Bac Ninh on the journey of greening the supporting industrial chain

The province is concretizing its development orientation towards green and sustainable direction, with a series of policies connecting businesses, transforming technology and attracting environmentally friendly investment.

As a major industrial center of the country, Bac Ninh has been in the leading group in terms of industrial production value for many years. According to Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Bac Ninh, behind this impressive growth is the significant contribution of supporting industry - the fundamental link that helps domestic enterprises gradually master technology and go deeper into the global supply chain.

“Supporting industry is not only the pillar of production, but also the driving force towards a green, energy-saving and environmentally friendly industry,” Mr. Tuan emphasized.

Bac Ninh has now formed many enterprises capable of supplying components and equipment to large corporations. However, limitations in design, technology transfer and output connections are still barriers for local industry to break through.

From that reality, Bac Ninh has determined a consistent spirit. That is, the prosperity of enterprises is the prosperity of the nation. The province's policies are all aimed at supporting enterprises in technological innovation, improving production capacity and transforming to a green, circular industrial model, where economic growth goes hand in hand with environmental protection.

In the 2021-2025 period, Bac Ninh issued an Industrial Development Program with financial mechanisms and infrastructure dedicated to supporting industries. On that basis, the Department of Industry and Trade advised the Provincial People's Committee to approve regulations on financial support for businesses in this field, encouraging clean production, using renewable energy and managing emissions according to international standards. The goal is to form a green industrial ecosystem where businesses share supply chains and environmental responsibilities.

A highlight is the 2020-2025 Supporting Industry Enterprise Improvement Consulting Project jointly implemented by the Provincial People's Committee, the Ministry of Industry and Trade , and Samsung Electronics Vietnam. The project focuses on three key areas: improving production processes, enhancing management capacity, and applying digital transformation in cleaner production.

Samsung's participation not only brings a smart factory model but also helps Bac Ninh enterprises gradually approach ESG (environmental, social and governance) standards in production.

Along with technical support, localities promote administrative reforms to create a transparent and favorable investment environment. The mechanisms of “24-hour Green Channel” and “60% Green Channel” are deployed to connect departments and branches, helping investment dossiers to be processed quickly, especially for green industry projects and key supporting industries.

Infrastructure in industrial zones and clusters has been invested synchronously, connecting with major traffic routes. Many zones have been planned as “green belts” to reduce pollution, manage wastewater, emissions and industrial waste.

Assembly workers at Samsung Bac Ninh's production line. Photo: VGP.

The province is also implementing projects such as Gia Binh airport, expressway connecting to Hanoi and logistics infrastructure, facilitating freight transport, reducing energy costs and moving towards a low-emission supply chain. Bac Ninh considers green transport investment as a step in parallel with green industry, the foundation of sustainable development.

In the coming time, Bac Ninh will concretize the implementation of Decree 205/2025/ND-CP and Resolution 68 of the Politburo, considering these as two policy pillars to develop supporting industries. According to Deputy Director Hoang Anh Tuan, the province will focus on three groups of solutions, including planning green specialized industrial zones and clusters; perfecting policies to encourage private enterprises to invest in clean technology and promoting associations and supply chains in the province.

Bac Ninh is planning specialized industrial parks for electronics, precision mechanics and high technology, aiming at the model of “eco-industrial parks” where businesses reuse by-products and recycle energy. The province also plans to establish the Bac Ninh Industrial Production Association to connect businesses, share green production data, optimize supply chains and reduce emissions in transportation.

To create a unified corridor, Bac Ninh hopes that the Ministry of Industry and Trade will soon issue a National Plan on developing green supporting industries, clearly defining responsibilities between localities and the connection process from input materials to research, production and consumption. Mr. Tuan said that only when each locality clearly identifies its strengths and environmental responsibilities, will the national green supply chain operate effectively.

The province also proposed to build the Bac Ninh Industrial Support Center - a satellite directly connected to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Supporting Industry Development Center, to provide consultation, transfer technical standards, environmental management and guide businesses to achieve green certification from FDI corporations such as Samsung or Canon.

In addition to policies and infrastructure, Bac Ninh considers high-tech human resource training as the “green key” for long-term development. The province is coordinating with universities and colleges to develop training programs according to business needs, focusing on R&D research, chain management, clean technology operation and energy saving. The goal is to form a workforce that understands technology, masters processes and has high environmental awareness.

Mr. Tuan affirmed that for businesses to develop sustainably, they must have three pillars. That is, mastering input, mastering technology and controlling output. When these three factors are simultaneously greened, Bac Ninh will not only be the industrial center of the North, but also the core of Vietnam's green industry.

In the 2025-2030 period, Bac Ninh aims to form at least 3 specialized industrial parks and 1 key industrial support center in the Red River Delta region, orienting the development of green, circular and energy-saving production.

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