3:55:12 PM | 11/5/2006
The industry of Dong Nai Province will retain a proportion of 57 per cent of its economy but it will turn out products with a rich technology content, high in quality and sharp in competitiveness. The service sector will increase its contribution to the economy from 28 per cent to 34 per cent by 2010 while the proportion of the agricultural sector will be reduced to 9 per cent from 15 per cent.
Prioritising the development of staple industrial sectors with high competitiveness
In industry, Dong Nai is strong at agriculture production and food processing, electricity, electronics, engineering, chemical, textile, garment, footwear, exploitation and production of construction materials, pottery and timber processing. In recent years, these sectors contributed considerably to the State Budget. For example, Dong Nai’s famous instant coffee, cashew nuts and monosodium glutamate output account for some 20-25 per cent of the national production. As for electricity, electronics and mechanics, Dong Nai is also home to reputed trademarks such as Dien Quang (electrical appliances), Truong Hai Auto (automobiles), Vikyno (engines), Vinappro (diesel engines) and Fujitsu (electronics components).
However, to further develop its industry, Dong Nai has introduced industrial solutions until 2010: “Speeding up the technological renewals and targeting to renovate technologies for 20-25 per cent of enterprises of backbone industries; focusing on attracting investment from strong partners and large groups strong at technologies, capitals and markets, especially those related hi-tech and clean technologies, developing supportive industries for its backbone industries.”
Raising service proportion
At present, Dong Nai Province is not rated a province of service, trade and tourism but the province will raise the proportion of these sectors from current 28 per cent to 34 per cent by 2010. The focal service sectors include commerce, hotel, restaurant, transportation, information and communication, credit, finance, education-training and health services.
Dong Nai is an industrial and populous centre and the demand for financial service, import-export, human resource training, waterway and overland transportation, aviation and warehouse is very high. To modernise and speed up the development and size of service sectors, the province will invest to build several commercial centres in Long Khanh, Bien Hoa and industrial zones, and to develop markets and material, farm produce and food suppliers. In the service field, eco-tourism, homestay tourism, cultural tourism, and traditional festivals have been prioritised. In particular, Dong Nai will prioritise the development of the real estate and technological market to attract all resources and promote trade and investment promotion. At the same time, the province will concentrate on developing modern service sectors such as consultancy, training, health and finance to meet the socio-economic growth f the province and the whole nation.
Applying biotech to agricultural production
In agriculture, staple crops and domestic animals in Dong Nai are rubber, coffee, pepper, segment fruits, durian, longan, pig and cattle. Due to a limited land fund, Dong Nai cannot expand its cultivation area. Thus, the province advocates developing its agriculture by intensive cultivation, variety modernisation, post-harvest processing, biotech applications to varieties, cattle protection, animal feed processing industrial development and husbandry product processing for domestic market and export.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in recent years, the Provincial Budget for scientific and technological study and application works for agriculture production was between VND1-1.5 billion (US$62,500-93,750) a year.
Nearly all cultivation area of the province is grown with newly modified and high-yield short-day crops (rice, bean, maize, sugarcane and manioc) and long-day crops (rubber, coffee, cashew, pepper and fruit trees), which are suitable to province and disease-resistant. Notably in husbandry, the good-variety swine and cow herd has multiplied with the use of vitro fertilisation. The output of staple crops and domestic animals has increased sharply.
Mr. Nguyen Van Giau, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said apart from scientific and technological applications to production, the province is encouraging enterprises to invest in cultivation-specialised zones for high-quality crops. The department will provide training and retraining initiatives as well as scientific and technological knowledge and production management for agriculture cadres.
Hong Hanh
Vietnamese
