DECISION

APPROVING THE PLANNING ON DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM’S CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TILL 2010 (WITH A VISION TOWARDS 2020 TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT)

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;
Having considered the proposal of the Ministry of Industry in Official Letters No. 3034/CV-CLH dated June 10, 2005, and No. 552/CV-CLH dated October 13, 2005, as well as opinions of the concerned ministries and agencies,

DECIDES:

Article 1.

To approve the Planning on development of Vietnam's chemical industry till 2010 (with a vision towards 2020 taken into account) with the following principal contents:

1. Development objectives towards 2010:

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b) To step by step build a modern chemical industry, initially form concentrated industrial parks and large-scale complexes for chemical production using advanced technologies for turning out competitive products in the regional market.

c) To strive for the growth rate of 16-17%/year. The proportion of the chemical industry in the national industrial structure shall reach 10-11% by 2010 and 13-14% by 2020.

Specific objectives:

Fertilizer products: To make in-depth investment renewing technologies and equipment of factories producing phosphorous fertilizer, NPK fertilizer and biological organic fertilizer; to develop assorted mixed fertilizers, raising their nutritive contents in service of domestic and export demands. To concentrate capital on investment in factories producing nitrogenous fertilizer from natural gases and coal, a number of factories producing NPK with advanced technologies, and DAP-producing factories. To ensure the supply of 6-7 million tons of assorted fertilizers per year for agricultural production.

Plant protection drug products: To apply advanced processing technologies for turning out environmentally friendly products, striving to produce and process plant protection chemicals meeting 100% of the demand therefor by 2010.

Petrochemical products: According to the approved strategy on development of Vietnam's oil and gas industry, to supply raw materials for production of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and polychlorvinyl (PVC) plastics, meeting 50% of the national demand for plastics. To supply raw materials for production of polyamid (PA) and polyester (PES) fibers and assorted dyes in service of the textile and garment industry, and at the same time, to supply raw materials for production of carbon black, glue surfactants, several base organic chemicals, synthetic rubber products, solvents for paint products, etc.

Base inorganic chemical products: To supply adequate sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid for production of nitrogenous fertilizer and DAP fertilizer and for other industries. To invest in establishments producing sodium and sodas in service of production of PVC, synthetic detergents and other products such as paper and alumina. To produce nitric acid for production of explosives in service of the mining industry as well as national security and defense. To produce assorted oxides for the porcelain and china industry, color powders for paint, dying and other industries.

Electrochemical products: To make in-depth investment in existing production establishments, expand their production scales to meet civil consumption demands and serve other industries, apply new technologies for the production of hi-tech products, especially power sources for electronic and phone equipment. To develop anti-erosion technologies, electrochemical protection technologies and technologies for production of anti-erosion coating materials.

Industrial gas products: To supply adequate common industrial gases for the domestic production. To apply high technologies for investment in noble gas-producing establishments to meet the domestic demand and reduce the importation thereof.

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Detergent products: To fully meet the domestic demands for washing powders, washing cream, soaps, cleansing liquids, etc. To diversify products to meet the requirements of consumers and market. Products must be up to international standards and highly competitive.

Paint products: To meet the domestic demand for high-quality common paints. To apply new technologies for production of high-quality paints and special-use paints. To develop clean technologies in the paint industry: paint using water solvent, paint with high content of solids, etc.

Pharmaco-chemical products: To invest in initial material and technical foundations of pharmaco-chemical establishments. To supply most of inorganic pharmaco-chemical products and common adjuvants. In the immediate future, to build several establishments producing organic pharmaceutical chemicals in service of production and preparation of essential medicines. After 2010, to apply high technologies, biotechnologies and genetic technologies to the development of pharmaco-chemical production.

