Hi-tech factory built in Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long

TOWA Industrial Vietnam Co. Ltd. has begun construction of a high-tech factory to produce precision machine parts at Hoa Phu Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.
Hi-tech factory built in Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long ảnh 1An artist’s impression of TOWA Industrial Vietnam Co.Ltd’s under-construction plant at the Hoa Phu Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long (Photo Courtesy of Thien An Design- Construction- Trading Co.ltd)
Vinh Long (VNA) - TOWA Industrial Vietnam Co.Ltd. has begun construction of a high-tech factory to produce precision machineparts at Hoa Phu Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of VinhLong.

The 342 billion VND (14.7 million USD) TOWA Southern StarFactory project is expected to help attract other high-tech investorsto the region.

The project matches the province’s ambition to transform itsindustrial structure from traditional to technology-based to help it developsustainably.

It will produce high precision machine parts usingenvironmentally-friendly technologies. TOWA supplies products to many famousbrand names such as Juki, Brother, Komatsu, and Kubota.

The plant will also use the latest technologies for wastetreatment.   

It is being designed and built by Thien An Design,Construction and Trading Co. Ltd., which recently built the main operationbuilding, air traffic control building, air traffic control tower, and airportapartment building at Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh province, CaMau Gas Processing Plant and some factories for foreign investors likeAjinomoto, Acecook, Wacoal, Fuji Impulse, and YKK.-VNA
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