Support programs on applying modern equipment and machinery into production and building technical demonstration models often account for large proportion in Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s industry promotion programs. According to statistics, the province had 11, 17 and 21 support programs among 27, 39 and 33 industry promotion programs in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively.

Thanks to industry promotion budget, many businesses and rural industrial facilities in the province has strongly invested in modern equipment serving production and vocational training. According to a survey on the implementation of support programs on applying modern equipment and machinery into production and building technical demonstration models, 13 projects and 2 models were completed and put into operation in the first half of this year.

One of the province’s outstanding projects is the Nam Bach Co., Ltd.’s civil furniture production line. The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Industry Promotion Center highly appreciated the project, contributing to encouraging other businesses in the province to apply modern equipment and machinery serving furniture production. Together with a support industry promotion budget of VND240 million, the company invested in purchasing equipment and machinery with total costs of nearly VND2.5 billion. According to calculations, thanks to furniture products, the company would reach annual revenues of VND2.5 billion with a profit of VND770 million. The project will create jobs for 20 local workers with an average income of VND4 million per person per month.

In the early months, the center tested two support projects on applying modern equipment and machinery into production. The support project on investing in the Chu Lai Co., Ltd.’s civil furniture drying system with a support industry promotion budget of VND90 million deployed in August 2013 was completed with a capacity of 25cu.m per turn and the project on recycling scrap plastic was put into operation with a capacity of 1,700kg per day. The application of modern equipment and machinery into production has helped the facility increase productivity from 1,000kg to 1,700kg per day, contributing to increasing a profit from VND252 million to VND500 million per year and raising average income for workers.

According to the plan, in 2014, the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Industry Promotion Center would deploy 36 projects. The national industry promotion program would deploy five projects with a total budget of about VND700 million while the local industry promotion program would deploy the remaining with a total budget of about VND10.5 billion.