After years of rapid growth in electronics, Bac Ninh City is expanding its industrial space and creating land reserves and infrastructure to attract high-tech projects. The city aims to move from manufacturing and assembly to more technology-intensive, higher-value-added production.
Expanding land reserves
Within the expanded industrial space, Nghia Hung Industrial Park in Tien Luc Commune is a project with a relatively clear sectoral focus.
Construction of the 148.68-ha industrial park began last month. It is designed to attract projects involving electronics, semiconductors, computers and optical products, mechanical and precision engineering, electrical machinery and equipment, automotive components, aviation parts and components, supporting industries, logistics and high-tech research.
Hoang Tien Dat, General Director of Gilimex Industrial Park Corporation, said the infrastructure at Nghia Hung Industrial Park had been designed to meet the requirements of high-tech industrial projects.
The park has a planned power supply capacity of 81MVA, a water supply system providing approximately 8,200cu.m per day and night, internal roads 19.5–48m wide, and a centralised wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 4,900cu.m per day and night.
In the south of the city, Thuận Thành 3 Industrial Park, Sub-area C, has also recently broken ground, creating additional investment space with strong connectivity advantages.
The project prioritises electronics, high technology, mechanical engineering, precision engineering, machinery, equipment, components, aviation parts and supporting industries.
About 83ha of land in Thuận Thành 3 Industrial Park, Sub-area C, has so far been cleared through compensation and site handover. Ground levelling, internal roads and infrastructure packages are now being implemented.
These conditions will allow the city to continue attracting electronics, semiconductor, supporting-industry and high-tech projects, gradually raising Bac Ninh’s position in higher-value-added production chains.
Improving investment quality
The expansion of industrial space is taking place on the foundation of a large manufacturing system. This allows Bac Ninh both to broaden investment attraction and to raise its requirements for capital aligned with its high-tech orientation.
According to the socio-economic report for the first nine months of this year, industry remains the main driver of growth as the city gradually shifts from a large-scale manufacturing and assembly centre to a high-tech industrial centre.
The industrial production index for the first nine months is estimated to have increased by 20.16 per cent, while the manufacture of electronic products, computers and optical products rose by 22.58 per cent.
Nguyen Van Huong, deputy director of the Bac Ninh Department of Finance, said the city prioritised high-tech, clean and environmentally friendly projects with high added value. These projects should use little land and labour while delivering high investment intensity and economic efficiency.
Selected projects must also be capable of creating links with domestic enterprises, participating more deeply in supply chains and contributing more to local economic growth.
Electronics and semiconductors form the foundation for Bac Ninh’s high-tech industries. The city currently has nearly 1,300 electronics enterprises employing approximately 481,900 workers.
At the same time, Bac Ninh needs infrastructure better suited to high-tech industries. The city does not yet have an industrial park planned and equipped exclusively for semiconductor manufacturing.
Some essential infrastructure, including ultra-pure water systems and stable, uninterrupted power supplies meeting international standards for high-tech manufacturing, has not yet been developed in a coordinated manner.
There is also a shortage of specialised, highly skilled technical human resources for the semiconductor industry.
Alongside expanding land reserves, Bac Ninh is therefore accelerating transport infrastructure and industrial park and cluster infrastructure, developing logistics services, training human resources and reforming administrative procedures.
Kim Sung Hun, General Director of Amkor Technology Vietnam LLC, said: “We chose Bac Ninh because the locality has formed an electronics manufacturing ecosystem, has well-developed industrial park infrastructure, an abundant workforce and convenient connectivity with global supply chains. These are important conditions for Amkor to develop advanced semiconductor packaging and testing operations, while expanding cooperation with domestic enterprises and suppliers.”
Sources: Viet Nam News
