On the afternoon of March 6, a representative of the People's Committee of Binh Duong province said that Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Minh had just chaired a meeting with departments and branches to listen to reports on the implementation of function conversion and relocation. Enterprises located outside the southern industrial zones and clusters enter the northern industrial zones and clusters in the province.
Accordingly, the Chairman of Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee requested departments and branches to advise on early completion of relocation policy, identify areas to relocate to and determine relocation criteria.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Toan - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade said that in 2024, the province will develop criteria to identify businesses converting functions and relocating; develop and improve relocation support policies; Organize a workshop to collect opinions on criteria for determining and policies to support relocation; Implement pilot relocation of some businesses; and then summarize and evaluate the results of pilot implementation of function conversion and relocation.
For the development of relocation support policies, it is proposed to have policy groups to support workers and support businesses.
In particular, for employees: Support for employees during production stoppage; Only pay unemployment benefits to workers who have to quit their job due to relocation; support vocational training for workers at new locations; Social insurance policies ensure workers' rights; Specific policies to support social housing for affected workers.
Business support policies include: Support for industrial promotion; trade promotion support; Investment incentive policies for production and business investment projects in industrial parks; develop science, technology and innovation; loan support; Support for land and factory rental at new location.
In particular, propose new policies to support businesses in relocating and converting functions such as: Policy on changing the purpose of premises, factories, and land use in accordance with provincial planning; Debt lending policy, extension of payment time for conversion of land use purpose; policies to support loan interest for investment in building new production facilities; policies to support fees and charges for implementing administrative procedures.
Concluding the meeting, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Van Minh emphasized that the relocation and conversion of functions of businesses located outside the southern industrial zones and clusters to the north is the province's major orientation to build Binh Duong. towards sustainable development and smart urban areas; At the same time, it aims to rebuild the province's urban areas.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested units to soon research and develop solutions and tools to encourage businesses to relocate and convert functions; Implement step by step according to the roadmap and support is key; Focus on solution groups to minimize forced relocation.
