Industrial restructuring contributes to promoting economic growth

Updated date: 05/27/2025 05:21:02

In recent years, all levels, sectors and enterprises have been more deeply aware of industrial development in promoting economic growth, paying attention to maintaining advantageous industries, developing the processing industry in breadth and depth, especially the seafood, vegetable and fruit processing industries; paying attention to developing typical rural industrial products and OCOP products to promote the potential and strengths of the locality.

Rice processing for export

After 5 years of implementing Conclusion No. 248-KL/TU dated November 26, 2021 of the 11th Provincial Party Committee on continuing to restructure Dong Thap province's industry by 2025, with a vision to 2030 (Conclusion No. 248-KL/TU), the province has basically completed the set goals and targets. In order for the province's industry to grow strongly and dramatically, promoting GRDP growth according to Conclusion No. 248-KL/TU, the province has synchronously deployed key tasks and solutions, focusing on exploiting advantages for industrial development such as: investing in industrial infrastructure, encouraging innovation and technology transfer, creating a favorable investment environment, building an industrial enterprise ecosystem, encouraging exports and international integration, and paying attention to training human resources for industrial development. Since then, the proportion of industry in GRDP has been increased (the proportion of industry is estimated at 16.29% in the province's GRDP, an increase of 0.99 percentage points compared to the period 2016 - 2020), 7/11 targets (accounting for 63%) achieved and exceeded the set plan.

The processing industry, especially the agricultural processing industry (rice, pangasius, vegetables and fruits) has basically developed in the direction of increasing technology content, going into depth, in line with the circular economy and digital economy. Many key industrial sectors have grown well, creating jobs for over 70,000 workers, consuming a large amount of agricultural raw materials of the province, and products meeting export requirements with the Dong Thap brand. Infrastructure of industrial parks and clusters (ICs) has received investment attention and has gradually been completed, the average occupancy rate of industrial parks (IPs) and ICs has exceeded the set target.

The province has developed and implemented the Project on industrial restructuring to 2025, with a vision to 2030, with a focus and key points, associated with the implementation of the Project on agricultural restructuring. On that basis, all levels and sectors have prioritized the use of integrated capital sources (capital from industrial promotion, science and technology, investment promotion, vocational training, environment, agricultural restructuring capital, etc.) to promote industrial restructuring, increase the proportion of industry, and the industrial production value in 2025 (at 2010 prices) is expected to reach VND 87,600 billion, an increase of VND 21,426 billion compared to 2020.

The economic advantages of the province's border gates have been paid attention to and promoted to contribute to socio-economic development and export of goods, and industrial development in border areas. Up to now, the commercial infrastructure in the border area includes 2 supermarkets: Coopmart Hong Ngu, Mini Go Hong Ngu (an increase of 1 supermarket compared to 2020), 31 planned markets and 6 convenience stores; adjusting the location of An Hoa Industrial Park in Hong Ngu City with an area of 43 hectares, adding to the planning 5 industrial parks with an area of 298 hectares in Hong Ngu City (2 industrial parks), Hong Ngu District (1 industrial park) and Tan Hong District (2 industrial parks)... Since then, border trade has been promoted and increasingly affirmed its important role in socio-economic development; The export and import value of border trade goods in the 2021 - 2025 period is estimated to increase by an average of 27% per year, an increase of 7 percentage points compared to the 2016 - 2020 period.

The province currently has 710 industrial production enterprises (an increase of 270 enterprises compared to the end of 2020), of which the focus and main force is the processing and manufacturing industry, accounting for more than 91%. Promoting the potential strength of an agricultural province, the agricultural processing industry has developed in the direction of applying new and high technology, increasing the content of science and technology in production, promoting the added value of the industry.

By 2025, it is estimated to reach a scale of 13,765 billion VND, growing 5.8%/year, of which leather footwear products are estimated to increase by over 27%/year; shrimp crackers, vermicelli, rice noodles, rice paper and similar products are estimated to increase by over 16%/year; filtered cigarettes are estimated to increase by over 11%/year; processed seafood is estimated to increase by over 10%/year; tablets of all kinds are estimated to increase by nearly 2%/year; ready-made clothes are estimated to increase by 0.8%/year; animal feed is estimated to increase by 0.2%. However, some industries are still facing many difficulties such as: sand mining output is estimated to decrease by 4%/year; rice processing is estimated to decrease by 4%/year; beer is estimated to decrease by 2%/year.

The province's investment promotion work has been promoted, investment policies have been effectively implemented, the image and investment environment continue to be maintained and developed, attracting many investors to explore investment cooperation opportunities. In the period of 2021 - 2025, it is estimated to attract 110 investment projects (including 8 FD1 projects), of which the industrial sector alone has 22 projects in the processing industry (17 new projects and 5 expansion projects; an increase of 6 projects compared to the period of 2016 - 2020) including seafood processing, agricultural processing, oil processing of all kinds (fish oil, rice oil), with new technology, creating products with high added value...

The province continues to implement the provincial planning, focusing on exploiting the advantages of industrial development, increasing the proportion of industry by 2025 to at least 20% in the province's GRDP, raising the growth rate to 9.8%; speeding up the progress of technical infrastructure construction, soon putting into operation Tan Kieu Industrial Park, creating conditions for investors to soon implement oriented industrial park projects (Hoa Tan Industrial Park, Song Hau 2 Industrial Park, Cao Lanh III Industrial Park); speeding up the progress, putting into operation Quang Khanh Industrial Park, An Hoa Industrial Park, Dinh An Industrial Park. At the same time, continuing to implement the Project on restructuring Dong Thap province's industry by 2025, with a vision to 2030; implementing the Project on developing specialized processing industry in combination with developing key industries in Dong Thap province by 2030, with a vision to 2050 and the Project on developing Dong Thap province's trade sector by 2025 and with a vision to 2030...

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