(HBO) - Meiko Electronics Co., Ltd, a Japanese corporation, is implementing a 200 million USD project to build a factory producing various types of electronic circuits in the industrial zone on the left bank of the Da River, Hoa Binh city. At a meeting with the firm on June 8, Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh province Party Committee, affirmed a consistent standpoint of always supporting and accompanying enterprises in effectively carrying out projects. He pledged to create maximum conditions for Meiko Electronics to successfully operate in the locality.
Nguyen Phi
Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa
Binh province Party Committee, receives a leader of Meiko Electronics Co., Ltd.
Atsushi Sakate, executive vice president of Meiko, said the corporation
has invested in building three electronic circuit manufacturing and PCB
assembly plants in Vietnam with a total investment of up to 500 million USD.
Such investment has so far created over 7,000 jobs and contributes
approximately 30 million USD to the state budget annually, he elaborated.
Covering 9.2ha, the ongoing electronic circuits
production project in Hoa Binh is set to also work on handling pollution,
collecting and treating wastewater, emission gas, and solid waste, and
recycling and reusing waste materials. It is approved to operate foru 50 years.
Meiko has planned to construct office buildings
and workshops between Q4 of 2022 and Q4, 2023; purchase, transport, and install
machinery and equipment as well as recruit and train employees in Q1 and Q2
next year; and conduct trial production and subsequently commence full-scale
operation from the next Q2 onward. The estimated number of workers to be
employed is around 3,000 by 2030. The projected contribution to the state
budget will be approximately 200 billion VND (8.5 million USD) per year when
the factory reaches its full production capacity in 2030.
Meiko said it hopes to continue receiving
support from the Hoa Binh authorities to successfully implement the project.
Chu Van Thang, head of the management board of
the provincial industrial zones, stated that the project is significant as it
promotes economic restructuring, addresses employment issues, contributes to
the state budget, and increases export value. Over the recent times, the
province has directed relevant departments and agencies to create favourable
conditions for its implementation in line with the plan, with Meiko’s proposals
resolved, Thang said.
Quach Tat Lien, Vice Chairman of the Provincial
People's Committee, pledged that the province will always accompany Meiko in
such a process by facilitating investment procedures and land provision for the
company to build worker accommodations.
He expressed his desire for the corporation to
closely follow the province's investment direction and expedite the
construction progress./.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