2. Planning on development of products

a) Fertilizer products:

- In the period from now to the end of 2010: To invest in a factory producing nitrogenous fertilizer from slack coal with a capacity of 560,000 tons/year. To speed up the investment in a factory producing nitrogenous fertilizer from gases in Ca Mau with a capacity of 800,000 tons/year. To invest in a DAP-producing factory in Dinh Vu, Hai Phong. To invest in building a factory producing NPK with synthetic technologies with a capacity of 300,000 tons/year. To produce enriched super-phosphate with P₂O₅ content of 28-32%. To invest in two factories producing ammonium sulfate with a combined capacity of 200,000 tons/year. - In the 2011-2020 period: To study the possibility of investment in a second factory producing DAP.

b) Plant protection drug products:

- In the period from now to the end of 2010: To make technological investment in order to renew equipment and processing technologies for safe and environmentally-clean production. The total processing capacity shall reach around 10,000-15,000 tons/year. To invest in two more factories producing active substances with a combined capacity of 3,000 tons/year and a factory producing surfactants with a capacity of 7,000-10,000 tons/year.

- In the 2011-2020 period: To select several appropriate bio-technologies for large-scale production.

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- In the period from now to the end of 2010, to form 3 oil refinery-petrochemical clusters, including:

+ Dung Quat oil refinery-petrochemical cluster: Dung Quat oil refinery, PP-producing factory, LAB (raw materials for washing powders)- producing factory.

+ Gas-using industrial cluster in Phu My.

+ Tay Nam gas-using industrial cluster.

To build oil refinery No. 2 and factories producing PP and PTA for PET fiber production. To raise the capacity of a factory producing dibutylphthalat (DOP) plasticizer from 30,000 tons/year to 75,000 tons/year.

In the 2011-2020 period: To invest in expanding the scale of producing LAB surfactants. To study the formation of a liquid cracker complex with a capacity of 600,000 tons/year, which can turn out PE, PP, PVC, PTA and PET plastics.

d) Base chemical products:

To develop clusters of large factories in association with the planning on construction of raw-material zones or major consuming households. To invest in projects on sodium production in service of production of PVC, aluminum bauxite, paper, etc. To step up the production of assorted chemicals with small volumes, refined and pure chemicals, raising the quality of existing products and diversifying products. To develop the exploitation of assorted natural resources such as limestone, apatite ore, bauxite ore, ilmenite ore, sea water, potassium rock salt, etc., in service of production of base chemicals. To import techniques for production of assorted base chemicals requiring complicated technologies.

e) Electrochemical products:

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- In the 2011-2020 period: To study the development and raising of quality of new power sources to meet the market demand for clean power sources such as Li-Ion batteries and batteries for electric cars and hybrid-electric cars.

f) Industrial gas products:

- In the period from now to the end of 2010: To create conditions for all economic sectors to invest in the development of industrial gas products, especially oxygen and nitrogen, because such products are diverse in quality grades. To attract foreign investment capital for production of assorted noble gases requiring high technologies and large investment capital.

To invest in expanding production scales of several existing factories and invest in a factory producing liquid nitrogen in combination with Ca Mau power-nitrogenous fertilizer project, a factory manufacturing liquid oxygen and nitrogen in combination with Phu My power-nitrogenous fertilizer project, and a factory producing industrial gases in the north.

- In the 2011-2020 period: To invest in technological lines producing noble gases for export.

g) Rubber products:

- In the period from now to the end of 2010: To concentrate on renewing equipment and technologies of factories manufacturing automobile inner-tubes and tires with radian technology. To invest in the expansion thereof for a production capacity of 2.3 million automobile tires/year. To invest in building several factories manufacturing such materials as tire-hoops, rubber-clad steel fibers and black coal. To build a factory manufacturing technical rubber: conveyor belts and driving belts, a factory manufacturing automobile tires with a capacity of 2-3 million sets/year, and a factory manufacturing rubber products from natural rubber latex such as rubber gloves, rubber siphons for medical and industrial use.

