Industrial parks to get public amenities
Industrial parks to get public amenities
The Ministry of Construction has proposed a pilot project to construct cultural, educational and public amenities for employees in industrial parks (IPs).
The project is expected to benefit about 20 percent of workers in IPs by 2015 and 50 percent by 2020.
The ministry has selected 14 provinces and cities nationwide to pilot the scheme including Ha Noi and HCM City.
The facilities will include schools, sports grounds, medical stations and hospitals, libraries, museums and theatres and markets and shopping centres.
According to the ministry, at the end of 2012, there were 298 IPs in 58 provinces and cities nationwide, with about 1.6 million workers and 600,000 others providing indirect services.
A survey conducted in 98 IPs with 837,200 workers showed only six percent of IPs have cultural and sports facilities. The rate of medical facilities is even lower at three percent.
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