The apparel industry as a whole, however, is a significant source of carbon emissions. As a major player in the global supply chain, Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is taking steps to become more sustainable even as it maintains its growth momentum. Enter forward-looking initiatives such as the Aurora Textile Industrial Park.
Located in Vietnam’s northern Nam Dinh province, 130 km from Hanoi, Aurora covers a total area of 520 ha and is well-connected with seaports and airports by new roads. It is one of the few industrial parks in Vietnam that meets the strict infrastructure requirements to accommodate fabric-dyeing operations. The first phase, of which construction is now complete, is expected to produce 1 billion meters of fabric annually and reduce the country’s dependence on imports.
Aurora IP has closed two land lease deals worth more than US$200 million (S$278 million) with investors from Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to develop high-tech textile and dyeing projects. It expects to sign on more investors from the three regions shortly.
Aurora IP’s complete suite of legal certificates attest to the project’s legitimacy and transparency: They include the Investment Registration Certificate, Enterprise Registration Certificate, Environment Impact Assessment, Land Clearance & Compensation, Financial Obligations, Land Use Rights Certificate for each land plot, Ground Water Exploitation Permit, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction Permit.
Such parks are necessary to promote the sustainable production of textiles, and Pakistan should learn from this to build such themed parks. Under the CPEC initiative, Pakistan is already constructing an industrial zone; however, these zones lack sustainable energy and wastewater management. With the significance of climate change, it is inevitable to adapt to such themed parks to preserve national resources.
