Cao Bang is a mountainous province having many economic difficulties, people is most of minorities ethenic, rural industry is still very poor and outdated. In recent years, the province constantly explore and change the subsidize solution for industrial promotion program for more effectively, that can positive impact on social economic development of the province and create more works and increase income for farmers.
 

With these efforts, in period of 2009 – 2015, industrial promotion activities contribute significant results. Number of rural industries facilities increase annually. In 2009, there were 1526 facilities, 2015, the number increase to 1650 facilities; number working in the facilities increases 18%/year, from 7039 workers in 2009 to 900 workers in 2015, the people gets jobs from industrial promotion activities increases from 214 (2009) to 700 (2015) equivalent to 21,74%/year. 

Cao Bang industrial promotion center has organized training course for 1270 people, more than 740 people gets job after the course; training on industrial promotion work for 200 people; voting for typical rural industrial products, there were 17 products approved at provincial level and 5 products and 1 group of product approved at regional level. 

Development of technical demonstration model, exchange technology, the centre for industrial promotion and the consultants have supported to 8 models on forestry processing; the facilities in applying advanced machines into production; attracting 600 million VND peciprocal capital; supporting in produce new products and traditional craft for 8 facilities, creating works for more than 300 people, support to use energy efficiently towards cleaner production. 

Some typical projects: unfired brick technology in Du Trong Dai Lld company, heat resistant roof in Giang Hien Ltd company. 

Generally, the industrial promotion in the period in Cao Bang brough many efficiency supporting rural industry facilities access to modern equipment, reduce manual labour, and increase productivity, reduce product cost. The program also contribute to restoring traditional craft such as casting, forging, rice paper…
 

However, most of the facilities in the province are in small and middle scale, even very small, therefore it is difficult to allocate capital and output of products is limited; the funding resource for industrial promotion is limited, the areas for industrial promotion is remote areas, difficult to access that affecting to progress and effectiveness of the projects. 

Cao Bang PC has approved industrial promotion program for period of 2016 – 2020 with 11,200 million VND for implementation. From this funding, it is expected to organize vocational training for 650 people focus on forest product processing (200 people), mechanical processing (100 people), traditional craft (100 people) …; support 8 facilities applying equipment and advanced technology exchange, development of cleaner production models. 

The program also offers several solutions feasible, such as coordinate with media in propaganda about industrial promotion, rural industry, especially socialization policy of industrial promotion activities, closely linked between training and using human resources; allocated reasonable budget for industrial promotion activities; mainstreaming the projects under the national target programme, new rural development in order to mobilize more resources for implementation of the projects of the province.