PM gives nod to industrial cluster development plan
(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has adopted a programme to develop and upgrade industrial clusters and value chains for products having competitive advantages in five sectors.
The sectors include electronics and information technology, textiles, food processing, agricultural machinery, and tourism and related services.
The programme is designed to fulfil the task of identifying and developing potential regions with industrial clusters and products with competitive advantages with a view to luring investment and jump-starting pilot projects.
By 2020, the pilot projects are projected to be operating in the potential regions with comprehensive mechanisms and policies to attract investment, enhance inter-connectivity and human resources, and apply scientific and technology advances in order to improve value chains and industrial cluster models.
Industrial clusters will be developed based on products that the localities enjoy advantages in production.
Additionally, the programme will develop seafood processing clusters in the Mekong Delta, and those for seafood and agricultural products along coastal, Central Highlands provinces and the northern midlands.
Agricultural machinery clusters will be expanded in Hanoi, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, HCM City, Long An and Dong Nai.
The nation is set to establish tourism clusters, like the marine eco-tourism cluster in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh, the sea-resorts and cultural heritages cluster in Danang, Hue and Quang Nam and and water-sports, entertainment and rural discovery cluster in Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan.