Hanoi strives to have 900 firms in supporting industries

Hanoi has set a target of having 900 businesses operating in supporting industries this year, with 300 eligible to join global production networks of multinational groups in Vietnam.
Hanoi strives to have 900 firms in supporting industries ảnh 1Hanoi has set a target of having 900 businesses operating in supporting industries this year. (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has set a target ofhaving 900 businesses operating in supporting industries this year, with 300eligible to join global production networks of multinational groups in Vietnam.

The target was set in Plan No. 49/KH-UBND on the localsupporting industry development programme in 2021, issued by the municipalPeople’s Committee earlier this month.

Under the plan, supporting industries would make up16 percent of the total production value of the city’s processing andmanufacturing sector. Those industries’ industrial development index willexpand 11 percent annually.

The plan also put forth a raft of tasks to help withthe development of supporting industries like connecting the enterprises and assistingthem in becoming suppliers of domestic and foreign customers, attractingforeign investment in those industries, and supporting enterprises in adoptingadvanced business and production administration systems as well as in promotingR&D activities, technology transfer and modernization.

Hanoi has aligned the development of supportingindustries with the orientation of industrial development, which will focus onmaking spare parts and accessories for high-tech industries, garment-textile, andleather and footwear./.
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