Binh Duong is also developing a coordination framework between the provincial Public Administration Service Centre and such centres at the commune level to streamline administrative services.
Metro Line No.1 is of particular significance as demand for travel between Binh Duong and HCM City is increasing rapidly, particularly as Binh Duong is one of the largest industrial hubs in Vietnam,
Binh Duong offers different levels of housing support, including 100 million VND (3,922 USD) per household for new home construction, with an additional 20 million VND for homes built on weak soil; and 50 million VND for home repairs.
Localities across Vietnam have implemented a range of social support initiatives to assist disadvantaged groups, including poor and near-poor households, individuals with meritorious services, children, ethnic minority people, and disadvantaged workers to enjoy the Lunar New Year Festival.
The southern industrial hub of Binh Duong needs some 70,000 and 80,000 workers, primarily in manufacturing, accounting, maintenance, and machinery operation, heard a conference held in the locality on December 25.
The southern province of Binh Duong is implementing a plan to access loans of nearly 317 million USD to upgrade urban infrastructure for residents' better living conditions, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mai Hung Dung.
The police of the southern province of Binh Duong, in coordination with Chinese police, on January 17 arrested a Chinese national on the international wanted list for human trafficking.
As many as 46,500 gift packages worth 1 million VND (41 USD) each funded by the southern province of Binh Duong’s budget will be presented to labourers with difficult circumstances who cannot return home to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet), according to the provincial People’s Committee.
Enterprises in the southern province of Binh Duong are projected to recruit between 10,000-12,000 employees from now to the end of the year, with skilled and unskilled labourers accounting for about 70% of the total.
The Vietnam International Culture and Character Week 2023 was opened in Binh Duong on September 14 by the Binh Duong province People’s Committee, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and the World Trade Centre Binh Duong New City (WTC BDNC).
Binh Duong is on the right track towards its goal of smart and sustainable development when focusing on innovation, shifting to modern industries with high added value, and investing in infrastructure, social housing and education, said a supervision delegation from the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).
The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has named the southern province of Binh Duong among the top 7 Intelligent Communities (Top 7) for the third time in a row.
About 2,900 businesses and factories in residential areas of the southern province of Binh Duong will be re-located into industrial zones and clusters in the locality from 2024-2030, according to a plan sketched out by the provincial People’s Committee.
One more victim of the karaoke parlor fire in the southern province of Binh Duong has died after being hospitalised, raising the death toll to 33, according to the local police.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 7 extended his deepest condolences to families of victims in a karaoke parlor fire in the southern province of Binh Duong.
Former Secretary of the Party Committee of the southern province of Binh Duong Tran Van Nam and former Chairman of the province’s People’s Committee Tran Thanh Liem were sentenced to 7 years in prison each for their role in a case of violations of land management and use regulations in Binh Duong.
Former Secretary of the Party Committee of Binh Duong southern province Tran Van Nam and former Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Thanh Liem are facing prison sentences of 9-10 years for “violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness”.
The Hanoi People’s Court opened a trial on August 15 for 28 individuals in a case of violations of land management and use regulations in the southern province of Binh Duong, causing losses worth trillions of Vietnam dong to the State budget.
Binh Duong smart city of the southern province of the same name was named in the 2022 Top 7 Intelligent Communities 2022 worldwide at a ceremony on June 21.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy has decided to prosecute 28 people, including Tran Van Nam, former Secretary of the Party Committee of the southern province of Binh Duong, for the charge of "violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness.”
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue joined workers in the southern province of Binh Duong in a celebration of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) on January 23.
The People’s Committee of Binh Duong southern province on November 11 asked industrial parks in the province to support COVID-19 testing and inoculation for those who want to return to work.
Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Duong province Vo Van Minh and representatives of local departments and sectors had a dialogue with local people and businesses after the southern province announced the return to the new normal after a period of imposition of social distancing measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.