Ho Chi Minh City will build a regional center for chemical trading
The Department of Industry and Trade proposed to reclaim and transfer 11 hectares of land in District 8 to implement the project of building the center of chemicals and spices of HCMC
On the afternoon of July 26, at the meeting with the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on the project of building the center of aromatic chemicals business, representatives of the Department of Industry and Trade said that they have chosen the appropriate location for comments. survey, deployment.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hoa - Deputy Director of Department of Industry and Trade reported, the city has about 638 establishments producing and trading chemicals, including 401 industrial chemicals, distributed mainly in districts 5, 10, 11, Tan Binh, Go Vap and Binh Tan.
In district 5, the area around Kim Bien market, including Go Cong, Van Tuong, Kim Bien and Phan Van Khoi has more than 70 wholesale and retail establishments.
These facilities are both a trading place and a storehouse of chemicals and small space but contain a large quantity of chemicals that cause unsafe fire and explosion, seriously affecting people's health. should build a chemical center.
According to Mr. Hoa, the chemical center is expected to be located next to Phong Phu Industrial Park, with an area of about 11 hectares, by the end of 2016 will complete the detailed planning.
The Department of Industry and Trade expects that if the project is approved, the work of site clearance will be put into operation by the end of 2017.
"The place of business must facilitate the business of small traders and enterprises operating in this sector and at the same time meet the requirements of state management and ensure the safety of storage and extraction in Trading chemicals will be strictly controlled according to the regulations promulgated by the People's Committee.
In addition, TP also hopes that this place is not only a shopping center but also a place for consulting solutions, introducing technology and displaying new chemical products not only for the city but also for the whole country. "said Mr. Hoa.
Kim Bich Market - the largest chemical trade market in the South.
In conclusion, Mr. Tran Vinh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of HCM City People's Committee stressed the need to set up a center for trading chemicals and flavoring in Ho Chi Minh City in order to stop the intermingling of chemical stores in the residential areas. Potentially explosive, ensuring the health of the people.
"When there is a chemical trading center, flavor Kim Bien market will no longer function in the chemical business, there is no warehouse or chemical goods.
End of the business of chemicals in this market, especially toxic chemicals. This is not only a fire story but also the health of the city people, "he directed.
Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee asked the department to complete the project to build a chemical center in the form of multi-functional business to serve domestic and foreign, standard and regional standards.
Not only the chemical business, this place must also be planned warehouse to help businesses store chemicals to meet safety requirements, stop the chemical storage situation is interlaced residential areas that the state does not control OK.
In addition, the center also has the function of organizing exhibitions, consulting businesses, introducing new technologies and products in the chemical industry.
Earlier, on May 20, in a meeting between the HCM City Party Committee and the Party Committee of District 5, Secretary Dinh La Thang said that people in the city as well as in the country were very upset about the Kim Bien chemical market. This market is a "death market" because many types of toxic chemicals, dangerous trade is rampant.
The Secretary asked the departments to quickly speed up the construction of the center of chemical and aromatic business to soon focus on the purchase and sale of chemicals in the markets in the city to a region, creating favorable conditions. for management, ensuring the health and safety of the people.