- In the 2011-2020 period: To strongly develop large-scale manufacture of automobile tires with radian technology and other products such as rubber conveyor belts, driving belts, etc., with modern technologies, ensuring high quality for export.

h) Cleansing products:

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- In the 2011-2020 period: Based on the development of the petrochemical industry, to study the production of several types of other surfactants.

i) Paint products:

- In the period from now to the end of 2010: To make expansion investment as well as new investment in industrial paint and special-use paint such as insulating paints, marine paints, traffic paints, etc. To select products along the trend of reducing lead toxins, gradually using powder paints, developing electrophoretic paints and emulsion paints. To make concentrated investment in 1 or 2 establishments producing alkyd, acrylic, epoxy and resin of several other kinds for the paint-manufacturing industry.

- In the 2011-2020 period: To invest in several establishments specialized in manufacturing assorted high-quality paints in service of domestic consumption and export.

j) Pharmaco-chemical products:

- In the period from now to the end of 2010: To invest in modern technologies, renew equipment and management mode so that the pharmaceutical industry can step by step ensure the adequate supply of raw materials for drug production. To build establishments producing antibiotics and pharmaco-chemicals. From now till 2010, to invest in a factory producing inorganic pharmaco-chemicals and common adjuvants, a factory producing extracted and semi-synthetic pharmaceuticals, a joint-venture factory producing pharmaco-chemicals, a joint-venture factory producing high-grade adjuvants, and a factory producing antibiotics.

- In the 2011-2020 period: To concentrate on the following products: antibiotics and antibacterials, assorted vitamins, antipyretics, analgesics, cardiovascular medicines, diabetes medicines, and anti-epidemic medicines. On the basis of development of the chemical industry and petrochemistry, to strengthen establishments producing intermediary chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry, while serving the production of veterinary drugs and growth regulators.

3. Major investment projects in the chemical industry

Major investment projects are listed in the Appendices to this Decision.

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In order to make concentrated and efficient investment, based on the structure and competitiveness of products, the chemical products are divided into the following three groups:

- Group of products in which the State needs to make direct investment (group I), including nitrogenous fertilizer and phosphorous fertilizer (including DAP), plant protection preparations, petrochemical products, assorted base chemicals with large volumes, and raw materials in service of fertilizer production.

Group of products to which the State needs to give investment preferences (group II), including assorted pharmaceuticals, rubber products, exploited and processed raw materials, other base chemicals in service of industrial production.

- Group of other products (group III), including NPK fertilizer products and microbiological organic fertilizer, electrochemical products, industrial-gas products, cleansing products, paint products, and other chemical products.

a) Financial and credit solutions: General financial and credit solutions are to encourage and create all conditions for different economic sectors to invest in development of the chemical industry according to their respective capability. Specific and stable preferences shall be given to create an attractive environment for investors, especially foreign investors. State capital shall be concentrated on key works.

b) Market-related solutions: To perfect mechanisms and policies to preclude the import of inferior-quality, unsafe and/or polluting chemicals harmful to the community health. To intensify combat against imitated, fake and illegally imported goods. To help enterprises seek export markets and partners via overseas-based Vietnamese representative missions and Government working delegations.

c) Foreign investment attraction solutions: To create an attractive environment for investors, focusing on export and hi-tech domains. To create numerous opportunities and provide stable preferences in order to attract capital for group-II branches.

d) Scientific and technological (S&T) solutions: To execute several key S&T programs and projects on fertilizer, exploit and use efficiently apatite ore, rubber products, petrochemical products, electrochemical source technologies and plant protection chemical technologies. To establish a S&T market, well organize the research and development work and a network of three-level research and development organizations: basic research at universities and fundamental research institutes, technological research and development at corporations, and research, application and perfection of technologies transferred at enterprises.

In execution of S&T projects and programs, special attention should be paid to environmental solutions, ensuring sustainable development.

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Article 2.

Organization of implementation

- The Ministry of Industry shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the concerned ministries, branches and localities in, organizing the implementation of the Planning on development of Vietnam's chemical industry till 2010 (with a vision towards 2020 taken into account).

- The Ministry of Finance shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in, formulating specific preferential financial policies for group-I products and group-II base-chemical and rubber projects of a scale of group-A investment projects.

- The Ministry of Health shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Industry in, directing Vietnam Pharmacy Corporation and Vietnam Chemical Corporation to draw up a plan on development of the pharmaco-chemical industry.

