Ha Giang promotes industrial production growth

BHG - To achieve the target of 15% growth in industrial production this year, the Ha Giang Provincial Department of Industry and Trade, along with businesses in the locality, has been making efforts to overcome difficulties, improve processes, attract investment, and apply scientific and technological advancements.

The production line of high-quality plywood products at Thai Hoang Construction and Trading Joint Stock Company in Nam Quang industrial cluster (Bac Quang District).

Although Ha Giang has abundant potential in minerals, hydropower, and raw materials for processing, the province still faces underdeveloped infrastructure, difficult transportation, and a limited skilled labour force that slowed and destabilised industrial production growth in 2024. Only 4 out of 9 mineral mines are currently operational, as many have been suspended pending completion of legal procedures. The processing industry has been also struggling due to unstable markets.

From the beginning of this year, the Department of Industry and Trade has worked with relevant agencies to resolve business challenges, support legal procedures for mining operations and hydropower plants, improve infrastructure in industrial clusters, reform administrative processes, and attract investment. As a result, in the first two months of 2025, the industrial production index recorded positive growth. February saw a 17.13% increase compared to the same period last year, with the mining industry surging by 83.25% and the processing industry growing by 15.23%. Total industrial production value exceeded 1.18 trillion VND, up 15.32% year on year.

Many enterprises have been operating actively, with goods continuously exported. For example, Thai Hoang Construction and Trading Joint Stock Company (in the Nam Quang industrial cluster) employs over 300 workers and has produced more than 6,400 cubic metres of plywood for export to the US since the beginning of the year, generating revenues exceeding 78 billion VND.

However, the industrial sector still faces numerous challenges, including high transportation costs, small-scale production, difficulties in export markets, incomplete infrastructure, climate change impacts on mining and hydropower operations, rising input material costs, and a workforce lacking discipline and industrial work habits.

To achieve the economic growth target of 8% for 2025, authorities at all levels have been accelerating the completion and commissioning of six hydropower plants with a total capacity of 71.8 MW, enhancing dam safety inspections, addressing obstacles in project construction and operation, and expediting the appraisal of industrial, mining, and mineral processing project documentation. The Department of Industry and Trade has also organised thematic conferences emphasising the industrial growth target of 15% as a key pillar while calling for close coordination among agencies at all levels and sectors to support the development of businesses. 

BIEN LUAN