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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Province builds bio-tech centre

HCM CITY — The Centre for Bio-technology Research and Application complex now under construction in southern Dong Nai Province is expected to be one of the leading centres of its kind in Southeast Asia, according to Nguyen Quan, deputy minister of Science and Technology.

Expected to be completed within the decade, the 227-ha complex is being built in Xuan Duong Commune in Cam My District.

The building cost of VND1 trillion (US$50 million) is sourced from the province's budget and investors.

The centre is about 10 kilometres from HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Highway and Long Thanh International Airport, which is currently being built, and 15 kilometres from Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province.

The province is seeking more investors for the complex, according to the project management board.

From 2010 – 2015, infrastructure such as roads, telecommunications, electricity supply, administrative areas and dormitories will be built.

From 2015 – 2020, state-of-the-art facilities for biotech research and application in agriculture, food, medicine and environment will be built.

The centre will work with local and international organisations to develop human resources as well as biotechnology research and exchange in the province.

In addition, in an effort to save money, the centre plans to co-operate with other biotech centres to prevent duplication of similar work or research.

It plans to create linkages among various hi-tech zones from universities and institutes in and outside the province and other countries.

In recent years, Dong Nai Province conducted biotech research and applied those findings to the fields of agriculture, forestry and aquaculture. — VNS

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Dong Nai faces grave labour shortage as orders mount

HCM CITY — Companies in Dong Nai Province are faced with a serious labour shortage as orders for the rest of the year are increasing, according to the province's Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The department's initial report shows that more than 30,000 workers are needed in the textiles, footwear and wood processing industries. For the last three months, Dong Nai-based Binh Tien Co Ltd, which produces footwear, has tried to recruit 2,000 manual labourers, but has only been able to employ a few hundred.

Ngo Hoang Ho, manager of the Viet Nam NOK OC Ltd, which produces oil sealant, said most labourers were not qualified. His company employs about 500 new workers each year.

Even though his company must retrain labourers for a three-month period, it still has a high worker attrition rate.

Only 15 employees of a total of a few hundred who are trained remain at the company.

Dang Vu Anh, a human resources representative for Mabuchi Motor Viet Nam Co Ltd, said the company had been unable to fill its annual need for 120 employees.

Lam Duy Tin, the department's deputy head, said that low salaries were also to blame.

In addition, because many industrial parks have been built in provinces and cities, there are too many companies competing for employees.

"If companies in Dong Nai Province do not improve working conditions as well as salaries and allowance policies, recruitment will remain difficult," Tin said.

Currently, Dong Nai Province has more than 1,000 foreign-direct investment projects, attracting nearly 400,000 labourers. —VNS

Friday, October 29, 2010

Dong Nai faces grave labor shortage

Companies in Dong Nai province are faced with a serious labor shortage as orders for the rest of the year are increasing, according to the province's Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The department's initial report shows that more than 30,000 workers are needed in the textiles, footwear and wood processing industries.

For the last three months, Dong Nai-based Binh Tien Co Ltd, which produces footwear, has tried to recruit 2,000 manual laborers, but has only been able to employ a few hundred.

Ngo Hoang Ho, manager of the Vietnam NOK OC Ltd, which produces oil sealant, said most laborers were not qualified. His company employs about 500 new workers each year.

Even though his company must retrain laborers for a three-month period, it still has a high worker attrition rate.

Only 15 employees of a total of a few hundred who are trained remain at the company.

Dang Vu Anh, a human resources representative for Mabuchi Motor Vietnam Co Ltd, said the company had been unable to fill its annual need for 120 employees.

Lam Duy Tin, the department's deputy head, said that low salaries were also to blame.

In addition, because many industrial parks have been built in provinces and cities, there are too many companies competing for employees.

"If companies in Dong Nai province do not improve working conditions as well as salaries and allowance policies, recruitment will remain difficult," Tin said.

Currently, Dong Nai province has more than 1,000 foreign-direct investment projects, attracting nearly 400,000 laborers.

Dong Nai faces grave labor shortage