- The Ministry of Transport shall coordinate with the Ministry of Transport in formulating coordinated transport development plans in service of the chemical industry, including the transport of raw materials, fuel, products and equipment in service of factories in the course of their construction.

- The Ministries of Planning and Investment; Agriculture and Rural Development; Construction; Trade; Science and Technology; Natural Resources and Environment; Transport; Health; Finance; Defense; and Public Security, the Vietnam State Bank, and the Development Assistance Fund shall, according to their assigned functions, join in handling matters at the proposal of managing agencies.

- Vietnam Chemical Corporation shall have to devise detailed plans on development of fertilizer, plant protection chemicals, rubber, electrochemical, industrial-gas, detergent and paint products.

- Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation shall have to devise detailed plans on development of nitrogenous fertilizer products from gases, and at the same time, coordinate with Vietnam Chemical Corporation and concerned agencies in developing petrochemical products.

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Article 3.

This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in CONG BAO.

Article 4.

Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, provincial/municipal People's Committees, and concerned agencies shall have to implement this Decision.

PRIME MINISTER




Phan Van Khai

APPENDIX I

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A. Group-I projects

Option 1

No.

Names of projects

Location

Capacity

(1,000 Tons/year)

- In the period from now till 2010:

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Projects on fertilizer production

1

Ca Mau nitrogenous fertilizer factory

Ca Mau

800

2

DAP Factory No. 1

(being underway)

Dinh Vu

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330

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Raising the capacity of Ha Bac nitrogenous fertilizer factory

(Phase I – being underway)

(Phase II – new construction)

Bac Giang

150 - 180

300 - 320

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Existing establishments

1,800

5

Factory producing nitrogenous fertilizer from coal (Feasibility study)

Ninh Binh

560

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Ammonium sulfate factory (being underway)

Hai Phong

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100

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Apatite ore-sorting factory (being underway)

Lao Cai

400

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Ammonium nitrate-producing factory (in service of production of industrial explosives) (Plan)

Vinh Phuc

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9

Factory exploiting and sorting ores and processing chloride salt (pre-feasibility study)

Trung Lao

500 KCl

Projects on production of plant protection chemicals

1

Renewing technologies of existing establishments (being underway)

Existing establishments

10 - 15

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Active substance-producing factory

(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

3

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Active substance-producing factory

(Plan)

Northern Vietnam

3

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Surfactant-producing factory

(Plan)

Dung Quat

or Thanh Hoa

7 - 10

Petrochemical projects (Unit of calculation: US$ million)

1

Liner Akyl Benzen (LAB)

Dung Quat

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Polyester (PET) 2

Southern Vietnam

130

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Polystyren (PS)

Northern Vietnam

60

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Central Vietnam

50

5

Oil refinery factory No. 2

Nghi Son

7,000

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Phlatic Acid Pure (PTA)

Nghi Son

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Asphalt

Nghi Son

500

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DOP (expanded)

Dong Nai

75

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Southern Vietnam

1

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Kerosene solvent

Southern Vietnam

50

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Formalin

Southern Vietnam

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12

Styen monomer (SM)

Southern Vietnam

200

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Melamin resin

Southern Vietnam

40

Projects on production of base chemicals with large volumes

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Soda-producing factory (Phase I)

(Plan)

Central Vietnam or Northern Vietnam

200

Total investment capital for group-I projects in the period from now till 2010 (estimated)

VND21,956.45 billion and

US$3,180 million

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Projects on fertilizer production

1

Ammonia and urea factory

(Plan)

Northern Vietnam

480 NH₃

560 Urea

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DAP factory No. 2

(Plan)

Hai Phong

(expanded) or a northern province

330

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Ammonia nitrate-producing factory (Plan) (in service of production of industrial explosives)

Northern Vietnam

30

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Liner Akyl Benzen LAB (expanded)

(Plan)

Dung Quat

60

2

Polyester (PET) 3

(Plan)

Northern Vietnam

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3

Synthetic rubber

(Plan)

