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This article is only about Tan Thoi Hiep Industrial Park (planned area 215.4 ha, Decision 480/BXD-KTQH of 1997, now in Tan Thoi Hiep ward, Ho Chi Minh City) — not Tan Thoi Hiep ward as an administrative unit, not the old address “Hiệp Thành ward, District 12” read as a current address, and not Hiep Thanh Industrial Park in Tay Ninh. The two Vietnamese names Hiệp Thành (the old ward in former District 12) and Hiệp Thạnh (the industrial park in Tay Ninh) differ in diacritics and in province, and this article never mixes them up.
What Tan Thoi Hiep is: a multi-industry park from 1997, Phase 1 full, later phases still open
Tan Thoi Hiep Industrial Park has a planned total area of 215.4 ha, in Tan Thoi Hiep ward, Ho Chi Minh City, at the northwest gateway of the city. According to compiled park listings, the park was established under Decision No. 480/BXD-KTQH dated 18 October 1997 of the Ministry of Construction, with infrastructure investment from 1999, and its infrastructure investor is Tan Thoi Hiep Industrial Park Infrastructure Investment and Construction Company Limited. Phase 1 of the park covers 28.41 ha and is 100% filled — that 100% figure applies to Phase 1 only. This article does not claim a fill rate for the whole 215.4 ha park, and does not claim the status of any individual lot outside Phase 1: a later-phase lot must be surveyed on its own merits, never inferred from the Phase 1 figure. Tan Thoi Hiep ward is a new ward from 1 July 2025, merged from the old Hiep Thanh ward and the old Tan Thoi Hiep ward of former District 12 (Resolution 1685/NQ-UBTVQH15, clause 34); the names “District 12” and “Hiep Thanh ward” in this article carry geographic and historical meaning only. The park is oriented to multiple industries, with priority for low-pollution sectors: mechanical engineering and machine manufacturing (including electrical equipment and industrial and civil electrical accessories); electronics, information technology and telecommunications; light industries such as garments, leather and footwear, textiles, jewelry, ceramics and glassware; handicrafts and wooden furniture; automobile and machinery manufacturing; food processing; and steel production. This is an investment-attraction orientation, not a list of tenants operating in the park, and this article names no tenant.
Why the flooring question in Tan Thoi Hiep differs from nearby parks
The difference in Tan Thoi Hiep lies in the contrast between two states inside one park. On one side is Phase 1, 100% filled on 28.41 ha: its plants have run for years, and their floors carry a real use history — oil soaked in by industry, cracks repaired more than once, forklift routes worn into familiar ruts. On the other side are the later phases, where no park-wide status is claimed and each lot must be checked on its own. The flooring question therefore splits in two: for a running plant in Phase 1, how to refurbish an old floor without stopping the machines; for a later-phase lot, what that lot needs from the start, given its own industry and loads. There is no single answer for the whole 215.4 ha.
This frame differs from the neighbouring parks. The article on epoxy flooring for Tan Binh Industrial Park and the article on epoxy flooring for Vinh Loc Industrial Park start from generic old-park refurbishment in the inner city, where almost no vacant land remains and every job is a repair on an old floor. The article on epoxy flooring for Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park starts from a mixed story of operating plants and new land leases. The article on epoxy flooring for Dong Nam Industrial Park starts from the handover question: taking a ready-built unit means inheriting its existing floor. The article on epoxy flooring for An Ha Industrial Park starts from a two-half clean park of existing plants and new lots. The article on epoxy flooring for Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park starts from old-park refurbishment in the west corridor with warehouse floors, while the article on epoxy flooring for Le Minh Xuan 3 Industrial Park starts from first-fit floors for first tenants in a park that is still filling. In Tan Thoi Hiep, the central question is the two-state question: how to refurbish the old floor of a running plant, and how a later-phase lot differs from a filled Phase 1 lot. The article on epoxy flooring for industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City and nearby areas covers the whole region; this article goes deep into one park only, Tan Thoi Hiep, with its own survey frame.
Surveying an operating old plant before recoating: what must be measured on site
Before recoating the floor of a running plant in Phase 1, the floor must be surveyed as a separate item, not folded into the general maintenance plan of the plant. How well the existing coating still adheres — tested by adhesion tests at many points, not judged by looking at the surface, because the old coating of a mechanical plant and of a garment plant deteriorate in different ways. Oil history by industry: mechanical, electronics and garment plants leave different stains on a floor, and a new coating laid over an oily floor will peel even if the application is done correctly. Cracks and expansion joints: the position, width and state of each one must be recorded, because a live crack will tear a new coating if it is not treated properly. Flatness: measured with a long straightedge on the real forklift routes and walkways, not from one point in the middle of the plant extrapolated to the whole floor. Floor moisture: measured with instruments, especially where the floor meets the ground and near drainage. Previous repair history — where patches were made, with what material, whether the patches still hold — together with the loads the floor has carried and the current state of drainage. All results must be recorded lot by lot, never generalised from one lot to the whole 215.4 ha, with photographs and measurements attached, so that at acceptance nobody has to argue whether a crack or an oil stain predates the work or was caused by it.
