At the meeting, the Steering Committee investigated and assessed the current state of operations and proposed mechanisms and policies to support businesses located outside industrial parks and industrial clusters in the southern region to convert functions and relocate. Relocating to industrial parks and industrial clusters in Binh Duong province at the end of 2023, Chairman of Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee and Head of Steering Committee Vo Van Minh agreed on a plan to develop support policies and criteria for assessing the level of investment. corporate relocation.
Accordingly, it is expected that Binh Duong province will approve the policy at the People's Council meeting in 2024 and begin implementation from 2024 to 2030, with the goal of relocating about 2,900 businesses and factories out of residential areas. populate.
Specifically, Di An city plans to relocate from January 2024 to June 2030; Thu Dau Mot city will relocate from January 2024 to June 2030; Thuan An city relocated until the end of December 2028; Tan Uyen town will be relocated from January 2024 to December 2029 and Ben Cat town will be relocated from January 2024 to December 2030.
Binh Duong province is considering support policies in the direction of stabilizing jobs for enterprises' production workers, land rental prices, to encourage businesses to relocate, and housing for workers when relocating. , vocational training for workers; Policies to exempt and reduce fees and administrative procedure fees when relocating and create conditions for businesses to inherit existing land funds in their current locations to carry out according to planning.
Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Duong province said that the Steering Committee continues to research and plan places to relocate businesses and factories to favorable locations in terms of raw materials, transportation, labor resources and support policies. land, rent land, convert appropriate production functions, ensuring benefits for businesses.
Criteria for about 2,900 businesses forced to relocate in Binh Duong
Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Binh Duong province Nguyen Thanh Toan said that for businesses forced to relocate, there will be 2 criteria:
(i) criteria for determining enterprises located outside industrial zones and clusters in the southern region to convert functions and relocate to industrial zones and clusters
(ii) the enterprise violates the environmental safety distance according to technical regulations on safe distance for residential areas, generates waste that must be treated but does not have treatment facilities or does not transfer for units that are allowed to handle and cause environmental pollution that cannot be remedied.
Along with that, there are scoring criteria to determine businesses subject to relocation with 5 criteria including: environmental protection; fire protection and prevention; consistent with the province's socio-economic development plan that has been approved and is still in effect; Manufacturing industries use outdated technology, are labor-intensive, and businesses are conscious of complying with legal regulations.
Factory relocation roadmap in residential area of Binh Duong
According to leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade of Binh Duong province, the implementation of the project will have a roadmap and schedule for businesses to prepare and not be forced to relocate from the beginning of 2024.
Currently, the Department is developing and issuing relocation criteria, expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2024. The draft relocation support policy for businesses will be submitted to the Provincial People's Council for consideration and approval at the meeting at the end of 2024.
By 2025, based on business registration, 10-20 units will be piloted. During the implementation process, we will review, evaluate and learn from the relocated businesses.
From January 2025 - December 2027, continue to organize business mobilization and propaganda information about the content of the Project; Deploying function conversion and business relocation in Di An City, Thu Dau Mot City, Tan Uyen City, Ben Cat town.
From January 2028 - December 2030, continue to mobilize the remaining businesses to relocate and convert functions according to the plan of the Project.
According to Mr. Vo Van Minh, Chairman of Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee, relocating factories outside the zone to the industrial park is a major policy to "transform" the southern area of the province into a trade and service center. However, factory relocation needs to be carefully calculated to ensure the operation and production of the enterprise.
11 policies to relocate about 2,900 factories of businesses in Binh Duong
Accordingly, Binh Duong province offers 11 policies to encourage relocation including:
(1) Land rental support at new location;
(2) Factory rental support at the new location;
(3) Exemption from land rent in industrial clusters;
(4) Support for dismantling, transporting, and installing factories and equipment;
(5) Loan interest support for investment in building new businesses;
(6) Support workers during production stoppage;
(7) Policy on payment of severance benefits to employees who quit due to relocation;
(8) Social housing policy for workers at the new location;
(9) Policies to support vocational training for newly recruited workers;
(10) One-time support for manufacturing enterprises that self-terminate production activities;
(11) Priority policy for relocated (old) industrial zones and clusters designated for social housing construction if qualified and in accordance with planning.
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