Mr. Trinh Quang Minh - Deputy Head of the Trade Union Institutions Project Management Board, Vietnam General Confederation of Labor - said that the Phu Thuan Industrial Park project (Binh Dai district, Ben Tre province) is currently just being implemented. workers, there are no workers working yet.
Meanwhile, Giao Long Industrial Park (Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province) has a large number of workers working at businesses and workers here need to use housing. Therefore, the Trade Union Institution in Ben Tre was chosen to deploy in Chau Thanh district (Ben Tre province) near Giao Long Industrial Park, which will better suit the housing needs of workers.
According to Mr. Minh, recently, the Trade Union Institutions Project Management Board (Vietnam General Confederation of Labor) worked with the People's Committee of Ben Tre province on changing the construction location of the Trade Union Institutions project in Ben Tre from Binh Dai district to Chau Thanh district.
Through the meeting, Ben Tre introduced and assigned the land that the province previously assigned to Thuan Phong Agricultural Product Processing Company Limited to implement the project of worker housing and resettlement serving the remaining Giao Long industrial park. unfinished to implement the Trade Union Institutions project in Ben Tre. This position adjustment has also been agreed and agreed upon by the Standing Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.
“At the meeting, it was also agreed that Ben Tre province would handle the assets on the land and hand over the land to the Trade Union Institution Project Management Board to implement the project. Currently, the Board is also implementing a 1/500 plan to send to authorities for approval. After that, it will be submitted to the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to make a decision on investment in the above project to carry out construction" - Mr. Minh said.
Mr. Nguyen Phuc Linh - Chairman of the Confederation of Labor of Ben Tre province - further informed that there are currently more than 92,000 labor workers and employees in Ben Tre province. Of these, the number of workers working at non-state enterprises accounts for more than 60%. Currently, the majority of workers working in industrial parks in the area need to rent housing. Therefore, the construction of the Trade Union Institution project in Ben Tre will promptly meet the housing needs of workers.