DONG NAI PROVINCE - DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALITIES

1- Processing industries for agricultural products and foodstuffs

These industries are well conditioned by abundant local raw materials and a large consumption market, at the same time they are beneficiaries of development investment incentives. So, for the period 1996 - 2000 they attained a growth of 12,8% per year, and in 2000 they accounted for 23,9% of the Province total industrial production. The main products of the industries in 2000 are raw and refined sugar, seasoning powder, manioc starch, cashew nuts, cashew nut rind oil, powder milk of all kinds, foodstuffs in form of powder, livestock peed, processed coffee, refreshing drinks, tobacco as raw material and cigarettes, confectionaries, fibred cotton, canned fruit juices, livestock and poultry slaughter...
 

For the period 2001 - 2005, processing industries for foodstuffs, food and drinks will continue to receive incentive benefits, especially the cane sugar industry, vegetable and fruit processing, canned foodstuffs and livestock - poultry processing.

2- Mechanical industries:

The mechanical industries which produce machinery and equipment for other branches which are considered infrastructures for industries. For this reason, in order to carry out industrialization and modernization, the mechanical industries must fulfill their role satisfactorily. In the period 1996 - 2000, the growth rate attained 20% per year and in 2000 production values accounted for 7,5% of the total industrial production value. Dong Nai has set up a plan for developing mechanical industries on Dong Nai territory up to 2010, especially in the following fields :

a) Mechanical industries for manufacturing, building and repair of agricultural machines consist mainly of : explosive engines of all kinds, rubber rollers, cereal milling machines, hand agricultural tools and accessories of all kinds... In addition to improving technological capability and in depth investment in existing enterprises, it is necessary to set up projects which can attract investors to mechanical industries as follows :

-Projects for setting up foundries, thermo-metallurgy factories, forming and stamping factories.

-Setting up enterprises for maintaining and repairing agricultural machines in one-crop specialized regions of the province.

-Setting up enterprises for manufacturing equipment used in agricultural product processing : driers, livestock feed grinders, milling machines...

b) Mechanical industries for manufacturing, assembling and repairing cars, motorcycles : we have received 16 foreign investment projects with fairly advanced and components of high quality to be supplied to car and motor assembly lines. Together with the increasing needs for cars of all kinds every year, the needs for car repairs every year are also increasing. So, for the period of 2001-2010 Dong Nai continues to call for investment capital for mechanical manufacture projects to uplift the local participation ratio in the assembly and meet the need of repair of cars and motorcycles increasing more and more.

c) Mechanical industries for making and repairing machines, equipment and equipment components used in construction. Based on the development capability and the growth of construction industries from now to 2010, the mechanical industries for making construction equipment give priority to the following projects :

- Assembly and production of small size construction vehicles and machines.

- Repair and production of components and accessories for big size construction vehicles and machines.

- Production of mixers for merchantable concrete.

- Production of scaffolds and concrete moulds made of steel plates.

- Production of medium and small size equipment for cement rotating oven technology

- Casting high quality steel for making ball-bearings and accessories for cement producing equipment

- Production of equipment for baked brick and tile production lines.

- Production of accessories of equipment for boring wells, drilling, sawing and grinding stones.

- Production of porcelain sanitary products.

3-Textile and garment industries

In Dong Nai there are many textile factories, such as TaiNan Company, Tongkook Company, Choong Nam Company and Dong Nai agriculture can supply raw cotton to textile factories for making fabrics and garments. Dong Nai is also situated within a region designed for developing textile and garment industries of the whole nation, and has an abundant and relatively cheap labour force. Dong Nai has planned Nhon Trach Industrial Zone which gives first priority to textile and dying industries. With the above advantages, for the period 1996-2000 Dong Nai textile and garment industries grew by 44% per year, their production value in 2000 accounted for 12,47% of the province total industrial production value, of which the textile industries accounted for 9.89% and the garment industries for 2,58%. Textile and garment industry products in 2000 : 43,5 million meters of fabrics, 76,500 tons of yarn and 18 million garments of all kinds.

In the national development strategy for textile and garment industries, Dong Nai is allowed to continue calling for more investment capitals for developing textile and garment industries with the following norms to achieve by 2010 :

- Fabrics of all kinds : 235 million meters

- Ready-made garment : 98,3 million products comprising jackets, shirts, trousers, women's underwear, sportswear, jeans...

- - Over 150,000 tons of yarn of all kinds.

4. Chemicals industries:

Together with the fast growth of all industries, the chemicals industries in Dong Nai Province have become rapidly a field attracting many investors, not only foreigner investors who have brought new technologies, and advanced equipment, but domestic chemicals industries in Dong Nai have made improvements to enhance the quality of products used in other production branches, such as acids, soda, chlorine, inorganic acids, chemical petroleum products, chemical pharmaceutical products...especially in agriculture and the countryside industrialization through the production and supply of fertilizers and chemical insecticides, chemicals for consumption... In the period 1995-2000 the growth rate was 27.2% per year and the production value accounted for 11.4% of the whole branch production value.

