A plan to move nearly 480 production and husbandry units causingpollution out of urban and residential areas in the southern province ofDong Nai has been sluggish, failing to meet its deadline this year.
Theprovincial People's Committee issued the decision to remove the unitsin August 2012, setting a date for completion in 2014. But the provincehad to extend the deadline to the end of this year.
Theprovincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE)'slatest report shows that most of the units refused to move to industrialclusters equipped with environmental treatment facilities. Only fourout of 185 production units have moved, while very few of the 294husbandry units have moved.
Huynh Huu Nghia, Head of Thai DuongPorcelain and Ceramic Co-operative in Hoa An commune, said theprovince's decision to move all polluting production units was sound.The units would enjoy a 60 percent discount on infrastructure investmentand exempted land lease fees for 11 years.
"However, theenterprises must rebuild their entire workshops when they move to a newplace and they need money for that," he said, adding that rebuilding hisworkshop would cost 40 billion VND (1.8 million USD).
Nghia saidhe hasn't moved to the Tan Hanh cluster because local authorities havebeen slow with paperwork on land leasing and building certificates.
Dang Minh Duc, DONRE's deputy director, blamed the delay on the lack of policies on preferential loans for moving units.
"Inthe current difficult economic times, it is hard for businesses to keepup current production and also set up a new workshop," he said.
Besidesfinancial issues, the sluggish progress can also be blamed on the slowconstruction of industrial clusters in Dong Nai province.
Theprovince has set a target of constructing 27 industrial clusterscovering 4,500 hectares to gather workshops, factories and smallproduction units by 2020. However, statistics from the provincialDepartment of Industry and Trade show that so far only two clusters havebeen completed. Ten clusters have investors but seven of them have notbroken ground. The remains have not obtained investors. Most of theclusters do not actually have environmental protection treatmentfacilities.
Vo Van Chanh, Deputy Chairman of the provincialPeople's Committee, said the province has asked the Department ofIndustry and Trade to review policies for moving units.
"The deadline for removal is insisted by the end of this year with no extension," he said.-VNA
Theprovincial People's Committee issued the decision to remove the unitsin August 2012, setting a date for completion in 2014. But the provincehad to extend the deadline to the end of this year.
Theprovincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE)'slatest report shows that most of the units refused to move to industrialclusters equipped with environmental treatment facilities. Only fourout of 185 production units have moved, while very few of the 294husbandry units have moved.
Huynh Huu Nghia, Head of Thai DuongPorcelain and Ceramic Co-operative in Hoa An commune, said theprovince's decision to move all polluting production units was sound.The units would enjoy a 60 percent discount on infrastructure investmentand exempted land lease fees for 11 years.
"However, theenterprises must rebuild their entire workshops when they move to a newplace and they need money for that," he said, adding that rebuilding hisworkshop would cost 40 billion VND (1.8 million USD).
Nghia saidhe hasn't moved to the Tan Hanh cluster because local authorities havebeen slow with paperwork on land leasing and building certificates.
Dang Minh Duc, DONRE's deputy director, blamed the delay on the lack of policies on preferential loans for moving units.
"Inthe current difficult economic times, it is hard for businesses to keepup current production and also set up a new workshop," he said.
Besidesfinancial issues, the sluggish progress can also be blamed on the slowconstruction of industrial clusters in Dong Nai province.
Theprovince has set a target of constructing 27 industrial clusterscovering 4,500 hectares to gather workshops, factories and smallproduction units by 2020. However, statistics from the provincialDepartment of Industry and Trade show that so far only two clusters havebeen completed. Ten clusters have investors but seven of them have notbroken ground. The remains have not obtained investors. Most of theclusters do not actually have environmental protection treatmentfacilities.
Vo Van Chanh, Deputy Chairman of the provincialPeople's Committee, said the province has asked the Department ofIndustry and Trade to review policies for moving units.
"The deadline for removal is insisted by the end of this year with no extension," he said.-VNA
