In the first five months of the year, the Binh Duong wood industry had impressive performance when the export value of wood products was estimated at more than US$3 billion, up 3.2 percent over the same period, accounting for 19.1 percent of the provincial export turnover. However, with sharp fluctuations in petrol prices, foreign exchange rates, and general difficulties of the global economy, Binh Duong Furniture Association (BIFA) forecasts that in the last months of this year, the wood industry will face great challenges.
Pandora, a Danish jewelry manufacturer, will invest US$100 million to build a new facility in the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in the southern province of Binh Duong under a memorandum of understanding signed between two sides on May 12.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led a working delegation of the Government to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) 3 in Binh Duong Province’s Tan Uyen Town on March 19.
The Textile and Apparel Association of Binh Duong Province, on November 18, said that despite being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, garment and textile export turnover was estimated at more than US$2 billion in the first ten months of this year, up 1.4 percent compared to the same period last year, accounting for 7 percent of the province's total export turnover.
Quang Trung Software Park (QTSC) and Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP), which play an important role in the production and export of software and high-tech products of Ho Chi Minh City, have soon resumed operations when the city implements Directive No.18.
The Working Group 970 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), on August 23, sent a report to Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on the supply of food and foodstuffs for Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong during social distancing.
Amid the Covid-19 surges following Ho Chi Minh City, Southern provinces and cities of Binh Duong, Tay Ninh, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Tien Giang, Long An, Can Tho and Soc Trang have been accelerating the vaccination process for local people to conquer the current pandemic development.
The Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Binh Duong Province this morning held a ceremony to put the Field Hospital No.4 for treatment of Covid-19 patients with its capacity of 3,000 beds at Bau Bang District, Binh Duong Province into the operation.
The People’s Committee of Binh Duong Province yesterday approved the policy of piloting home quarantine for asymptomatic novel coronavirus cases and assigned the Department of Health to issue detailed guidance about the specific conditions, subjects, process to implement the plan.
The mission team led by Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long yesterday worked with leaders of the Southern Province of Binh Duong upon the establishment of a medical center’s intensive care unit.
