Transforming the Manufacturing Model Toward Green and Smart Production

 

Long Hau Industrial Park is focusing on transforming from a traditional model into a green, smart industrial park, aiming toward Net Zero.
 

Tay Ninh has set a target of 10–10.5% average annual economic growth for the 2026–2030 period, with the industry-construction sector accounting for 55–56% of the economic structure by 2030. Alongside this growth target, the province has set specific requirements for environmental quality and emissions reduction, aiming for an industrial model with higher economic efficiency but more efficient resource use.
 

Under its 2026–2030 environmental protection plan, Tay Ninh aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8–9%, with 100% of industrial parks and clusters having centralized wastewater treatment systems meeting environmental standards. The province also targets having at least 3 eco-industrial parks and 1 green industrial park by 2030. Its vision through 2050 is to develop toward a circular economy, green economy, and low-carbon economy, aiming for net-zero emissions.
 

According to Truong Tan Son, Director of the Tay Ninh Department of Industry and Trade, under the province's industrial development orientation for 2026–2030, Tay Ninh aims for around 40% of industrial facilities to adopt green production practices, and 70–75% of industrial enterprises to apply energy-saving and efficiency solutions. The province is also promoting efficient energy use, developing clean energy sources, and gradually reducing emissions throughout the production process.
 

This is also becoming an increasingly clear pressure on manufacturing enterprises. Alongside the need to boost productivity, businesses must better control electricity, water, raw material use, waste, and emissions at every stage. For enterprises participating in export supply chains, this requirement is further tied to the ability to prove product origin, production processes, and compliance with environmental standards.
 

In practice, many businesses are turning green and smart transformation into concrete solutions—ranging from production line automation and data digitization to traceability and energy optimization. These solutions are implemented at each stage but are interconnected in the process of boosting productivity, controlling production, and using resources efficiently.
 

According to Tran Binh Kha, Head of the Representative Office of Kyouwa Vietnam Co., Ltd., Kyouwa's focus is on automating machinery and processes on the production floor, thereby addressing productivity and labor challenges. Certain pre-processing stages have been reduced from 6–8 workers to just 1–2; forming and processing stages can now handle 10,000–20,000 products per hour with only 2–4 supervisors, compared to 8–12 previously. High-speed automated packaging systems also help reduce line labor by 60–70% and limit raw material waste.

Businesses at Long Hau Industrial Park (Can Giuoc commune, Tay Ninh province) explore automation solutions to meet requirements of the new phase.
 

From the production process, data continues to be digitized to support management and traceability. Yuki Aoyagi, Business Director of Sato Solutions Vietnam Co., Ltd., said businesses are applying systems that connect machinery with barcode and QR code printing and scanning devices, automatically recording data on raw material quantities, production batch codes, product codes, and pallet codes in real time. The data is standardized under GS1 Digital Link, enabling direct connection with the Traceability Information Portal.
 

Building on digitized data and operating systems, energy optimization solutions are further being incorporated into production. Felix Chan, Head of Digital Sustainability Technology and Leader of the East Asia Decarbonization, Climate and Sustainability Expertise Network at Arup, said digitizing operating systems helps businesses monitor and adjust energy consumption based on actual demand. Chiller and HVAC system optimization solutions can help reduce electricity consumption by around 10%, thereby lowering operating costs and supporting emissions reduction goals.

These solutions all share the goal of reducing the resources required per unit of product, improving control over production data, and gradually shrinking environmental footprint. Automation directly changes the production line; production data enables operational control; and operational data forms the basis for further energy optimization and emissions reduction.

Industrial park infrastructure evolves alongside factories
 

As factory requirements change, industrial park infrastructure must evolve accordingly. Where businesses once focused mainly on land, electricity, water, transport, and wastewater treatment, clean energy, environmental management, data, automation, and supply chain connectivity are increasingly becoming part of competitive capacity.

This is also why Tay Ninh is not only targeting expanded industrial land area but is also working toward developing eco-industrial parks and green industrial parks, while gradually upgrading existing production facilities. Emissions reduction is being pursued alongside productivity gains, circular economy development, efficient energy use, and greater application of science and technology.
 

Le Van Han, Chairman of the Tay Ninh Provincial People's Committee, emphasized that industrial development in the new phase must be tied to green transformation, technological innovation, and digital transformation, aiming for a sustainable growth model that increases added value and enterprise competitiveness. Under the province's orientation, green transformation and the circular economy are gradually becoming new growth drivers; investment attraction is also shifting toward high-tech projects that use resources efficiently, are environmentally friendly, and limit greenhouse gas emissions.
 

With this approach, industrial parks are no longer just providers of production land but must become platforms connecting businesses with technology, energy, environmental treatment, data, and logistics. Businesses operating within the same space also gain greater opportunities to link up around raw materials, by-products, energy, and production support services, gradually forming production chains with higher resource efficiency.
 

Long Hau Industrial Park (Can Giuoc commune, Tay Ninh) can be seen as an observation point for this trend. The park is shifting from a traditional model toward a green and smart industrial park orientation, built on two pillars: green growth and digital transformation. Its environmental management system operates under the ISO 14001:2015 standard; green space accounts for around 17% of the industrial park's total area; centralized wastewater treatment, water supply systems, and solar energy solutions have been invested in; and factory buildings are being developed to LEED green building standards.

 

This process is expanding from infrastructure to operational management. The industrial park is deploying Internet of Things-based management platforms, combining cameras and sensors that monitor air quality, temperature, and emissions in real time. In the next phase, the park aims to build energy monitoring systems, environmental data, and ESG indicators at a park-wide scale, while prioritizing the attraction of high-value-added, high-tech, and sustainability-oriented projects.

Bui Le Anh Hieu, Marketing and Business Director of Long Hau Corporation, said that rather than focusing solely on floor area and rental rates, investors are increasingly prioritizing whether an industrial park's infrastructure can support automated production lines, digital data systems, and emissions-reduction standards. According to him, connecting technology solutions—from automation and data digitization to energy optimization—helps businesses implement transformation synchronously right from the factory construction and operation stages. Long Hau's direction is to develop green, smart products that help businesses optimize long-term operating costs and accompany them from project planning through to actual implementation.
 

Looking at Long Hau's process, green transformation in an industrial park is not just about adding greenery or investing in environmental treatment systems—it extends to energy management, data digitization, emissions monitoring, building standards, and the selection of industries to attract for investment. This is also the process by which industrial park infrastructure adapts to the greening requirements of the factories operating within it.
 

Notably, these requirements do not exist in isolation. A factory seeking to reduce emissions needs energy management; one seeking to prove its products are green needs data; one seeking to boost productivity needs automation; and one seeking to participate more deeply in supply chains needs traceability capability and connectivity with other businesses. As such, green transformation and smart transformation are gradually becoming two sides of the same production upgrade process.

Tay Ninh has favorable conditions for connecting its industrial space with raw material zones, processing centers, supporting industries, border gates, seaports, and logistics networks. Built on a foundation of green practices, data, and technology, these connections can create spillover value across the entire chain. Therefore, Tay Ninh's challenge is not only to expand but also to upgrade the quality of its industrial space in a green, smart, and connected direction—linking its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 8–9% by 2030 with the development of eco-industrial parks, green production, energy efficiency, and the circular economy, aiming toward net-zero emissions by 2050.

Source: baotintuc.vn
17/09/2026