VSIP Quảng Ngãi is built on 600ha in Bình Sơn district, 8km from Quảng Ngãi City. The Park has been awarded the national green IP in 2020. — Photo courtesy VSIP QUảng Ngãi

QUẢNG NGÃI — The Việt Nam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in the central province of Quảng Ngãi has been awarded the National Award for Green Industrial Park 2020 by the Consultant Association of Information Economic – Trade (VCAIET) – under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VSIP Quảng Ngãi confirmed to Việt Nam News the award was handed over in a ceremony in Hà Nội last week.

It said the award were assessed on the criteria of environmental protection-based infrastructure development and new technologies for sustainable development; environment and resources management as well as contribution to community development.

The company also strongly confirmed environment protection through its integrated townships and industrial park in the central province.

The VSIP Quảng Ngãi was built on 600ha of land in the Dung Quất Economic Zone and 520ha of adjacent urban land with an investment capital of $337.8 million in 2013.

It had attracted total US$733 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) and created jobs for over 35,000 workers.

VSIP Quảng Ngãi also improved clean water for 14,000 people across 10 sites in the province and donated scholarships to students; houses for the needy, a canteen for an orphanage, financial support for heart surgery and community library for the Quảng Ngãi community.

VSIP Quảng Ngãi was one of eight VSIP-style parks nationwide, including in the provinces of Bắc Ninh, Hải Phòng, Hải Dương, and Nghệ An, alongside three in Bình Dương Province. — VNS