Dung Quat or

Thanh Hoa

40 (SBR)

50 (TSBR)

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Oil refinery No. 2

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Nghi Son,

Thanh Hoa

7,000

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Oil refinery No. 3

(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

7,000

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(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

600

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Polyethylen (PE)

(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

450

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(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

340

9

Polyvinylidence chloride (PVC)

(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

300

10

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(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

320

11

Polyester (PET)

(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

370

12

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(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

or Northern Vietnam

60

(or 120)

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Ethylene Dichloride/Vinyl Chloride Monomer (EDC/VCM)

(Plan)

Southern Vietnam

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14

Methanol

(Plan)

Ba Ria -

Vung Tau

660

Projects on production of base chemicals with large volumes

1

Sodium-producing factory (Phase II)

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Central Vietnam or Northern Vietnam

200

2

Raising the capacity of sodium-chlorine- EDC/VCM factory

Central Vietnam

200

Total investment capital for group-I projects in the 2011-2020 period (estimated)

VND14,350 billion and

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B. Group- II projects

No.

Names of projects

Location

Capacity

(1,000 tons/year)

- In the period from now till 2010:

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Projects on production of other base chemicals

1

Renovating and raising the capacity of Viet Tri sodium factory (being underway)

Phu Tho

>10

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Renovating and raising the capacity of Bien Hoa sodium factory – Phase II (Plan)

Dong Nai

30

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Renovating and raising the capacity of sodium- and HCL acid-producing factory of Vedan company (being underway)

Dong Nai

80

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Production of aluminum hydroxide (feasibility study report)

Bao Loc

100

Projects on production of rubber products

1

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Existing establishments

1 million sets/enterprise/

year

2

Investment in raising the quality, renewing technologies and equipment of existing establishments (being underway)

Existing establishments

3

Renewing technologies of producing automobile tires with radian technology and manufacturing conveyor belts with the use of rubber-clad steel and synthetic rubber (being underway)

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Factory manufacturing tire-hoop steel cores and rubber-clad steel fibers (being underway)

Central Vietnam or Northern Vietnam

12,000 tons/year

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Factory manufacturing automobile tires with radian technology (pre-feasibility study)

Central Vietnam or Eastern South Vietnam

2 million sets/year

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Conveyor belt-manufacturing factory (Plan)

Northern Vietnam

500,000 m²/year

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Driving belt-manufacturing factory (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

1 million meters/year

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Technical rubber-manufacturing factory (Plan)

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1 million products/year

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Factory manufacturing latex rubber products (gloves, siphons, foam rubber mattress) (Plan)

Central Vietnam or Eastern South Vietnam

10,000 tons products/year

10

Factory manufacturing motorcycle inner tubes and tires (Plan)

Dong Nai

3.3 million sets/year

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Factory manufacturing rubber gloves (Plan)

Binh Duong

650 million pairs/year

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Factory manufacturing motorcycle inner tubes and tires (Plan)

Binh Phuoc

1 million sets/year

Projects on production of pharmaco-chemical products. (Unit of calculation: US$ million)

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Viet Tri, Phu Tho

200 - 400 tons/year

2

Factory producing extracted and semi-synthetic pharmaceutical (pre-feasibility study)

Northern Vietnam or Central Vietnam

350 - 400 tons/year

3

Pharmaco-chemical-producing factory (Plan)

Hanoi

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Factory producing high-grade adjuvants (Plan)

Central Vietnam or Southern Vietnam

100 tons/year

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Factory producing antibiotic products

- Phase I: (Feasibility study report)

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- Phase II: (Plan)

Northern Vietnam

100 tons of cefalexin, 60 tons of cefadroxin, 30 tons of cefradin and 10 tons of sodium cefradin (for injection).

Assorted complex antibiotics

Total investment capital for group-II projects in the period from now till 2010 (estimated

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US$125 million

- In the post-2010 period:

1

Factory manufacturing automobile tires with radian technology (Plan)

Central Vietnam

12 - 15 million sets/year

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Northern Vietnam or Southern Vietnam

Conveyor:1

million m²/year Driving belt: 3 million meters/year

Total investment capital for group-II projects in the 2011-2020 period (estimated)

VND 8,500 billion

C. Group – III projects

No.

