Packaging production at Ha Tien Packaging Joint Stock Company in Kien Giang province. (Photo: VNA)The industrial production value of Kien Giang province was more than 44.6trillion VND last year, reaching 105.3% of the plan, up 13.7% compared to 2021.
Director of the Department of Industry and Trade Truong Van Minh said thatsince the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, this had been the first year thatthe province's industrial growth reached double digits.
It showed that the process of recovering production and business of industrialproduction facilities in the area has had many positive changes and strongdevelopment, he said.
Among them, the processing and manufacturing industry was the main growthdriver of the whole industry, accounting for 95.3% of the total structure ofindustrial production value of the province.
Accordingly, most industrial products have positive growth. Leather shoes,bricks of all kinds, packaging, beer, frozen seafood, and stone mining have agrowth rate of over 13% compared to 2021.
This result is due to the fact that the supply chain of goods has been restoredafter the COVID-19 pandemic, and the purchasing power increased sharply again.
Enterprises have been proactive and have appropriate business solutions, andtimely implementation of supply contracts, which have contributed to theoverall growth of the whole industry in the province last year.
The vice chairman of the provincial people's committee Le Quoc Anh said thatthe province had stepped up the activities of the province's steering group onrestoring industrial production to synchronously and effectively deploysolutions to restore industrial production to support enterprises to acceleratethe recovery and development of production and business activities.
The province would strengthen support for investors and businesses to sooncomplete and put into operation investment projects to enhance the capacity ofthe industry in the new year, especially key investment projects./.
VNA
