23 industrial clusters of Nghe An come into operation, attracting 259 investment projects
According to the Department of Industry and Trade of Nghe An, as of early March, out of a total of 26 industrial clusters established in the province, 23 industrial parks have come into operation, attracting 259 enterprises to lease land for investment and business.
Specifically, of the 26 industrial clusters (ICs) that have been established, 6 ICs are implemented according to the new regulations with infrastructure investment and business by enterprises, including Hung Dong IC (Vinh city), Dien Thang IC (Dien Chau district), Nghia Dung IC (Tan Ky district), Lac Son IC expansion (Do Luong district), Nghi Dien IC (Nghi Loc district), Hung Yen IC (Hung Nguyen district); the remaining 20 ICs were previously established with the district-level People's Committee as the technical infrastructure investor and are now assigned to the Industrial Cluster Management Board for management and operation.
Of the 26 industrial parks, up to now, there have been 23 industrial parks with enterprises renting land, operating production and business activities, attracting 259 enterprises and production facilities with a total investment of 5,406 billion VND.
Enterprises and establishments leasing land and investing in business have created jobs for about 25,689 local workers, contributing about 375 billion VND to the annual budget; the average occupancy rate of operating industrial parks is 75%.
Mr. Pham Van Hoa - Director of Nghe An Department of Industry and Trade, said: Implementing Decree No. 32/2024/ND-CP dated March 15, 2024 of the Government on management and development of industrial clusters in the area, on the one hand, Nghe An actively removed difficulties and obstacles in land and site clearance to call for and attract businesses to become investors in building technical infrastructure; on the other hand, it reviewed and removed industrial clusters that are no longer suitable and unfeasible from the planning.
Currently, the Provincial People's Committee's Working Group on reviewing industrial development targets chaired by the Department of Industry and Trade is assigning relevant departments and localities to carry out procedures to propose the removal of Hung Dong 2 Industrial Park (Vinh City) with a planned area of 26.5 hectares and Nghi Dien Industrial Park (Nghi Loc) with a planned area of 63.17 hectares from the planning scheme.
According to the Industrial Park Development Plan integrated with Decision No. 1059/QD-TTg dated September 14, 2023 of the Prime Minister approving the Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, Nghe An has 71 industrial parks with a total planning area of 2,293.42 hectares.
Compared to before, Decree No. 32/2024/ND-CP on the management of the development of industrial parks (replacing Decree No. 68/2017/ND-CP and Decree No. 66/2020/ND-CP) has changed and adjusted in the direction of encouraging socialization of infrastructure investment to reduce the burden on the state budget and promote investment in synchronous technical infrastructure systems of industrial parks. The Government and provinces only support investment in industrial park infrastructure in particularly difficult areas and prioritize two areas: power supply for production and environmental treatment. The goal is to use land resources economically and effectively, create favorable space for small and medium-sized enterprises, and gradually relocate production facilities located in residential areas to industrial parks to ensure environmental issues and sustainable development. Thereby, contributing to promoting economic restructuring towards increasing the proportion of industry in each locality.
- Mr. Pham Van Hoa - Director of Nghe An Department of Industry and Trade -