Names of projects

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Capacity

(1,000 tons/year)

- In the period from now till 2010:

Projects on manufacture of battery products

1

Expansion of manufacturing establishments (being underway)

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600,000 KWh

250 – 350

million products

2

Expansion of manufacturing establishments (being underway)

Tia Sang (Light Ray) Battery Company, Hai Phong

300,000 KWh

3

Investment in technologies for manufacture of electrolytic MnO₂ (Plan)

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2,000 tons/year

4

Investment in manufacture of solid fuel batteries (Plan)

Tia Sang (Light Ray) Battery Company, Hai Phong

200,000

products/year

5

Investment in manufacture of NiMH batteries or Li-Ion batteries (Plan)

Southern Battery Company or Hanoi Battery Company

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products/year

6

Project on manufacture of alkaline batteries (Plan)

Projects on production of industrial gas products (Unit of calculation: 1,000m³/h)

1

Expansion of Sovigaz Company (being underway)

- Industrial gas-producing chain

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- Industrial gas-producing chain

- Industrial gas-producing chain

Binh

Duong

Da Nang

Can Tho

Hai Phong

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3,000

1,500

2,000

2

Liquid nitrogen-producing factory (Plan)

Ca Mau

2,000 – 3,000

3

Two factories producing liquid nitrogen (being underway)

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2,000 – 3,000

4

Factory producing liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen (Plan)

Dung Quat

1,500 – 2,000

5

Several factories producing industrial gases (Plan)

Hai Phong

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50,000

6

Solid and liquid CO₂ production chain (Plan)

Bac Giang

7,000 tons/year

7

Solid and liquid CO₂ production chain (Plan)

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Projects on production of cleansing products (Units of calculation: ton/year)

1

Expansion of existing manufacturing establishments according to demand (being underway)

Existing establishments

To be raised according to demand

2

Investment in an establishment producing high-grade cosmetics (Plan)

Northern Vietnam or Southern Vietnam

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Investment in a LAB-producing establishment

- Phase I (being underway)

Dung Quat petrochemical cluster

60

Projects on manufacture of paint products

1

Expansion of existing manufacturing establishments according to demand (being underway)

Existing establishments

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2

Restoration of mu oil-processing establishments (Plan)

Cao Bang,

Lai Chau, Lang Son

3

Factory manufacturing traffic paint (being underway)

Hai Phong

6

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Factory manufacturing paint and anti-penetration substances (Plan)

Hoa Khanh Industrial Park, Da Nang

10

5

Factory manufacturing high-grade paints (including those for both technical and decorative use) (Plan)

Quang Ninh

2

6

Factory manufacturing high-grade paints (including those for both technical and decorative use) (Plan)

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10

7

Factory manufacturing high-grade electrostatic paints (Plan)

Quang Nam

3

8

Factory manufacturing alkyd and acrylic raw materials (Plan)

Dung Quat petrochemical cluster or Thanh Hoa

20

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Total investment capital for group-III projects in the period from now till 2010 (estimated)

VND 3,799 billion – VND 4,004 billion

In the post –2010 period:

Projects on battery manufacture

1

Investment in manufacturing Li-Ion batteries

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Southern Battery Company or Hanoi Battery Company

5 million

products/year

2

Investment in manufacturing batteries for hybrid-electric cars and electric cars (Plan)

Southern Battery Company or Hai Phong Tia Sang (Light Ray) Battery Company

500,000 KWh

Total investment capital for group – III projects in the 2011 – 2020 period (estimated)

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APPENDIX 2

LIST OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS BY GROUP
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 343/2005/QD-TTg dated December 26, 2005)

A. Group - I projects

Option 2

No.

