Advanced technology equipment in beer can production at a unit in Phu Bai Industrial Park reduces emissions and has little impact on the environment.

Attracting green investment is a common trend in the world . When mentioning this field, we must think about developing green industrial parks (IPs); in which production activities are cleaner, minimizing negative impacts on the environment. On the overall strategy of the whole country, to move towards sustainable development, Vietnam strives for zero net emissions by 2050.

In recent years, Vietnam's economy has had a good foundation, creating room for development in the coming years towards green and circular transformation. However, in reality, the pressure for green transformation is enormous, while the necessary data to assess the factors related to the economy and the environment is still unclear, causing many localities to be confused in attracting investment.

Not only from the side of industrial park infrastructure investors and localities, if considering investment trends and projects in the world, sustainable development is increasingly important. Advanced countries in the world have very high requirements for quality and product standards, so industrial park investors must also gradually transform their development model towards economic, social and environmental balance, ensuring sustainable development and achieving green growth goals. Industrial parks that have been invested in and are in operation will be converted and upgraded by investors in part to achieve the highest level of greening.

Thua Thien Hue is also a locality that develops industrial parks later than some other provinces and cities in the country, but always aims to attract high-tech, environmentally friendly projects...

Recently, through conferences and seminars related to industrial development, provincial leaders have paid great attention to the project's technology transformation and environmental protection issues. Thua Thien Hue's orientation is to shift industrial production towards specialization, ecology and regional planning suitable for each field; pay attention to implementing the policy of reducing emissions in the direction of converting energy use from traditional to renewable energy, using green materials and promoting reuse and recycling of waste...

The investment attraction in Thua Thien Hue is currently very large. As in the past year, the situation of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) projects has achieved encouraging results. The whole province has newly granted investment registration certificates to 11 projects with a total investment capital of 141.7 million USD (equivalent to 3,389 billion VND). This is the foundation for good prospects in production, business, and investment attraction in the locality in 2024. The projects have suitable industries, are important for the transformation of the local economic structure towards industrialization and modernization, helping to improve labor productivity, competitiveness, etc.

According to Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Quy Phuong, Thua Thien Hue is committed to creating the most favorable conditions within the legal framework for investors. The province also reminded investors to implement projects on schedule and in accordance with registered contents. In the process of investment, production and business, enterprises must be associated with environmental protection; prioritize the application of high technology in production; pay special attention to building corporate culture, balancing profit goals and workers' rights...

Article and photos: SONG MINH