In the order to meet the development needs of the agricultural products processing industries in the province, to encourage investors to invest in the making of packages and clue for packaging foodstuffs. To aim at using local raw materials in processing industries for the purpose of enhance competitiveness on the domestic market, and also for export, Dong Nai is continuing to orient its development in the direction of chemicals industries through key production divisions such as the production of basic inorganic chemicals, chemical insecticides, chemicals for domestic use, fertilizers, chemical raw materials. In addition, Dong Nai is located in a region having many market advantages because enterprises here have great needs for chemical petroleum products, this is very favorable for the development of chemical petroleum industries in the province. And after Dung Quat petroleum refineries are put into operation, Dong Nai will be provided with abundant local raw materials which enable its chemical petroleum industries to become the main supply source of production raw materials to enterprises in the southern key economic region.

The chemical products which are encouraged to develop for he period 2001-2010 are: washing detergents, paints, cleansers, fertilizers, glue, mosquito killing coils, insecticides and chemicals for domestic use.

5.- Mineral exploitation industries

In the eastern region of South-VietNam, Dong Nai Province has abundant mineral resources, especially those which are used to make ordinary building materials. Over the past years minerals used for making building materials have been exploited efficaciously, such as building sand, filling sand, building stones, clay for making bricks and tiles, kaolin..., which meet the economic development needs of the whole region. In the period 1996-2000, the growth rate was 12.05% per year and the value of these products accounted for 6.9% of the total industries production value of 2000.

In addition to the above resources which have been exploited, in Dong Nai there are other resources the exploitation of which requires large investment capitals, modern technologies to make high quality and widely used products. They are:

+ Keramzite raw material: this is an artificial product in form of gravel chips, light and very solid, made by baking easily meltable clay rapidly. It is used to replace gravel and sand for making light concrete, heat insulators in tall buildings or reinforcing weak foundations. Dong Nai has many great reserves of calcareous clay in form of schists, raw material for making keramzite, located from Dai An to Tri An and Hieu Liem-Ma Da foresting farm area.

+Puzzolan raw material: This cement additive is abundant in Dong Nai. At present 23 mines have been discovered, of which there are 4 big mines, 9 medium and 10 small ones, concentrated mainly in the districts of Dinh Quan, Long Khanh, Tan Phu... Puzzolan is a mineral with great potentialities and a strong advantage of Dong Nai. It can be a profitable object of investment and research for making fibreglass.

+ Mineral water - hot water: In Dong Nai 5 mineral water and hot water sources have been discovered. Among them there are two bicarbonate hot water sources at Phu Loc and Kaya, a magnesium - bicarbonate water source at Suoi Nho, two super tasteless water sources at Tam Phuoc and Nhon Trach. These are precious mineral water sources which can be exploited with high economic profits. In addition there are ferrous water sources concentrated mainly south of Thanh Tuy Ha. Their iron content is 10-15 g/l. they also contain NaCl in the ratio of 1.2-2.3 g/l. Their flow is 500 - 1000 m3/day.

+ Gold: People have discovered 17 mines and mineral points concentrated mainly in the northern part of the Province. Among them, tow small mines in Vinh An and Hieu Liem have great expectations, are being prospected and exploited exhaustively. Others have good potentialities but have not been assessed fully, such as gold mineral points at Suoi Ty, Suoi Nho, Tam Bung, Sa Manh spring 1, Sa Manh spring 2, Vinh An foresting farm, La Nga foresting farm, Da Hour spring, Hang Nai spring... At a number of mines and points it has been assessed that their gold reserves are of grades P2 and P2+C2 with a total quantity of more than 8.000 kg. Of 18 mines and mineral points, 15 contain mainly minerals of quartz - gold and quartz - auric chloride.

6.- Electric and electronic industries

These industries are developing rapidly for the domestic market full of potentialities and for export to the countries in the region. The scientific and technological level of electric and electronic factories is enhanced to that of the countries in the region and the world. At the same time these industries are given special investment and development incentives. In the period 1996-2000, they achieved a growth of 30.70% per year and in 2000 their total production value accounted for 16.5% of the Province total production value.

For the period 2001-2010 Dong Nai continues inviting foreign investment and making in-depth investments for the purpose of developing eclectic and electronic industries much more, heightening electric product quality, step to step reconquering their domestic market share and increasing exports to the countries in the region and the world, especially the markets of the USA, China, India, The Russia Federative Republic, ect.

Electric and electronic products to develop for the period 2001-1010 are: electric fans of all kinds, electric engines of all kinds, electric wires, batteries, medium frequency transformers, electric meters, electric cables, telephonic wires, telecommunication equipment, electric appliances (TV sets, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners...) products for information technology development.

7.- Leather industries

These industries account for a high ratio and use many workers. In 2000 leather products accounted for 10.57% of the total industries production value with an average growth of 37% for the period 1996-2000. Besides shoes and slippers, which are the main products, there are also other leather and simili-leather articles, such as suit-cases, handbags, simili-fabrics... in which domestic and foreign investors are interested in investments for development.

For the period 2001-2010, Dong Nai continues to attract investments to leather, footwear and simili-leather production industries. New leather footwear projects require the selection of advanced technologies, modern machinery, and the application of highly automatic lines. Special attention will be also given to projects for tanneries, specific products from tanned leather and the production of raw material for making shoe soles and shoe-caps.