Names of projects

Location

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- In the period from now till 2010:

Projects on fertilizer production

1

Ca Mau nitrogenous fertilizer factory

Ca Mau

800

2

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Dinh Vu

Hai Phong

330

3

Ha Bac nitrogenous fertilizer factory

(Phase II – new construction- Plan)

Bac Giang

300 - 320

4

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Ninh Binh

560

5

Ammonium sulfate factory (being underway)

Hai Phong

100

6

Apatite ore-sorting factory (being underway)

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400

7

Factory producing ammonium nitrate (in service of manufacture of industrial explosives (Plan)

Vinh Phuc

20

8

Factory exploiting and sorting ores and processing chloride salt (Pre-feasibility study)

Trung Lao

500(KCl)

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Active substance-producing factory (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

3

2

Active substance-producing factory (Plan)

Northern Vietnam

3

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Dung Quat

or

Thanh Hoa

7 - 10

Petrochemical projects (Unit of calculation: US$ million)

1

Liner Akyl Benzen (LAB)

Dung Quat

30

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Polyester (PET) 2

Southern Vietnam

130

3

Polystyren (PS)

Northern Vietnam

60

4

Carbon black

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50

5

Oil refinery No. 2

Nghi Son

7,000

6

Phtalic Acid Pure (PTA)

Nghi Son

225

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Asphalt

Nghi Son

500

8

DOP (expanded)

Dong Nai

75

9

Dyes

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1

10

Kerosene solvent

Southern Vietnam

50

11

Formalin

Southern Vietnam

50

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Styren Monomer (SM)

Southern Vietnam

200

13

Melamine resin

Southern Vietnam

40

Projects on production of base chemicals with large volumes

1

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Central Vietnam or Northern Vietnam

200

Total investment capital for group-I projects in the period from now till 2010 (estimated)

VND 21,656 billion and

US$ 3,180 million

- In the post-2010 period :

Projects on fertilizer production

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Ammonia and urea factory (Plan)

Northern Vietnam

480 NH_3, 560 Urea

2

DAP Factory No. 2

(Plan)

Hai Phong (expanded) or a northern province

330

3

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Northern Vietnam

30

Petrochemical projects (Unit of calculation: US$ million)

1

Synthetic rubber (Plan)

Dung Quat

or

Thanh Hoa

40 SBR

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2

Oil refinery No. 2

(Phase II) (Plan)

Nghi Son

Thanh Hoa

7,000

3

Oil refinery No. 3 (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

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4

Ethylene (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

600

5

Polyethylene (PE) (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

450

6

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Southern Vietnam

340

7

Polyvinylidence chloride (PVC) (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

300

8

Phlatic Acid Pure (PTA) (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

...

...

...

9

Polyester (PET) (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

370

10

Polystyrene (PS) (Plan)

(or expanded PS)

Southern Vietnam or Northern Vietnam

60

...

...

...

11

Ethylen Dichloride/Vinyl Clorid Monomer EDC/VCM (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

300

12

Methanol (Plan)

Ba Ria

Vung Tau

660

...

...

...

1

Sodium-producing factory (Phase II)

(Plan)

Central Vietnam or Northern Vietnam

200

2

Raising the capacity of sodium – chlorine - EDC/VCM factory (Plan)

Central Vietnam

300

...

...

...

Total investment capital for group-I projects in the 2011 – 2020 period (estimated)

VND 14,440 billion

and US$ 6,535 million

B. Group-II projects

No.

Names of projects

Location

Capacity

(1,000 tons/year)

...

...

...

- In the period from now till 2010:

Projects on production of other base chemicals

1

Production of aluminum hydroxide (feasibility study report)

Bao Loc

100

Projects on manufacture of rubber products

...

...

...

Factory manufacturing tire-hoop steel cores and rubber-clad steel fibers (being underway)

Central Vietnam or Northern Vietnam

12,000 tons/year

2

Factory manufacturing automobile tires with radian technology (pre-feasibility study)

Central Vietnam or East Southern

Vietnam

2 million sets/year

3

...

...

...

Northern Vietnam

500,000 m²/year

4

Driving belt-manufacturing factory (Plan)

Southern Vietnam

1 million meters/year

5

Technical rubber-manufacturing factory (Plan)

Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam or Southern Vietnam

...

