Binh Phuoc province vows to swiftly address business obstacles
The southern province of Binh Phuoc is working to strongly improve the local investment climate, by dealing with problems facing enterprises in a swift and effective manner.
Binh Phuoc (VNA) – The southern province of BinhPhuoc is working to strongly improve the local investment climate, by dealingwith problems facing enterprises in a swift and effective manner.
The affirmation was made by Secretary of theprovincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi during a working session on February6 with executives of Taiwanese-invested company New Apparel, based in the BacDong Phu Industrial Park.
Loi also asked businesses to directly phone himto have their issues settled in a timely fashion.
He believed that meetings with enterprises willpromote a trustworthy investment environment and help attract investors. Healso requested officials at provincial agencies to maintain contacts withcompanies to expeditiously address such problems as labour shortage,electricity and water supply, and security.
New Apparel General Director Peter Chang saidthe firm is also building a factory covering 100ha in the Bau Bang IndustrialPark of neighbouring Binh Duong province to supply fibre materials for othergarment factories.
It is employing 2,500 workers and plans torecruit an additional 2,500 this year. The number of its employees is set toreach 8,000 once its factories work at full capacity.
At the working session, Deputy Director of theBinh Phuoc Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Mai saidthe province will cooperate with New Apparel at weekly job fairs and giveassistance in personnel training to help it deal with the shortage of skilledlabourers.
Binh Phuoc, part of the southern key economicregion, is calling for investment in 13 industrial parks. Eight of the parkshave drawn 164 projects, including 64 domestic ones worth over 3.5 trillion VND(154.9 million USD). The province is also home to 30 industrial clusters.-VNA
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