in Thanh Liemdistrict -, while increase the occupancy rate at Dong Van III IP in DuyTien district to 50 percent.
Towards thegoals, Vice Chairman Loi said the provincial authorities will continueto pinpoint and remove obstacles for firms’ operation and completeinfrastructure and services in industrial parks. Ha Nam is looking forpartners to carry out its plan of building a “technology incubator” in abid to assist local enterprises in accessing new technologies, thusraising their productivity and product quality.
A scheme designed to develop industrial production in rural areas isalso underway coupled with efforts to boost industrialization ofagriculture.
Ha Nam registers a high industrialgrowth rate, averaging at least 21 percent a year, during the years from2011 to 2015, with foreign invested enterprises contributing animportant part. As of March 20, 2015, local industrial parks attracted200 projects, 164 of which have become operational, creating nearly19,000 jobs.
The province ranked 32nd among thecountry’s 63 provinces and cities in terms of provincial competitivenessin 2013, a jump of 20 places from the year before.
The authorities said they will make greater efforts to address existingproblems, particularly the small portion of manufacturing and hi-techindustries, few investment projects in rural industry and a shortage ofskilled labourers.-VNA