...

...

6

Factory manufacturing latex rubber products (gloves, siphons, foam rubber mattress) (Plan)

Central Vietnam or East Southern

Vietnam

10,000 tons of products/year

7

Factory manufacturing motorcycle inner tubes and tires (Plan)

Dong Nai

3.3 million

...

...

...

8

Factory manufacturing motorcycle inner tubes and tires (Plan)

Binh Phuoc

1 million

sets/year

Projects on production of pharmaco-chemical products (Unit of calculation: US$ million)

1

Factory manufacturing inorganic pharmaceutical chemicals and common adjuvants (being underway)

Viet Tri, Phu Tho

...

...

...

2

Factory producing extracted and semi-synthetic pharmaceuticals (pre-feasibility study)

Northern Vietnam or Central Vietnam

350 - 400 tons/year

3

Pharmaco-chemical manufacturing factory (Plan)

Hanoi

300 – 1,000 tons/year

4

...

...

...

Central Vietnam or Southern Vietnam

100 tons/year

5

Factory manufacturing antibiotic products

- Phase I:

(Feasibility study report)

...

...

...

- Phase II:

(Plan)

Northern Vietnam

100 tons/year of cefalexin, 60 tons/year of cefadroxin, 30 of tons/year cefradin and 10 tons/year of sodium cefradin (for injection).

Assorted complex antibiotics.

Total investment capital for group-II projects in the period from now till 2010 (estimated)

VND 3,915 billion

And US$ 125 million

...

...

...

- In the post-2010 period:

1

Factory manufacturing automobile tires with radian technology (Plan)

Central Vietnam

12-15 million sets/year

2

Factory manufacturing conveyor belts and driving belts (Plan)

Northern Vietnam or Southern Vietnam

...

...

...

Total investment capital for group-II projects in the 2011-2020 period (estimated)

VND 8,500 billion

C. Group-III projects

No.

Names of projects

Location

Capacity

(1,000 tons/year)

...

...

...

- In the period from now till 2010:

Projects on manufacture of battery products

1

Investment in technologies of manufacturing electrolytic MnO₂ (Plan)

2,000 tons/year

2

...

...

...

Tia Sang (Light Ray) Battery Company – Hai Phong

200,000 products/year

3

Projects on manufacture of alkaline batteries (Plan)

Projects on manufacture of industrial gas products

1

Liquid nitrogen-manufacturing factory (Plan)

...

...

...

2,000 – 3,000

2

Two factories manufacturing liquid nitrogen (being underway)

Phu My

Ba Ria -

Vung Tau

2,000 – 3,000

3

Factory manufacturing liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen (Plan)

...

...

...

1,500 – 2,000

4

Several factories manufacturing industrial gases (Plan)

Hai Phong

Bac Ninh

50,000

Projects on manufacture of cleansing products

1

Investment in a LAB-manufacturing establishment – Phase I (being underway)

...

...

...

30

Projects on manufacture of paint products

1

Factory manufacturing paints and anti-penetration substances (Plan)

Hoa Khanh Industrial Park,

Da Nang

10

2

Factory manufacturing high-grade paints (including those for both technical and decorative use) (Plan)

...

...

...

2

3

Factory manufacturing high-grade paints (including those for both technical and decorative use) (Plan)

Thua Thien Hue

10

4

Factory manufacturing high-grade electrostatic paints (Plan)

Quang

Nam

...

...

...

5

Factory manufacturing alkyd and acrylic raw materials (Plan)

Dung Quat petrochemical cluster or

Thanh Hoa

20

Total investment capital for group-III projects in the period from now till 2010 (estimated)

VND 2,820 billion

...

...

...

Projects on battery manufacture

1

Investment in manufacturing Li-Ion batteries (Plan)

Southern Battery Company or Hanoi Battery Company

5 million

products/year

2

...

...

...

Southern Battery Company or Hai Phong Tia Sang (Light Ray) Battery Company

500,000 KWh

Total investment capital for group-III projects

VND 550 billion – VND 700 billion