Zone map for operating plants and warehouses: four zones, four different floor requirements
Mechanical and machine production zones: impact resistance, oil resistance, local strengthening. Mechanical manufacturing and assembly zones take wheel loads, tool impacts and frequent oil exposure. The coating here needs abrasion resistance, oil resistance and impact resistance; at forklift turning points, load-concentration points and heavy-machine bases, the survey must separate those spots for local strengthening instead of thickening the whole floor evenly. Old oil stains must be cleaned down to a level where the new coating can bond — never coated over in the hope that adhesion will hold.
Electronics and precision production zones: flat, seamless, dust-controlled. Electronics, components, information technology and telecommunications production need a flat, seamless floor that generates little dust and is easy to clean. An anti-static requirement applies only when the plant itself has its own standard; this article assigns no general anti-static requirement to Tan Thoi Hiep, and does not claim that ordinary epoxy is anti-static. The survey must be checked against the standard of that particular plant before a system is chosen.
Garment, leather, footwear and light-industry zones: fibre dust, washability, slip resistance. Cutting, sewing and packing zones in garment, leather, footwear, textile and light industries generate fibre dust and need a floor that is easy to clean and does not hold dust. In cutting and packing areas, the floor needs slip resistance where fibre dust and dropped material accumulate; the system is chosen by the real traffic and cleaning regime of that zone, not by the industry name in general.
Warehouse and loading zones: forklifts, slip resistance, lane markings. Warehouse floors serve high-frequency forklifts, so they need wheel-load capacity, slip resistance when wet, and clear lane markings. At forklift turning points, the survey must separate the vehicle routes for strengthening; lane markings on an old floor must be repainted after recoating, never reused from worn old markings as the standard. Loading dock areas take the most concentrated wear and must be surveyed separately from the general warehouse floor.
Refurbishing while the plant keeps running: work in phases, by real operating zones
Refurbishing a floor inside a running plant differs from refurbishing in a fully stopped plant in one respect: every step must fit the real production schedule of that plant, and the scope of each phase must be agreed with the plant in advance. Work should be phased by real operating zone — finish one zone, hand it back to production, then move to the next — so that neighbouring lines are not interrupted. Grinding dust, noise and coating odour all travel through partitions and affect adjacent lines, so each phase needs its own dust containment and odour control. Coating over an old coating is allowed only after adhesion testing and grinding for profile; where the old coating has already peeled in patches, the failed areas must be stripped rather than coated over. Before coating, floor moisture must be measured with instruments; coating over a damp floor will blister after some time in use. Short shutdown windows — a shift window, a rest day — must be agreed in advance for each phase, never assumed as a full week of plant stoppage for floor work. Acceptance should run real vehicles at real loads on the real routes the plant uses every day, rather than judging the floor by eye alone.
Points to have answered before starting work in Tan Thoi Hiep
Before starting, a business should have answers to these points: which phase of the park the lot belongs to, and whether the status of that very lot has been checked on its own — never inferred from the 100% fill figure of Phase 1; whether the floor survey is complete — old-coating adhesion, oil history by industry, cracks and joints, flatness, floor moisture, previous repair history, loads the floor has carried, and drainage state; the maximum load and the real vehicle routes, including turning points and load-concentration points; the full chemical list, including cleaning chemicals, with the concentration and exposure time of each; whether the phased plan by operating zone and the shutdown windows have been agreed with the plant; and, for a leased unit, who bears the refurbishment cost and what the return condition is at the end of the lease. The final choice of coating system rests on the coating manufacturer’s technical sheet and the survey results at the plant, not on the size of the park or its general name.
Contact for consultation and quotation
For consultation on the right coating system for an operating plant or warehouse in Tan Thoi Hiep Industrial Park and to arrange a survey, please send the area, the type of plant or warehouse, and the industry. See the epoxy floor coating quote, or contact us via the contact page (hotline/Zalo 0899355489, WeChat wxid_95o54joujyrr12).
Illustration: Pexels stock photo (photo ID 38922515), photographed by eQzit. Illustration only — not a Kadier project and not a floor inside Tan Thoi Hiep Industrial Park.
